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Old 08-08-2014, 05:38 PM   #5
Belegorn
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Originally Posted by Moonraker View Post
Did Ancalagon the Black ever exist? Gandalf said to Frodo, ''Nor ever was there such a dragon''.
Yes, read the Silmarillion. Eärendil defeated him and he fell upon Thangorodrim.

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Originally Posted by FotR, Bk. 1, The Shadow of the Past
It has been said that dragon-fire could melt and consume the Rings of Power, but there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot enough; nor was there ever any dragon, not even Ancalagon the Black, who could have harmed the One Ring
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