The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum


Visit The *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo Page

Go Back   The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum > Announcements and Obituaries > Haudh-en-Ndengin
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Today's Posts


 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 09-30-2003, 08:03 AM   #13
Mithadan
Spirit of Mist
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Tol Eressea
Posts: 3,393
Mithadan is a guest at the Prancing Pony.Mithadan is a guest at the Prancing Pony.
Sting

Even if we rely solely upon "canon", Scatha and Smaug were not the last dragons. In FoTR, "Shadow of the Past", Gandalf discusses dragons in the present tense as if they existed at that time (after Smaug was slain).

Quote:
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...
And elsewhere in the same chapter, gandalf says:

Quote:
Seven the Dwarf-kings possessed, but three he has recovered and the others dragons have consumed.
The hoard of Erebor did not contain a ring; Thror escaped with it. Thus at least four rings were consumed by dragons other than Smaug.

It is nonetheless possible that only two dragons escaped the fall of Angband. They may have been male and female and may have subsequently mated. Or they may have come upon whatever animals Morgoth corrupted into dragons and mated with those lesser creatures. Or, of course, more than two dragons may have escaped from the Battle of Wrath.
__________________
Beleriand, Beleriand,
the borders of the Elven-land.
Mithadan is offline  
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:12 PM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.