A Worm with Wings? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

nobody · 02-22-2004, 12:52 PM

I always thought there were three types of dragons: Winged Fire-drakes (like Ancalagon), Non-winged fire-drakes (like Glaurung) and Cold-drakes (like the one that killed Dáin I) and that Smaug was the last of the first variety (I'm certain that that last fact is in the books somewhere). I heard somewhere that Scátha was a cold-drake and didn't have wings, but I have no evidence for that.

02-22-2004, 12:52 PM	#1
nobody Haunting Spirit Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Utumno Posts: 64	I always thought there were three types of dragons: Winged Fire-drakes (like Ancalagon), Non-winged fire-drakes (like Glaurung) and Cold-drakes (like the one that killed Dáin I) and that Smaug was the last of the first variety (I'm certain that that last fact is in the books somewhere). I heard somewhere that Scátha was a cold-drake and didn't have wings, but I have no evidence for that.