By their very nature, they relished not only the theft of beautiful things, but the act of dispossession itself it was more satisfying for them to steal treasure from others rather than find unclaimed valuables. They had an overwhelming lust for treasure, especially gold, and were known for sleeping on hoards of all they had stolen.

Glaurung, Father of Dragons, slain by TГєrin TurambarДragons were long-lived, powerful, cunning, possessing subtle intelligence, great physical strength, and covered in nearly impenetrable scales everywhere except their undersides.

Serpent-like Dragons - Dragons that lacked legs and wings, such as the Wyrms/ Long-worms (and perhaps the Sea-serpents).

Spark-dragons were possibly of this group.

Wingless Dragons - Dragons with no wings that crawled on four legs, such as Glaurung.

Winged Dragons - Dragons that had four legs, but also wings, enabling flight.

Cold-drakes - Dragons who could not breathe fire.UrulГіki ( UrulokГ«, Fire-drakes) - fire-breathing serpent-like Dragons with or without wings.The groups listed below are not all mutually exclusive. The main traits distinguishing dragons of Middle-earth were their means of movement and whether they breathed fire. It may have been possible that some races of dragon still existed into the Fourth Age. According to Gandalf, the fire-drake race survived until at least just before the War of the Ring, and some lesser kin survived even after the war. It is presumed that, after the death of Smaug in the Third Age, the great dragons had become extinct. For Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday, Gandalf made a special dragon firework. There was an inn in the Shire called The Green Dragon, and a type of flower and firework called a Snap Dragon. Before the coming of Smaug, there had not been notable activities observed during the Second Age, as they are largely independent. Some, like Smaug the Golden and Scatha the Worm, went from the Withered Heath and invaded Dwarven kingdoms. The dragons of the Second Age and Third Age were a blight upon the Dwarves and all those who hoarded treasure. However, some survived and fled to the far north, where in later years they would slowly start to multiply. Most of Morgoth's dragons, including Ancalagon, were killed in the battle. The largest and most powerful dragon to ever live was Ancalagon the Black, who led his kind in the final charge against the Valar in the War of Wrath. After Glaurung, even mightier dragons were bred to serve Morgoth. '.and out of the pits of Angband there issued the winged dragons, that had not before been seen and so sudden and ruinous was the onset of that dreadful fleet that the host of the Valar was driven back, for the coming of the dragons was with great thunder, and lightning, and a tempest of fire.'Дuring the First Age, the greatest heirloom of the House of Hador was the Dragon-helm of Dor-lГіmin, which was a helm of great weight that had as its crest an image of the head of Glaurung the Dragon.

Dragons were sometimes referred to as serpents, great Worms, or simply Drakes, with the first two specifying the Wingless Dragons. Like most of the creatures made or twisted by Morgoth, they were capable of reproducing independently. The first dragon ever seen in Middle-earth was Glaurung, the father of dragons, whom Morgoth used to great effect during the fourth and fifth battles in the War of the Jewels. They were originally bred by Morgoth during the First Age to serve as powerful war beasts. Dragons lived throughout the First, Second, and Third ages of Middle-earth and may have lived longer.

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