In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Smaug was a greedy, reddish-gold dragon of Middle-earth, who laid waste to Dale and captured the Lonely Mountain (Erebor) with all its treasure, which he gathered in a central hall and slept upon. Despite getting accumulated such brobdingnagian wealth, Smaug was intimately acquainted each previous item inside his stash, & instantly found the thievery of a comparatively inconsequential item by Bilbo Baggins. Among a things within his possession were a Arkenstone, and the total of mithril chain shirts, one of which was gifted to Bilbo by Thorin Oakenshield, and was late to save Frodo Baggins from the spear of the goblin captain in Moria.

Smaug's scales rendered him almost invulnerable, however whenever Bilbo Baggins confronted him around his den, he found the bare patch in his underbelly. After Bilbo told his dwarf companions about Smaug's weakness he was overheard per thrush that roosted by the mountain's secret door. A thrush successively told Bard the Bowman of Esgaroth, and whilst Smaug attacked Esgaroth, Bard was respire to slay Smaug by using his Black Arrow.

Fallowing Smaug's dying, Thorin & Company claimed a treasure when theirs by birthright. This created a conflict by owning Bard & the Elvish king Thranduil of Mirkwood, who for each one wanted a part of the gold when reimbursement for all the damage Smaug got driven their kingdoms above the years. Thorin refused to part a treasure & declared war on both of the children. A conflict in time exploded into a Battle of Five Armies.

Based on data from Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings it was fortunate that Smaug experienced been slain, since had he lived he would all but surely use came under Sauron's control and destroyed Mirkwood.

In a books, the title Smaug is presented as a translation of the "original Dalish" Trâgu, & is related to Sméagol/Trahald. Based on data from Tolkien, a title Smaug is "the past tense of the primitive Germanic verb Smugan, to squeeze through a hole" (Letter There is no. 31); others keep close at hand noted that it has echoes of "smoke" & "smog".

In the 1977 animated version of The Hobbit, Smaug was voiced by Richard Boone.

In the 2003 video game release, Smaug was voiced by James Horan.

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