![]() ![]() ![]() But he was small enough to fit under the Lonely Mountain atop his horde of treasure for many years, and for all his terrifying power, Bard the Bowman slew him with just a single arrow (though admittedly it was aimed at his one weak spot in a quiet nod to the Greek myth of Achilles). Smaug's lifeless body was just the right size to obliterate the town of Esgaroth, so he wasn't exactly a small beast. Thangorodrim was thousands of feet tall at the very least, making Ancalagon exponentially bigger than Smaug. The elf-lord arrived " shining with white flame," slayed " Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of the dragon-host, and cast him from the sky." Ancalagon subsequently " fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim, and they were broken in his ruin." In other words, he was large enough to destroy the three volcanic mountains constructed by Morgoth as well as the surrounding landscape. Thorondor, the leader of the Eagles and the ancestor of Gwaihir, fought the winged dragons in the sky along with Eärendil's help. And as is typical for Tolkien's worked, the great Eagles were forced to intervene. Led by Ancalagon, the dragons wreaked havoc upon the forces of the Valar. When the Valar's armies overwhelmed the Dark Lord's multitudes, he decided to play his final move: the release of the dragons from Angband. Ancalagon the Black made his first appearance during the War of Wrath, a series of battles that would mark the end of Morgoth's malevolent reign over Middle-earth. So, the Men and Elves didn't stand a chance as the dragon destroyed their lands and laid ruin to their armies. ![]() Still, he is described to be " as tall as a mountain" and could block out the sky as he flew overhead. While easily a greater number of creatures were influenced or created by evil, the few that weren’t were powerful enough to not only resist the influence of darkness but to also actively work against it by assisting those fighting for the side of good.Ancalagon's precise height is never given. ![]() Again, like many of the elements of Middle Earth, the creatures there reflect the story, and the gradual consumption of the world by evil would have affected the creatures there as well. Though there are a greater number of terrifying creatures that make up Middle Earth in the periods that Lord of the Rings fans are most familiar with, the few lovable creatures prove to be more powerful. These creatures not only make extraordinarily great guard dogs for treasure but are equally difficult to defeat, which is why an entire team of beings is required to take them down. Though their names did not always suggest the true terror of these creatures, their ability to communicate with and outwit the beings in the stories certainly speaks to their superior capability. The last of the terrifying creatures are the dragons of Middle Earth. Because all the world building was engineered to display how evil slowly grew into a vast threat in Middle Earth over time, more creatures were drawn into doing evil work than that of good. These creatures are just as important to Middle Earth as the lovable creatures, because they cater to balance in the world, and they create obstacles for the characters in the stories. Though there are clearly good creatures in Middle Earth that were willing to assist the presence of good, there were even more that were aggressive or just downright evil. Their resilience, wisdom, and courage are often overlooked by the beings of Middle Earth and fans of the tales, alike. They are either trees that gradually became more Ent-like or Ents that slowly became more tree-like. Unlike Ents, they don’t usually move around or speak the languages of beings. They are slightly animated trees that can communicate with each other. Another lovable and protective creature is the Huorns, which exist in the in-between zone as they’re reflective of beings but aren’t really considered a race. ![]()
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