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12-16-2002, 01:54 PM | #1 |
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of dragons and wings
I believe that this has been disscussed before, but I didn't find anything when I did a search.
It is clear that Smaug had wings, but I have just read in Of the Fifth Battle, a description of the attack by the father of dragons, Glaurung, and it is unclear if he had wings or not. In fact it sounds more like he didn't have wings. Is there any definative or implied evidence for if all dragons had wings? And which ones did not have wings and why?
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12-16-2002, 02:07 PM | #2 |
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The first dragons (of whom Glaurung was the greatest and first) did not have wings, presumably because Morgoth hadn't gotten the hang of making them with wings, or something like that. However by the War of Wrath, the first winged dragons (led by Ancaglon the Black) had appeared. Although they didn't help Morgoth very much. Smaug was one of this breed but he escaped the devestation at the end of the Wor of Wrath, along with some other dragons, Balrogs and orcs.
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12-16-2002, 03:06 PM | #3 |
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There were essentially four types of dragens: Cold Drakes, Fire Drakes, Winged Dragons, and Winged Fire Dragons (I am not entirley sure if you get none-firebreathing winged dragons)
Glaurung was the first and he could breath fire. His children (spawn?) varied a lot, some were very traditional looking dragons, and some were much more sluglike (more like Glaurung himself).
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12-16-2002, 04:40 PM | #4 |
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thats not true that the winged dragons didnt help him at all.....i remember reading that they were overwhelmed for a sec but then the host of the west continued woopin [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-16-2002, 04:48 PM | #5 |
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They actually totally held them back, and for quite a while. I assume many elves and men lost their lives on the onslaught. It wasn't until Earendel and the Eagles came that the side was turned.
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12-16-2002, 08:30 PM | #6 |
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Wait.... if Glaurung was the first, and the rest were his spawn, what did he mate with to produce these? Is there some untold female dragon, or a big crocodile, or Ungoliant, or what? Anyone?
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12-17-2002, 09:39 AM | #7 |
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Who knows, who knows. Dragons, or at least Glaurung, may well be asexaul. It is said somewhere "he reproduced, in the strange way dragons do". I am not sure if that was a JRRT quote, or from another book, or maybe even from the Downs. Any idea?
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12-17-2002, 11:37 AM | #8 |
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Hey maybe we all should get together and write a book an ME genetics! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] It dosent give much info as to creation and reproduction of Morgoth's creatures. Maybe that's why they live so long. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
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Types of Dragons
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03-10-2005, 07:32 PM | #10 |
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Here is a thread that you might find interesting.
The Source of Dragons Personally, I thought that maybe Morgoth twisted some pre-existing creature to form dragons. It would be sort of like the mythical 'twisting of the elves' except to make dragons. That could explain how he was able to better them over time.
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