In the Hobbit Movies Thranduil says "I have faced the great serpents of the north", without any specifics, I came to the conclusion that he fought the same dragons that attacked the dwarves in the northern wastelands, I would love for more stories delving deeper into tales like that
@@mrmittenns5728 it was. There's no mention of Thranduil facing dragons in the Legendarium. Not saying he could not have done it, after all we don't know his history THAT much. But it was indeed made up by the movies.
My favorite is Glaurung. Maybe it is because I recently read Children of Hurin and i was just blown away by the way his hypnotic gaze influenced Hurin and Nienor. But not only that. The fate of the siblings was a well-thought out plan, with many moving parts, he could have just killed both, but he decided to toy with them to the tragic finale. Just pure chaos. Just so much more than an ultimate war machine.
So cool, I didn’t know a lot of this. Could you imagine seeing these battles between gods and dragons on the big screen or a well made tv show? How epic that would be
@@pattonramming1988 TBH after watching season one I hope things go different for Sauron in this non canon BS and he ends up Victorious. He’s the only somewhat developed/interesting character at all and genuinely comes of as guy who’s made some mistakes but just wants to be left alone and work on his craft. I won’t ever know though bc like most Tolkien fans there’s no way I’m watching anymore of that garbage
I cannot say I have a favorite, but I've always dreamed of a show or movie bringing Ancalagon to life. I would love to see that in a well done cinematic light!
What-if video idea for you to do: What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the fellowship to Lothlorien and on forward?
While I like Smaug as great subversion of the usual giant destructive monster that's extremly greedy and Ancalagon the Black is just cool but my favorite has to be Glaurung I just love when villains that are dying but still get one last laugh and that he is preety much the dragon version of Morgath and Sauron
In the books Smaug's belly was covered in gold and gems except for one small area that he couldn't see. In the movie the soft spot was an injury from his first attack on Dale caused by Bard's ancestor.
My favourite is Smaug the Golden as he seemed to be far more intelligent & cunning than Ancalagon the Black. Also, unlike Glaurung, the Fire Drake of Gondolin, & Ancalagon, Smaug seemed to have a mind of his own, acted independently & did not serve either of the Dark Lords directly. I don’t think Smaug was completely evil either & was just greedy for Dwarven gold & gems. Certainly, after Smaug achieved his career goal (to possess a vast horde of wealth), he settled down & didn’t involve himself with Sauron’s politics or power struggles.
Imagine Sauron trying to reach Smaug and trying to convince him to join the Mordor forces And Smaug is just like "Nah. Nope." and goes back to sleep. And Sauron just knows he cannot ever talk about this defeat.
Actually Glaurung was just as independent.He didnt listened to Morgoth and acted early before his command was given.Tolkien says in somewhere that Smaug would serve Sauron as an ally if he was not killed early in the story. I love Smaug as a villian but I personally prefer Glaurung
@@oguzhanenescetin5702 True! I think there was a video here (nerd of the rings I believe, but not entirely sure) where it is kinda mentioned that Glaurung was basically "grounded" by Melkor because that dragon was way too wild even for Melkor himself
Great compilation and well-narrated, but at ~ 9:40, the on-screen word Sea-Serpants should probably be modified to Sea-Serpents. Not that the spelling matters for the story. Also, speaking of those serpents, is there any basis in the texts that suggests that there were any? This is the first I'm aware of them. I thought that Ulmo basically made the oceans a no-go zone for Morgoth's evil creatures.
Smaug was the last great fire drake but not the last dragon. There are two dragons during War of the Ring there were Drogoth the Dragon Lord (The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II) and Úrgost the winged fire-drake (The Lord of the Rings: War in the North)
I love how dragons are like that old man who hoarded his stuff his entire life and knows everything he has and the price yet refuses to sell a damn thing. Like the American pickers
"Everyone knows that dragons don’t exist. But while this simplistic formulation may satisfy the layman, it does not suffice for the scientific mind. The School of Higher Neantical Nillity is in fact wholly unconcerned with what does exist. Indeed, the banality of existence has been so amply demonstrated, there is no need for us to discuss it any further here. The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each non-existed in an entirely different way." - Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad"
There's a lot of archetypes for villains and monsters. Vampires and werewolves play on our fantasy of having abilities that are a gift and curse. You might get immortality, deeper senses, and maybe even magic. You somehow lose your soul though and have to hide or run forever. You got your brooding kings or tyrants that seek power and wealth but they drown in their own ego. Dragons have their unique depth and mystique because they take from these ideas and even more. They have godly strength, if not immortal they live for thousands of years, and have free reign to do as they please pretty much. Still, they are almost trapped in that they have a complex mind bound to a beastly existence. I'm sure they could make friends with elves and men if they had the disposition. Look at how smaug and glaurung seemed to enjoy conversations even with their enemies. I can see them loving the wit and discipline of the elves if they all threw a party for example. Their evil essence binds them to a selfish life though. All is to say they just seem to end up almost jaded and resentful. They are too prideful to think ill of themselves or their greed so they just take it out on everyone that defies them in any way. They are cool on face value and the nuances of their characters.
It is noteworthy that the dragons appeared after Melkor captured the Silmarils. Is this a coincidence, or is it that the free will required for dragon formation came from the Silmarils? I have a deep theory about this.
George RR Martin was once asked if Balerian the dread could beat Smaug. He replied “Smaug was much stronger due to he could speak” He was much smarter 😂
I want to replace Dragons of Tolkien to Dragons of Westeros (Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon). Balerion - Ancalagon Syrax Caraxes Seasmoke Meleys Vhagar - Glaurung Dreamfyre - Scatha (Mother of Viserion, Rhaegal, and Drogon) Viserion Rhaegal Drogon - Smaug They can speak like Tolkien Dragons but a little neutral creatures, not dragon riders and they were not created by Morgoth.
The song used for the main part of the video is called "Maestro Tlakaelel - Jesse Gallagher" (I finally read the comment when I was sat in the right place to look it up 😂)
@@TheBrokenSword thank you so much, to be honest this song has become synthetic with your channel keep up the videos and thanks for always bringing us new content
George RR Martin was once asked if Balerian the dread could beat Smaug. He replied “Smaug was much stronger due to he could speak” He was much smarter 😂
Glaurung is one of my favorite dragons of Tolkien's works just by the fact he can drive people insane with his hypnotic words
That does make him a great villain!
@@TheBrokenSword absolutely
Grima was like a mockery of Glaurung, even called "Wormtongue".
@@Eowyn3Pride I agree 100%
Sounds a bit like my old history teacher 🤔
In the Hobbit Movies Thranduil says "I have faced the great serpents of the north", without any specifics, I came to the conclusion that he fought the same dragons that attacked the dwarves in the northern wastelands, I would love for more stories delving deeper into tales like that
It would be an interesting fanfic indeed
Me too
I came to the conclusion that was completely made up by the directors of the hobbit
@@mrmittenns5728 it was. There's no mention of Thranduil facing dragons in the Legendarium.
Not saying he could not have done it, after all we don't know his history THAT much. But it was indeed made up by the movies.
I would remind you all that Thranduil was born in the First Age. He may or may not have fought in the latest battles against Morgoth.
My favorite is Glaurung. Maybe it is because I recently read Children of Hurin and i was just blown away by the way his hypnotic gaze influenced Hurin and Nienor. But not only that. The fate of the siblings was a well-thought out plan, with many moving parts, he could have just killed both, but he decided to toy with them to the tragic finale. Just pure chaos. Just so much more than an ultimate war machine.
Cold-drake does not necessarily mean they breathed ice; it is also means "no breathing".
Good video, guys.
Fair point! Either way, dragons are cool 😎 😂
@@TheBrokenSword 🤭🤭🤭
Cold drake indeed means non fire breathing in tolkiens works. I don't think an "ice breathing" dragon has ever been mentioned
So cool, I didn’t know a lot of this. Could you imagine seeing these battles between gods and dragons on the big screen or a well made tv show? How epic that would be
I love how they portray Smaug, I hope with the rings of power we get to possibly see other dragons
With how they portrayed a worg.. I'll pass.
Yeh my hope is they get shutdown before they ruin anything else
Honestly the previews made me want to pledge my allegiance to Sauron
@@pattonramming1988 TBH after watching season one I hope things go different for Sauron in this non canon BS and he ends up Victorious. He’s the only somewhat developed/interesting character at all and genuinely comes of as guy who’s made some mistakes but just wants to be left alone and work on his craft. I won’t ever know though bc like most Tolkien fans there’s no way I’m watching anymore of that garbage
Wargs are intelligent and can talk,I don't like how they're portrayed.
In my opinion glaurung has one of the most compelling stories of any villain in Tolkiens works.
I cannot say I have a favorite, but I've always dreamed of a show or movie bringing Ancalagon to life. I would love to see that in a well done cinematic light!
Oh that's cool I just thought a cold drake was one without fire
You are correct.
Great work, J&J! Love how you brought this to life!
Nice work dude
Real cool subject, the dragons of middle earth 🐉 didn't think of Scatha.. my favourite is ofc Smaug.
I think it would have been cool to see Gandalf fight Smaug , don't enter that mountain without me
What-if video idea for you to do:
What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the fellowship to Lothlorien and on forward?
We really need this ugly bad :( I hope it happens
Great video, thanks guys
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁
I love these informative videos. I love dragons!!
Another great video guys, love anything to do with Dragons🤘
"Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! You aren't nearly through this adventure yet." -- Bilbo Baggins to himself after confronting Smaug
Smaug. He’s a classic. The first of Tolkien’s books I ever read was The Hobbit, so I’m attached. Though Ancalagon (sp?) is definitely a close second!
This is well done! 😁🍻🧝♂️🧝♀️🧙♂️
Gotta be Galurung. He has (by far) the best story.
While I like Smaug as great subversion of the usual giant destructive monster that's extremly greedy and Ancalagon the Black is just cool but my favorite has to be Glaurung I just love when villains that are dying but still get one last laugh and that he is preety much the dragon version of Morgath and Sauron
Got a question.
Where did the soft spot on smaugs underside come from? Did the arkanstone caused it?
In the books Smaug's belly was covered in gold and gems except for one small area that he couldn't see. In the movie the soft spot was an injury from his first attack on Dale caused by Bard's ancestor.
Perfect timing 😎
My favourite is Smaug the Golden as he seemed to be far more intelligent & cunning than Ancalagon the Black. Also, unlike Glaurung, the Fire Drake of Gondolin, & Ancalagon, Smaug seemed to have a mind of his own, acted independently & did not serve either of the Dark Lords directly. I don’t think Smaug was completely evil either & was just greedy for Dwarven gold & gems. Certainly, after Smaug achieved his career goal (to possess a vast horde of wealth), he settled down & didn’t involve himself with Sauron’s politics or power struggles.
Imagine Sauron trying to reach Smaug and trying to convince him to join the Mordor forces
And Smaug is just like "Nah. Nope." and goes back to sleep. And Sauron just knows he cannot ever talk about this defeat.
@@mellllle93 Lol, that’s a funny & interesting scenario.
Actually Glaurung was just as independent.He didnt listened to Morgoth and acted early before his command was given.Tolkien says in somewhere that Smaug would serve Sauron as an ally if he was not killed early in the story. I love Smaug as a villian but I personally prefer Glaurung
@@oguzhanenescetin5702 True! I think there was a video here (nerd of the rings I believe, but not entirely sure) where it is kinda mentioned that Glaurung was basically "grounded" by Melkor because that dragon was way too wild even for Melkor himself
@@mellllle93 Smaug did actually decide to ally with Sauron
My favorite of the four dragons is Smaug
Great compilation and well-narrated, but at ~ 9:40, the on-screen word Sea-Serpants should probably be modified to Sea-Serpents. Not that the spelling matters for the story.
Also, speaking of those serpents, is there any basis in the texts that suggests that there were any? This is the first I'm aware of them. I thought that Ulmo basically made the oceans a no-go zone for Morgoth's evil creatures.
I had the subtitles up, and at 9:18 they said 'the death of the last great Frederick of Middle Earth came over askaroth' ... lol
Smaug was the last great fire drake but not the last dragon. There are two dragons during War of the Ring there were Drogoth the Dragon Lord (The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II) and Úrgost the winged fire-drake (The Lord of the Rings: War in the North)
Yes!
I love how dragons are like that old man who hoarded his stuff his entire life and knows everything he has and the price yet refuses to sell a damn thing. Like the American pickers
"Everyone knows that dragons don’t exist. But while this simplistic formulation may satisfy the layman, it does not suffice for the scientific mind. The School of Higher Neantical Nillity is in fact wholly unconcerned with what does exist. Indeed, the banality of existence has been so amply demonstrated, there is no need for us to discuss it any further here. The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each non-existed in an entirely different way."
- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad"
There's a lot of archetypes for villains and monsters. Vampires and werewolves play on our fantasy of having abilities that are a gift and curse. You might get immortality, deeper senses, and maybe even magic. You somehow lose your soul though and have to hide or run forever. You got your brooding kings or tyrants that seek power and wealth but they drown in their own ego. Dragons have their unique depth and mystique because they take from these ideas and even more. They have godly strength, if not immortal they live for thousands of years, and have free reign to do as they please pretty much. Still, they are almost trapped in that they have a complex mind bound to a beastly existence. I'm sure they could make friends with elves and men if they had the disposition. Look at how smaug and glaurung seemed to enjoy conversations even with their enemies. I can see them loving the wit and discipline of the elves if they all threw a party for example. Their evil essence binds them to a selfish life though. All is to say they just seem to end up almost jaded and resentful. They are too prideful to think ill of themselves or their greed so they just take it out on everyone that defies them in any way. They are cool on face value and the nuances of their characters.
It is noteworthy that the dragons appeared after Melkor captured the Silmarils. Is this a coincidence, or is it that the free will required for dragon formation came from the Silmarils? I have a deep theory about this.
More like he created them by corrupting pre-existing creatures like he did with the orcs
George RR Martin was once asked if Balerian the dread could beat Smaug. He replied “Smaug was much stronger due to he could speak” He was much smarter 😂
All the dragons in middle earth could talk, I would enjoy some dragon conversations.
In my opinion of this answer: All of Tolkien's Dragons of Middle Earth!
My favourite Dragon in Middle-Earth is Ancalagon The Black. He was so big that he broke Thangorodrim in his fall, 1:0 Eärendil won.
so what happened to the 7 dwarven rings ?
2:10 Tolkien looks like some kind of pope. 😂
Interesting that each of the four named dragons were slain by men.
I thought cold drakes just meant they didn't breathe fire...
You are correct.
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I want to replace Dragons of Tolkien to Dragons of Westeros (Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon).
Balerion - Ancalagon
Syrax
Caraxes
Seasmoke
Meleys
Vhagar - Glaurung
Dreamfyre - Scatha (Mother of Viserion, Rhaegal, and Drogon)
Viserion
Rhaegal
Drogon - Smaug
They can speak like Tolkien Dragons but a little neutral creatures, not dragon riders and they were not created by Morgoth.
Still waiting for the song name, thanks in advance
The song used for the main part of the video is called "Maestro Tlakaelel - Jesse Gallagher"
(I finally read the comment when I was sat in the right place to look it up 😂)
@@TheBrokenSword thank you so much, to be honest this song has become synthetic with your channel keep up the videos and thanks for always bringing us new content
Smaug, only because of how big his part was in the Hobbit. Lot of speaking parts and some very witty dialog.
Sea serpents? Ulmo and his tempestuous Maia allowed that?
👍🏻👍🏻
So..where is Shenron?
Glaurung.
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I love how you keep count, which has been some of your favorite videos so far??
@@brandonmckinney1370 the vids on Morgoth/Melkor are very interesting, I also love the streams
i hate dragons with a fire in my belly, exept kimodo dragons
Have you all ever heard about the drayleuse aka death flyer
George RR Martin was once asked if Balerian the dread could beat Smaug. He replied “Smaug was much stronger due to he could speak” He was much smarter 😂
Plus Smaug was of a comparable size