Who is the most powerful dragon in LOTR?

1 Ancalagon The Black

The most powerful dragon to ever exist since the dawn of time in Middle-earth, and the chief of the Winged Dragons of the War of Wrath, is Ancalagon the Black.

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Why did Gandalf choose Bilbo?

Gandalf picked Bilbo Baggins because he was adventurous. Bilbo's thirst for adventure and excitement was very unusual for a hobbit, but that was just what Gandalf needed. Another factor is that Bilbo Baggins was the son of Belladonna Took, a famously inquisitive hobbit. Was Scatha the Cold Drake?

Scatha
People	Dragons, Cold-drakes
Time period	mid Third Age
Gender	Male

Did Smaug know Bilbo had the One Ring?

Smaug didn't smell the ring, he just noticed that the "thief" being Bilbo was invisible.. Somehow Smaug is oddly up to date with general middle earth knowledge like Thorin having the nickname 'Oakensheild' and that "a darkness is coming" being Sauron and his army.. Are dragons alive in LOTR? 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 may have been possible that some races of dragon still existed into the Fourth Age.

Can Smaug use the One Ring?

Probably not. Dragons are a lesser order of creatures, and since Sauron is both a Maia and master of the Ring, in any contest between Smaug and Sauron, Sauron would have prevailed. Did Smaug have 4 legs in the book? Smaug has only two legs and what appear to be claws at the points where the wings bend a little. But having already seen 'An Unexpected Journey' many many times (hopefully), the keenest of viewers might ask then why we get a prologue in which Smaug clearly seems to use a set of forelegs to burst his way into Erebor.

Why does Smaug look like a cat?

If a dragon has no [chimu], he cannot ascend to the sky. #So the answer appears to be that he probably wasn't modeled on a cat*, he was modeled on traditional Japanese dragons, which have fur. Awesome answer. The artwork alone is amazing but it obviously took a lot of time and effort to write. Why is Smaug a Drake? Smaug was a fire-drake of the Third Age, considered to be the last "great" dragon of Middle-earth. He was drawn to the enormous wealth amassed by the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain during King Thrór's reign.

Is a Drake a duck?

Male ducks are called drakes and female ducks are usually referred to as, well, ducks. A group of ducks may be called a brace, raft, skiff, team, paddling or sord, depending on where you're from.