Dragon scale: Why it's impossible to size up Tolkien's Middle-earth

A piece of fan art illustrating the relative size of Tolkien’s dragons raises a far more interesting issue than how big was Smaug or Glaurung or Ancalagon the Black. It’s an issue that should give pause for thought in any attempt to treat Tolkien’s legendarium as a piece of history, and especially in any attempt…

The Armored Dragon is the heaviest known species of dragon of the known world. It's scales are so heavy and hard that the weapons forged from their steel are too heavy to

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