'''Smaug''' is a [[dragon]] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth world, appearing in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.
'''Smaug''' is a [[dragon]] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth world, appearing in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.
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In T.A. 2770, Smaug attacked the [[Erebor|Lonely Mountain]], home to Durin's Dwarves, and drove them away. He took the Lonely Mountain as his home and created a hoard from the Dwarven treasures. In T.A. 2941, as told in ''The Hobbit'', the Smaug was slain by Bard the Bowman.
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In [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|T.A.]] 2770, Smaug attacked the [[Erebor|Lonely Mountain]], home to Durin's Dwarves, and drove them away. He took the Lonely Mountain as his home and created a hoard from the Dwarven treasures. In T.A. 2941, as told in ''The Hobbit'', the Smaug was slain by Bard the Bowman.