Smaug the Great and Terrible

Disaster / Destruction

One night, Smaug the Dragon descends on the Lonely Mountain spouting flames. The Dwarves are caught by surprise and Erebor is sacked, its inhabitants slain. Warriors from Dale are destroyed too, and Girion their lord is killed. Thror, the King Under The Mountain, escapes the slaughter by secret means with his son Thrain. They are joined in exile by Thorin, the young son of Thrain.   The Dragon claims the underground halls of Erebor as his lair, and its treasure becomes his hoard. From the Mountain, Smaug starts preying upon the neighbouring lands, killing people and livestock and reducing the surrounding area to a wasteland. Some time later, Dale is deserted and slowly crumbles to ruins.