Smaug, despite his size, was not the largest dragon in Middle-earth, as Ancalagon the Black takes that title by a landslide. Morgoth, the Dark Lord, created a series of vile creatures, including ...

Then, just when it seemed that victory was assured, Morgoth released his greatest weapon, a fleet of dragons led by Ancalagon the Black. An assault so devastating that even the Valar were driven back.

In the final battle against Morgoth, Eärendil took Vingilot into the fray and fought in the skies. He slayed Ancalagon the Black, Morgoth’s mightiest dragon. And so the War of Wrath ended.

It is hard to imagine that the Valar would not have rallied and defeated him, but that the most powerful beings in Middle-earth – Tulkas among them – were forced to give ground to a being of a ...