Smaug the golden dragon of the hobbit
Smaug the dragon vs Bilbo the Hobbit
Smaug the dragon who stood as a role model for the dungeons and dragons games. In "The Hobbit " Bilbo titled him once as "Smaug the Chiefest and greatest of calamities"."Smaug the Tremendous!", Smaug the Mighty, Smaug the unassessably!!! Bilbo gives Smaug in the novel The Hobbit a lot of different titles, all exceedingly impressive. J.R.R. Tolkien gave the dragon the name Smaug because it is the past tense of the primitive Germanic verb smeugan, which means "to squeeze through a hole". In the...

Dragon Keepers
Dragons Can Be a Girls Best Friend
Ever since I was a child, I have had a place in my heart for magical creatures. In our make believe play, my friends and I were all Knights of the Round Table. Yes, I am girl but my parents never made the distinction that I was not able to be anything a boy could be, besides a boy, of course. So I was always able to capture and train the dragon to let me ride on it's back into battle. In my heart, I knew my dragon would always protect me.

Dragon Quotes
Dragon Quotes and Sayings
Dragon Quotes has a large selection of fantasy quotations, sayings and poetry on the Dragon, that mythical winged beast. One of the most famous Dragons in literature is Smaug from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." Smaug was a hoarder of treasure and very possessive over his gold. If you love winged fantasy beasts yourself or if you're looking for the perfect Dragon quotes to finish a dragon-themed card or scrapbook, you've found just the right place. Image credits are supplied near the bottom o...

Temeraire - a Dragon Defending England from Napoleon
To learn more about the world of Temeraire - visit the official homepage! Pictured to the left is book #5 in the series, Victory of Eagles, just released in July 2008! I just finished reading it, and it is as amazing as the first four books in the series. This series of books has been optioned by Peter Jackson, director of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong".