Ancalagon the Black, the most powerful winged fire-dragon ever to dwell, was the deadliest of the dragons of Morgoth. The Valar engaged in their last conflict with Morgoth during the War of Wrath. With the majority of the Balrogs of the Dark Lord and other warriors decimated, their victory was imminent. However, Morgoth released the winged dragons that he had been keeping hidden in Angband in the year 587. They attacked the ranks of the Host of the Valar, who had come with thunderbolts and fire storms, and Ancalagon was among them. The vast Birds of Heaven, led by Thorondor, were assembled about Vingilot when Eärendil, who shone with white flame, arrived, and there was air combat all day long and during a night of uncertainty. Ancalagon the Black, the strongest of the dragon host, was killed by Eärendil before the sun rose. He then hurled him from the sky, where he crashed into the Towers of Thangorodrim, shattering them in the process. Gandalf made A reference to Ancalagon by the end of the Third Age, stating that not even his flames could destroy the One Ring. The Quenta Noldorinwa of1930s contains the earliest appearance of Ancalagon in the mythological tales of Tolkien and provides a much more condensed account of the War of Wrath than that provided in the above section, even if the plot is the same as that of subsequent editions! [Information Credit : https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ancalagon ] #Mythology#LOTR
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