because he tells smaug he is Barrel-rider
It was destroyed by Smaug. What wasn't burned by his fiery breath was crushed when he fell on it.
Smaug's layer is in the heart of the Misty Mountains.
The Hobbit is fairly linear. There are a few places where the time line backs up, particularly when the dwarves and Bilbo are exploring Smaug's den and Smaug is attacking Laketown.
In Tolkien's The Hobbit, the Master of Esgaroth (Laketown) runs away when the dragon begins to destroy the town.
because he tells smaug he is Barrel-rider
It was destroyed by Smaug. What wasn't burned by his fiery breath was crushed when he fell on it.
Smaug's layer is in the heart of the Misty Mountains.
The Hobbit is fairly linear. There are a few places where the time line backs up, particularly when the dwarves and Bilbo are exploring Smaug's den and Smaug is attacking Laketown.
In Tolkien's The Hobbit, the Master of Esgaroth (Laketown) runs away when the dragon begins to destroy the town.
Recompense for the damage done to Laketown. He was a descendant of Girion of Dale, from whom much of the treasure of Smaug had been stolen.
The battle of five armies comes after Smaug's death, after Thorin's 'dragon greed' almost starts a war against the elves and the men of Laketown.
* Smaug didn't like them thumping their barrels. * Bilbo in being clever about who he was claimed to be 'barrel rider' in reference to his journey down the river in a barrel. Smaug took this to mean he was one of the Lake-men and vowed revenge for Bilbo's intrusion into his lair.
Smaug is the dragon that has laid waste to the Lonely Mountain and terrorized Laketown for many years. He stole the dwarves' treasure that lived in the Lonely Mountain.
because they didn't want Smaug the dragon to be able to destroy the town.
With Smaug dead, the treasure is up for grabs. Dain Ironfoot and the Dwarves, Thranduil and the Elves, and the Men of Laketown all learn this and fight each other for it. Eventually a Goblin army arrives out of the Misty Mountains to battle. The Dwarves, Elves, and Men join forces to fight the Goblins.
Smaug is a large red dragon with brown fur like skin covering his back, he has large webbed looking ears and large peircing eyes, he breathes fire and has wings that look like larger versions of his ears