Did Smaug serve Sauron?

There's no evidence in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings that Smaug (or any other dragons in the Withered Heath) was receiving any directives from Sauron, or felt the presence of Sauron.
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Is Smaug a servant of Sauron?

Despite there being a connection between them – as both are connected to Morgoth in some way – Smaug and Sauron never worked together. It was an alliance Gandalf and the White Council feared, but it never happened since, as far as we know, the two of them never even met in The Hobbit.
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Did Smaug sense the ring?

Smaug didn't smell the ring, he just noticed that the "thief" being Bilbo was invisible.. Somehow Smaug is oddly up to date with general middle earth knowledge like Thorin having the nickname 'Oakensheild' and that "a darkness is coming" being Sauron and his army..
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Who is the servant of Sauron?

The Mouth of Sauron was the Dark Lord Sauron's servant and emissary at the end of the Third Age. He had the title Lieutenant of Barad-dûr, since he was so strongly devoted to the Dark Lord.
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Did any Dwarves fight for Sauron?

Of the Dwarves few fought upon either side; but the kindred of Durin of Moria fought against Sauron. In this passage we can only be sure that Durin's Folk opposed Sauron and actively fought against him.
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Why didn't the Dwarves help in Lord of the Rings?

Just as Gondor was under siege and at the battle of the Pelennor Fields, Sauron's armies were simultaneously attacking the Lonely Mountain and Dale, so the Dwarves were busy fighting a war side by side with the men of the north against the armies of Mordor and Rhun(allied with Mordor), therefore, they could not send ...
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Did Dwarves fight in the last alliance?

Dwarves. Durin IV, King of Durin's Folk during the War of the Last Alliance, sent an army of Dwarves of Khazad-dûm to fight alongside the Last Alliance of Elves and Men to help in the battles. It is said that very few Dwarves fought on either side, but the Longbeards fought alongside the Last Alliance.
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Is the Mouth of Sauron a Nazgûl?

His appearance to a Nazgûl is strikingly similar and his corrupt being contains some interesting ideas. We know almost nothing of the Mouth of Sauron, except that he was most likely one of the Black Númenóreans who fell under the dominion of the Dark Lord. Other than that, it's all speculation.
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Is the Mouth of Sauron blind?

In the extended cut of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, there is a character called the Mouth of Sauron that appears in a scene cut from the theatrical version. This character is blind and wears armor to cover it's highly disfigured face.
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Was Saruman an ally of Sauron?

Saruman WAS a servant of Sauron.
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Who would win Balrog vs Smaug?

So, one glimpse into Smaug's eyes and the Balrog falls under the spell. Even if it's just for a second—a moment of hesitation or distraction, it'd be enough. Smaug would snatch up Durin's Bane and gobble him up with his sword-sharp teeth (and we know swords can kill Balrogs).
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What would happen if Smaug got the One Ring?

TL;DR: The Ring would've used Smaug's greed to control him, making him raze Middle-Earth, and then corrupt him to such a point he wouldn't be able defeat Sauron, giving the Dark Lord control over the land.
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Can Gandalf defeat Smaug?

Gandalf absolutely could have killed Smaug in a one-on-one fight. The grey wizard fought and defeated the Balrog of Moria, and a dragon was a lesser evil than that.
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Did Morgoth create dragons?

Dragons were ancient, intelligent, powerful creatures, as feared as they were admired in Middle-earth. Their exact origin is debated, though it was clearly stated that they were created by Morgoth in some sense, millennia before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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Did the Balrog serve Sauron?

The Balrogs were originally the servants of Morgoth in the First Age, of whom, Sauron was also his servant. The Balrogs and Sauron were all Maiar and somewhat coeval; it is debatable whether a Balrog would recognize Sauron as successor and serve him willingly.
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Is Smaug from Morgoth?

Smaug is of the Winged Uruloki. These were created by Morgoth, and in the Great Battle the Silmarillion states that well-nigh all of them were destroyed...but not all.
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Was Sauron an elf?

Prior to the publication of The Silmarillion, Sauron's origins and true identity were unclear to those without full access to Tolkien's notes. In early editions of The Guide to Middle Earth, Sauron is described as "probably of the Eldar elves".
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What did Sauron look like under his Armour?

The usual description is something like "a dark Lord, great and terrible." It's short on specifics, save that Isildur described his hand as being black but burning like fire, and that in the Third Age he only had nine fingers.
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Who is Sauron's second in command?

King, Ringwraith, Lord of the Nazgûl, he had many weapons. He left the Gate and vanished." The Witch-king being the lord among chiefs, he would be Second-in-command of Lord Sauron. As for the Mouth of Sauron, we have that he was 'only' the lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr.
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Why did Sauron build the Black Gate?

The Black Gate was a mighty rampart built by Sauron the Dark Lord of Mordor in the Second Age, to protect and guard the northern entrance into Mordor and to prevent invasion at the gap between the Ash Mountains and the Ephel Dúath. It was built with the power of the One Ring, like the Barad-dûr.
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Is the Black Hand Sauron?

Actor. The Black Hand was the greatest and the most feared of Sauron's Black Captains during the late Third Age. He is non-canonical as his character was invented for the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
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Did Legolas fight in the Last Alliance?

1) Legolas' age is never mentioned in any of Tolkien's works. It is unclear (but doubtful) he fought in the Battle of the Last Alliance as you would think he would have been mentioned. His grandfather Oropher died in that Alliance, leading his Silvan Elves against Sauron in the first assault.
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Is Legolas older than Gandalf?

Gandalf has a younger form in Middle-Earth who is appeared to be about 60 but in reality he is 2019 making him older than Middle-Earth. Legolas was not born in TA 87, that date was made up for a reference book to the films.
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Who defeated Sauron the first time?

When Elendil fell, his sword Narsil broke beneath him. Isildur took up the hilt-shard of Narsil and cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand, vanquishing Sauron.
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