What if Smaug survived?

Smaug would wander in and kill all of them, excluding Bilbo. This would prevent the birth of Gimli, or the existence of the Beornings. Smaug would then reclaim his place as king under the mountain, and would then eventually find Bilbo and eat him. Smaug would find the ring, and either keep it or return it to Sauron.
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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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What would happen if Smaug joined Sauron?

Sauron and Smaug would have fit perfectly as allies: Smaug wants gold and riches but he is not interested in ruling over something or someone. Sauron wants to rule over all of Middle-earth but cares little if anything for riches and treasures.
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Is Smaug the last living dragon?

Smaug was the last named dragon of Middle-earth. He was slain by Bard, a descendant of Girion, Lord of Dale.
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How long would Smaug have lived?

5 He Might Have Lived Forever

It is known that Smaug drove the Dwarves out of their mountain stronghold over 150 years prior to the events of The Hobbit, which doesn't seem like a lot of time in Tolkien years.
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Can Smaug use the One Ring?

Probably not. Dragons are a lesser order of creatures, and since Sauron is both a Maia and master of the Ring, in any contest between Smaug and Sauron, Sauron would have prevailed. Gandalf's primary concern when organizing the Quest of Erebor was: The Dragon Sauron might use with terrible effect.
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Can Sauron beat Smaug?

Round 2) Smaug is on the offensive, going after Sauron with ring in his castle Barad-dûr. Round 3 and 4 are the same but with Sauron as he was during the events of Lord of the Rings. Bonus 1 on 1 combat, does Smaug stomp? There's a quote by Gandalf which I believe shows that Sauron wins every time.
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Can Smaug see Bilbo?

In the movie a parallel is drawn between the eye of Sauron and the eye of Smaug, the two images being juxtaposed. In fact, it is the gaze of Smaug's eye that pressures Bilbo and leads him to take off the ring, with the result that Smaug can see him.
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Who would win Balrog or 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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Does Smaug have to eat?

From what I understand, Smaug is a beast that must eat other living things to sustain himself. For example, he does not "eat" gold and jewels, he simply admires and covets them. It's implied that he ate a good deal of dwarves, men, ponies, etc., during his attack on Erebor.
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Is Smaug loyal to 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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Why does Smaug want gold?

There may be a very good reason for this. The premise behind The Hobbit was to rob Smaug, the last great dragon of Middle-earth, of his treasure. Well, it was actually to reclaim the old Dwarvish kingdom of Erebor from the fire-drake, but to the Dwarves in Thorin and Company, gold was a major motivator.
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Who is bigger Smaug vs drogon?

If you remember how large Drogon was in Season 4 of Game of Thrones, he still wasn't as large as Smaug in the Hobbit 2. There is a much more accurate dragon comparison chart from The Daily Dot, which shows how Drogon and his siblings are around 61m compared to that of Smaug who is 60m.
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How much gold is Smaug?

Topping the list this year is another topical upcoming movie character, Smaug, the red-gold dragon who will be seen in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" films. According to the number crunchers at Forbes, Smaug rests his armored belly on a bed made up of $62 billion worth of gold, priceless Elvish armor, and other baubles.
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How did Smaug know about the gold?

It is presumed that Smaug hears about the treasure within the Lonely Mountain and decides he will take it, but as the dwarves had been mining there for a long time there must've been a significant time period where the treasure would presumably have been worthy of Smaug's attention but he didn't either know about it or ...
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Can Ancalagon destroy the Ring?

Gandalf said that not even the fire of Ancalagon the Black (the mightiest dragon) could destroy the ring. You'd think that dropping it in any ole' volcano may not have destroyed it but would have made it inaccessible for geological ages--essentially forever.
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Could Gandalf have fought 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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Do Balrogs 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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Why is Gandalf scared of Moria?

Gandalf was scared of this beast because he knew how powerful it was since it was a Maia like himself, but it was purely evil.
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Why does Smaug talk so much?

Smaug's ability to speak, the use of riddles, the element of betrayal, his enemy's communication via birds, and his weak spot could all have been inspired by the talking dragon Fafnir of the Völsunga saga. Shippey identified several points of similarity between Smaug and Fafnir.
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Is Smaug a dragon or a Wyvern?

Most notably, Smaug was apparently a four-legged western dragon in the first film, but to follow the description in the book, referring to him as a "wyrm", he was redesigned to be a more snake or bird-like wyvern-type dragon in the second film.
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Did Gandalf know Bilbo had the ring?

At the end of The Hobbit, Gandalf reveals to Bilbo that he knows about his magic ring. Here's why the scene doesn't contradict The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf's knowledge of Bilbo's ring in The Hobbit doesn't create a Lord of the Rings plot hole.
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Who is stronger Galadriel or Gandalf?

Gandalf the White, or in his true form, is much stronger than wise elf Galadriel in the Lord of the Rings.
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Can Gandalf be killed?

As one of the Maiar he is an immortal spirit, but being in a physical body on Middle-earth, he can be killed in battle, as he is by the Balrog from Moria. He is sent back to Middle-earth to complete his mission, now as Gandalf the White and leader of the order of wizards.
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How did narsil cut Sauron?

Usage. Narsil was a longsword wielded by King Elendil during the War of the Last Alliance, and used by his son, Isildur, to cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand during the final battle of that war, being shattered in the process. It consequently was known as the Sword that was Broken.
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