Perhaps that was what had happened to the ruined earlier Laketown and if so the men of Laketown would know that they had to quickly knock down the bridge. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 9 months ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed 4k times. Improve this question. Salomon J. Salomon 2, 1 1 gold badge 15 15 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. That's not entirely clear; but it sort of seems that he wanted to land on the town, but didn't have room or was too heavy? Failing that, he would have ordinarily landed outside the town e.
Other than that, it's not really clear. Maybe they were still traumatized from the events with Glaurung. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You have to read the whole passage. By scuttling the bridge, the people of Lake Town forced Smaug to stay in the air which, oddly, gave them certain advantages: Smaug might eventually abandon the attack due to fatigue He may inadvertently fall into a predictable attack pattern If they knew, as Bard did, that his weak spot was on his underbelly, they needed to get underneath him to attack it.
That would be easier to do if he was in the air making attack runs than if he was on the ground a few feet in front of them belching fire at them. Improve this answer. Sean Vieira 3 3 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Salomon Agreed. In the book a single, normal sized, black arrow was enough to kill Smaug. In the movie, nothing smaller than the harpoon they used would have realistically scratched him.
MattGutting, heh. After Smaug's slaying by Bard, the dragon's corpse falls from the air and crushes the Master's barge in the process, killing all on board. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Destruction of Lake-town.
View source. History Talk 1. Do you like this video? Play Sound. Categories Battles. Fan Feed 1 Sauron 2 Melkor 3 Gandalf. The story flashes back to the point two days before, when Smaug smashed in the door of the Mountain in a range.
The men of Lake-town saw the flashes produced by Smaug's destruction and at first thought it was the King under the Mountain and his gold. Alerted, they were therefore prepared for something and foiled the dragon's first attempts to attack Lake-town. But Smaug continued to assault the town and eventually set fire to it, destroying everything. Those who survived tried to escape by getting into the water. One of the archers defending the town, Bard, a descendant of Girion, holds out against Smaug with his arrows.
Taking advice from a thrush, he shoots Smaug in his soft spot — the place near his left breast that Bilbo had spied some time before.
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