The Lord of the Rings Online Creature Feature

Turbine’s official The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar website has been updated with information and artwork for the lesser members of Dragon-kind in Middle-Earth.

In the depths of time, the great race of dragons was bred by Morgoth in his dark realm of Angband. These terrible beasts are capable of spewing gouts of flame and crushing stone and metal with little effort. Few survived the fall of Beleriand, and fewer still remain in the Third Age. Smaug the Golden was the greatest of those who fled to Middle-earth, and he was slain by Bard the Bowman, who became King of Dale.

The winged drakes who now inhabit the stony hills and mountains of Middle-earth are mere shadows of the once-great majesty of their forebears. They hunt the landscape for aurochs, bears, and other large animals with which to feed their young drakelings though they will not hesitate to make a meal of stray Hillman or Earth-kin, if the opportunity arises.