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Scatha the Worm.

Scatha

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The Worm

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Unknown

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Date of death

TA 2000

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Dragons

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Long-worms

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Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

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Scatha was one of the greatest of the Long-worm dragons that infested the Grey Mountains (Ered Mithrin) of the north of Middle-earth.

HistoryEdit

Of his life little is known but it is possible that Scatha was a remnant of the dragons of Morgoth that fled into Northeast after the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age. It is possible Scatha was the dragon which killed Dain I and his son Fror. He appeared in the Third Age and his lair was in the southern slopes of the Grey Mountains. He greatly troubled the Dwarves and Men living in the lands North of the Wilderland and had stolen a great deal of their treasure. He was slain by the Éothéod leader Fram, son of Frumgar (an ancestor of Eorl the Young) in the early days of the Éothéod (roughly TA 2000).

After Scatha's demise peace came to the land save for a dispute over his stolen tresure. In his hoard was found a silver horn, the Horn of Rohan later given to Meriadoc Brandybuck by Éowyn. The dwarves also claimed the hoard (partially justified as the Horn of Rohan was said to be dwarven made) but Fram would not give them anything. Instead, Fram sent them a necklace made out of Scatha's teeth. The dwarves were insulted and may have slain him and took what they wanted.

It's possible, as a flightless dragon, that Scatha participated in the attack on Gondolin and looted the city after its fall. Thus the Elvish swords, Glamdring, Orcrist, and Sting, may have been part of the hoard that Fram now possessed.

Dragons of Middle-earth

Ancalagon | Glaurung | Scatha | Smaug | Gostir