“Revenge! The King under the Mountain is dead and where are his kin that dare seek revenge? (...) Then I was but young and tender. Now I am old and strong, strong, strong, Thief in the Shadows!” he gloated. “My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!” —J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Inside Information"
Illustration of conversation between Bilbo Baggins and Smaug the Dragon.
