Fire-drakes

Fire-drakes (in Quenya Urulóki) was one term used for fire-breathing Dragons in J.R.R. Tolkien's writings. They may have been a sub-species.
== History ==
=== First Age ===
Glaurung and Ancalagon were fire-drakes, and were among the most famous of the breed. Glaurung was a key player in the sacking of Nargothrond and in the fulfillment of Morgoth's curse on the children of Húrin. He was a fearsome bane to the Elves.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
Many fire-drakes also joined the Balrogs in the attack on Gondolin in the year 510.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXIII: "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin" One of them arrived over the western walls of the city, bearing enemies to the assault upon their back. In the ensuing chaos, Ecthelion and Tuor were confronted by this dragon, and they were almost trampled. Tuor hewed its foot, at which the fire-drake was said to sprout flames and scream, lashing their tail and killing many Orcs and Elves. In this moment Tuor and Ecthelion were able to escape the beast. Another fire-drake dried up the Place of the Fountain.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, III: "The Fall of Gondolin", pgs. 181, 184
Ancalagon and his armada of winged fire-drakes by themselves drove back the Host of the Valar during the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, such was their incredible power.
=== Second and Third Ages ===
All but two of (winged) fire-drakes were thought to have been slain during the War of Wrath,"The Tale of Years", The War of the Jewels, The History of Middle-earth and the surviving drakes eventually started to multiply in the far north. During the Second Age, they still posed threats to Men,J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, 1977, Akallabeth, The Silmarillion and Sauron at one point summoned all of Morgoth's remaining forces, but the presence of dragons were not mentioned in the War of the Last Alliance. In TA 2770, Smaug came down from the North and sacked the Lonely Mountain. Later, in TA 2941, Thrór's grandson Thorin Oakenshield returned with a small group to reclaim his grandfather's kingdom, unleashing a chain of events that led to the death of Smaug when he attacked nearby Lake-town and was slain by the Black Arrow shot by Bard the Bowman.The Hobbit, Chapter XIV: "Fire and Water"
According to Gandalf, there were still dragons shortly prior to the War of the Ring, though they were said to be lesser in nature. 
== Description ==
Fire-drakes often grew to immense sizes, and breathed destructive flames and vapours from their mouths and nostrils. The fire from one of these dragons was so intense that it was said to be able to consume and melt the Rings of Power (as became the case with some of the Dwarven Rings), with the exception of the One Ring.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter II: "The Shadow of the Past" The fire also emitted extreme heats from their bodies, enabling them to dry up a river and potentially melt their passage through snow.
Most of the famous dragons throughout the ages were fire-drakes, although only some of them fought for Morgoth. 
Tolkien confirmed in a letter that Smaug was the last of his kind, the last of the "great" fire-drakes of Middle-earth. Dragons of lesser stature, such as smaller kin of Cold-drakes and fire-drakes lived on. This was also mentioned by Gandalf. 
== Etymology ==
In Quenya, Fire-drakes were called Urulóki ("Fire Serpent" or "Fire-dragon"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter II: "Turambar and the Foalókë"The History of Middle-earth, Vol. V: The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies"), from ur ("heat") and lókë ("snake, serpent").The Silmarillion, Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin namesParma Eldalamberon, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
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== In adaptations ==
=== The Hobbit film trilogy ===
In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Thranduil had claimed to face a "fire drake of the North", and presumably suffered damages caused by dragon's fire. It is unknown whether this dragon was in the First Age, or those in the Grey Mountains in later days including Scatha, but seemingly in the Third Age after Smaug's attack on the Lonely Mountain.
=== Video games ===
In The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, "fire-drake" is redefined as a wingless, four-legged dragon, much different and smaller than Tolkien's dragons or "great worms". They breathe flames, and are used by the Goblin faction. Gorkil the Goblin King can summon three of them as his final power.
"Fire-drake broods" are triplets of smaller fire-drakes, introduced in The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king. They arise in groups of three and their combined attack is just as powerful as their larger cousins; only two fire-drake broods can be recruited at one time.﻿
In The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Úrgost is a winged fire-drake who lives in the Grey Mountains. Agandaûr offers him Nordinbad in exchange for his service to Sauron, Úrgost responds by saying you will have your answer in my own good time. Later on he meets the company Farin, Eradan and Andriel and makes a deal with them to bring him Carn Dûm from Agandaûr and he will not fight for Sauron.﻿
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Vuur drakes
Albanian 	Dragoi zjarrit
Armenian 	Կրակ Դրակոններ
Azerbaijani 	Yanğın əjdahaya
Basque 	Sua herensugeak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вогненныя драконы
Bengali 	আগুন ড্রাগন
Bosnian 	Vatreni zmajevi
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Огнените дракони
Cambodian 	ភ្លើងឆេះ - នាគ
Catalan 	Dracs de foc
Corsican 	Dragoni di focu
Croatian 	Vatreni zmajevi
Czech 	Oheň draci
Danish 	Ildsprudende drager
Dutch 	Vuurdraken
Esperanto 	Fajrega drakoj
Estonian 	Tulekahju lohesid
Faroese 	Eldurdrekar
Finnish 	Tulikäärmeet
French 	Drakes d'incendie
Frisian 	Fjoerdraken (Western)
Galician 	Dragóns de lume
Georgian 	ცეცხლი დრაკონები
German 	Feuerschlange
Greek 	Φωτιά δράκους
Gujarati 	ફાયર ડ્રેગન
Hebrew 	אש דרקונים (Fire-drakes)
אורולוקי (Urulóki)
Hindi 	आग ड्रेगन
Hungarian 	Tűz sárkányok
Icelandic 	Elddrekar
Indonesian 	Api naga-naga
Irish Gaelic 	An Dragain dóiteáin
Italian 	Draghi del fuoco
Japanese 	火竜/ウルローキ
Kannada 	ಬೆಂಕಿ ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ಗಳು
Kazakh 	Өрт драконы (Cyrillic) Ört drakonı (Latin)
Korean 	불 드래곤
Kurdish 	Ejdeha agir (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	От-ажыдаарлар
Laotian 	ໄຟມັງກອນ
Latin 	Ignis dracones
Latvian 	Uguns pūķi
Lithuanian 	Ugnies drakonai
Luxembourgish 	Feierdraachen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Огнени змејови
Maltese 	Draguni tan-nar
Maori 	Nga tarakona ahi
Marathi 	अग्नि ड्रॅगन
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Гал луу
Nepalese 	आगो ड्रेगन
Norwegian 	Branndrager (Bokmål) 
Elddrakes (Nynorsk)
Old English 	Dracan Fyr
Persian 	آتش اژدهایان (Fire-drakes)
اورولوکی (Urulóki)
Polish 	Smoki ogniste
Portuguese 	Dragões de fogo
Punjabi 	ਅੱਗ-ਡਰੈਗਨ
Romanian 	Dragoni de foc
Russian 	Драконы огня
Scottish Gaelic 	An Dragain teine
Serbian 	Ватрени змајеви (Cyrillic) Vatreni zmajevi (Latin)
Sindhi 	باهه ايجنٽ ?
Sinhalese 	ගිනි මකරෝ
Slovak 	Požiaru-drakoch
Slovenian 	Ogenj-zmajev
Spanish 	Serpiente de Fuego
Swedish 	Branddrakar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Оташ аждаҳои
Tamil 	தீ டிராகன்கள்
Telugu 	అగ్ని డ్రాగన్లు
Thai 	มังกรไฟ
Turkish 	Ateşsakallar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Вогонь драконів
Urdu 	آگ ڈریگن
Uzbek 	Йонғин аждаҳо (Cyrillic) Yong'in ajdaho (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Rồng lửa
Welsh 	Dreigiau tân
Xhosa 	Ii dragons zomlilo
Yiddish 	פייַער דראַגאָנס
Yoruba 	Ina dragoni
== References ==
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