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Ancalagon the Black was a dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth.

The Dark Lord Morgoth bred Ancalagon ("Rushing jaws") during the First Age to be the greatest and mightiest of all the winged dragons and actually the first of the winged fire-drakes ever to be seen. During the War of Wrath that pitted Morgoth's armies against the host of the Valar, Morgoth sent Ancalagon forth from the fortress of Angband to destroy the Dark Lord's enemies. So powerful was the dragon that even the Valar host was driven back.

But Eärendil, a Half-elven descended from the princes of the Eldar and Edain, descended from the sky on his ship Vingilot and duelled with Ancalagon. They fought for an entire day until Eärendil achieved victory and slew the dragon, whose ruined corpse crashed down upon the triple-peaked towers of Thangorodrim, destroying them. With his mightiest defender slain, Morgoth was soon utterly defeated.

Ancalagon was said to have been so large that he blotted out the Sun. Gandalf later said that Ancalagon's fire-breath was hotter than that of any other dragon in history, but still not hot enough to destroy the One Ring.

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