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Smaug Didn't Curse The Gold | Something Far More Evil Did

The dragon did not bring the curse to the mountain. He found it already there. The gold beneath Erebor had passed through more hands than any history records, and every pair of hands that held it was destroyed by it. Kings went mad. Brothers turned on brothers. Kingdoms collapsed from within. Not because of greed alone. Because of what the gold was carrying. Because of where it had been before any Dwarf ever touched it. My name is Bavor, son of Bruni, and I have spent sixty years tracing the history of Smaug's hoard through the ages of the world. Back through the hands of Men and Dwarves and Elves who held it and lost everything. Back through the wars of the Third Age and the Second. Back to a fortress in the north of a land that no longer exists, where the greatest evil the world has ever seen hoarded the gold of his enemies in the dark for centuries. And what sat in that darkness for that long does not come out unchanged. Smaug was not the curse. He was the latest consequence of one. And when he died, when the gold was distributed across the free peoples of Middle-earth, the curse did not end. It dispersed. Into a thousand hands that do not know what they are holding. What was in Angband that touched this gold? And where is it now? Welcome to Whispers From The Shire, where we bring to life the forgotten histories and untold legends of Middle-earth through immersive storytelling and art inspired by Tolkien's world. If you enjoyed this story, please subscribe for more tales from the shadows of Middle-earth. An unofficial, fan-made project inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Middle-earth Enterprises.