Utumkôdur

Also known as Kod Ultor,Utumkoduris the only truly golden Dragon to survive the First Age. She is the elder sister of Smaug, and rivals her brother in size and strength. Unlike Smaug (or for that matter any Dragon), however, she was never ireful.

UTUMKODUR'S TALE

When Angband was destroyed, Utumkodur had already begun flying to the east, for Morgoth resolved that she should subjugate the Avari. Morgoth's defeat left her mission without any underlying purpose. Nonetheless, she settled in the high peaks of Orocarni, in the east of Middle-earth, as the Second Age dawned. There she became mysteriously enamored of the Hildor of the region, going so far as to befriend them and begin teaching them.

Utumkodur's strange relationship with the tribes of Kael indirectly gave birth to the unification of the Avaradan people known as the Womaw. This race would dominate the politics of northeastern Middle-earth for much of the next two Ages. The Cult of the Dragon that formed the core of Womaw mysticism was based on Kod Ultor's (as she was known to the Men of the East) teachings. Her adherents, the Dragon-lords, produced the line of Kings that ruled the ever- growing domain of Womawas Drus and became overlords of a huge empire. These Kings, or "Hionvora" (Wm. "Emperors") practiced Utomkodur's illusionary magic, becoming powerful Word-mages. (A later member of this line. Komûl I. became the Nazgûl Khamûl.)

Kod Ultor perished at the hands of an evil Avar Elf-queen named Mormiresûl (who used Utomkodur's scales to make a magnificent suit of armor). The Golden Dragon's peculiar legacy, however, survived, since she was diefied by the Womaw.