Scatha

Scatha the Worm.Scatha, the youngest son of the first brood of Glaurung, resides at Gondmaeglom in the central Grey Mountains. Undoubtedly one of the mightiest of the Cold-drakes, he is the bane of the Dwarves of the Ered Mithrin.

An extremely aggressive and greedy Drake, Scatha actively hunts for civilized strongholds containing loot and he frequently raids caravans traveling along the Men Rhûnen (S. "Eastern Way") north of Mirkwood. He eats Losrandír, Goats, Orcs, and Giants.

SCATHA'S TALE

One of the greatest Dragons to survive the destruction of Angband, Scatha the Worm roamed Endor's northern wastes throughout the Second Age. As the eldest surviving offspring of Glaurung, he was the preeminent Cold-drake in the North. He later made his lair in the Grey Mountains, where he awoke around T.A. 1625. Scatha considered himself the lord of the range when the Dwarves of Durin's Tribe began mining in the region in T.A. 1999.

Scatha slew a number of the Naugrim and built quite a treasure-hoard prior to the arrival of Durin's Folk. However, when the wealthy Dwarves from Erebor (the Lonely Mountain) entered the Ered Mithrin, he struck quickly. The Great Cold-drake remembered his father's defeat at the hands of the Dwarves of Belegost and feared that the stalwart intruders would claim his domain. So, in early T.A. 2000, the foul Worm attacked the Dwarven mine at Silverplunge, where he killed the inhabitants and captured a vast cache of treasure.

The Dwarves sought to avenge this strike, but they took too long to regroup. Later the same year, Lord Fram of the Éothéod slew Scatha and took the Cold-drake's hoard back to the Northman realm in the Anduin Vales. Enraged, the Dwarves demanded that the Éothéod return the booty, but Fram refused. The Horse-lord preferred to use his new-found wealth to build a new capital at Framsburg. He then sent the Naugrim an insulting reply, along with a necklace made from Scatha's teeth. This touched off fighting and the Dwarves slew Fram during the brief conflict. Ever since, there has been animosity between the Northmen and the Naugrim — the awful legacy of Scatha the Worm.