The Dragon-worshippers were several groups of mostly unrelated sects, mostly among the men of middle-earth. These tried to appease Dragons by worshiping them, often bringing them human sacrifices, preferrably virgin maidens of high birth. Such cults temporarily could flatter a dragon, and often he found it comfortable to surround himself for a while with loyal followers who brought him riches and easy delicacies, but on the long term dragons would lose interest in their devotees or even grow tired or annoyed by them and finally murder their own subjects in outbursts of rage, greed and binge eating.Thus most groups of Dragon-worshipers were literally "shortlived".
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