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Andoanca


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A red Cold-drake, Andanc (S. "Long-maw"; Q. Ancando), known to the Northrons as Scalia, was one of the younger dragons of the Third Age, and after Smaug's death along with Gesturaeta the most powerful of the Cold-drakes of the Grey Mountains.

Originally residing at Sammasudûnanca on the northeastern side of the Withered Heath, Andanc was an aggressive but sleepy creature who, even when stirred, slept 95% of the time. When he was awake, he hunted Reindeer, but his favorite prey were Trolls, for he enjoyed the thrill of a good fight. Stronger than the other old Cold-drakes, he became a mighty Dragon-lord, who tolerated no other as his equal.His "domain" stretched stretches hundreds of miles north and east of the Sarchbel-i-Fannath, across the Talath Uichel, and included the lair of Agburanar the Shy.Originally he awoke in a cave beneath Mount Udûnanca, an iron-rich peak that stands near the heart of the north-eastern spur of the Ered Mithrin (S. "Grey Moun-tains"). There, he made his home atop a shelf in a rectangular chamber measuring some 600' by 900'.The red Cold-drake later established a second lair at Nôr-Dûm.While small (he was only forty-five feet long), Andanc was dangerously aggressive, extremely clever, and frightenly vicious. His bloodthirst was unrivaled. Never shying away from a scrap, he was a hardened fighter who had met every challenge he had ever faced. He had defeated every rival killing a few in the process.All of the Grey Mountain Anguloki feared his wrath.He attempted assert this titular dominion, striking against a number of flame Drakes during the ensuing centuries. Both Gesturaeta and Throkmaw had challenged Andanc and a series of inconclusive battles transpired. In time, Throkmaw refined combat, but the rivalry between Gesturaeta and Andanc persisted.In T.A. 2644, a company of Dwarves, bent on vengeance, attempted to slay Andanc at Thakalgund though there was no tradition of his confirmed death.

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Original name in MERP: Ando-Anca → (Q.) Ancando = (S.) Andanc
Original name in LOTRRPG: Skell → Scalia

Ando-Anca is a corrupt Quenya form, which is corrected into a corresponding Sindarin form, as Quenya was a language of lore and of the First Age, and a Sindarin name would have been far more common and widespread in the mid Third Age.

According to MERP 2nd edition "Ando-Anca" was a son of Glaurung, extremely old and a brother of Scatha while in 1st edition he was still considered a younger Dragon who lived on after Smaug's death.The 1st edition version seems more likely while the 2nd Edition variant seems to be at conflict with the Legendarium in many ways.

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