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A Cold-drake, possibly Gostir, by Kevin Ward
Cold-drakes were the least of mighty of dragons, lacking the power of all of Middle-earth's most infamous individuals (Ancalagon, Glaurung, and Smaug): the ability to breathe fire. Nonetheless, they were strong foes with iron-hard scales, wicked claws, bold tails and terrible fangs. Still yet, as shown with Scatha, one of the greatest of their kind, they possessed an icy "cold breath" which could freeze their prey and induce fear within them.
Though most did not survive the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, some escaped eastward and remained in the Northern Waste, the Grey Mountains, and the Withered Heath. As the millennia passed, the cold-drakes multiplied and became a serious threat to the Dwarves in the late Third Age. Eventually, war was declared. In TA 2589, Dáin I, King of Durin's Folk, and his second son Frór, were slain at the gates of their own hall by a gigantic cold-drake. With the ongoing attacks of these fierce creatures, the majority of the Dwarves decided to migrate eastwards from the Grey Mountains. Soon afterwards, the Iron Hills and the Lonely Mountain became the major dwellings of the Longbeards (the inhabitants of Khazad-dûm). Tolkien gives no hint to the history of the cold-drakes after this time period.
Four hundred years later, at the time of Bilbo Baggins' journey to Erebor, they seem to have left the Grey Mountains (as implied by Gandalf making no mention of them when describing the dangers of that region).
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Koue jakkalse |
| Albanian | Dragona të ftohta |
| Arabic | تنانين البارد |
| Armenian | Սառը դրակոններ |
| Azerbaijani | Soyuq əjdahalar |
| Basque | Hotza herensugeak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Халодныя драконы |
| Bengali | ঠান্ডা ড্রাগন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Студени дракони |
| Catalan | Dracs freds |
| Croatian | Hladni zmajevi |
| Czech | Chladní draci |
| Dutch | Koudedraken |
| Estonian | Külma draakonid |
| Faroese | Kaldadrekarnir |
| Finnish | Hyykäärmeet |
| Danish | Koldedrager |
| Georgian | ცივი დრაკონები |
| German | Kaltdrachen |
| Greek | Κρύους δράκους |
| Gujarati | ઠંડા ડ્રેગન |
| Hebrew | דרקוני הקור |
| Hindi | कोल्ड ड्रेगन |
| Hungarian | Hideg-sárkányok |
| Icelandic | Kaldirdrekar |
| Indonesian | Naga-naga dingin |
| Italian | Draghi freddi |
| Japanese | 冷血竜 |
| Kazakh | Суық айдаһарлар (Cyrillic) Swıq aydaharlar (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Суук-ажыдаарлар |
| Laotian | ມັງກອນເຢັນ |
| Latvian | Auksti pūķi |
| Lithuanian | Šalti drakonai |
| Luxembourgish | Kaledraachen |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Ладни змејови |
| Malaysian | Naga-naga sejuk |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Хүйтэн луунууд |
| Nepalese | ठण्ड ड्रेगनहरू |
| Norwegian | Kaldedrager |
| Persian | اژدهایان سرد |
| Polish | Smoki zimne |
| Portuguese | Dragões frios |
| Romanian | Dragonii rece |
| Russian | Холодные драконы |
| Scottish Gaelic | Drogaichean fuar |
| Serbian | Хладни Змајеви (Cyrillic) Hladni Zmajevi (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | සීතල මකරුන් |
| Slovak | Chladní draci |
| Slovenian | Hladni zmaji |
| Spanish | Dragones frios |
| Swedish | Kalldrakar |
| Tamil | குளிர் டிராகன்கள் |
| Telugu | కోల్డ్ డ్రాగన్స్ |
| Thai | มังกรเย็น |
| Turkish | Soğuk ejderhalar |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Холодні-дракони |
| Vietnamese | Lạnh Con rồng |
| Uzbek | Совуқ аждарлар (Cyrillic) Sovuq ajdarlar (Latin) |
| Welsh | Dreigiau Oer |
| Yiddish | קאַלט דראַגאָנס ? |
| Yoruba | Tutu dragoni |