The origins of the first Dragons are not clearly explained, but it seems clear that they were somehow created by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, in the depths of Angband. These Dragons were evidently able to breed, and at least some of them favoured communal breeding grounds such as the Withered Heath in the Grey Mountains. Like lesser reptiles, these later generations produced eggs, and from those eggs hatched young known as Dragonets. Little is known about the nature of these Dragonets, but they were said to lack the thick armour that covered most of the hide of adult Dragons.
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We know very little about the origins of the first Dragon, Glaurung, except that he was somehow created by Morgoth. Glaurung's lifecycle might therefore have been quite different from that of the later Dragons. However, we are told that he was only half-grown when he first emerged in I 260, and 'not yet come to his full armoury' (ibid), which does seem to imply that he had grown from a small and armourless Dragonet.
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