Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25604636-20151019154404/@comment-26295802-20160705023216

Sinthorion wrote: Most of the ME lore is very unspecific or hard to believe. It's not written like a modern story but like an ancient tale, where the tale always exaggerates the truth. Do you really believe a spear couldn't penetrate Smaug's wings? Was it even ever tried? How could Bard's arrow get deep enough to hit the heart and instantly kill Smaug? Imagine a needle thrown at the chest of a human killing him on the spot.

Choosing to dismiss Tolkien's canon starts a whole new issue altogether. Now you're changing the debate from "Numenor vs. Valyria" to "Sinth's personal view of Numenor vs. Valyria"