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Character Analysis Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The Hobbit, is one of a race of creatures about half the size of humans, beardless and with hairy feet. He lives in an unspecified time that is at once ancient and also very like the Victorian age, with its cozy domestic routines.
For the lizard genus named after the character, see Smaug (genus) . Smaug (/smaÊÉ¡/) is a fictional dragon and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien 's 1937 novel The Hobbit. He was a fearsome dragon who invaded the Dwarf kingdom of Erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the novel. In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Smaug attacks Lake-town. 2  He is killed by Bard with an elongated iron arrow as his body falls on the boat carrying the fleeing Master of Lake-town. 3  It is later revealed that Smaug's attack on Erebor was all part of Sauron's design.