I would go with FM’s suggestion for the text and only keep the last sentence in the lore.

Your wish is my command!

Dáin’s DC Duos #97

Now that we’ve seen what a beast Smaug can be in the shadow phase, let’s take a look at the archery phase. His fire-breathing can quite effectively toast the fellowship. Enjoy!

Reckless In His Rage
Event • Archery
Exert a Dragon or archer any number of times to either make the minion archery total +1 for each exertion or to make the fellowship archery total -2 for each exertion.
“Then down he swooped straight through the arrow-storm...taking no heed to turn his scaly sides towards his foes, seeking only to set their town ablaze.”
The wording is a bit weird... but I can see why you did it this way. You couls just make it, "Exert X times to make the minion archery total +X or the fellowship archery total -X." But that would make it -1, not -2, for the fellowship... umm...

Okay, no more rambling. Nice card.

Terrific Flames
Event • Archery
Spot a Dragon and remove X threats to make the minion archery total +X.
“...the nostrils sent forth fire and vapour to pursue him, and he was nearly overcome, and stumbled blindly on in great pain and fear.”
Cool, cool. But seems a bit counter-productive... you’ve got a dragon out, so chances are someone’s gonna die, but now you’re removing threats. Also, it doesn’t combo at all with the "+2 for each threat" Smaug. Not sure how I’d change it, though...

Further Vengeance To Take
Event • Shadow
Search. You may add to play this event during the maneuver or assignment phase.
Play a Dragon or or Orc from hand. Its twilight cost is -1 for each of the following Free Peoples races you can spot: Dwarf, Hobbit, Man.
If the minion played is Smaug, he is strength +1 until the regroup phase for each of the following races you can spot in the fellowship: Dwarf, Hobbit, Man.
“‘They shall see me and remember who is the real King under the Mountain!’”
search? is this an unloaded keyword?nice.

•Roar and Rumble of His Fury
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot Smaug.
Shadow: Exert Smaug twice and remove (X) to discard X Free Peoples cards (except companions and allies). Discard this condition.
“He was breaking rocks to pieces, smashing wall and cliff with the lashings of his huge tail, till their little lofty camping ground, the scorched grass, the thrush’s stone, the snail-covered walls, the narrow ledge, and all disappeared in a jumble of smithereens, and an avalanche of splintered stones fell over the cliff into the valley below.”

Reckless In His Rage
Event • Archery
Exert a Dragon or archer any number of times to either make the minion archery total +1 for each exertion or to make the fellowship archery total -2 for each exertion.
“Then down he swooped straight through the arrow-storm...taking no heed to turn his scaly sides towards his foes, seeking only to set their town ablaze.”
exert a dragon or an Orc archer... the way you have it right now I believe the dragon has to be an archer. you could make it algebraic, such as
Exert a Dragon or archer X times to make the minion archery total +X or to make the fellowship archery total -2X for each exertion.

Terrific Flames
Event • Archery
Spot a Dragon and remove X threats to make the minion archery total +X.
“...the nostrils sent forth fire and vapour to pursue him, and he was nearly overcome, and stumbled blindly on in great pain and fear.”

Cool, cool. But seems a bit counter-productive... you’ve got a dragon out, so chances are someone’s gonna die, but now you’re removing threats. Also, it doesn’t combo at all with the "+2 for each threat" Smaug. Not sure how I’d change it, though...

search? is this an unloaded keyword?nice.

•Smaug, Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 16
Vitality: 6
Site: 9
Damage +1. Fierce. Hunter 2.
Smaug’s twilight cost is -1 for each site you control.
Smaug may not take wounds during the archery phase (except from special abilities) and may not bear possessions.
Smaug is strength +2 for each threat you can spot (limit +6).
“‘My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!’”

•Smaug, Last of the Great Fire-drakes
Minion • Dragon
Strength: 17
Vitality: 6
Site: 9
Damage +2.
Smaug’s twilight cost is -1 for each threat you spot and site you control (limit -.
Smaug may not take wounds during the archery phase (except from special abilities) and may not bear possessions.
Archery: Exert Smaug to make the minion archery total +1 (limit +3).
“Fire leaped from the dragon’s jaws....the trees by the shores shone like copper and like blood with leaping shadows of dense black at their feet.”

Breeze From the Black East
Event • Maneuver
Weather.
Spot no threats to play an or [Goblin] minion and add two threats. Then, if you can spot a weather condition, add .
“...it was ominous and dreary even in the light of morning. Now it was lost and gone, blotted in the dark.”

Desolation and a Dragon
Event • Shadow
Play an minion; its twilight cost is -1 for each card you can spot. The Free Peoples player may add 2 threats to prevent any cost reduction for that minion.
“‘The Dragon Sauron might use with terrible effect. Often I said to myself: ‘I must find some means of dealing with Smaug....We must disturb Sauron’s plans.’’”

Lake-town
Site 8 [LA]
River. Dwelling. The roaming penalty for each minion is -2.

Smaug’s Lair
Site 9 [LA]
Underground. Shadow: Remove a threat to play Smaug from your draw deck or hand; Smaug’s twilight cost is -5.

Came From The North
Event • Shadow
Spot a Dwarf or Man and remove a threat to play an or minion from your draw deck.
“‘The first we heard of it was a noise like a hurricane coming from the North, and the pine-trees on the Mountain creaking and cracking in the wind.’”

The Gathering of the Clouds
Event • Maneuver
Weather.
Exert a Dragon or Orc to make the Free Peoples player choose to either add 2 burdens or 2 threats.
“Still more suddenly a darkness came on with dreadful swiftness! A black cloud hurried over the sky. Winter thunder on a wild wind rolled roaring up and rumbled in the Mountain, and lightning lit its peak.”

•Threat Of Oncoming Winter
Condition • Support Area
Weather. To play, exert an minion.
Each time the fellowship moves from a sanctuary, dwelling, or underground site, you may remove X threats to exert X companions.
Maneuver: Play a weather event from your draw deck. Discard this condition.
“A bitter easterly breeze blew....It swirled over and round the arms of the Mountain into the valley, and sighed among the rocks. After their long time in the stewing depths of the dragon-haunted caverns, they shivered in the sun.”

Brooding
Condition
Resistance: -2
To play, exert 2 minions (or exert Smaug once).
Bearer must be an unbound companion. Limit 1 per bearer. Bearer is damage -1 (to a minimum of 0) and, if bearer is a Dwarf, strength -1.
Discard this condition if you can spot 2 other companions of bearer’s race.
“...the armies were dispersed and the alliances broken and the axes of his people were few; and a great Anger without hope burned him, as he smote the red iron on the anvil.”

Dragon-spell
Event • Response
Search. Toil 2.
If the Ring-bearer puts on The One Ring, spot a Dragon to add a burden for each threat you can spot (limit 3).
“Whenever Smaug’s roving eye, seeking for him in the shadows, flashed across him, he trembled, and an unaccountable desire seized hold of him to rush out and reveal himself and tell all the truth to Smaug.”

The Devastation of Dale
Event • Assignment
Toil 1.
Assign an minion to an unbound Man. If that Man has resistance less than 4, you may exert a Man.
“‘Later he used to crawl out of the Great Gate and come by night to Dale, and carry away people, especially maidens, to eat, until Dale was ruined, and all the people dead or gone.’”

We Can Do Nothing
Event • Skirmish
Make a companion skirmishing an minion strength -2 (or -3 if that companion has resistance 2 or less).
“‘They will be slain, and all our ponies too, and all our stores lost....’”

[b]Further Vengeance To Take
Event • Shadow
Search. You may add to play this event during the maneuver or assignment phase.
Play a Dragon or or Orc from hand. Its twilight cost is -1 for each of the following Free Peoples races you can spot: Dwarf, Hobbit, Man.
If the minion played is Smaug, he is strength +1 until the regroup phase for each of the following races you can spot in the fellowship: Dwarf, Hobbit, Man.
“‘They shall see me and remember who is the real King under the Mountain!’”

•Roar and Rumble of His Fury
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot Smaug.
Shadow: Exert Smaug twice and remove (X) to discard X Free Peoples cards (except companions and allies). Discard this condition.
“He was breaking rocks to pieces, smashing wall and cliff with the lashings of his huge tail, till their little lofty camping ground, the scorched grass, the thrush’s stone, the snail-covered walls, the narrow ledge, and all disappeared in a jumble of smithereens, and an avalanche of splintered stones fell over the cliff into the valley below.”

Reckless In His Rage
Event • Archery
Exert a Dragon or archer any number of times to either make the minion archery total +1 for each exertion or to make the fellowship archery total -2 for each exertion.
“Then down he swooped straight through the arrow-storm...taking no heed to turn his scaly sides towards his foes, seeking only to set their town ablaze.”

Terrific Flames
Event • Archery
Spot a Dragon and remove X threats to make the minion archery total +X.
“...the nostrils sent forth fire and vapour to pursue him, and he was nearly overcome, and stumbled blindly on in great pain and fear.”

Ouch! I’d make it a spell as well.

Dragon-fire
Condition
Bearer must be a Dragon. Limit 1 per bearer.
Bearer is an archer.
Archery: Exert bearer and discard this condition to make the minion archery total +2.
“Soon he would set all the shoreland woods ablaze and wither every field and pasture.”

Weapons Were Flung Down
Event • Skirmish
Play at the start of a skirmish involving your minion. If that minion wins that skirmish, remove a threat to discard all weapons borne by a companion in that skirmish.
“Already men were jumping into the water on every side....”