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Bard was the heir of King Girion of Dale. Girion was killed during the attack of Smaug on the Erebor (and probably was eaten up by him), but Bards ancestors escaped and settled in Esgaroth, like most other human refugees. There he grew up as a very pessimistic and grim man, always prophecising bad luck to his neighbors. But he was a good archer, which he could proof, when Smaug even destroyed this town.
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