The master of Lake-town did not gave secret knowledge of the dragon the party for their trip to the lonely Mountain. This is because when Smaug invaded Lake-town the people requested the Master to explain to them what required to be performed.
The flames sprang from the dragon's jaw, the Master escaped in his boat. Thus it was that Bard got the power of the condition and eventually slew the dragon himself. The surviving townsfolk assembled on the western coast of the Long Lake and sobbed at the waste of their home. The people then conducted their anger at the Master, blaming him of self-indulgence.
The Master in a presentation of his appeal and rhetorical courage denied the people and persuaded them that their anger should be aimed towards Thorin and Company rather of him. Later he persisted quietly as the descendants fixed up tents along the beach and Bard.
This was considered the efficient power of all the people but behaved so only in the Master's name. When the owners of Esgaroth and the Elvenking went for Erebor to require their part in the wealth, the Master did not agree. The ones who sojourned back started to make for the approaching winter by constructing huts and gathering supplies while the Master showed the method of designing a new town.
