Warning, Im about to go full nerd. Also this is a rant that is long overdue, so yeah, enjoy. Over the years Ive been bombarded with crap about how The Lord of the Rings could have ended in 5 minutes if Gandalf had thought to put Frodo and the Ring on an Eagles back and fly them to Mordor to throw the ring in the fires of Orodruin (Mount Doom). Now as an avid fan of the LOTR universe and having read the series and the entire extended histories of Middle-Earth allow me to say that this is a load of steaming horse dung. Anyone who read the books and maybe more so people who have read the extended universe know that the Eagles are not just animals controlled by Gandalf or even Radagast, they are proud and haughty creatures who saved Gandalf from Orthanc by mere chance and came to his aid because he once saved their leader Gwaihir the Windlord. Also Mordor was extremely well guarded and Sauron had many spies. Attempting this would have resulted in the eagles being shot down with arrows (They are known to be unable to fly higher then the men of dale could shoot them with their bows of yew) and Sauron recovering the one ring. Also, since a single poison arrow had nearly brought him down in the past, it would be reasonable to assume Gwaihir and the other eagles would be reluctant to fly over orc archers. It should also be understood that the mission to bring the One Ring to Mordor was appointed to Frodo by the Council of Elrond. Only Frodo alone should risk holding the Ring, thus it was not Gwaihirs mission (or any other Eagle for that matter), nor was it his burden, to carry either the Ring or the Ring Bearer. /EndRant
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:35:59 +0000
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