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Why don t the eagles fly the dwarves to the Lonely Mountain?
they don’t like to go near men as they are shot at with arrows. Because the men would think that they were after their sheep. The eagles didn’t fly to Mordor because SAURON WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM and they needed to be stealthy or Sauron would have easily killed them.
Why didn’t Gandalf use the Eagles in the Hobbit?
Originally Answered: Why didn’t Gandalf use eagles to simply fly Frodo to Mt. Doom? Because they were not pets and he was forbidden to act on his own behalf. Had the eagles flown in, they would have been spotted by all nine Nazgul and likely destroyed.
Could the Eagles have flown the Ring to Mordor?
“It is way too risky for the eagles to carry the Ring into Mordor; Sauron would spot them immediately.” Some individuals assume that Sauron would immediately notice the eagles flying into his realm and would understand the nature of the threat.
What’s the deal with the Eagles in LOTR?
The Eagles were birds that served as messengers of Manwë. Among those were the Great Eagles, immense birds who were sentient, capable of speech, and often helped Men, Elves and Wizards in their quests to defeat evil. They were “devised” by Manwë Súlimo, King of the Valar, and were often called the Eagles of Manwë.
Why don t the Hobbits ride the Eagles?
However, the reason the Ringbearer did not fly to Mordor by Eagle is fairly simple: the purpose of the Fellowship of the Ring and the linchpin of the entire strategy decided on in Rivendell was to destroy the Ring in a mission of secrecy. Eagles are, clearly, far more noticeable than Hobbits or other travelers on foot.
Why didn’t the Hobbits ride the eagles to Mordor?
When Gandalf asked Gwaihir to help rescue Sam and Frodo from Mount Doom, it was with a promise to never ask him for anything else ever again. The eagles can’t carry the Fellowship to Mordor because Gandalf can’t simply summon a squadron of birds to divebomb Mount Doom.
Why didn’t Gandalf use the eagles to destroy the Ring?
Gandalf may have planned to take Frodo and the others not through the mountains, but to the eagles’ nest, where they could make the rest of the journey by air. This could explain why Gandalf was reluctant to pass through Moria, because that path took the Fellowship further south, away from the waiting eagles.
Why did Gandalf want Frodo to fly?
The word “fly” can also be interpreted here as “flee,” meaning Gandalf wanted Frodo to leave the fellowship and move quickly, which he later does and is able to complete his unexpected journey. It’s no coincidence that in The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf looks directly at Frodo when delivering his line.
Why didn’t Gandalf give the ring to the Eagles?
That’s my “extrapolated from the given information” reasoning, at least. There’s a new theory as to why the eagles weren’t used here, which seems plausible. Gandalf did intend to take the ring to the Eagles, but kept the plan to himself so that word couldn’t get to Sauron.
What powers does Gandalf have in The Lord of the Rings?
In the Lord of the Rings books, it is said that one of Gandalf’s powers is the ability to read other’s thoughts and even control them to some capacity. Gandalf knows that if Frodo stays with the Fellowship that the mission will fail.
What If Gollum and Frodo didn’t fly on Eagles?
If they’d flown on Eagles then Gollum wouldn’t have been there, Frodo would have failed to destroy the ring, Sauron would have won and the fourth age would have been one of darkness across the face of Middle-earth. There are several explanations, both in and out of universe: