Talk:Eagles

2012-10-25T20:19:38Z

67.118.106.165: /* Flying the Ring to Mount Doom */ new section

Maybe the eagles couldn't fly them to Mt. Doom because they were busy in the north and were only able to go south to Mordor after the [[Battle of Dale]], which ended 5 days before the ring was destroyed. {{unsigned|71.135.68.111}}

:Maybe, maybe not. There are, AFAIK, no sources that place the Eagles in the Northern campaign of the War of the Ring. Unless you have a [[Help:References|valid source]], don't add it.

:Whole page needs a makeover anyway. -- {{User:Ederchil/sig}} 07:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

::Concerning the makeover: we use the Ainur template on this page, and thus basically say that eagles are Ainur. Shouldn't we note the ambiguity concerning the nature of eagles more clearly? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 13:55, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

:::I agree entirely: they could just be large, sentient, long-lived birds (I've also been complaining about the physical size of that template for a while). --{{User:Mith/sig}} 10:14, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

::::In the Lord of the Rings: War in the North video-game developed by Snowblind Studios (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_War_in_the_North), this problem is addressed by Mithrandir (Gandalf). He appears whilst the game's adventuring trio have reached Rivendell and are speaking with Elrond (about the Fellowship). Gandalf effectively rebukes the suggestion of air-bearing the Ring with a general answer.
::::The Great Eagles play a great part in the game whose campaign sprawls the north (such as Sarn Ford) (hence the title), so taken as canon, the assertion that the Great Eagles are never placed by a valid source in the Northern campaign of the War of the Ring as asserted by Ederchil, is false.
::::Disclaimer: I've only ever read The Hobbit and only once, I am a casual fan of the movies, and neither a hardcore fan of the plot in WitN (War in the North, the video-game). I recite off of memory. I have never taken the time to study the map provided in the game to determine what constitutes the north; I take from the title and dialogue. --[[User:NiteCyper|NiteCyper]] 05:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

quote does not actually appear in letter 210 {{unsigned|74.120.152.117}}

:Yes it does, under section 4. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 07:32, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

== Flying the Ring to Mount Doom ==

With The Eye ever watching, it seems fairly easy to draw the conclusion that all of the military resources present in Mordor, physical or otherwise, would and could be quickly focused on a flock of Eagles flying towards and then over Mordor. This force would, in particular, include Nazgul on their winged beasts. I cannot see any frontal attack, including in the air, being a simple operation. Hobbits in Elven cloaks worked pretty well.

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