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Originally Posted by Lotrelf
Wasn't he a Messenger of Manwë? This Eagle theory is too simple and may I say silly?
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The Eagles in general were servants of Manw. Therefore, as
lmp said, they would not have accepted such a task. The point of the Istari was to give the Valar an
indirect means of aiding Middle-earth against Sauron, not to do the job for them.