Gollum and Eagles: Deux ex machina?

[Raynor]

not sure if it's tolkien's point or his son Christopher - if its the latter it's just another opinion.

It is made by Tolkien, in the Orcs essay of the Myths.

Gwahair sounded like a pretty sentient being to me

Yeah, what about a soulless dog bringing Sauron down, or a soulles eagle marring Melkor's face... can't argue with the professor though