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**The Saucepan Man** · 10-27-2003, 09:57 PM

While I can appreciate that Thorondir was such a size, I should imagine Gwaihir and his kin were much smaller. Certainly, I always imagined them as the size of maybe a light aircraft. And surely they would have been unable to pick up Bilbo and the Dwarves in their claws (without crushing them at least) had they been of Thorondic proportions.

Is there any indication of Gwaihir and co's size, or any suggestion that they had dwindled in size since Thorondir's time?

10-27-2003, 09:57 PM	#9
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	While I can appreciate that Thorondir was such a size, I should imagine Gwaihir and his kin were much smaller. Certainly, I always imagined them as the size of maybe a light aircraft. And surely they would have been unable to pick up Bilbo and the Dwarves in their claws (without crushing them at least) had they been of Thorondic proportions. Is there any indication of Gwaihir and co's size, or any suggestion that they had dwindled in size since Thorondir's time? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!