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The Mouth of Sauron · 09-01-2006, 05:26 AM

There's a question I always meant to ask old Greybeard but he was usually occupied hatching plots at a safe distance .

Instead of forming the Fellowship of the Ring and going through nightmares until Frodo, Sam and Gollum reached Mount Doom , why didnt he arrange for 2 or 3 great Eagles to pick up the Ring at Bag End, fly in stages to Mordor and drop the damn thing in to Mount Doom from a great height ?

The Eagles flew from the Black Gate to Mount Doom in no time and the Nazgul couldn't stop them - so why weren't they given the job of destroying the Ring from the start ?

I am the Mouth of Sauron.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-01-2006, 07:37 AM

This was never completely resolved, but it has been discussed quite a few times in the past.

Ulmo posed the same question in 2001 in The Great Eagle Mystery; then it was asked again in 2002 by Keeper of Dol Guldur in Are they all stupid?. It arose again this year with a thread started by Sardy, entitled Gandalf/Eagle -> Ring -> Mt. Doom?, and we touched on the subject in 2004 when Magician of Nathar started a thread called Flaws in Lord of the Rings... Yes in the book. In this last thread can be found my most recent opinion on the subject.

There's also rather a good argument for posting on the aforementioned threads here.

All other arguments aside, wouldn't the story have been a trifle dull had the Eagles carried the Ring to the fire?

09-01-2006, 05:26 AM	#1
The Mouth of Sauron Wight Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Barad-Dur Posts: 196	An easy way to destroy the Ring . There's a question I always meant to ask old Greybeard but he was usually occupied hatching plots at a safe distance . Instead of forming the Fellowship of the Ring and going through nightmares until Frodo, Sam and Gollum reached Mount Doom , why didnt he arrange for 2 or 3 great Eagles to pick up the Ring at Bag End, fly in stages to Mordor and drop the damn thing in to Mount Doom from a great height ? The Eagles flew from the Black Gate to Mount Doom in no time and the Nazgul couldn't stop them - so why weren't they given the job of destroying the Ring from the start ? I am the Mouth of Sauron.

09-01-2006, 07:37 AM	#2
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,177	Here are some we prepared earlier This was never completely resolved, but it has been discussed quite a few times in the past. Ulmo posed the same question in 2001 in The Great Eagle Mystery; then it was asked again in 2002 by Keeper of Dol Guldur in Are they all stupid?. It arose again this year with a thread started by Sardy, entitled Gandalf/Eagle -> Ring -> Mt. Doom?, and we touched on the subject in 2004 when Magician of Nathar started a thread called Flaws in Lord of the Rings... Yes in the book. In this last thread can be found my most recent opinion on the subject. There's also rather a good argument for posting on the aforementioned threads here. All other arguments aside, wouldn't the story have been a trifle dull had the Eagles carried the Ring to the fire? __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?