Why did Gandalf not use the eagles?
When Gandalf asked Gwaihir to help rescue Sam and Frodo from Mount Doom, it was with a promise to never ask him for anything else ever again. The eagles can’t carry the Fellowship to Mordor because Gandalf can’t simply summon a squadron of birds to divebomb Mount Doom.
Did Gandalf plan to use the eagles?
After passing the Misty Mountains, Gandalf planned to make contact with the eagles in order to recruit them to carry Frodo and maybe a few others to Mordor, maybe all the way to Mount Doom itself. Using the eagles was Gandalf’s plan, because he was an idiot.
Why are the eagles loyal to Gandalf?
Gandalf the Grey had saved Gwaihir the Windlord from a poisoned arrow, thus creating a lifelong friendship and bond between the two. It wouldn’t have been kind or respectable for Gwaihir to ignore Gandalf’s plea for aid in The Hobbit, and these Eagles are as proud and proper as they come.
Why did the eagles not fly to Erebor?
They avoided the human settlers of Eregion because they knew they would be shot at with arrows (Gwaihir had himself been wounded by an arrow, later healed by Gandalf).
Why did the Eagles not take the dwarves to the mountain?
they don’t like to go near men as they are shot at with arrows. Because the men would think that they were after their sheep. The eagles didn’t fly to Mordor because SAURON WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM and they needed to be stealthy or Sauron would have easily killed them.
Why didn’t Gandalf give the ring to the Eagles?
That’s my “extrapolated from the given information” reasoning, at least. There’s a new theory as to why the eagles weren’t used here, which seems plausible. Gandalf did intend to take the ring to the Eagles, but kept the plan to himself so that word couldn’t get to Sauron.
Did Gandalf plan to take Frodo through the Misty Mountains?
As posted by VulcanDeathGrip, the first leg of the Fellowship’s journey saw Gandalf take the group through the Misty Mountains – incidentally the area the Great Eagles call their home. Gandalf may have planned to take Frodo and the others not through the mountains, but to the eagles’ nest, where they could make the rest of the journey by air.
What If Gollum and Frodo didn’t fly on Eagles?
If they’d flown on Eagles then Gollum wouldn’t have been there, Frodo would have failed to destroy the ring, Sauron would have won and the fourth age would have been one of darkness across the face of Middle-earth. There are several explanations, both in and out of universe:
What happened to the Eagles in The Lord of the Rings?
The Lord Of The Rings’ Eagles “Plot Hole” Explained As the hardy duo of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee begin making their final ascent of Mount Doom, it quickly becomes clear that there will be no return journey, especially after the Ring’s destruction renders the landscape little more than a fiery wasteland.