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No, because, the eagles would have been possessed by the ring.
by Aardwolf 14y ago
No, because, the eagles would have been possessed by the ring.
- frewsxcv 14y agoHow does a giant eagle physically put on a tiny ring
- GotAnyMegadeth 14y agoThe ring can change size http://www.thetolkienforum.com/archive/index.php/t-5856.html http://www.thetolkienforum.com/archive/index.php/t-5856.html
- prawks 14y agoThe ring resizes to fit its bearer's finger.
- danso 14y agoWasn't Boromir influenced by just being around the ring?
- jack9 14y agoYes. > could even this strengthened Ring wholly take over the will of an eagle in as little as an hour? Yes. Also, because the corruption of ring possession basically sentenced you to the far lands (although it's 'offered' it's really mandatory), you might have a problem where Eagles wouldn't be accepted so....why risk corrupting an eagle and pissing that race off? You need them to fight Sauron off, at the very least.
- danielweber 14y agoWhat if you don't tell the eagles on the mission what's up? Even if corruptible, it would take at least some time for them to figure out what's going on and which of the hobbitses they are carrying has the ring.
- rush340 14y agoThe Eagles seem very picky about when they help and who they're helping. I highly doubt they would do such a deed without Gandalf letting them in on the full story.
- danielweber 14y agoWell, you can tell some Eagles that "there is a very important mission to go on with Gandalf, and we need some eagles who don't know why we're going on the mission." Like, you could have the Army move a box of stuff for you, and tell the army, but still have none of the soldiers know what's in the box.
- covingkj 14y agoCare to elaborate? That possibility is discussed in the article, why do you think OP is wrong?
- Aardwolf 14y agoOk, I'm sorry, you got me, I cannot give an as detailed analysis as the article's author. I just didn't want the books to become irrelevant by making the journey pointless :'(
- diminoten 14y agoI think this is the most valid response, as it doesn't even require that the head eagle necessarily be so easily corruptible. The whole plan could have been ruled out by Gandalf simply because he was worried the head eagle might be tempted by the ring.