Why didnt Gandalf call 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.
Why doesn’t Gandalf use the Eagles in the Hobbit?
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. This could explain why Gandalf was reluctant to pass through Moria, because that path took the Fellowship further south, away from the waiting eagles.
Why didn’t they ride the Eagles 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). Originally Answered: Why didn’t the Eagles just fly Bilbo and company straight to the Lonely Mountain/Erebor?
Why didn’t they fly the Eagles to the Lonely 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.
Who does Gandalf send the butterfly to?
During the War of the Ring, when Gandalf the Grey is imprisoned by Saruman the White on the pinnacle of Orthanc, with no possible escape, during the night, The Moth appears and when it flies close to Gandalf he grabs it and whispers to The Moth, whom he asks to find and contact Gwaihir, one of the Eagles, that he needs …
Why did Frodo not destroy the ring?
Originally Answered: Why did Frodo not destroy the ring? By the time he got to the Cracks of Doom, Frodo was so exhausted mentally that any hope of destroying the Ring was gone. Samwise might have been able to take the Ring from an unconscious Frodo, and found the strength to destroy it.
Why didnt the Eagles drop the dwarves to Erebor?
A commenter has asked why the Eagles in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey did not simply fly the Company of Dwarves all the way to the Lonely Mountain, particularly since the mountain was visible at the end of the film. Therefore, the Eagles took the Company only a short distance.
Why can’t Gandalf touch the Ring but Frodo can?
Gandalf can’t touch the One ring because it would corrupt him and he would become a terrifying wizard like Saruman. It’s the same reason Galadriel refused the One ring. The One ring can only be worn by Sauron.