The Lord of the Eagles thereafter became "King of All Birds". Weeks later, a number of these Eagles flew to the Lonely Mountain, joining the Battle of Five Armies that had erupted, and assisting in the defeat of goblins and Wargs. In TA 2941, the Lord of the Eagles at the time with a company of Eagles rescued Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo Baggins, and Thorin Oakenshield and thirteen fellow dwarves from Goblin-town, bringing them to the Great Shelf for a night and a day. These Eagles helped the Elves of Rivendell and Radagast in watching the land and gathering any news of Orcs. In the Third Age, some of Thorondor's descendants lived at many eyries of the North, with the most important one being called the Great Shelf, which was to the east of the Misty Mountains in Wilderland. Towards the end of Númenor, the Valar sent storm clouds in the shape of Great Eagles in an attempt to warn the Númenóreans of their folly and impending punishment. The Eagles also watched the peak of Mount Meneltarma, and three Eagles would always appear when someone climbed to the summit and during the festivals of Erukyermë, Eruhantalë, and Erulaitalë. In the Second Age, a pair of Eagles had an eyrie in the King's House in Armenelos, the capital of Númenor, until the reign of Tar-Ancalimon when the Kings became hostile to the Valar. The Great Eagles fought alongside the host of Elves, the Valar, and Edain in the War of Wrath at the end of the First Age, intervening decisively with Eärendil in a fight with Ancalagon. "The Eagles of Manwë", by Ted Nasmith, depicting the warning to the Númenóreans Thorondor wounded Morgoth in the face immediately after Morgoth's duel with Fingolfin in the Dagor Bragollach, and carried Fingolfin's corpse to the Echoriad, where Turgon would bury him. There they were friends of King Turgon, and kept any spies away from the mountains. ![]() Thorondor's folk later removed their eyries to the Crissaegrim, part of the Echoriad encircling the secret location of Gondolin. While they lived there, Thorondor helped Fingon rescue Maedhros from one of the sides of Thangorodrim. Morgoth first discovered the limits of their sight prior to the fall of the great stronghold of Utumno.įor a time, the King of the Eagles, Thorondor, kept his eyries at the top of Thangorodrim, the three mighty peaks that Morgoth raised from the Iron Mountains above the gates of Angband. The Great Eagles were the messengers and spies of Manwë, and possessed the ability to see through all physical matter, except for the blackness of Morgoth's evil pits. An Eagle attacking a dragon of Angband in the War of Wrath, by Kip Rasmussen First Age
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