2007-07-21 14:41:46 · 12 answers · asked by Jonolas 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The egales would not have obliged because they are not ruled by one man or wizard. They only help if you have helped them in the past. If they had flown Frodo to Mount Doom then Sauron would have seen them and killed them. When Sauron's eye is above and in the sky the best place to get through would be on the ground with all the rocks to give you some cover. Hobbits never were flyers so there was also the possibility of them falling off in the middle of the ride.
2007-07-23 08:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by Katz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It may be that the Ringwraiths, or what were the Black Riders - holders of the nine rings, had flying creatures to transport them. This was after their horses were wiped away in the flood when Frodo crossed the river to Rivendell.
So if the Ringwraiths now had these flying creatures, they may have attacked the eagles. The Ringwraiths were also drawn to the One Ring so they would have found it soon enough.
2007-07-21 15:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by Zheia 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"As servants of Manwë, they characterize a ingredient of the divine in the story, and as that's, their use already provokes cries of deus ex machina!! yet secondly, and greater importantly (using fact that's greater concrete to the plot), what do you think of could have occurred if 9 extensive Eagles, bearing the ring, had swept into the sky and easily flown to Mordor? Who could have been there to fulfill them? i will inform you: winged Nazgûl. the enterprise have been given by using fact the Nazgûl, having been unhorsed and de-formed, did not know the place they have been and would desire to not discover them at as quickly as sufficient. human beings creeping alongside on the land are some distance much less major than human beings flying in the process the sky on vast birds. instead of slipping in the process the defenses, they could have been met with each and everything Sauron had to throw at them, and to my way of thinking, would desire to unquestionably have been defeated in user-friendly conflict. an excellent distraction at his front gate, on the different hand, on an identical time as 2 tiny figures crawled over the lower back fence, is a achieveable, if greater complicated and wearying, thank you to pass. " –Anwyn
2016-10-22 07:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by estiven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can't let Sauron know where the ring is, so they have to hide. The all seeing eye would have seen them flying.
Also, if they were seen near or inside Mordor the evil armies would have attacked them and Sauron would have then obtained the ring.
2007-07-21 14:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by AvantExec 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gandalf doesnt and cannot order the eagles to do anything because the eagles only follows the order of Manwe (the kings of Arda).
2007-07-22 00:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by sadloner07 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sauron probably would have shot them out of the sky before they could dropped frodo off to destroy the ring because he was still at his full power.
2007-07-21 14:46:33 · answer #6 · answered by alienthumbprint 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I think there's something in the books that the eagles and other creatures don get on with man very well, its something to do with how man takes over the world and man truns its back on nature.
2007-07-21 14:45:07 · answer #7 · answered by Kickback 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Sauron would have noticed a flight of Eagles.
2007-07-21 17:14:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Would have made for a very short story.
2007-07-21 14:44:46 · answer #9 · answered by MotherBear1975 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they cant let sauron know where the ring is and if they did that he would have
2007-07-22 03:39:11 · answer #10 · answered by v 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋