RE: A question for Tolkenistas...
September 8, 2018 at 7:21 am
(This post was last modified: September 8, 2018 at 8:01 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(September 8, 2018 at 6:58 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(September 8, 2018 at 6:50 am)Aroura Wrote: Gandalf saved the eagle King's life by removing an arrow? Something like that. This would be the third favor that Gandalf has asked them in return. He's saying that if they do this, the debt will be considered payed in full.
I understood the repayment part, I was wondering why there was a debt at all. Thanks for the info.
First payment was at the Battle of Five Armies, right?
Unlikely. The eagle Gandalf saved from a poison arrow is named Gwaihir. None of the eagles in "Hobbit" are named, and some people think, that "King of the Eagles" and Gwaihir are the same. However, Gwaihir saves Gandalf twice in "Lord Of The Rings" - once from Isengard, where he was imprisoned by Saruman, then after his battle with Balrog on top of a mountain. The third time would be carrying Gandalf to pick up Frodo and Sam, so either the arrow incident occurred after the Battle of Five Armies, or it's a different eagle.
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