(December 31, 2022 at 4:20 pm)Helios Wrote:(December 31, 2022 at 4:08 pm)LinuxGal Wrote: It took maybe twenty minutes for the Eagles to fly Sam and Frodo from Mt. Doom to Minas Tirith. If the Eagles flew them from Rivendell to Mt. Doom in the first place the whole trilogy would be skinnier'n the Book of Mormon with all the "exceedinglys" and "it came to passes" yanked out.If they took the eagles to Mordor they would all be dead as the success of their mission depended on secrecy at not getting the dark lords attention.
Exactly. The reasons against an open assault on Mordor were discussed at the Council of Elrond.
Boru
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