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<blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 3353157" data-attributes="member: 5656">I don't entirely get your point here. Even conceding that neither Gandalf or anyone else at Rivendel had any means of communication with the eagles except by physically climbing to their nests, they actually almost did it: the fellowship didn't leave Rivendel immediately after the council, but they delayed it until they sent scouts to the other side of the mountains and far south. Not to mention the time it took them to return with the information.Who needs nine eagles? one carrying Frodo and Gandalf (just in case, with a loaded gun) would be enough. And if you spot one eagle you have spotted... an eagle. If they are flying high enough, you won't see the riders.Nope, the nazgul were, IIRC, &quot;formless and empty&quot; after being swept by the river flood Elrond provoked and it wasn't until much later they returned to Mordor and got their cloaks back and new mounts. Meanwhile the Fellowship was dancing and frolicking in Lorien for more than a month, instead of flying to mordor <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />. I mean, what self respecting adventuring party rests for a whole month? They could have gained like 8 levels in that time.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Someone, post: 3353157, member: 5656"] I don't entirely get your point here. Even conceding that neither Gandalf or anyone else at Rivendel had any means of communication with the eagles except by physically climbing to their nests, they actually almost did it: the fellowship didn't leave Rivendel immediately after the council, but they delayed it until they sent scouts to the other side of the mountains and far south. Not to mention the time it took them to return with the information. Who needs nine eagles? one carrying Frodo and Gandalf (just in case, with a loaded gun) would be enough. And if you spot one eagle you have spotted... an eagle. If they are flying high enough, you won't see the riders. Nope, the nazgul were, IIRC, "formless and empty" after being swept by the river flood Elrond provoked and it wasn't until much later they returned to Mordor and got their cloaks back and new mounts. Meanwhile the Fellowship was dancing and frolicking in Lorien for more than a month, instead of flying to mordor :). I mean, what self respecting adventuring party rests for a whole month? They could have gained like 8 levels in that time. :p [/QUOTE]

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