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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Someone" data-source="post: 3356541" data-attributes="member: 5656">Well, I'm of the opinion that those reasons don't have much value when examined with a bit of a critical eye; Sauron could have flocks of dragons ready to intercept any eagle, but it's much reasonable to limit ourselves to what the books say, and I infer from the books that the eagles were a strong contender to whatever Sauron could throw at them, and that a surprise strike would have had a lot more chances of success than the conventional one. I don't see the harm in having a small plot hole, specially if it's a neccesary plot hole; with the eagle plan there would be no book, success or no success.To be fair however, I see reasons for the "not eagle" option. In the council, it's clear that the info they have on Mordor and Sauron is nil; notice that Sauron spent a lot of time raising the nazgul's fell beasts, and they took everyone by complete surprise. It doesn't matter if Sauron can or cannot actually kill an eagle, the fact is that it's very reasonable to think that he can and thus not to risk an aerial assault and instead to go for the conventional plan. In other words, the eagle option looks much more reasonable after reading the book.</blockquote>