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Thingol · 02-07-2002, 10:47 PM

I always believed that Radagast was responsible for the eagles always being at the right place at the right time. I vaugely remember reading a line or two in one of the letters and possibly the UT where Tolkien was talking about Radagast and said that this might have been a possibility. It is certainly plausible that Radagast, being a Maiar who had special connections with beasts and birds, had a special connection with the eagles who were servants of Manwe. Plus I don't like the idea of a wizzard who Gandalf obviously trusted sitting around doing nothing for the entire War of the Ring.

02-07-2002, 10:47 PM	#5
Thingol Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 259	I always believed that Radagast was responsible for the eagles always being at the right place at the right time. I vaugely remember reading a line or two in one of the letters and possibly the UT where Tolkien was talking about Radagast and said that this might have been a possibility. It is certainly plausible that Radagast, being a Maiar who had special connections with beasts and birds, had a special connection with the eagles who were servants of Manwe. Plus I don't like the idea of a wizzard who Gandalf obviously trusted sitting around doing nothing for the entire War of the Ring. __________________ Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.