How did Thorondor die?
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Thorondor's fate is equally uncertain. The only clue is a passage that appears in The Lord of the Rings, referring to '...old Thorondor, who built his eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains when Middle-earth was young.' It's plain from this that Thorondor departed Middle-earth some time after the end of the First Age. Perhaps the greatest Eagle of them all simply died of old age, but his mighty body carried a spirit sent by Eru, so perhaps, just possibly, he flew back to his master's halls on Taniquetil and still soars in the airs of the Undying Lands.
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I got that from
Encylopedia of Arda
I don't think Gwaihir was Thorondor's son, but he was descended from him.
I believe Manwe still had control of the eagles at the end of the Third Age, I see no reason why he shouldn't. I think he sent them to get Frodo and Sam from Mt. Doom at the end of RotK, but I have no evidence at the moment.
As for eagles that weren't nice, I doubt this too. More that they were above the affairs of Middle Earth, and tended not to get involved unless it was truly necessary. Perhaps that gave this impression.
[ August 18, 2002: Message edited by: *Varda* ]