Battles of the late Third Age

[Gwaihir the Windlord]

...maybe it was more instinctive than deliberate... It kinda seems like his size was tied to his battle-rage, like the madder he got the bigger he became perhaps?

Hmmm, I think it was probably deliberate. The expandability of the size of Beorn probably reflects the amount of 'power' he is using; he may draw, in his animality, from anger in some way for this power. Alternatively he might have a scale, and grows to a particular size when the situation requires it (putting in more or less power as needed).

There was certainly something uncanny about him. Some acttion of Radagast is a real possibility, or perhaps some other Ainuric power. The only other options seem to be a freak note or something in the Music, or direct intervention from Illuvatar (the most unlikely).

Ok then, let's move on [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].