Gwaihir

=__//**Gwaihir**//__= ===[|Gwaihir] the Windlord was a eagle. In fact, Gwaihir was the leader of the Great Eagles. He stood 20 ft. tall with a 75 ft. wingspan, he also has the ability to speak to humans. Gwaihir lived in the Northern Misty Mountains with other Eagles. His time was in the Third age. Gwaihir is descendent from Thorondor, the greatest Eagle that ever lived.===

===Gwaihir had saved Gandalf from many, many, dangerous situations. In one instance, Gwaihir found Gandalf trapped by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc. Next, the Grey Wizard asked for a horse and so it came Gwaihir brought Gandalf to Rohan. In the Hobbit it is assumed that it is Gwaihir that saved Bilbo the Dwarves, and Gandalf, but that isn't nessisarily true. In "The Fellowship of the Ring", Gandalf recalls, when he's dropped off at Mt. Doom, that it was only the third time that Gandalf has been carried by Gwaihir while it has already been stated that the other two times were at Orthanc and Silvertine.===

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