Gwaihir

In Shadow and Flame, Gwaihir is a Hero for the Free Peoples faction of Rohan and can be summoned by Radagast the Brown once he reaches Rank 10

Biography
A direct descendant of the Thorondor, Lord of the Eagles, Gwaihir the Windlord was the greatest and swiftest of the Great Eagles of the Third Age. At the request of the Radagast, who was a friend of the Eagles, Gwaihir and his fellow Eagles gathered news on the enemy, including Orcs assembling in large numbers and the movements of the 9 Black Riders - the Nazgûl, servants of Sauron. After flying to Isengard to deliver this news to the Gandalf the Grey, Gwaihir discovered that he was actually being kept prisoner atop the Tower of Orthanc by Saruman. Gwaihir rescued Gandalf and flew him to the Kingdom of Rohan's capital, Edoras, where he could find a steed for his travels.

Some time later, Gwaihir was asked by Galadriel, Lady of Lórien, to search for Gandalf again, who had disappeared after encountering a Balrog of Morgoth whilst travelling through Moria. Gwaihir discovered Gandalf at the summit of the Silvertine mountain, where Gandalf had defeated the Balrog in the Battle of the Peak, died from his injuries and had been subsequently sent back to complete his mission as Gandalf the White. Gwaihir flew Gandalf to the Elven kingdom of Lothlórien, and commented on how the wizard was no longer a burden to carry but was as "light as a swan's feather".

Gwaihir played no further part in the War of the Ring until the final Battle of the Morannon, outside the Black Gates of Mordor. The combined armies of Rohan and Gondor, now the Army of the West, made a desperate last stand against the forces of Mordor in the hope that their distraction would give the Ringbearer Frodo Baggins, and his companion Samwise Gamgee, a chance to destroy the One Ring inside Mount Doom. Already massively outnumbered by the armies of Mordor, all hope seemed lost when the Nazgul, flying their Fell Beasts, joined the battle. It was at this point that Gwaihir, joined by Landroval, Meneldor and other Eagles, arrived and engaged the Nazgûl in aerial combat. After the destruction of the One Ring, Gwaihir carried Gandalf for a third and final time and flew into into the lands of Mordor, as it was now safe to do so, with his fellow Eagles to find and and rescue Frodo and Sam from the slopes of the erupting Mount Doom.

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