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Gandalf was about to jump down into the orcs and make his final stand because he had no options left. If it was not for the eagle rescuing him he would have been dead.

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The lord of the Great Eagles, Gwaihir, was indebted to Gandalf for healing him of a poisoned wound. He paid back his debt many times over in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by aiding Gandalf and his friends in times of trouble.

He and the other Great Eagles also served as messengers and spies for Gandalf, and the wizard Radagast.

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In The Hobbit, it says "The wizard [Gandalf] and the eagle-lord appeared to know one another slightly, and even to be on friendly terms. As a matter of fact Gandalf, who had often been in the mountains, had once rendered a service to the eagles and healed their lord from an arrow-wound."

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