The Lord of the Rings · Character
Thorondor
- Minor
- First seen · Book 3 · Ch. 14
Thorondor’s name carries the vastness of the high peaks and the deep reach of the ancient world. Even in a passing mention, this eagle feels immense and remote, bound to places where few could ever climb.
- First appears
- Book 3 · Ch. 14
- Books
- 1
Thorondor is remembered as an ancient eagle ancestor who built eyries in the inaccessible peaks of the Encircling Mountains. The text invokes him as part of a deep history of the eagles, without recounting further deeds or personal relationships.
Description
Thorondor is an ancient eagle, but the text supplies no details of his plumage, size, eyes, beak, or distinguishing marks. His defining visual association is with the inaccessible mountain peaks where he built his eyries, giving his presence a distant, lofty grandeur.
Story so far
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