In the 16th episode, Vasilios broaches that familiar Tolkien topic: eagles! We know they're not a jewelry delivery service, so what are they, actually? Search and rescue workers? Air force? Glorified airbuses? By logging all their appearances in the official canon, Vasilios tries to crack the code of the much-maligned feathered fouls. In the Hobbit Hole: looking beyond the material to discover purpose.

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