Greatest of the Eagles at the time of the War of the Ring  descended from Thorondor, the greatest Eagle who ever lived.   Eagle Lords have keen eyesight and are the swiftest of the Great Eagles; large and strong enough to carry a grown man. Gwaihir the most powerful Eagle Lord was intelligent and was capable of speech.  He had a brother named Landroval. They lived in the northern Misty Mountains and had many other Eagles as their vassals. 

