Trailer: The Eagles are coming! The Eagles are coming! Means nothing? The fans will get it.
In Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films, you only get one glimpse of the Great Eagles. One of them, the lord, in fact - Thorondor - rescues Gandalf from Saruman's tower, Orthanc. There's a lot more Eagle action in The Hobbit, but the new War in the North game is looking to put both to shame, with the addition of a new character, Beleram.
Beleram's an Eagle, rescued by the game's Fellowship from the ruins of Fornost. Even better, he joins them on their quest into the north, and even betterer, the Fellowship can call upon him in the heat of battle to do cool stuff like bully trolls and rip the heads of Orcs.
And if you don't believe a giant Eagle can be scary...
Issue: 137 | June, 2012