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Because he is a friend of Gandalf's. Long ago Gandalf found the Lord of the Eagles wounded and near death, but Gandalf saved him, therefore the Lord of the Eagles was forever loyal to Gandalf.

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The reason that the eagles did not help was because they were sure they would not succeed without all of them dying, in the Hobbit it is shown that they tend to avoid fighting, and wouldn't even take Bilbo over a camp of Goblins because it was dangerous. In short, the eagles were sure the Great Eye would see them, and they would get shot out of the sky, thus getting the ring to Sauron.

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The eagles' arrival was one of the last things that Bilbo saw before being knocked out. The eagles were able to throw the goblins off the side of the mountain. The goblins were throwing large rocks down on top of the armies, causing many injuries and deaths.

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