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The book goes; he was defeated in standup combat, and the ring was taken as a trophy. None of that WHELP WAR OVER random finger severing the movies displayed. That was just more theatrical.
Anyway the arcane history of the world specifies the nature of a ring as optimal as a magical conduit , if only because the practice that had gone into it. Not to mention the fact he was linking magic to other rings designed specifically to dominate the other leaders of Middle Earth.
The Eagles didn't fly the ring to Mordor because THEY DON'T FLY INTO MORDOR. Aside from the fact that the mission was repeatedly stated to only have a chance for success in secrecy, the god parallel the Eagles serve forbade it, and the issues inherent in that method of traveling; the sky is an overt method of transportation, where they would much easier have been spotted especially riding eagles on Eagles that have never before entered Mordor. I won't even list the innumerable counter-moves the Ethereal War-Lord Battle Mage, who expressly can control the weather of his domain, could make after that point.
But I don't even know why I'm posting.