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You're thinking of the Eagles of Manwë, who exist in Valinor and do their lord's bidding. The Great Eagles are just that, large eagles who are intelligent.

Dragons will never be hireable because they're nearly indestructible, unless you're a wizard or can find the weakspot. At least, I hope they're never hire-able! Great Eagles can't defeat a dragon, they just get roasted. Or, it's a cold-drake and it turns into an ugly mid-air fight, that the dragon wins. Anyway, dragons only worked for Melkor who created them, and take gold and jewels, not work for gold and jewels.

Turin's sword was not made of galvorn, it was made of meteoric iron, and turned black, I believe, after it stabbed Turin's friend the Elf. I think. Also, Turin found a gap between scales. Again, so I think that I remember. The Black Arrow from the books is just a lucky arrow that Bard has always recovered. It's Bard's skill that slays the beast, not the arrow. The movies are not necessarily canon.