Answer:
I can sizzle like bacon, I am made with an egg. I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole. I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole. What am I?
Although I am still, in families I run. I continue to live on in a living one. As one continues to draw breath, I will not rust. However, when one stops drawing breath, I will become mere dust. What am I?
The 8 of us go forth and not back to protect our king from a foe's attack. What am I?
I am useless when together but useful when I am broken apart. What am I?
I am black of eye and bright of hair. I fast into the ground and follow my lord as he races around the world. What am I?
Brings the sky a lot closer.