Yeah?

If you two were going to do something scandalous pre-exile, better do it quick, your dad just drew a sword.

What?

Your uncle came in dressed just like your grandfather and started badmouthing your dad, who walked in in full armor carrying a sword while this was happening, everyone else noticed but your uncle didn't so he kept going, and your dad drew the sword.

And then?

And then I informed you that if you want to do something scandalous before you got exiled you'd better do it fast.

Fëanáro walks down the stairs towards his half-brother and touches the point of the sword to his chest. "Look!" he says. "It's sharper than your tongue. If you try to pit my father against me again I will use it."

Nolofinwe nods. And leaves.

Imliss transmits this to Tyelcormo.

Fuck.

Yep.

The auditorium is in an uproar. Maitimo stands up. Let's get out of here.

I think we've officially found something big enough to justify the talks, she comments, getting up.

Yep. Well, no one got hurt, Maitimo says grimly. 

Categorically better than the alternative but not good enough to bring this up to "not a disaster."

Nope. 

They step out into the courtyard. Feanáro and Nolofinwe are right there, still talking heatedly, Feanáro still with the sword at his brother's throat 

Why doesn't the King do something? Maitimo hisses.

You know what would be really great right now? Some kind of magnetism-based powers or something. Not that I expect your dad would be happy with me if I decided I knew better than he did whether he ought to be threatening people with swords.

I am assuming there is a lot of instigating content we don't know anything about and also that once he calms down he'll regret this.

I think lots of people are going to regret this.

Yep.

I feel like there's something I could be--should be--doing to stop this/fix this but I have no bloody idea what.

I have been feeling the same way.

Maybe it would be more efficient to try to figure out what kinds of horrible things are going to happen and try to pre-emptively fix those.

If we get exiled it's going to be very hard on the family and I'll probably be short with my father for losing me the life I'd wanted and Mother probably won't come with us and he'll be crushed and in need of a lot of emotional support and hopes of eventual departure from Tirion will be delayed...

Why won't your mother come?

Angry with my father.