We're here - they send their route of exploration, and an image.

She goes, and notes the location, and brings them and their things back to the host.

Thank you. What would be of most use to us would be a base in such a location, with a means of watching Angband and landing an army at its gates without warning. Can you do that?

Probably. Finding a place to put it is the hard part, and I'm not sure that this world's magic can't see the output side of my portals - they're one-way - so they might not be safe for watching Angband, but I can at least help you get scouts there and back and do a portal big enough to send an army through.

All right. Thank you. 

You're welcome.

I've talked to the other host some. The situation is complicated but it looks like an apology is likely, at least. And I wonder if you wouldn't have any useful ideas about the rest, if you knew more about the situation.

I would certainly like to learn more of it.

Nod.

So, about ten days ago, I was trying a new kind of targeting for a teleportation spell, and I wasn't careful enough with it, and it landed me in Angband instead of where I meant to go - right next to an Elda, who was in bad enough shape that it was extremely obvious I didn't want to be there. I took the Elda with me when I left; they turned out to be Maitimo.

He was captured?

Nod. Thirty years ago. I haven't asked for details.

Thirty years.

Yeah.

Whatever help you need making that place stop existing, if I can do it, I will.

Is he back home? 

No. They're staying with me for the moment, it's not very clear whether they're going to go back at all. One of the things is... in Angband, the Enemy can give people hallucinations, and does. They already had four where they escaped, or were rescued; they think this is another one, and that if they agree to go home it'll give the Enemy information. Their siblings want them to, though.

And Fëanáro?

I don't know who that is.

Maitimo's father, he's in charge of their people...

Hasn't been mentioned or introduced to me, and Maitimo's said they'd be in charge if things were less complicated.

Is he dead?

Seems likely. I can ask.

He shakes his head and looks exhausted. All right. Well. If it's Maitimo in charge that's something, he's less reckless.

She looks sympathetic. Yeah. Except they're not so much in charge. They aren't there; they aren't well enough to go or even write. And their siblings are still figuring out what to make of this - we just got in touch with them yesterday, and I only worked out that that wording was safe for me to maybe swear like half an hour before they spotted you; they've mostly been assuming that it was some kind of trick.

Maitimo wants to do right by you. It's very, very obvious. But they're not in a position to make that happen.

Maitimo has had lots of opportunities to do right by us. I'm very sure 'wants to, and can't make it happen' is in fact exactly where he likes to present himself.

They aren't that good at people, any more. Angband is really fucked up.

I can't really imagine anything that wouldn't leave Maitimo good at people.