In a way that gives us a chance to react, is the question.

He should be mostly disabled by the five thousand, since he doesn’t have the time effect outside Angband, but nobody wants to count on that.

They can sort of very loosely triangulate whether he's moving by whether he's out of range.

And by following the highly visible link between the Fëanorians and their shiny rocks. The Enemy probably isn't going to just abandon those unless he has to.

Unless he does. Because he wades into the Valley of Dreadful Death and when he starts moving north again only two shiny rocks are with him.

So no opportunity to try to mind-control him. More urgently, this can only mean one of two things and neither of them is good. At all.

Doriath. It's probably Doriath– we've got to get there before the Fëanorians.

Yep. Though they probably already know.

But we're faster.

And closer. What are we going to do when we get there.

I don't know. Something. Find out what the Enemy told them and what he didn't–he can't swear without a body, can he–and try to talk them into not declaring war by inaction. It'd be worth lying if that's what it takes. Try to steal the jewel if we have to. There has to be something.

I can't imagine what he told them -

If he just wanted them to cut us off the truth would be enough. I'm hoping he left off the Oath so they don't know any better than to keep it. Then we can just tell them.

Why am I not that optimistic.

Because it started with "I'm hoping."

How many people do we want– showing up with an army could undermine the claim about us being the ones who aren't at war with Silmaril holders, but we also might want an army.

Can we have a short-flight-distance-out army - and I'm not going to war with Doriath -

No, but they might think we are. Out of range sounds good.

Hopefully they're not stupid.

The Enemy gave them a Silmaril on purpose. Why am I not that optimistic.

He might be desperate and grasping at straws.

We'll see.

They speed southward, followed but not accompanied by a contingent of magicians.

Doriath very visibly has a Silmaril.

Okay. Or not.

I'm thinking land and walk up to the front door like before? Less hostile than flying in and frantically asking what the Enemy said.

Yeah. And we have time - at least a few minutes of it -

So they land, backup out of sight, and– Hello?

Hello, Amber. 

It's something of an emergency. I don't know if you're aware, but that jewel was delivered by the Enemy and I believe we know what the trap is.