They'll know. Maybe Melian'll just make it brighter to keep up, but eventually that ends badly for everything standing too close.

Including her kingdom.

Okay.

We couldn't interfere even if we had something. It's all on Melian.

And Fëanáro.

It's not just what we're seeing— did your father tell her how to aim it?

Offered to teach her how to use it to make her kingdom completely safe, in exchange for her oath to give it over afterwards. She declined.

He does know what happens if she loses, right?

We are not obliged to fight Doriath.

I can guarantee Doriath being sacked by a demon isn't better. Not even close.

He can't teach Melian how to be able to defend her stolen property from us.

Do you mean can't as in there are very good reasons not to in circumstances other than a literal demon, or can't as in can't.

Don't know how your style of oaths works but you can't tell someone how to stop you from acting on it - not when the conditions are already present -

If it had been a new oath I would have really wanted to yell at him.

It really is all on Melian, then. One way or another.

Maybe she's being stubborn because she has a plan. 

We can hope.

But they can't do much of anything else, aside from watch.

Melian confirms that the use of allies in this fight is permitted.

Seriously. Now she says that.

I guess we know what her plan was. You are still on her side against Ungoliant, right?

Of course.

We'll fire on her and hope it's enough of an inconvenience to help Melian out...

Any actual win would probably have to involve using the Silmaril. Would your oath make you stop me if I had an idea.

Idea that doesn't involve giving it back afterwards?

Apparently Melian wouldn't listen to anything that does.

Run it by Findekáno -

She does, but the actual question is "do we need to find his practitioners and arrest them before we try anything." Maitimo himself is as injured as they are and probably not likely to stop them himself.

Well, they'll do what Maitimo orders them to - what are you planning -

We get a jumped-up elemental powered by the Silmaril and try to point it the right way.

It's a very bad idea, but only bad as in dangerous. It should be more effective than what Melian's doing now...

And you don't expect to get the Silmaril back at the end?

I won't be able to control it at all.