Text completethere have come to the ears of ulmo whispers of your dwelling and your hill of vigilance against the evil of melko , and he is glad but his heart is wroth and the hearts of the valar are angered who sit in the mountains of valinor and look upon the world from the peak of taniquetil , seeing the sorrow of the thraldom of the noldoli and the wanderings of men ; for melko ringeth them in the land of shadows beyond hills of iron . there - fore have i been brought by a secret way to bid you number your hosts and prepare for battle , for the time is ripe . '' then spake turgon `` that will i not do , though it be the words of ulmo and all the