The Quest was a rather suicidal one to begin with. The entire Fellowship knew that they would be taking a LOT of risks, perhaps even dying. Frodo knew that, and when he saw all those Orcs heading to the Black Gate, he feared the worst, because in that scenario, the worst nearly did happen.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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