It definitely took Earendil's plea before the Valar for them to send the Host of the West to Beleriand's aid. The Elves tried pleading for aid, but that didn't work. The ships that Cirdan sent didn't work. Ulmo just sent Voronwë back, saying that he would have to wait for another one to come.
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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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