Even if Sauron had left a year or two ago, the White Council would have still wanted to get rid of the Orcs and other Minions still left there. Even without a leader, they would still harass travelers, just for the fun of it, and that had to be stopped.
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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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