Tar Elenion answers unto all ye worshippers of the Lady of the Wood, and remind you that one underestimates the power dwelling in Imladris at your peril, be he a Ringbearer or no.
One may surmise also that the bestowing of Vilya was from the beginning intended to assist in the creation and defense of a refuge in Eastern Eriador, larger realm of the last Elvenking, although neither its first nor second bearer could openly wield it while the hand of the Sauron wore The One.
The greatness of Earendil's one living son is beyond question, even if in the Third Age it and the greatest of The Three are employed solely through subtle influences and obstensibly peaceful actions. He may have understood the Music better than most, and have unwittingly sent Thorin & Co. up that particular High Pass, with Glamdring and Orcrist in hand, and one not easily corrupted soul. It is though non-military means that the weaknesses of Sauron are laid bare.
Think not! ... that if The Enemy at that time feared and hated any inhabitant of Middle-Earth more than Aragorn, it would be the other living decendent of his most implacable foes.
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The hoes unrecked in the fields were flung, __ and fallen ladders in the long grass lay __ of the lush orchards; every tree there turned __ its tangled head and eyed them secretly, __ and the ears listened of the nodding grasses; __ though noontide glowed on land and leaf, __ their limbs were chilled.
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