"Are you trying to warn me or are you bragging?" maybe both? Thranduil's eyes shine like a pair of stars - distant and untouchable; their's is a cold light, though it is undeniable that something makes him burn from within.

"It is simpler to be a coward." he is not fond of lies or half-truths, "You give him power through your fear."

The Darkness does not need much more to take hold. Even if those who abide by the Light fall while battling it, their efforts are not in vain.