I don't think that any of the Valar were directly responsible for any of the events in Middle-earth, but they could have guided the characters to act in certain ways. The same "force" that enabled Bilbo to find the Ring, and Frodo to inherit it, could have also sent Boromir's boat to Faramir and enable the Grey Company to travel with the speed that it did. That "force" is purposefully left vague to make readers wonder whether or not the Valar truly "let go" of Middle-earth when they gave up their Guardianship.
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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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