Questions about the host of Valinor

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

Perhaps Maiar were too important for guard duty (or perhaps this was when Ëonwë was busy with Sauron — that would be an interesting coincidence).

Well, maybe it was thought that since Morgoth had been captured, and his forces routed, the threat to the Silmarils was minimal.

Originally Posted by Zigûr

I hope they weren't the same ones guarding Morgoth!

That was the obvious place for top-level guards. I doubt they would have let any but Maia anywhere near Morgoth, and even then none alone with him.