We simply don't know enough to, no.

[Can they even be sure that the power holders know what's truly at stake? This could still be an absurd overreaction - or, more concerningly, an underreaction.]

Did you happen to come across anything, in your reading, that explained how the balance between the elements might be restored? Is there perchance any source of the Darkness, that we should be aware of?

[Like a 'Darkwarden' of some sort, perhaps.]