#the silmarils becomign the downfall of the elven race

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thinking about the fact that both the silmarils and the rings started out as a smiths greatest creation, both made out of the intention of preservation and life, and instead becoming essentially the final nail in the coffin of their creators.

the silmarils reflecting the light of the trees, being a symbol of the house of feanor, the royal family of the noldor, becoming instead symbols of the downfall of said family and the twisting of souls, and becoming almost a curse.

the rings, being made to preserve the elven race, to heal and being used to protect realms, but ultimately becoming a tool used passively in the brutal manipulation, torture and death of their creator, and then becoming a further symbol of ownership and corruption and enslavement, again twisting the spirit and soul bringing peril to all that wield them, all the way up until their melting in the fires of mt doom in the third age.