[Lolidir]

that is a good question.

i must say that i am new to this forum thing and in some respect LOTR in general. i have read the books once but i know, well i can remember a lot more than a lot of others. i have tried reading The Silmarilion, but got tied up with books for school, so i wasnt able to finish. so i might not know as much as others but i am a very big fan and in time i think i will get up there along with the others.

well to give my opinion on the question.

if sauron had forgotten about the elven rings and nothing happened to them? well as elrond put it the time of the elves was over. i think it all depends on how much the elves would have gotten involved with the war and how many would have stayed, but thats talking about years and years of elves crossing over. ekves have been crossing over for many more years then just the time of the ring hadnt they? so in this case i think the elves would have continued to cross over depleting the numbers in middle earth. so in time i think the time of the elves would have ended, now it might not have been right then but as the new age begins and the race of men begins to rebuild the elves would slip quielty into the grey havens. so i think that even if sauron would have forgotten about the elven rings that the time of the elves would have still ended and they would pass fomr middle earth.

but like i said i havent read any other book than just the 3 and the hobbit so you might know something i dont and if so please enlighten me on it. this is just what i gather from the trilogy.