Sauron's One ring was powered by the personal power that Sauron had. He invested his power into the ring, thereby rendering himself less powerful if he was parted from his ring. What power was invested into the Elvish rings? Would certain Elves be lacking in inherent power if seperated from their ring as Sauron was to his ring? It seems like that would be the case considering Sauron's circumstances, and also considering Melkor's circumstances when he invested his power into Ungoliant.
I still don't understand how the Elves could make their rings first, and seperate, and yet if the One ring was destroyed the Elve's rings would lose their power. Especially if the power invested in them was their own. what surjay said about the craft and techniques being learned from Sauron has some merits, but doesn't seem fully developed. and Tolkien's own quote "almost solely of their own imagination" seems to contradict that, or at least merit a further explaination.
Maybe I'm looking for something that is not there, maybe surjay's quotes are all there is.
My wife, who has only seen the movies, asked me why the Elve's kingdoms would diminish after the destruction of the ring, and I couldn't give her an answer that passes the test of reason and consistency. I still don't feel like I can. Maybe an adequate explaination of ring relations will remain as mysterious as "if Balrogs had wings?" Or maybe I'm the only one out there who doesn't get it.
please, keep throwing out ideas, I'm still very interested.
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