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In this case there is no doubt about it, not even the shadow of a penumbra in which Balrog wings exist.
Tolkien tells us that Feanor made the substance of the Silmarils "more strong than adamant, so that no violence could mar or break it within the Kingdom of Arda." But we are told of the Arkenstone that "the Dwarves had cut and shaped it into myriad facets."
Nope. No Dwarf or anyone else in Arda is shaping and faceting a Silmaril.
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The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.
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