He wanted it. He probably just gave up on trying to get it after realizing that the One Ring was still abroad, and that it could be found. Who would settle for one of the Elven Rings when you could find the Master Ring itself?
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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