Halbarad, I think that the reason that so many of the sub-creations of the Elves, as you have stated, were taken away was to make readers pity the Elves more. It was a literary device that was used to contrast the Elves superior beauty and power with their severe, poignant losses.
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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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