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Originally Posted by arcticstorm
I wish Feanor had made a dozen silmarills
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Granted. However, when Morgoth steals them he makes a huge iron crown and so has to take on an even larger shape. Thangorodrim is now five times larger and unassailable even by the Valar. So Morgoth is still there in Bilbo's time and Smaug is forced to work for Morgoth instead of treasure hunting. Most of the Hobbits are killed in the seconded battle of sudden flame (shire reckoning 1418). But on the plus side, Sauron does not make the One ring until much, much later on, when Melkor gets bored and goes to Manwe saying, "I'm sorry."
I wish Tom Bombadill spent more time in the Shire after the War of the Ring.