I vote for the mysterious background of the Elessar. Couldn't we just say that it was made by a great Elf-smith in Gondolin and given to Idril, Turgon's daughter, to heal all hurts?
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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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