The year was 1600 of the Second Age. In the elven-smith kingdom of , the air always smelled of charcoal and ozone.
From his forest home, he watched the sky turn red in the West as Eregion fell. He saw the smoke of the War of the Elves and Sauron rise like a funeral shroud. He realized then that the "Articles of Peace" Annatar had promised were merely chains of gold. Elendilmir never made a ring again. Instead, he crafted small, glass birds that sang of the wind—things that were beautiful precisely because they were meant to break and pass away, unlike the stagnant, frozen perfection the Rings of Power sought to create. Key Themes of Middle-earth Stories: The year was 1600 of the Second Age
Elves live with the grief of a fading world. He saw the smoke of the War of
Elendilmir was a minor smith, a craftsman who worked not with Mithril, but with copper and glass. He watched from the fringes of the Ghalad-mîrdain (the Jewel-smiths) as their lord, , grew closer to the stranger known as Annatar , the "Lord of Gifts." Annatar was beautiful, his voice like a well-tuned harp, and his knowledge of the earth’s bones was beyond anything the Elves had seen. Instead, he crafted small, glass birds that sang
Saruman and Sauron represent the machine; the Ents and Hobbits represent the earth.
To give you a detailed story set in Tolkien’s world, let’s look at a "lost" perspective from the —the era of the forging of the Rings and the rise of Númenor. The Shadow of the Gilded Star
As Annatar turned, his eyes briefly flared—not with the light of the Trees, but with a yellow, lidless intensity. In that moment, Elendilmir realized the "Lord of Gifts" was not an emissary of the Valar, but a master of puppets.