User blog comment:Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali/If Sauron Won the War of the Ring/@comment-26298013-20160129005509/@comment-27718380-20160129132649

If you remember, Gandalf was always afraid of Sauron. That alone suggests Sauron is more powerful, so it would have made little or no difference had he done it. They also did not just give up on Arda, they would have helped if any elves were under real threat. That was the reason for the elves being called to Aman, and the War of Wrath. They may consider themselves to be not the rulers, but by Eru they were named protectors. The elves alone deserve the defence.