The story of Fingon and Maedhros is one of my favourites and Fingon is my all-time favourite Tolkien character. You have characterized him beautifully here, all the beauty and heroism and the tragedy. This paragraph: They will forget, even the memories of the Quendi will forget him. They will remember his battle with the dragon, his valiant rescue of me from Thangorodrim, they will remember their love for him and maybe his death, but they will forget him. They will forget those things that made him Findekáno, the smile, the laughter and the love. They will forget how much he sacrificed for them, they will forget why the children were sent away. They will forget him, they will forget his voice and his silver eyes, his scent and touch and taste. They will all forget. is wonderful. I wanted to scream out loud: "No! Do not forget him!"

Reading this great story was a wonderful way to spend a late Saturday afternoon. Thank you for reprinting this. I shall make you one of my "must-read" authors.