Thank you! ^_^ I should have the next chapter done and posted soon.

Thank you, kind reviewer! :) 

Thank you! I don't usually write Mairon - I think this might actually have been the first time I've written him? - so I'm glad he was sufficiently evil! :) 

Thank you! 
I was really inspired by how, in the fic I linked in the notes (Weep and Be Burned), Melkor and Mairon try to convince Maedhros that his predicament is his own fault. And I figured since he's Feanor's son, making him forge the band that holds him to the side of Thangorodrim would be the kind of think the Angband crew would do. Because irony. 

I always figured Maedhros came to the decision to pass on the kingship pretty quickly once he knew Fingolfin and co. had arrived. I imagine that he knew the Oath was going to have to come first, and he didn't want to have that kind of conflict of interest as High King. 

Thank you! I find writing villains challenging, so I'm glad Mairon was sufficiently scary. ^_^ 

Thank you!! :) I wrote this quite a while ago but I definitely remember it making me really emotional while writing. Maedhros' decision to give the crown to the Nolofinweans is one of my favorite events to explore - it says so much about his character - and I think it would definitely have been something he told Fingon as early as possible.