This is stunning! Short, but effective, chilling and very well done. No word wasted here. Thank you so much for sharing. :)

This is simultaneously chilling and terribly sad, and I really love it.  Particularly this line:

A flash of lightning torn the sky thrice. The wind, the roars of the Orcs, the howls of the wolves, all ceased, and dead silence fell. And Maedhros came.

The echo of Fingolfin's challenge to Morgoth gives it a wonderful extra shiver.

Oh, wow! The only elf mentioned to have saved the life of a Dwarf? I never realized...how interesting! And more interesting still the way you've made that part of Dwarven myth.

I really like the style of this, too. "Hear this tale, and judge for yourself." It makes it seem like I'm listening to a story told around a camp fire!

I am fond of this story and just re-read it.

I really appreciate the style, the character of the two dwarves and the description of Maedhros's ghost.

I really enjoyed this! I like the style, which feels like a folktale. I love the apparition of Maedhros, both sad and terrible, and the idea that someday Azaghâl will repay his debt by granting Maedhros peace.