Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. That was what I was going for, a sort of twist on the Luthien's brother/later canon combination, so I'm glad it worked!

Thank you so much!! Yes, very poor Dairon. I don't know if I'll ever add more to this AU, but the song is one of my favorites (I love Heather Dale's music in general, and she's a fantastic person besides being an amazing singer!!) I do kind of want to know what'll happen when Dairon tries to carry out the plan, but I have no idea right now lol.

yes exactly, he has no idea! thank you so much my dear star fish fren <3 Dairon needs all the hugs

(the thing about being raised by a parent like Carphadril is there really is no rhyme or reason to what will keep them happy that day, either, so Dairon really can't win *is sad for him*)

Thanks Anerea! Yes, Carphadril is a terrible stepmother (but being a dark sorceress, it kind of comes with the territory, I think). 

I don't know if Carphadril was worse than Sauron, because at least the majority of her power was localized to above the Enchanted River (she enchanted it, I haven't yet figured out how or why) but occasionally she'd send out a specific messenger or two to complete a specific mission elsewhere, if her power felt threatened by some outside source. She wouldn't go herself and do the thing.

It's more likely that Carphadril is an unwitting tool of Morgoth (or Sauron, I suppose) than being a threat to their power. I imagine she was corrupted by them or one of the other Maiar in Morgoth's following, whether directly or indirectly.