Wow! He is good! Good at fashioning discontent and discord into his own weapon against those of the Valar.

I felt a little sorry for Tirisorne, though in the end. It seemed that Melkor's style of freedom was not all it was cracked up to be.

Author's Response: Yes, I thought this would be Melkor' style: To mix in just enough truth to make the victim to swallow the lie, and to play upon both the noble and darker impulses of the other. He, after all, is supposed to be both the Father of Lies and a Luciferian spirit of rebellion. Apparently you found the portrayal convincing? If so, I'm glad. Heh, Tirisórnë indeed got a bad hand from this deal. I indeed tried to make her also a tiny bit sympathetic (although mainly repugnant) in her fallen state, because she is a perpetrator of evil but also a victim of it.