I don't think his fading would be literal. I think that a parallel can be made between his fate and the fate of Echo, the nymph in Greek mythology. It was said that she was so lovelorn that she faded to nothing, and only her voice was left, faintly echoing what others said. What if Maglor's fate was something like that? He could have become a "creature" of the deep forest, never truly seen, but his voice would sometimes be heard by those who took care to listen to it.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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