@feanorianweek day six | amras, thennes, and amrod
The final two sons of Fëanor were A M R A S and A M R O D, the twins collectively known as A M B A R U S S A. Their birth caused a strain on the relationship of their parents, especially when they disagreed over the prophetic nature of Amrod’s mother-name. Nonetheless the boys were beloved by all their family, and grew into mighty hunters.
They followed their father to Middle-earth, but Amrod had second thoughts and secretly wished to return to Valinor. He stayed aboard the ships, unaware that Fëanor planned to burn them in order to strand Fingolfin and his host upon the far shores; though he escaped, he was badly burned and forever disfigured.
In Beleriand the twins roamed the plains and forests of the east with only a small company of followers, exploring the borders of Doriath where Amras met the marchwarden T H E N N E S. Amras was the only one of his brothers to marry while in Beleriand, and though Thennes was welcomed warmly into the family, her marriage to Amras for a time drove a wedge between the twins.
Thennes turned from her husband at the Second Kinslaying, refusing to participate in the slaughter of her kin. When she left Amras she in secret took the young twins Eluréd and Elurín with her as atonement for the deeds of her husband, and with them disappeared from any great tales.
Amrod and Amras died side by side in the Third Kinslaying, together to the very end.