Race Elves Weapon Sword, Bow | Title Lord of Estolad Siblings Maedhros, Amras | |
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Aliases Telufinwë, Ambarussa, Ambarto/Umbarto Books The Silmarillion, The Peoples of Middle-earth Similar Amras, Caranthir, Curufin, Celegorm, Maedhros | ||
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, Amrod ([ˈamrod]) is a fictional character. He was the youngest son of Fëanor and the younger twin of Amras. From their mother Nerdanel they inherited red hair, instead of Fëanor's black.
Amrod's father name in Quenya is Telufinwë, "Last Finwë", for he was the last of Fëanor's sons. His mother name was originally Ambarussa ("top-russet", referring to his hair), the same as his brother Amras, but Fëanor insisted that the twins ought to have different names and Nerdanel later called him Umbarto, "the Fated". His father, disturbed by it, changed it to Ambarto. Nevertheless, both twins called each other Ambarussa.
However "Umbarto" proved to be a prophetic name, for Amrod was accidentally killed in the swan ships of the Teleri, when his father ordered them to be burnt at Losgar.
Other versions of the legendarium
There is no trace of the death of Amrod at Losgar in the published The Silmarillion, as it was a very late idea by Tolkien, omitted by Christopher Tolkien as he did not at the time see how it could be incorporated into the primary text of The Silmarillion. Where both Amrod and Amras are mentioned in the published text after the landing in Losgar, it should according to Tolkien's later wishes be Amras alone. The information regarding Amrod's naming, especially, comes from The Peoples of Middle-earth. Amrod is the Sindarin version of the name Ambarto.
In The Silmarillion, Amrod is always found alongside Amras. Surviving the burning of the ships at Losgar, he and Amras lived as vassals of their brother Maedhros at an unspecified location in the forests of East Beleriand, and others of the Elf-lords would visit their lands from time to time. Amrod was wounded in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, and later joined his brothers in the attack on Dior and the final destruction of Doriath, and then in the assault on the Mouths of Sirion. In this last battle, he and Amras were both killed.
