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And much good did come of it. I hope Amrod got to look at the tapestries in Mandos and see just how much good his saving the twins did. Maedhros and Maglor are so understanding too. I'm not really clear on whether Amrod died because he couldn't bear to be apart from Amras or because he was also injured. But the beauty of this was that I don't think it mattered and could be interpreted either way to give different perspectives on the story.

Thank you so much for reading and commenting; I really appreciate it. That's such a lovely idea about the tapestries!

Someone else who read this had the same query about Amrod's cause of death, interestingly. I'd felt fairly sure that it was grief (certainly that's what he thinks - the phrase 'died of a broken heart' comes to mind - and maybe it's not even just about Amras, but the pain of kinslaying and other losses, when in my view he's already fragile). But maybe the point is that he doesn't even realise he's wounded, because the pain of loss is so much greater? (Although the Noldor are doomed to be slain by grief as well as by weapon...)