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Story notes:

Elwing during the days she’s with her Falmari relatives while Earendil is campaigning for the War of Wrath to start hears that Eluenyanië/Eluearyon (fix name) has recently be released from Mandos and how happy Olwë’s family is to have all this family returning. Elwing does the quick mental translation to “Elu’s Remembrance” – one of my brother’s has been reborn and is now an adult? living here? getting very nervous but ecstatic to reunite with one of her big brothers she lost as a toddler. But when she finds him, looks at him, there’s no recognition on either end. She knows on her part it’s the unfortunate fact of being parted so young. Eventually he recognizes what the mistake is and clears it up- he is Olwë’s son, Eárwen’s older brother. When his parents arrived in Aman, they thought Uncle Elwë, Olwë’s older brother and senior king and the prophet who had led them (but not the final steps to see it) to the Promised Land, was lost to them forever. So Olwë named his elder son in memory and honor of their lost leader, and because Eluenyalië reminded them of Elwë in looks. Eluenyalië isn’t so sure if he looks so much like this person he never saw but who was constantly compared to and held up as this distantly recalled shining figure (and what to know who most idealized this perfect tragically-lost Elwë? Finwë, duh.) Asks Elwing. She admits she only met her grandfather a few times as an infant; she can’t say what features are a match. Elenyalië remarks that Elwing doesn’t look at all like he thought she might- he assumed and hoped she looked like Elwë. No, she answers, in looks with her dark hair and more Bëorian features, she looks like her grandparents Beren and a little bit Lúthien and therefore Melian. Eluenyalië asks about the brothers Elwing had hoped he had been. “Elurin, Remembrance of Elu. And Elured…Heir of Elu.” Cue then Elwing having to explain that one was given the name in a mix of Sindarin and Taliska, go into the Problem of Ros for the mix of Sindarin and Taliska for Elwing, Elros and Elrond’s names.Finish up the linguistic tangent, Elwing asking about why Eluentalië returned from Mandos. As she guessed, he died during the Kinslaying and Theft of the Swanships. As his father’s heir he had been among their people at the ships trying to calm nerves and reassure people after the Darkening and Fëanor’s attempts at inciting revolt. Trying to convince families it’s safe to be on the mainland, in the city, free to leave the ships, when Fëanor attacks. He leads the waves of defense- brings up that there hadn’t been any violence or fighting in Aman, such a thing was utterly anathema, that they did have small hunting bows for shooting birds that they could use. Another tangent on hunting in Aman- few actually dangerous beasts, need just some meat for the dinner table. That the Noldor hunted birds with falconry as well as bow, which they had learned from the Vanyar. That the Vanyar had mind-speech with their hawks and falcons. Call-forwards are my jam. That Eluenyalië and at least one of his younger brothers died.

You can’t tell me it isn’t canon that Olwë would not have named one of his sons something-something-Elwë and at least one of those sons died at Alqualondë and Olwë was denied his vengeance for his dead family.