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Andras is a fairy in Tamlin’s court. When Feyre encounters him at the beginning of the novel, Tamlin has transformed him into a wolf. While she initially has her suspicions that he might be a fairy, Feyre’s convinced after his death that she’s killed a regular wolf. However, it strikes Feyre as odd that the wolf did not flee from her or fight her after being shot – rather, he stared at her and allowed himself to be killed. Feyre later learns that Andras allowed himself to be killed to give Tamlin a chance to break Amarantha’s curse. That Andras would so willingly sacrifice his life to save Tamlin, the rest of the Spring Court, and all of Prythian from Amarantha’s rule shows that he was deeply loyal to Tamlin and a remarkably selfless fairy.
Although Andras dies at the beginning of the novel and Feyre is never able to know him personally, he nevertheless makes a profound impact on her character. Even before she learns of Andras’ noble sacrifice, she begins to regret her role in his death. Through coming to understand that Tamlin and Lucien are not the evil beings she once believed them to be, she realizes that she can no longer justify killing Andras, or the hate she felt toward fairies. She must come to terms with the fact that she did not kill a being that was deserving of death, but a being who loved and was loved by others. This realization is a pivotal transformation for her character, and it sets into motion her romance with Tamlin. While A Court of Thorns and Roses begins with Feyre killing one fairy without remorse, the novel’s conclusion finds Feyre being forced to kill not only one but three fairies in Amarantha’s third task, an act she finds horrifying. Afterward, she accepts that she’ll carry the guilt for the rest of her life. This change in her perception of the value of fairy life is perhaps her most important character arc.
