Before she came to Middle-earth, Melian served both Vána and Estë, and dwelt in Lórien tending the trees that grew in the Gardens of Irmo. Among all of her people none were wiser, more beautiful, or more skilled in singing enchanting songs than Melian. During her time in Middle-earth, Melian was deeply in love with the shadows of the great trees. When the light of the Two Trees would begin to mingle, she would sing as the Valar would stop their work and listen. There, she would teach them her song Of all the Valar she was most akin to was Yavanna. When the elves awoke on the shore of Cuiviénen, Melian departed from Valinor and went to Middle-earth, where she filled its silence with her singing of the birds.