She smiles. "I suppose that is true! But I have never been to Middle-earth, where most of them dwell. Valinor is fairly confined to Elves and the Ainur, for the most part. It is, after all the home of the Ainur!"

Nerdanel shrugs. "Well, I've never met them! But they are in young Master Bilbo and Master Frodo's book - apparently they call themselves Ents, and they are the Lady Yavanna's creations, the Guardians and Protectors of the Woods. The Shepherds of the Trees, the Sindar call them."