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Queen, Melian the Maia.[note 1] Throughout the years before she met
Beren, she lived as all the Elves of Doriath did: in a state of perfect
with night-dark hair, sparkling grey eyes, luminous skin, and a clear
heartbreakingly lovely voice that was said to cause winter to melt into
spring - "the song of Luthien released the bonds of winter, and the
frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her
feet had passed". She also often enjoyed dancing in the woods of the
realm to the music of her good friend Daeron's flute. He himself soon
came to love her jealously, but she did not return it.