Cirochil has that aimless love of the sea common to Elves in Mithlond, where her family has lived for thousands of years. Her father, Maedan, is a shipwright known for both his lovely ships as well as his good nature and ample girth while Saelloth, her mother, is skilled in making rope of exceeding strength and light weight. While she initially learned the art of making ropes from her mother, she possesses a driving curiosity that led her into other studies. These in turn led her to journey, at first around Lindon and then later further afield, in pursuit of new knowledge. As she became a skilled traveler, she began to carry messages from place to place. The profession appeals to her, as it lets her range across the countryside, and she has kept to it for some hundreds of years. She has noticed the spread of the shadow, and that Eriador grows grim. This concerns her, as she is not yet willing to forsake Middle-Earth, nor to sail to the Undying Lands.