Eles cresceram para amar Aman e a luz das árvores

Como detalhado em O Silmarillion , o Vanyar teve um awing para as Duas Árvores e as terras do Valar. Isso combinado com sua graça aos olhos de Manwë e Yavanna levou-os a abandonar a cidade de Tirion e se mudar para Taniquetil

As the ages passed the Vanyar grew to love the land of the Valar and the full light of the Trees, and they forsook the city of Tirion upon Túna, and dwelt thereafter upon the mountain of Manwë, or about the plains and woods of Valinor, and became sundered from the Noldor.
_{The Silmarillion - Chapter 5: Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië}

The Vanyar indeed held [Melkor] in suspicion, for they dwelt in the light of the Trees and were content
_{ibid - Chapter 6: Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor}

Eles viveram com os Noldor em Tirion no Atum por um tempo, mas

As the ages passed the Vanyar grew to love the land of the Valar and the full light of the Trees, and they forsook the city of Tirion upon Tuna, and dwelt thereafter upon the mountain of Manwe, or about the plains and woods of Valinor, and became sundered from the Noldor.

também foi observado que

Manwe and Varda loved most the Vanyar, the Fair Elves

então era natural para eles morarem perto de Taniquetil.

- citações de O Silmarillion