The Úvalear were a group of Shadowfolk that had wandered away from Aman, and settled down in middle earth.They had populated Hithlum before the arrival of the Noldor and may have been Melian of Doriaths original tribe.
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In another version of the legendarium Tolkien considered "Úvalear" as a name the men of Hithlum had given to the Mithrim-elves, Annael's people.At another place he however clearly stated the Uvalear were "Fay" people. The Úvalear also are sometimes by mistake conflated with the Hisildi who were of entirely different irigin.