The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children 6)

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Rank Up: In The Valley of Horses, it's mentioned that she was promoted to the position of Zelandoni Who Is First shortly before Jondalar left on his journey with Thonolan. I'm glad you're here," Joharran said softly when he saw his brother and Ayla with the wolf quietly appear with their spear-throwers in hand. Auel] does paint a convincing portrait of ancient life. And readers who fell in love with little Ayla will no doubt revel in her prehistoric womanhood.”– People

First Girl Wins: To Joconan, who loved both her and her friend Bodoa, who had come to train with the zelandonia. However, it's downplayed as Joconan died only a few years into their marriage; Marthona was also very upset that her 'winning' Joconan ruined her close friendship with Bodoa. The Leader: He’s the leader of the Ninth Cave. He inherits his leadership skills from his mother and father, who were both leader before him; it's indicated he learnt from Marthona in particular (seeing as his father died when he was too young to properly remember him) and his leadership style is reminiscent of her's.

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He blames Jondalar beating him up for everything that’s gone wrong with his life, even though it happened around a decade ago and he’s had plenty of time and opportunity to make something of himself. He seems to find it easier to just blame it all on Jondalar and play the victim, never taking any responsibility in screwing his life up. Last Episode, New Character: She's born right at the end of The Shelters of Stone and is a main character in the final book. Teen Pregnancy: She's said to be only around thirteen years old and is already expecting her first child. Although she's regarded as quite young to be having a baby, she's unconcerned and considered herself blessed (though it is mentioned part of this could be due to pregnancy hormones).

The master trader of the Zelandonii and Marthona's third mate. He is the father of Thonolan and Folara, and stepfather to Joharran and Jondalar. This would be a good time to use spear-throwers so we can hunt from a safer distance. Several hunters here have been practicing," Jondalar said. It was for just this sort of thing that he had wanted to come home and show everyone the weapon he had developed. "We may not even have to kill one, just injure a couple to teach them to stay away." She stopped. "There are lions up ahead just beyond the split in the trail," she said under her breath. Dude, Where's My Respect?: Laramar is gifted at brewing birch beer, and considers it his primary contribution to the welfare of the Ninth Cave; despite the difficulty of the craft and resulting increases to the Cave's quality of life, he is the lowest-ranked member. That said, he uses it his craft as an excuse to get out of any sort of practical contributions (hunting, gathering, cave maintenance, etc); he's also The Resenter and The Alcoholic, which doesn't precisely help anyone sympathize with him.Heroic BSoD: He has a brief one early in The Shelters of Stone, after finding out Thonolan is dead. He initially goes into denial, stuttering that Thonolan can't be dead because he's too young, he hasn't yet found a mate and had children and finally that he "hasn't come home" before breaking down sobbing. In the ancient days when the weather spirits were honored, roles within the Clan had not yet become so markedly differentiated by sex—for example, women still hunted alongside the men when they didn't have little children who needed their care. At this time, women were also the ones in charge of the spiritual life of the Clan. Because they once controlled access to the spirit world, and because the ceremonies involved begging the Clan spirits in what could be considered an unmanly fashion, Clan tradition holds that should a woman see one of the men's religious ceremonies, the clan in which this occurred would suffer disaster. When a ceremony invoking the weather spirits is held to sanction Ayla's hunting, especially strong protection was required for the men, both to guard against the presence of a female at the ceremony and because the ancient spirits were feared as much as they were honored in the days when they were worshiped. Ayla's subsequent accidental observation of one of the highest ceremonies at the Clan Gathering is interpreted by Creb to foretell doom for the entire Clan of the Cave Bear, as those ceremonies have meaning for all the clans of the Clan, even those not present at the Gathering.

The Alcoholic: He spends a lot of time drinking the barma he makes and using the resulting hang-overs as an excuse not to help out with the rest of the cave. A low-ranking member of the Ninth Cave. She’s the mate of Laramar and mother of Bologan, Lanoga, Trelara, Lavogan, Ganamar and Lorala...though the term 'mother' is used rather loosely, given she lets her eldest daughter do most of the parenting. Law of Inverse Fertility: While she's not too bothered about still being unmated, it's implied that she wished she could've had children (and is possibly incapable of conceiving children); she mentions that despite having honored the Mother many times she never became pregnant, and Ayla also senses she seems wistful when she talks to other women about having children.Bait the Dog: When she first meets Ayla early in The Shelters of Stone, she is outwardly quite pleasant to her and indicates to Jondalar she wants to let bygones be bygones. She even offers to take Ayla with her to get her some new clothes and do her hair and make-up, in preparation for the welcoming ceremony the Ninth Cave is holding for her that evening. However, it's soon revealed that Marona is actually using it as an opportunity to try and humiliate Ayla. A downplayed one to Marthona; although she misses him, she doesn’t dwell on his death anymore and is happy with Willomar. Attention Whore: She loves to be the center of attention, including wearing provocative clothing, stirring up trouble and hanging around with high-ranking men; she also revels in being considered 'the Beauty of the Bunch'. She gets very irritated and jealous when she feels the equally beautiful Ayla and Joplaya are upstaging her, especially seeing as the former is marrying her ex. Jondalar turned to look, and noticed movement that he interpreted as lions now that he knew what to look for. He reached for his weapons as well. "You should stay here with Jonayla. I'll go."

Scars are Forever: He bears scars from an eagle's talons when it tried to grab him as a baby. It's believed that the scars mark him as having been 'chosen' by the totem spirit of the Eagle.I've gone out on drives, but I never was very good with a spear, and I don't seem to be much better with the thrower," Folara said. "I'll take Jonayla." The infant was now thoroughly awake, and when the young woman held out her arms for the baby, she willingly went to her aunt. Generation Xerox: Both his parents were the leader of the Ninth Cave; he became leader after Marthona retired. The mother of Jondalar, Joharran, Thonolan and Folara. Widow of Joconan, ex wife of Dalanar and current wife of Willomar. She was leader of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii before passing the mantle to her son, though she is still greatly respected and turned to for advice.