Characters in The Clan of the Cave Bear

Ayla

A Cro-Magnon girl orphaned at five and raised by a Neanderthal clan, whose intelligence and difference make her both invaluable and unacceptable to them.

Also in The Valley of Horses, The Mammoth Hunters, The Plains of Passage, The Shelters of Stone, The Land of Painted Caves

Broud

Brun's son and heir, arrogant and brutal, whose hatred of Ayla drives the novel's central conflict.

Iza

The clan's medicine woman, who finds the injured child and adopts her, and passes on her knowledge of healing plants.

Creb

The Mog-ur, the clan's crippled and revered shaman and Iza's brother, who becomes Ayla's adoptive father.

Brun

Leader of the clan and Creb's brother, a fair man who comes to acknowledge Ayla despite the customs that say he should not.