Vaintè

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Vainte is a scientist for the race of lizard-men in Harry Harrison's book trilogy, West of Eden, Winter in Eden, and Return to Eden. Vainte lived in the village of Alpeasak(near the real world's Florida Keys) until it was over run by cro-magnon hunters.She and many other Yilane escaped death by fire(yilane don't eat cooked meat and call fire smoke-death, and start going insane near it, as their city and equipment are all biologically grown.) by boarding a Uruketo(Mutated icthyosaur with it's fin designed to hold many Yilane and is basically a living submersible.)not alot of her life is known, except she wishes to see the main cro magnon hero of the book, Kerrick dead.