Vein

Vein is a character from Darren Shans Demonata series of books. She is a demon with the body of a large black dog, the head of a crocodile (with yellow eyes) and in place of paws it has the hands of a woman. She is partnered with her brother Artery (a demon with a child's body, green skin and flames for eyes) in the first book. She has appeared in the books Lord Loss, Demon Thief and Bec.

The Demonata

 * Lord Loss'
 * Demon Thief
 * Bec

Short Stories

 * Shanta Clause

Importance
Vein is Lord Loss' favourite familiar in Bec, where she accompanys him throughout most of the book. She must not be that important to Lord Loss however as she is apparently destroyed by Lord Loss for disobeying him at the end of the first book, Lord Loss. She does, however, re-appear in novels after Lord Loss has killed her, but this is because the novels are set in a time period before Grubbs' and Dervish's battle with Lord Loss. She seems to be replaced with a new demon, Gregor - a cockaroach-like demon, who is later killed as well.