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Predatorshave made a name for themselves throughout the cosmos as perhaps the greatest hunting watch in existence , and they ’ve done so jointly as an intact coinage . Yet even amid a subspecies of unparalleled killer , there ’s still room for individuals to shine .
When lover were first introduced to the Predator species , it was straightaway clean that this tool was n’t some animalistic orca likeAlien ’s Xenomorph , but was instead much more akin to human beings themselves . But even still , it ’s unvoiced to imagine that this foreign beast had its own identity separate from that of its wider species . It ’s almost as thoughPredators are in a species - spacious cultus , worshiping the prey they hunt while remaining fully consecrated to the cosmic balance they compulsively travel the cosmos trying to maintain . Every Predator want the same matter , and gets it the same agency . But taking a deeper dive into Predator lore , some private Yautja forge their own bequest , and garner some awful gens as a result .
13Ahab
Ahab ’s name is something of a meta - citation to the classic story this Predator ’s story arc is slackly found on . In theAlien vs Predatorcrossover seriesFire and Stoneand the sequelLife and Death , Ahab is obsessed with finding and belt down the Engineers , as he ’s watch evidence of Engineer existence on planet across the cosmos . The Engineer became Ahab ’s ‘ white whale ’ , just like the literary fig from Moby Dick he was name after .
Hunting what ’s essentially an exotic god across the galaxy and earning a name that ’s bear literary import for decades is a good way to fend out from the crowd , and Ahab did just that .
12Pig Iron, Splitter, and Hook
These three Yautja can well be grouped into one entry , apply they worked exclusively as a team inAlien vs Predator : Thicker Than Blood . That ’s because these three Yautja are directly related , as Pig Iron and Splitter are crony , and Hook is their father . While their names are n’t explicitly state in Thicker Than Blood , the book ’s writer Jeremy Barlow confirmed as much in an interview with theAlien vs Predator Galaxy Podcast , bring up to Pig Iron and Splitter as ‘ problem children ’ , which is meet hold the fact that Hook was a dishonored Yautja Elder .
Given these names were confirmed outside the established canon , there ’s no in - world explanation for them , ready the fact that the writer behind their founding would share this hidden slice of trivia an right-down treat .
11Big Mama
Big Mama take in her name for a telephone number of key reasons inAliens vs vulture : Deadliest of the Species(by Chris Claremont , Jackson Guice , and Eduardo Barreto ) . Firstly , Big Mama was an alpha female Predator , and was quite literally the ‘ mother ’ of her kindred . Not only that , but Big Mama became something of the adoptive female parent of a man trained in Yautja combat appoint Caryn . Together , they battled the White Xenomorph hybrids , until Caryn was killed by one of the hybrid ’s mutant Facehuggers .
Big Mama was crushed by the loss of Caryn ( or Ash Parnell , as Big Mama call her ) , which only reinforced her well - deserve byname .
10Broken Tusk
This one is pretty on - the - nose , as it ’s directly tied to the physical dimension of a peculiarly deadly Predator . In the four - part seriesAliens vs Predatorby Randy Stradley and Phill Norwood ( which was the first AvP amusing series apart from the original storyline withinDark Horse Presents ) , readers are infix to Broken Tusk , who obtain the name because one of his tusk - or facial prong - was break when his unconscious dead body was found by the human settlement on the world he and his clan were hunt on .
The name ‘ Broken Tusk ’ was coined by Machiko Noguchi , though the Predator ’s genuine name was Dachande , which means ‘ different knife ’ .
9Devil
The naming of this Predator assuredly came with a moment of preconception , as the main man going up against the Yautja was John Schaefer aka the brother of “ Dutch ” Schaefer from the original 1987Predatorfilm . It seems struggle Yautja is in this family ’s roue , and inPredator : Dark River(by Mark Verheiden and Ron Randall ) , Devil does n’t disappoint . While John was shown to be a New York City pig rather than a Earth - move soldier of fortune , he was called to activeness when Devil commence terrorise a group of people in the jungle just like his predecessor .
Due to the hideous nature of the murders that were happening by this Predator ’s hand , he was ably constitute ‘ Devil ’ , with only John being fully cognisant of how true that moniker really was .
8Gollywomp
Interestingly enough , this deed stop up being a misnomer , as a native to the Louisiana Bayou named LeBlanc mistook the lone Yautja for the fabled “ Gollywomp ” , which is simply an area - specific creature similar to the Jersey Devil or the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp . However , even though the Predator was mistaken for a literal monster , LeBlanc did n’t seem too frightened of it during the events ofPredator : Strange Rouxby Brian McDonald and Mitch Byrd .
Gollywomp meet his end after LeBlanc lured him into quicksand , and then proceeded to cook the Yautja in gumbo and eat him .
7Champion
star - otherwise get laid as ‘ Hornhead ’ - is a Predator who appear in the Life and Death crossover serial publication . His name came from the fact that he was the drawing card of the Tartarus Clan , and he was the Predator who Ahab had to contend and vote out if he want to re - join the kinship group after apparently run short awol during the trend of this series .
In the end , Ahab kill Champion and earned the right to re - join the clan , thereby undermining this Predator ’s very name .
6Lefty
Aliens vs predatory animal : Lefty ’s Revengeby Brian McDonald and Pop Mhan follows the titular Lefty as the Predator track a man named Brea across the galaxy . During a previous battle , Brea took Lefty ’s right eye , leaving only his left eye to see through - hence the name .
alas for Lefty , he never got his revenge , and rather present a legion of Xenomorphs all alone after Brea get away with his ‘ wrist joint nuke ’ , after Lefty track Brea to an outpost overrun with the foreigner creatures .
5Light-Stepper
Debuting inAliens vs marauder : Duelby Randy Stradley and Javier Saltares , Light - Stepper examine his spunk quickly among his ranks , as he travel from an Unblooded Yautja to a full - flight clan drawing card implausibly speedily . While there were no physical attributes that led to his name ( as there truthfully is no clear indication as to why he ’s named Light - Stepper ) , it can be surmised that it has to do with his proven attainment as a hunter , as evidence in his manyAvPappearances since his entry .
Indeed , Light - Stepper has made multiple appearance across Dark Horse Comics’AvPcanon , and is one of the few Predators who has done so .
4Top-Knot
Top - Knot was a Predator within Light - Stepper ’s kindred who defend side - by - side with the Predator before , during , and after their Blooding Ritual . Top - Knot can be identified by the top - mile bun of ‘ Yautja - dread ’ tied up atop his principal .
In fact , Top - Knot is on the face of it the only Predator who has ever connect his tendril back rather than wearing them down .
