This category brings together in-depth profiles of the most important characters from the Alien Universe, exploring their origins, defining moments, and ultimate fates across films, comics, novels, and alternate continuities. From well-known figures like Ellen Ripley to Colonial Marines, scientists, and civilians, these profiles focus on the people at the center of the Alien and Alien vs. Predator stories. Find out here, who survived and who was taken down by Xenomorphs.
Amanda Ripley-McClaren was Ellen Ripley's daughter and the main character of Alien: Isolation. Her expanded story continued through Alien: Blackout, Aliens: Resistance, Aliens: Rescue, and later questions about whether her reported death was the full truth.
By Janno Vares June 17, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
The Yutani family were influential co-owners of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation alongside the Weyland family. This article explores the Yutani family tree and lists every known member of the lineage, including Hideo Yutani and several Miss Yutanis.
By Janno Vares April 04, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Alien Earth Lore | Alien Universe Companies
The Weyland family were the powerful owners of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation together with the Yutani family. In this article, we examine the Weyland family tree, and list every known member of the family, including Peter Weyland and Charles Bishop Weyland.
By Janno Vares March 09, 2026 Alien Universe Characters | Prometheus Lore
Without a doubt, Ellen Ripley is the most well-known and iconic character from the entire Alien vs. Predator series. Here is the full profile of Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, including her childhood struggles, side adventures, and the final fate as Ripley 8.
By Janno Vares February 18, 2024 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
The Colonial Marine officers are the ones that command the troopers in the field. Unfortunately, most of them get killed and nobody hardly remembers their achievements. Here is a list of notable Colonial Marine officers from the Alien lore, including General Spears and Captain Cruz.
By Janno Vares August 28, 2019 Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Characters
Continuing with the series of top 10 badasses, here we have a list of top 10 badass Colonial Marines from the Alien vs Predator series. They are the grunts who showed courage, killed a lot of enemies and possibly even came out alive in the end.
By Janno Vares March 12, 2018 Colonial Marine Lore | Alien Universe Characters
The Alien vs Predator series has its fair share of mad scientists. Here are listed the top 10 best ones. The entries are ranked by an elaborate algorithm based on their level of madness, charisma, the impact of their research and the quality of the source material.
By Janno Vares November 14, 2017 Alien Universe Characters
People were rather angry after Newt and Hicks were killed at the beginning of Alien 3 in a gruesome way. Here are several different scenarios where one or both survived, some developed even after Alien 3 was released.
By Janno Vares November 05, 2017 Alien Universe Characters | Xenomorph Encounter Survivors
