Predators From Novels: Expanded Universe Yautja Profiles
The Predators From Novels section features profiles of Yautja hunters that appeared in Predator novels and expanded universe stories. Learn about memorable characters such as Kalakta, the South China Sea Predator, and other unique warriors who helped shape Predator lore beyond the movies. Each profile explores their background, weapons, hunting achievements, and contributions to the wider Predator universe. For Yautja from the graphic novels, see our Predators from the comics section.
Shorty Predator: Profile Of Machiko's Rival
Shorty was an undersized Yautja novice in Aliens vs. Predator: War, Machiko Noguchi's rival in Top-Knot's clan. He won a kehrite pit fight after a spectator grabbed her ankle, then died on Bunda when she cut his arm and killed him. In Hunter's Planet, as Lar'nix'va, she killed him on Blior.
By Janno Vares October 05, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Comics | Predators From The Novels
Luna: The Scarred Huntress Who Died On Titan
Luna was a female Yautja in Tim Lebbon's The Titans. Corporal Jeremiah Beck left a crescent wound on her face at Rankin Station and called her Luna. Decades later she found him at Hamilton Base on Titan, put a double-bladed glaive through his chest, and died on the ice when he cut her throat.
By Janno Vares October 01, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Florida Hunter: The First Stargazer Captive Predator
The Florida Hunter is the unnamed Yautja in James A. Moore's 2018 novel The Predator: Hunters and Hunted. The Reapers took him alive on a Florida cul-de-sac for the Stargazer dam in southern Georgia. He escaped, killed Roger Elliott, and died at the Hartshorn Carnival in Deer Water Springs.
By Janno Vares September 30, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Blood Venom: Young Huntress Of XK-93
Blood Venom was a young female Yautja in Blood and Honor, from Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey. On XK-93, an unsettled iron world Weyland-Yutani planned to colonize, Old Rhino tied and burned her. Kai Kentarus cut her loose. She flew them off-world after an ancient Queen crushed a younger one.
By Janno Vares September 30, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
R'Kyn: The Little Miss Nightmare Predator
R'Kyn was a female Yautja of clan P'Rekh in Peter Briggs's Little Miss Nightmare, collected in Predator: Eyes of the Demon. She followed bomber Tracey Dahl from Lake Champlain to Prague and Rome, cut off her head in a public square, and left without being caught.
By Janno Vares September 20, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
La'vindi: Lone Hunter Who Left Clan H'ppattah
La'vindi was a female Yautja in Gini Koch's Cannon Fodder, collected in Predator: Eyes of the Demon. In 2422 Zalande dropped her on Fourth-Salturna Exodus with Hekkati and Sula'amini. She killed Zalande when he moved to self-destruct, left clan H'ppattah, and took Alana Gonsalves off-world.
By Janno Vares September 18, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
Ak'kili: The Enforcer Who Killed Her Own Son
Ak'kili was a female Yautja enforcer in Kim May's Bitter Hunt, collected in Predator: Eyes of the Demon. She tracked three bad bloods to a desert world with her hound Xave, killed Twakese and an unnamed hunt-mate, then killed her son Dakdwade and took his head.
By Janno Vares September 17, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
Donatiki: The Predator Who Gave Birth On The Hunt
Donatiki was a pregnant female Yautja survey leader in Robert Greenberger's Field Trip, collected in Predator: Eyes of the Demon. In October of the 2020s she landed near a Hastings reenactment in England, went into labor during the fight, and left with a living newborn after Jessica Haning helped the birth.
By Janno Vares September 17, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
A'kael: Homeworld Trainer Who Became Clan Leader
A'kael was a female Yautja trainer on Yautja Prime in Linda D. Addison's Proving Ground, collected in Predator: Eyes of the Demon. After Zan'tih died she was tested against Bachaann on Earth, exposed Thwutha's shuttle sabotage over Brazil, and returned as clan leader.
By Janno Vares September 16, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
Yeh'kull: Unblooded Huntress Of Ataegina
Yeh'kull was an unblooded female Yautja in Scott Sigler's Another Mother, from Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey. Clan elders kept her off hunts as an ecologist. She took a young Queen on Ataegina, branded Ahiliyah Cooper and Creen, and left for the mothership blooded.
By Janno Vares September 15, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
Big Game Predator: Profile Of Adilgashii, The Witch
The Big Game Predator was a lone Yautja called Adilgashii, a Navajo word for witch. He hunted at Two-Witch Mesa in the early 1900s, then returned to New Mexico near Cole Army Base. Corporal Enoch Nakai tracked him into El Malpais after the chained saucer wrecked the post, and killed him there.
By Janno Vares September 14, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Comics | Predators From The Novels
Yuahro: The Second Predator Who Hunted Dutch
Yuahro was a Youngblood Yautja on his first solo hunt in Pisgah National Forest in September 1987, after Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer survived the Jungle Hunter in Val Verde. Dutch wounded him with a Remington 700 and a knife. T'an'tath extracted him alive after the hunter ship killed an OWLF agent.
By Janno Vares September 07, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Historical Predator Hunts
Nk'mecci: The Vietnam War Predator
Nk'mecci was a Blooded Yautja in Dayton Ward's Recon, collected in Predator: If It Bleeds. In January 1968 he made his first solo hunt in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, killed Sergeant Roland's Force Recon team, and died on his ship after he refused the medical bay.
By Janno Vares September 07, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Historical Predator Hunts
Ny'ytap: The Rift War Battlemaster Predator
Ny'ytap was a former Battlemaster and elite captain in Weston Ochse and Yvonne Navarro's 2022 novel Aliens vs. Predators: Rift War. He commanded the LV-363 blooding, forbade contact with the humans, and died when a Xenowing took him during the farewell. A winged newborn later left his cryo corpse.
By Janno Vares September 06, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Ca'toll: Sister Rage & Rift War Hunting Captain
Ca'toll was a female Yautja hunting captain in Weston Ochse and Yvonne Navarro's 2022 novel Aliens vs. Predators: Rift War. On LV-363 she took over the blooding after Ny'ytap and T'U'Sa died, killed T'See'Ka and Vai'ke, and left with three young bloods after her brother Ar'Wen died.
By Janno Vares September 06, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
Yaquita: The Legless Hunter Of The Rage War
Yaquita was a Wounded Clan Yautja in Tim Lebbon's Alien vs. Predator: Armageddon. Both of her legs were gone, and she moved on a wheeled platform. She pulled the Drukathi name from the Rage android Oscar, then flew a cloaked ship into Macbeth's hangar, where Xenomorphs killed her.
By Janno Vares August 18, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Vagouti: The Predator Huntress Who Fought A Rematch
Vagouti was a female Yautja in Steve Perry's Rematch, published in Predator: If It Bleeds. She came to Earth with Nakande to hunt Sloane, lost her mate in an Oregon ambush, and died after Sloane's rifle and revolver shots.
By Janno Vares August 17, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Hashori: Widow Clan Hunter Of The Rage War
Hashori was a nine-foot Widow Clan Yautja in Tim Lebbon's Rage War novels. She tortured the Rage android Liliya on the Zeere Za, fled Alexander into the Human Sphere, survived Macbeth, and left with Isa Palant toward the homeworld pilgrimage.
By Janno Vares August 17, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels | Predators Who Survived
Black Warrior: The Most Powerful Yautja Deity
The Black Warrior was the most powerful Yautja deity and the central god of Predator religion. This article covers his role as god of the Hunt, battle, death, honorable warriors, fallen children, and the Yautja afterlife.
By Janno Vares June 10, 2026 Yautja Society | Predators From The Novels | Individual Predators
Shesh-Kuk Predator: The Failed Hish-Qu-Ten Leader
Shesh-Kuk was the failed Hish-qu-Ten leader from Predator: Forever Midnight. This article covers his role on Midnight, his ruthless clan, his use of mind-control technology, his many leadership failures, and his death in boiling water at the hands of Randall Ness.
By Janno Vares June 03, 2026 Yautja Leaders | Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Bet-Karh: The Hish Hunter Who Survived A Clan Feud
Bet-Karh was an elite Hish hunter from Predator: Flesh and Blood. This article covers his leadership during the Felicity hunt, the collapse of the Two Clans That Have Become One, his battle with humans, and his decision to spare Andar Ciejek.
By Janno Vares June 02, 2026 Yautja Leaders | Individual Predators | Predators Who Survived
South China Sea Predator: Yautja Who Wiped Out An Army
The South China Sea Predator was a veteran Yautja from Predator: South China Sea. This article covers its hunt on Rath Preap's private island, its brutal tactics, its confrontation with John Gustat, and its death aboard the Predator mothership.
By Janno Vares June 02, 2026 Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
Kalakta: The 1000-Year-Old King Who Won The Rage War
Kalakta was a Yautja Elder of the 677th clan in Tim Lebbon's Rage War novels. Palant judged him more than three feet taller than herself and perhaps a thousand years older. He sealed the human ceasefire, spoke of the Drukathi, and boarded the Rage flagship Macbeth. The books never name him among the survivors.
By Janno Vares June 01, 2026 Yautja Leaders | Individual Predators | Predators From The Novels
