Ancient Predator - Yautja Explained (AVP Lore)

Ancient Predator, AKA the Elder Predator, not to be confused with the Elder from Predator 2 named GreyBack; was a Yautja Elder of the Isolated Clan, he was encountered by Lex Woods on Bouvetoya Island in 2004.
He was presumably the leader of the clan which the three Youngblood brothers belonged to, and oversaw the initiation hunt.
After delivering the three young Predators to the surface from the Mothership, the Ancient and the rest of the Yautja aboard the vessel remained close by, awaiting the outcome of the hunt.

The Ancient Predator was hundreds, if not thousands of years old, with an appearance to match; he had wrinkled skin, Grey dreadlocks, larger facial quills and more pronounced teeth and tusks than the others. Across his face and body he had tribal markings indicating his advanced experience and status, including a Xenomorph acid scar.
He had similar armour to the other members seen, but more weathered and adorned with lots of decorations and trophies. He held a Biomask with an acid marking on it, and he wore a red cape.

The Ancient was equipped with a Cloaking Device, Wristblades, Wrist Computer, and a Ceremonial Combistick, which he gifted to Lex after he witnessed her battling alongside Scar Predator, and that she had the clan mark.
After Scar and Lex escaped the pyramid and defeated the Xenomorph Queen, the Elder and the rest of the clan who’d been watching revealed themselves, and approached Lex and the now deceased Scar, collecting the fallen Yautja's body and taking it back aboard their ship.
Before leaving, the Predator Elder gave Lex his Combistick in recognition of her feats whilst fighting alongside Scar.
The clan then left Earth aboard the Mother Ship, not knowing that Scar's corpse carried a Predalien Chestburster within.
The creature would then make it’s way onto a scout ship and attacked the Yautja onboard, causing the vessel to crash and starting the Xenomorph outbreak on Earth.

Make sure to leave a like on the video and let us all know in the comments what your thoughts are on the Ancient Predator and the AVP movie in general. I wasn’t a fan of the Predator face designs from this movie, but I do like them as characters, and it was cool how it was like in Predator 2 where we got to see an Elder give a Human something as a reward, but where as in Predator 2, it was for defeating a Predator, but in this movie it was for working with a Predator, so I thought that was an interesting spin on the concept.

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