Dark (Aliens vs. Predator)

Dark, also known as The Hunter, Young One and Youngblood, is one of the major characters from the Aliens vs. Predator series.
== Charactah Account ==
Dark was an Elite Yautja from the Elite Clan. He was dispatched by his clan Elders along with Wolf and one other Predator to BG-386, to investigate a distress call sent by the Young Blood Pack. He subsequently became involved in a large-scale Xenomorph outbreak on the planet and also came into conflict with the United States Colonial Marine Corps.
Dark stalked and killed numerous Xenomorphs and Colonial Marines during his time on BG-386, and was one of few Predators to have successfully defeated a Praetorian in close combat. However, Dark is probably most well known for his relentless hunt of the BG-386 Predalien, which he ultimately killed in the bowels of the Yautja Pyramid on the planet. Dark was the only Predator on BG-386 to escape the planet alive.
== Appearance ==
=== Video Games ===
* Aliens vs. Predator
== Trivia ==
* Dark is the playable Predator character in the 2010 video game Aliens vs. Predator.
* Dark is the only protagonist and one of the 3 protagonists in Aliens vs. Predator never to visit the Freya's Prospect colony complex and other two being like Rookie and Specimen Six.
* Dark's name is taken from the multiplayer skin based on him in Aliens vs. Predator, as he is never named in the game's singleplayer Predator campaign.
* Dark's design and the bio-helmet he wears for the first part of the game are based on the Jungle Hunter from Predator.
* Dark is the second Yautja seen to carry dual Wristblades (i.e. Wristblades on both wrists) instead of the typical single set. The first was the Brawler Predator, seen in Aliens versus Predator: Extinction.
* Traditionally, Yautja hunters take their victims' heads as trophies, but in the ending of Aliens vs. Predator's Predator campaign, Dark merely throws the dead Abomination from the top of the research facility without decapitating it first. This was most likely done to echo the legendary manner in which Lord disposed of the first ever Xenomorph to be killed on a hunt. It may also be because the Yautja view Predaliens as unholy and an insult to the Yautja race, and thus unworthy of even being triumphantly displayed as a trophy.
* Dark's in-game skin is reused for the Young Blood Predator fought by Rookie in the Marine campaign; this seems odd, as every other member of the Young Blood Pack encountered in the game uses Claw's skin.
* Dark actually has 2 skins in the game. The first is the Dark skin received at Rank 1 in multiplayer, which is similar to the character's singleplayer appearance except with the full armor seen on the Predators in the first Alien vs. Predator movie. The second is the Lord skin, which is the last Predator skin unlocked. This is the same as the singleplayer Dark after he recovers the ancestral helmet.
* Dark's skin in multiplayer could also be suffering from the Predator armor glitch except in reverse. While Dark's skin uses the full Alien vs. Predator gear, when the glitch is active, it is the same as the armor-less skin in campaign.
* Dark's campaign armor, before he acquired Lord's helmet, was the same armor that was used in the demo.
* Dark and Prince are the only known predators to have survived a fight to the death with a Predalien, with Prince successfully slaying two.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Dark at Xenopedia
* Dark (Aliens vs. Predator) at Heroes Wiki
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