Naru

Sarii (companion)

## Character Overview

**Naru** (pronounced Nardu) was a female member of the Comanche tribe, situated somewhere in the Great Plains.

Raised as a healer, Naru's true aspirations were in hunting, and she desired to follow in her brother Taabe's footsteps and prove herself worthy enough to partake in hunting, something that earned the scorn of her peers. She came into conflict with the Feral Predator in September 1719, and was ultimately able to defeat and kill the creature, acquiring the rank of war chief.

She obtains a flintlock pistol from Raphael Adolini and injures the Feral Predator with it. The same pistol would later be given to Mike Harrigan in Predator 2.

## Biography (P)

### 1719: Incident with Feral Predator in Prey

Naru was a Comanche healer and the younger sister to skilled tribesman, Taabe. Wanting to follow in Taabe's wake, Naru desired to join the male members in hunting, something the latter frequently scoffed at, though Taabe himself was supportive of her, to a point.

One day, during a failed attempt to hunt a deer with her dog, Sarii, she witnessed a cloaked Yautja ship pass through the region's stormy clouds. Mistaking the ship as a mythical 'thunderbird', Naru believed it to be a sign that she was ready for her *"Kuhtaamia"* - her rite of passage into hunting.

Upon member Puhi went missing following an attack from a mountain lion, Taabe would lead a search party to find him. Wishing to prove herself, Naru would secretly tail the group, before being noticed by Paaka. Taabe allowed Naru to join, citing her skills in healing as being useful. Tracking the lion, the group would find Puhi, gravely wounded and mauled, and Naru would treat Puhi with Orange totsiyaa to cool his blood. Come nightfall, Taabe desired to hunt the lion whilst the others carried him back to camp on a stretcher. Naru expressed concern for her brother, citing that something had scared off the lion during the attack. Regardless, Taabe would depart as the others took Puhi home. During the trek, Naru noticed a flayed viper carcass and unusual footprints. Fearing for her brother, she departed from the group to find him, with Paaka reluctantly joining her.

The two soon reunited with Taabe in an open plain, and plotted to kill the lion. Naru suggested climbing a nearby tree and lure the lion out to kill, and Paaka and Naru would climb the tree to use themselves as bait. Sitting atop the tree, Paaka taunted Naru, before suddenly being attacked and killed by the mountain lion. Cornered by the beast, Naru is distracted by a burst of red light in the distance, and despite partially wounding the lion with a spear, she fell from the tree and knocked herself unconscious.

Naru later reawakened inside her tipi beside her mother, Aruka, who disapproved of her aspirations for hunting. Having subsequently bringing Naru back to camp and killing the lion, Taabe is appointed war chief by chief Kehetu. Unbeknownst to Naru, she had gravely wounded the lion during her skirmish, and Taabe had merely finished it off. Though she attempted to attest to Taabe of the bizarre sightings she had encountered, and that she saw "lightning in the trees", Taabe dismissed her, and undermined her skills as a hunter.

Determined to find the mysterious creature that was stalking the forestry, Naru set off early the next day with Sarii, equipping her tomahawk with a rope to be thrown and returned to her. Traversing the Great Plains, Naru would come across a field of flayed buffalo. Paying her respects to the numerous corpses, she continued onwards, later being caught in a pit of quicksand - she narrowly escaped death with the utility of her axe. Eventually, Naru would witness a Grizzly Bear by a stream, eating the carcass of a deer. She was suddenly noticed by the beast, and chased into the confines of a beaver dam. Just as it seemed that Naru would be killed by the enraged creature, she was horrified to witness an invisible force emerge and kill the bear after a brief fight. As the creature held the carcass over its head in triumph, Naru chose to flee by swimming down the river.

Escaping with her life, Naru would meet with a Comanche search party led by Wasape, sent by Taabe to search for Naru. Naru desperately attempted to explain to the others what she saw. When Wasape and the others were unreceptive, and jeered at her claim of seeing a "mupitsl", a fight broke out between Naru and Wasape. After Wasape cheap-shotted her, she was bound by the group, and they began their trek back to camp.

Dragging Naru, Wasape's group found a spot to rest. Suddenly, they were ambushed by Naru's 'mupitsl' - an alien hunter known as the 'Feral Predator'. After killing Wasape with its Bolt Gun, he slaughtered comrades Ania and Huupi in a brief duel. Naru managed to unbind herself and fled into an open field, the creature perusing her. Naru was suddenly tackled into the field's tall grass by member Itsee, who had split from the group earlier. Though the two attempted to coordinate an attack on the creature, the effort was ultimately futile, and the two were forced to flee - the Feral Predator caught up with ease and brutally killed Itsee, gapping the distance between Naru and the hunter.

Naru fled back into the forestry, before being caught in a bear trap. The Predator caught up with Naru, but seeing her injury, grew disinterested and abandoned her, just as a group of French voyageurs arrived, led by the cruel Big Beard. The voyageurs having encountered the hunter themselves, knocked out Naru and bought her back to their camp, locking her inside a makeshift cage.

Naru would reawaken and conclude that Big Beard and his men were responsible for the slaughter of the buffalo. Big Beard would approach her and gleefully torment her with a stick, only for Naru to seize it and cut his hand. He would go on to have his translator, Raphael Adolini attempt to reason with Naru to see what she knew about the creature hunting them, though she was uncooperative. It was revealed that the trappers had also caught Taabe, and as punishment for her unwillingness, Big Beard had his men restrain Naru's brother, and sliced into his chest with a knife.

The next day, the voyageurs tied Naru and Taabe to a tree in an ash-ridden open plain to use the two as bait to lure the creature out. However, Naru deduced that the Predator would not pay attention to them, as they did not pose a threat. The Predator would emerge and slaughter the Frenchmen, and she would eventually cut herself and Taabe free.

Departing back to the voyageur's camp to retrieve Sarii, Naru would ambush and kill several voyageurs, before freeing her companion. She was then approached at gunpoint by Raphael Adolini, who had his foot bisected by the Predator during the skirmish. Pleading for medical assistance, Raphael would teach Naru how to use his flintlock if the latter treated his wound. Naru would treat Raphael's wound and feed him Orange totsiyaa to cool his blood, as he showed her how to load and use the pistol.

Hearing the Predator's presence nearby, Naru suddenly fled and hid - the creature would go on to kill Raphael, and, upon seeing Sarii, would point its Bolt Gun at him. Before Naru intervened, Taabe would emerge on horseback, and a duel ensued between the two. Witnessing her brother fight the Predator, Naru noticed how the latter's projectiles were tracked toward where its Bio-mask's targeting lasers were pointed. Naru attempted to load the pistol and fire it at the Predator, to no luck. Yelling at it to momentarily distract it, Taabe managed to gain the upper hand against the creature, causing it to activate its cloak and distance himself from the two.

Taabe encouraged Naru to flee, before suddenly being impaled from behind by the Feral Predator. Biding her just enough time to escape, Taabe stabbed the Predator in the leg with an animal skull, before being killed.

Mourning her brother's death, Naru would linger by a stream. She come to notice Big Beard nearby, having survived the skirmish against the Predator. Contemplating to shoot him in revenge of wounding his brother on the other day, she changed her mind and decided to knock him unconscious instead upon realizing she could use him to deal the worse threat at hand.

Now with sufficient knowledge on how to best the Feral Predator, Naru would bisect Big Beard's leg with a Cut Clamp she had obtained earlier, and would allow him to regain consciousness by a campfire during nightfall. Tricking the Frenchman, Naru would allow Big Beard to acquire an unloaded musket in an attempt to shoot her, having ingested Orange totsiyaa to mask her presence whilst luring out the Feral Predator. The plan was a success, and the hunter emerged and killed Big Beard. Whilst the Predator observed his trophy, Naru would shoot the creature point-blank in the back of its head with her flintlock, subsequently stealing his Bone Mask to use against him.

Luring the Predator into her chosen field of battle, a violent clash between the two ensued, with Naru managing to sever the hunter's right arm. The fight culminated to her pulling the battered Feral Predator into the area's quicksand to drown him. But the Yautja, with his remaining strength, lifted himself to the surface and resorted to the use of his Bolt Gun. The Yautja fired his weapon and narrowly missed her, only to realize that his mask was placed by Naru nearby with its targeting laser aimed at his face. The projectile subsequently burst through the Yautja's skull, killing him. Finally besting her foe, Naru let out a triumphant war cry.

Naru would return to camp the following morning with Sarii holding the severed head of the Feral Predator. She would give her flintlock to chief Kehetu, advising that they would need to migrate to safer grounds away from foreign presence. Impressed by her courage, Naru would be appointed the new war chief of the tribe, her Kuhtaamia finally complete.

### Aftermath

A Yautja Predator investigates the death of the Feral Predator and comes across Naru's Comanche tribe. The Predator appears not to be on a hunt, and Chief Kehetu gives the predator Raphael's Flintlock Pistol which the Predator perceives as their trophy for the kill. This gesture marks this Comanche tribe as off limits to future Predator hunts, and the Predator departs.