The Hunters were elite members of the Warrior caste of the Yuuzhan Vong, a specially selected elite comprising in total perhaps one tenth of one percent of the caste. They had enhanced physical senses, and wore the cloak of Nuun, which allowed them to blend into their surroundings.

Hunters were assigned to special missions regular Warriors were unskilled at. These included assassination, reconnaissance, and stealth. They could also serve in command roles leading other warriors, as Tsaa Qalu did on Wayland.

SourcesEdit

• Emissaries of the Void (First appearance)
• The Final Prophecy
• The Unifying Force

Behind the ScenesEdit

In many ways the Hunters resemble the unnamed aliens from the Predator movies. The biggest similarity is their use of active camouflage but they are also, as warriors of their race, bigger and stronger than humans and carry a "spear" as their main weapon with large claws and thrown projectiles as secondary weapons. They are both apart of what is arguably a more violent culture than humans are used to with the Predators' hunting of intelligent species and the Yuuzhan Vongs' conquest, ritual sacrifice, and self-mutilation. But the Predators' use of technology like the plasma caster that the Hunters would religiously disdain sets them apart.