Top-Knot Lore:
Top-Knot was a Yautja Leader and Clan Leader. Initially subservient to Dachande, Top-Knot would become the leader of his own clan, after the latter was killed during a Xenomorph infestation on the planet of Ryushi. Top-Knot would also recruit Machiko Noguchi and enrol her into Predator culture. However, once she realized that he and his clan had attacked humans on the planet of Bunda, she betrayed him and sided with her own kind. An experienced warrior and veteran of several hunts, Top-Knot was only second to Dachande (Broken Tusk) in terms of his status and prowess aboard the Ne’dtesei, a feat that would cause moments of tension between the two.
Unlike Dachande, who was more forgiving and patient of insolence, Top-Knot was a firm leader who tolerated no acts of defiance or treachery, harshly punishing the young Two-Stripes to a grisly demise, as well as leaving Machiko for dead at the hands of a Queen after she had broken rank and disrespected him. In spite of this, he did treat Machiko with a modicum of fairness, providing her with her own ‘luxury’ quarters within the ship and serving as something of a mentor to the human. According to her, he could speak and understand English, though he deliberately chose not, communicating with her instead with a basic sign-language known as ‘Silent Hand’. Regardless, after she betrayed him, Top-Knot disowned Machiko and considered her a sworn enemy to his clan.
