The Ghosts
Alpha Team
A group of 8 Ghosts under the command of Colonel Scott Mitchell who are sent into Sri Lanka to investigate the massacre of several U.S. mining ships. They consist of Parker, Stiles, Bill, John, Sgt. Wayland, Sgt. Mike Garcia, Jordan, and Ramirez.
- Deadpan Snarker: Garcia seems to be this, given his dialogue in the opening movie.
- Flat Character: The Ghosts in Predator receive even less characterization than those from previous games, only having any real dialogue in the opening and ending movies.
- The Hero: Unlike the Scott Mitchell games, Predator doesn't have a main character per se, since you can select any of the 8 Ghosts for any position in your squad, and you can also switch between controlling any of your 3 squad members in-game. However, Parker seems to be the closest since he's the default Ghost 1 and is slightly more prominent in the ending cutscene.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted; Parker and Ramirez share the same names as two prominent Ghosts from the Scott Mitchell games, but are not the same characters. Parker is clearly a separate character due to being a young white dude rather than an older black guy, and Ramirez's bio lists him as being at least a decade younger than Joe Ramirez would be in the timeframe that Predator takes place.
Allies
Mister Hisan
A local police chief and the leader of the Mumpuri Guard, a non-political militia formed to protect the civilian populace from the various warring factions attempting to gain control of the nation.
President Dersha
The President of Sri Lanka, whose government is under threat from a variety of warring factions.
- Our Presidents Are Different: Very much President Target; not only is his government being contested by multiple armed factions, but he gets kidnapped by the Loyalist faction and has to be rescued by the Ghosts towards the end of the game.
Antagonists
Kumara Fazal
Known as "The Teacher", he is the leader of the People's Action Front (also known as the Activists) and espouses violent revolution to address the nation's perceived economic inequality.
- Big Bad Wannabe: The Ghosts note that the Activists are a rag-tag bunch of goons, many of which have had only a couple weeks of training at best. Mitchell finds it hard to believe these chuckleheads could have managed the attacks on the U.S. ships. He's right.
- Dirty Communists: Not explicitly stated, but his rhetoric heavily suggests this.
- Disc-One Final Boss: You kill him about 1/3rd of the way through the game. Then the Loyalists show up.
- Evil Versus Evil: The Teacher was dead set against an alliance with the Loyalists, which prompt the Loyalists to conspire to get rid of the Teacher so they could absorb the Activists.
- Not Me This Time: The Activists are legitimately violent terrorists who take civilian hostages and terrorize the populace, but it turns out they were framed for the attacks on the U.S. ships.
- Wolfpack Boss: The Teacher is a standard infantry unit and only guarded by a couple of soldiers. However, once you get rid of him and his men, well-equipped Loyalist troops will swarm your position as You Have Outlived Your Usefulness.
Dilip Khan
A former member of the Activists, Khan is the C.I.A.'s informant in Sri Lanka who identifies Fazal as the person responsible for the massacre of the U.S. miners. It turns out he's actually a double agent for the Loyalists, and falsely accused Fazal so the Ghosts would eliminate him, clearing the way for the Activists to be absorbed by the Loyalists.
- Dirty Coward: He folds like a busted flush the moment you catch up to him, and Mister Hasan easily pressures him into recording a confession to turn the Activists against the Loyalists.
- Double Agent: The C.I.A. think he's a defector from the Activists informing on them. He's actually a member of the Loyalists tricking the C.I.A. so that the Americans will bump off the Teacher for them.
Sunil Ranga
The former Minister of Energy, Ranga is secretly the leader of the Loyalists, a much more well-equipped and professionally military group compared to the rag-tag Activists.
- Bald of Evil: Has male pattern baldness and is the game's Big Bad.
- Big Bad: Of Predator.
- False Flag Operation: After The Teacher refuses to join him, he concocts a scheme to attack U.S. ships and frame the Activists so American agents will kill the Teacher for him.
- Fat Bastard: Is a portly businessman in a suit who's the game's Big Bad.
- The Starscream: He's one of President Dersha's cabinet members, who seems to have decided he'd rather be running the country himself and has bankrolled a paramilitary group to achieve that.
- Wolfpack Boss: He's a fairly standard combatant armed with an assault rifle and accompanied by a couple Loyalist soldiers. You also have to fight your way through a mansion full of Loyalist guards to get to him.
