King Willie

"You can't see the eyes of the demon... until him come callin'."

―King Willie (from Predator 2)

King Willie
Biographical Information
Place of birth	Jamaica
Nationality	Jamaican
Rank	Drug lord
Affiliation	Jamaican Voodoo Posse
Status	Deceased as of 1997
Physical Description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	6ft 2 ½ (189.2 cm)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Dark brown
Other Information
Portrayed by	Calvin Lockhart

King Willie (real name unknown) was a voodoo priest and leader of the Jamaican Voodoo Posse in Los Angeles in the late twentieth century. Despite his status as a drug lord, he seemed to hold a degree of respect for detective Mike Harrigan, even agreeing to meet with him privately to discuss the unidentified suspect, in fact a Predator, who was slaughtering both the Jamaicans and their rivals, the Colombian Scorpions.

King Willie was confronted and killed by the Predator shortly after meeting with Harrigan.

Biography

Rise to power

"King Willie. Voodoo priest of the LA posses. Ran the terror gangs for Edward Seaga in Jamaica, till he got too powerful. The Jamaican chiefs won't make a move without his approval."

―Danny, regarding King Willie (from Predator 2)

King Willie was born in Jamaica, and for many years ran various gangs that threatened the local populace, even running terror gangs operating under Prime Minister Edward Seaga. As his power grew he moved to Los Angeles, where his influence and reputation effectively saw him become the leader of all the Jamaican criminal gangs in the city. Under King Willie's guidance, the Jamaican Voodoo Posse began a devastating war with the Colombian Scorpions for control over the city's drug trade. His position of authority in the Jamaicans' drug dealing empire earned him the nickname "The Prince of Powder" from the likes of journalist Tony Pope.

Meetup with Harrigan and downfall

In 1997, presumably sensing weakness in the Scorpions following the City Hunter's slaughter of many of their members, King Willie dispatched Gold Tooth to execute one of the Colombians' major players, Ramon Vega, in his apartment. Following the death of Gold Tooth and his men, King Willie later agreed to meet with Harrigan in a secluded back alley to discuss the violent deaths. While Harrigan was convinced the suspect was merely a hitman, King Willie believed otherwise; through his beliefs and superstitions, he came to believe that a "demon" was responsible, and that the unstoppable creature would likely be the death of them all.

After Harrigan left, the City Hunter himself arrived. King Willie drew the rapier hidden inside his staff and challenged the Yautja to a duel, but was soon decapitated by the Predator, his skull claimed as a trophy.

Following King Willie's death, it is unknown what became of the Jamaican Voodoo Posse.

Personality and Traits

"There's no stoppin' what can't be stopped. No killin' what can't be killed."

―King Willie to Harrigan, regarding the City Hunter (from Predator 2)

King Willie was a deeply superstitious man and an active practitioner of fortune-telling, specifically cleromancy, which he practiced using a handful of small animal bones (often known as "Throwing the Bones"). From this he claimed to gain knowledge of the future and other hidden events. It was supposedly through this fortune-telling that he became aware of the other-worldly nature of the City Hunter stalking Los Angeles, believing the creature to be a "demon" who could not be stopped in its quest for blood.

Trivia

• The character of Serviteur Houngan in the game Predator: Concrete Jungle is also referred to as "King Willie", likely as an homage to Predator 2. Both characters share similar roles, being the spiritual leaders of Jamaican criminal gangs.
• Since the Predator took his head as a trophy, it seems King Willie put up a significant fight before falling, as Predators only take the skulls of worthy enemies.
• King Willie is said to practice Voodoo, yet Voodoo is not commonly practiced in Jamaica and actually comes from Haiti. King Willie is more likely a Rastafarian, which is a common religion in Jamaica and would explain his dreadlocks and the fact he calls Harrigan "Babylon" (a Rastafarian term for the justice system, which they see as oppressive and corrupt).
• The sequence where King Willie is killed bears notable similarities to Billy's death in Predator, whereby viewers see the build-up to the fight and its aftermath, yet the battle itself occurs off-screen.

Appearances

• Predator 2/novel/comic

Gallery

Makeup artist Bruce Spaulding Fuller painting King Willie's severed head for the scene where he is killed.

The finished article (minus hair).