Richard B. Riddick
Richard B. Riddick is male movie character who features in The Chronicles of Riddick.
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Biography
Pitch Black
Richard B. Riddick was the name of a male member of the Furyans species and the last survivor of their kind following their extermination by the Necromongers. He knew little of his origins and according to him he was educated in the penal system when he was a child.
22 weeks after departure, while its crew and passengers are in cryo-sleep, the Hunter Gratzner passes through a comet's tail while on autopilot. Debris from the comet ruptures the hull and kills some of its crew, including the captain, Tom Mitchell. The remaining crew is awakened and docking pilot Carolyn Fry crash lands on the nearby planet, M6-117, despite nearly dumping the passenger compartment; although some survive, the ship is split in two. Riddick escapes and ambushes Johns following the crash, but he is quickly subdued and chained to the ship's hull. The survivors find the planet to be near desert, its orbit around three suns keeping the surface in perpetual daylight, along with an abandoned geological research settlement. Meanwhile, Riddick manages to break free of his restraints and flees from the crash site, keeping a safe distance. While hiding in a nearby boneyard, he eavesdrops on Johns and Fry discussing the events of the crash. Riddick prepares to kill Fry for nearly purging the ship's passengers, until she reveals that her crewmate Owens stopped her from doing so. Instead, he simply cuts off a lock of her hair. Later, one of the survivors, Zeke, kills another survivor thinking it was Riddick, who has been casually watching the event from Paris' chair. When Zeke is later attacked and dragged into a hole by an unknown creature, Johns finds Riddick at the scene and recaptures him. Fry and Shazza accuse him of the murder, but Riddick denies involvement and suggests investigating the hole further. Once they finally find something worse than him, Riddick agrees to help the other survivors in exchange for his freedom. On the way back to the settlement, he casually introduces himself to Paris and helps himself to more of his liquor. At the settlement, the survivors find a supply of water and a spaceship they can use to escape the planet, though lacking power cells needed to start it up. Riddick later questions Fry about the skiff's diagnosis, realizing she is aware of his piloting experience, and successfully turns her against Johns with the knowledge of his drug addiction. Investigating the area further, Riddick quickly deduces what happened to the original inhabitants, and these suspicions are confirmed when another survivor, a boy named Ali, is killed by a swarm of the same creatures. They come to learn that the planet has a native species of extremely deadly, bat-like Bioraptors that only hunt in darkness, staying in the planet's cave systems otherwise. Finding an Orrery of M6-117's orbit, the survivors realize that the suns will soon become eclipsed by the planetary alignment, plunging the surface into darkness for an unspecified length of time, to which Riddick playfully asks Fry if she's afraid of the dark. They quickly race back to the crashed ship to collect the power cells, other supplies and the other survivors before this occurs.
Chronicles of Riddick
Five years later, he came to be hunted by a band of mercenaries headed by a man named Toombs but despite their numbers he ended up killing 2 of them with the survivors fleeing the scene.
Riddick
Overview
Personality and attributes
Riddick admitted himself that he was a dangerous convict and a murderer. Despite this being the case, he was shown to sometimes perform moral or even heroic acts. These were usually done so against his better judgment and survivalist nature.
Powers and abilities
It was noted hat one of his notable characteristics was his indomitable will. He demonstrated to be a highly skilled predator who was extremely mobile and stealthy. Riddick was shown to hold a vast knowledge on how to kill nearly any humanoid in a number of ways. He was an extreme survivalist and was notoriously hard to contain.
According to Riddick, he came to receive eye surgery called a surgical shine job from a doctor in Butcher Bay. This gave him permanent night vision though this made him more sensitive to normal light. As a result, he needed to wear goggles in order to protect them.
One weapon that he was often seen wielding and favoured was a knife.
Notes
- Riddick was created by David Twohy, Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat with him being portrayed by actor Vin Diesel who featured in the Chronicles of Riddick universe.
In other media
Video games
- In The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Richard B. Riddick featured in the setting of the first-person action and stealth video game where he was voiced again by actor Vin Diesel.
Appearances
- Pitch Black:
- The Chronicles of Riddick:
- Riddick:
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