[3], After it was established that Riddick didn't kill Zeke, and with the stress of deadly predators added to the trauma of the crash (along with whatever drove her from her home on Taurus 1), Jack quickly became obsessed with Riddick's strength and survival instincts. During the Pitch Black era, when she was much younger and less hardened, Jack would have 2 less APs on all Attributes and her only Skills were Acrobatics, Thief (Stealth), and Weaponry (Knives), all at 2 APs. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. Years active She dies in his arms. Riddick is deadly with any weapon that he can get his hands on, but his weapon of choice is undoubtedly a knife. The Xbox game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay was released simultaneously with the film and was well-received. Did a lot of that. However, the ship inadvertently passes through a comet's tail while on autopilot, forcing it to crash land on an unknown planet with three suns. : While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. He commanded the fearsome Necromongers in their galactic-wide campaign towards transcendence, and laid waste to countless worlds in the process. But I will take a piece of him. The death cultists had come looking for Riddick and caught up with him as he was trying to leave the planet. He came to believe that when he was born, his mother attempted to strangle him and left him in a trash bin behind a liquor store. This discovery is clearly a source of worry for Riddick and Abu al-Walid as the three escape from the mercenary ship. The only exception to this was when, in Pitch Black, he returned with Carolyn to help the others, after she pleaded with him. But we will talk. [points to Irgun] Vaako: A piece you will have. When Riddick leaves Jack behind she go on a path of destruction that eventually leads her to become Kyra. This ability is also displayed off screen in Escape from Butcher Bay. Aereon, an Air Elemental, identifies the army as the Necromongers, religious fanatics who seek to convert all human life and kill those who refuse. Boss Johns is the father of the original Johns character from Pitch Black, though the two aren't exactly alike. Richard B. Riddick, more commonly known as Riddick, is a fictional character and the antiheroic protagonist of the Chronicles of Riddick series, including the animated short movie Dark Fury and the video games Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena. Riddick Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. : [citation needed]. While Fry tried to interrogate Riddick, Jack snuck in and asked him how he got his eyes. "[13], James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film 2.5 out of 4 and stated that "although The Chronicles of Riddick offers its share of solidly entertaining moments, it doesn't hold together as a single, coherent motion picture experience. Kyra was very acrobatic and a highly skilled fighter, especially with blades. Riddick can also kill efficiently without using a weapon. Some accounts suggest that her birth name was Audrey (website). As a native of the planet Furya, Riddick was imbued with heightened senses, strength, and killing skills that were a signature trademark of his people. He claims to have been "educated" in the penal system. When Riddick was mentally probed by the Quasi-Dead of the Necromongers, he not only resisted them, but also retaliated, the Quasi-Dead's containers actually exploding from the strain of trying to process Riddick. But when he comes back into her life at Crematoria, what will he find out about the not so littel girl now woman and what dark secrets haunt her pas Kyra She now has much longer brown hair had matured into a beautiful, athletic woman. They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his soldiers have arrived on the planet. Behind the scenes Richard B. Riddick first appeared in Pitch Black: Slam City, a Shockwave prequel comic on the official Pitch Black website, one month before the release of the movie. But you are making that very difficult right now. Alexa is, without a doubt, one of Hollywood's fastest rising young stars. During that time she befriends the criminal Richard B. Riddick, coming to admire him. Meanwhile, Vaako reports Riddick dead and is promoted to a higher rank by the Lord Marshal. : However, size wasn't enough, and Riddick bought enough time to take him down, putting an end to his opportunistic plans. Riddick elects to have no anesthetic, despite the procedure involving cutting the cornea and drilling through the eye to inject a reflective substance behind the retina. In the prison hierarchy, Kyra appears to be extremely independent. Richard B. Riddick The Guv: There are inmates and there are convicts. Before Riddick's birth, a Necromonger officer named Zhylaw (who would eventually become the Lord Marshall) consulted an Elemental seer, who told him that a Furyan male would be born that would be responsible for his downfall. With the approach of the deadly sunrise, Vaako leaves Riddick to die and the Necromongers capture Kyra. Despite his criminal nature and background, he is sometimes shown to perform moral or even atypically heroic actions, usually against his own better judgment and survivalist nature. The trip was interrupted when the Hunter-Gratzner crashed on a planet in the M-344/G system. Despite finding himself in situations where the odds of survival and/or escape would seem insurmountable, Riddick always pushes forward and never gives up. It didn't work, but he did inflict some of the worst damage on Riddick of any character in the franchise. In terms of sheer power, Riddick had few equals. : Riddick's first appearance outside Pitch Black was a guest appearance and potential recruit in Fallout Tactics. However, Universal passed it up for a new draft from the first film's director and writer, David Twohy.[4]. But not her. Too bad he and River don't actually like each other.Riddick is looking for a ship that can be discreet. She even occasionally wears a set of goggles she found. I'll let you go in a minute, and if you behave, it will stay that way. Their pack just may be strong enough to weather the oncoming storms, if they trust each other. [10] Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle gave the film 1 out of 4 and stated that it is "an inane film rendered sometimes laughable by an atmosphere of dead-serious reverence. While he may be a ruthless killer, when necessary, Riddick has never been shown to kill anyone who was not actively trying to kill him first and has been known to help people in need only if they don't slow him down or make him vulnerable. By impersonating a cop and traveling with a group of settlers aboard the nondescript transport cruiser Hunter Gratzner, Johns hopes to safely convey Riddick back to a prison colony and collect the outlaw's enormous bounty. Jack was fascinated by outlaws. Soon enough he finds someone he wants more than he ever thought possible but he now has a crown he never wanted on his head. Because she used to be teased, she thought that being a boy was easier than being herself due to being a tomboy. Riddick was a hunted man and decided to leave Jack behind so that she wouldnt become a collateral casualty of the on-going attempts to capture him. Riddick quickly learns that Kyra is a very different person from the "Jack" he knew five years ago; an emotionally detached survivor in peak physical condition with keen senses, and experienced in martial arts. In the film, and in all subsequent appearances the character has been portrayed by Vin Diesel. It was how most people described him. Occupation The next day, the Necromonger high priest called "The Purifier" coerces the populace into converting, except for Riddick, who kills the man who killed Imam. The third film sees him predominately relying on a bone-sword he made from the remains of a creature he had killed. Richard B. Riddick After spending some time on this world, Riddick finds that he will soon be overtaken by a vicious storm that provides cover for countless predators. Using the communication system from a mercenary outpost, Riddick lures two ships to the planet, intending to commandeer one of them; but his plan is complicated when he finds that one of the arriving mercenaries is the father of his old enemy, Johns the bounty hunter. Please consider turning it on! Kyra Kyra At first glance, Aereon (played by the iconic Judi Dench) may appear to be nothing more than a harmless old woman, but she's one of the most powerful beings in the Riddick universe. These are the ten toughest of the bunch, ranked by their power quotient. Davalos next took on a prominent role as "Samantha" on the high-concept mystery-period series " Reunion " (2005). Kyras reunion with Riddick was very contentious at first. Fugitive Riddick has been in hiding, evading bounty hunters and mercenaries sent to capture him. Kyra and Riddick confront each other After Riddick runs into Toombs again On New Mecca. Kyra Maybe I do. To his surprise, the elder Johns rescues him and allows him to leave. The younger Johns was the main antagonist of Pitch Black. In The Chronicles of Riddick, he considered it an insult, when he discovered the bounty placed on him was around a million of the currency for most planets, and when Toombs has a small crew to capture him (it was originally four crew members, then it was five). It was there that Jack met Riddick, an infamous outlaw. "[16] Paul Clinton of CNN gave the film a negative review and called it "a big, cheesy sci-fi flick tailor-made for a young male audience looking for things that go boom. After the events of Pitch Black, Riddick left Jack behind on New Mecca in Imam's care. Her disillusionment with the criminal lifestyle was completed when she found out that the operation Riddick had purportedly undergone to get his eyeshine didnt exist. Kyra always has some sort of bladed instrument hidden on her. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. Richard B. Riddick was a notorious murderer and criminal who found himself marooned on a hostile planet with his mercenary captor, and a group full of travelers under siege by a terrifying alien species. He died somewhere on that planet. [2], She was always on the move and liked to hide around the prison in small areas that are difficult for others to reach. Riddick and Kyra escape to the planet's sun-ravaged surface, where Riddick, helped by Necromonger warrior Vaako (Karl Urban) and his sexy wife Dame Vaako (Thandie Newton), sets out to defeat the Lord Marshal and save the universe from his rule and save the rest of humanity from being converted into Nercomonger warriors. This particular villain was gifted with supernatural powers such as enhanced speed, crushing strength, and the ability to pull souls directly from the bodies of his victims. Richard B. Riddick In the end, Kyra still cared enough about Riddick to break the Necromongers conversion for a moment and save his life at the price of her own. Kyra would have been the main character and the series presumably would have covered the events during the five years between Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick.[5]. Jack is Lady Marshal of the Necromonger fleet. Together, without memories of their connected past, they attempt to break out, and seek a way off world. Diesel was offered $11 million to return for the sequel, a million dollars more than what he was offered for XXX. There were rumors of a television movie and possible series to be produced on the Sci-Fi Channel shortly after The Chronicles of Riddick was released. He rested her head against his shoulder as he loosened the tie at the end of her braid and began to untangle it. She mentions that she joined the mercenaries on the planet Lupus 5, which appears to be barren and over-industrialized and contains a well-developed space transportation industry. Commander Shepard was dead until Cerberus brought her back to stop the Collectors. [citation needed]. Vaako: [take off his helmet] He is not a man. Her death reduces Riddick, who very rarely shows any emotion besides contempt, to tears.[2]. When Riddick attacks, the Lord Marshal presents Kyra, who appears to have been converted. At first, Diaz appeared to be nothing more than a strongman for Santana's merc outfit, but he didn't stay that way. Because of the five years she spent with mercenaries, she has grown colder; vindictive and calculating. Kyra was small-framed but very lithe and well-toned. Meanwhile, Imam, learning that his own planet, Helion Prime, will be invaded by the twisted religious crusade of the Necromongers, recalls the story Riddick told him of his Furyan origins, and betrays Riddick's location to the Helion Prime leaders. Richard B. Riddick Alexis Llewellyn as Ziza, Imam's daughter. And even when an undead army looms, and Necromonger Commander Vaako joins their number, becoming another addition to Riddick and Alyna's mate bond, the promise of Family and Home forge bonds that cannot be broken. Despite his harsh upbringing and violent attitude, Riddick has been shown to have a certain knack for deduction, rapidly deducing what had happened to the original inhabitants of the mining base where he and the other crash survivors had been staying, as well as finding the creature's blind spot in Pitch Black and swiftly deducing what had caused the firefight between the Warden's and Toombs' men in The Chronicles of Riddick. The Lord Marshal sends Commander Vaako to hunt Riddick down. [2], Twelve year old Jacky (it is unknown whether this was her real name or an alias) ran away from her home on Taurus 1, stowing away on the New Oslo Shipping Corporation transport Hunter Gratzner. Buckle up, Vaako; your world is about to change. The Necromongers have long worshipped the Lord Marshals for their connection to the Underverse. Together they may just change the 'Verse as we know it. Alexa starred as Kyra in The Chronicles of Riddick. When the highly-touted series failed to catch on with viewers and was canceled after half a season, Davalos bounced back with a convincing portrayal as Diane Keaton's daughter in the well-received made-for-television feature Surrender, Dorothy (2006) (TV). She appeared as a girl in Pitch Black, then as a young woman in The Chronicles of Riddick. Friendship - Relationship; Jack/Richard B. Riddick; Jack (Kyra) Richard B. Riddick; Kyra (Chronicles of Riddick) Summary. When she finally met such a person in the form of Riddick she became a one-person cult of personality, imitating Riddick to the best of her ability. [citation needed]. At times she displays moments of vulnerability, usually when she's around Riddick. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! "[3], Shortly after escaping the planet, Riddick, Jack, and Abu al-Walid are picked up by the mercenary ship Kublai Khan, captained by Antonia Chillingsworth, a collector of criminals, whom she freezes and keeps as "art" statues. Riddick: Then you gotta get sent to a slam Aside from his more supernatural skills, Riddick is in superlative physical condition and is an exceptional fighter with or without the use of his eyes. His only weakness (other than light sensitivity, leaving him in pain when in daylight without his goggles), as stated in the Pitch Black DVD, is his soft spot for children and anyone who really grows on him (those people become his friends), which resulted in his capture by the bounty hunter Johns (Cole Hauser). Riddick & Kyra - The Gift 50,401 views Nov 15, 2007 195 Dislike Share Save cherrylane79 1.97K subscribers TCOR, Riddick & Kyra and their relationship. Language: English Words: 908 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 2 Kudos: 56 Bookmarks: 4 Hits: 1554 Dahl is far from a pushover. Kyra eventually became a criminal, convicted of four counts of manslaughter and three of first degree murder. In truth, he was an opportunist who was willing to use innocents as bait for the dangerous Bioraptors living on the planet M6-117 (commonly referred to as Planet Number Two). In the ensuing battle, Riddick was left for dead and Kyra went with the Necromongers rather than face the lethal Crematoria sunrise. Acrobatics*: 06, Martial Artist*: 06, Thief (Concealment, Stealth)*: 06, Weaponry (Firearms, Melee)*: 06, Weaponry (Knives): 07. In the Chronicles of Riddick film, Jack/Kyra angrily tells Riddick that when she was sent to prison, she found out that it is impossible to find anyone who can perform a "surgical shine job" at any price and accuses him of lying about how he received his night vision. Riddick responds: "Tell 'em Riddick's dead. I'd rather talk to you in a somewhat calmer setting. Or in this case, not so empty ones. Once they have killed most of the mercs on the ship, the trio takes one of Antonia's shuttles and heads for New Mecca (although at one point the navicomp shows a potential course for Furya), where Riddick leaves them before heading for the planet UV 6. When she was sold to slavers and then ended up in prison and found out about the unglamorous truths of life as an outlaw she felt betrayed. "[14] Ty Burr of Boston Globe gave the film 2 out of 4 and called it "a hodgepodge of Lord of the Rings, Starship Troopers, and the more recent Star Wars films. Five years pass between Jack's arrival at New Mecca and her Incarceration at Crematoria. [citation needed], The "unrated director's cut" DVD (featuring scenes which were cut in order to obtain a PG-13 rating) was released on November 16, 2004, and sold 1.5 million copies on the first day alone.[23]. As they are leaving the planet, Jack asks what they should say if they run into bounty hunters or other law enforcers asking where to find Riddick. He appears in the game during a random special encounter, aptly titled Pitch Black. She believes Riddick has perished on the surface of Crematoria. Riddick saw the question in her eyes and shook his head, now wasn't the time to talk about it yet. : 2002present. Feeling betrayed and abandoned, Jack made as complete a break from her past as she could under the circumstances, changing her name to Kyra. It is possibly a merc recruiting hotspot. Her former mentor might seek her out to make amends for leaving her and to see if he could save her from her current circumstances. AU in which Aereon had contact with Aughra and opens a path for Riddick to bring Kyra back to life. Why didn't I think of that? She likes to hide a razor in her mouth which she uses to cut Riddick on his left cheek (dubbed, the Kyra Kiss). Vaako has wanted her since he first saw her all those years ago when he was a new convert but he also wants to stay by Riddick's side as his loyal First Commander. In the flash movie on the Pitchblack.com website, Riddick gets the eye-shine to give him more of an advantage following an encounter with humanoids called "shiners". Riddick allows himself to be captured so he can be transported to Crematoria, a prison on a dead world where daytime surface temperatures scorch the face of the planet. It was she who came up with the prophecy of the Furyan warrior that would dethrone the Lord Marshal, which turned out to be Riddick. Riddick is hunted and need to find a hideout off the grid for the night. Serenity looks like it'll do. She was weak, couldnt cut it. When they're reunited on Crematoria she tells Riddick briefly about what has happened to her during the five years since they last spoke. I'm not going to hurt you. [18] Time Out also gave the film a negative review and stated, "The sequel baton pass at the finale is pretty nifty, but it's surely asking too much to think the filmmakers could leave us wanting more. It grossed $115.8 million worldwide making it a financial disappointment despite being the highest grossing Riddick film in the franchise. He's a tough nut to crack, and he leads one of the best merc teams in the galaxy, but he's also a calculated thinker. In addition to raw analytical power, Riddick is generally an astute judge of character, especially in the dark side of human nature. When it appears that Riddick is about to be killed, Kyra stabs the Lord Marshal in the back with a spear and he punches her into a column of spikes, mortally wounding her. Riddick managed to escape the prison with Kyra and even began to rebuild their relationship, but this was interrupted when the Necromongers intercepted them. Kyra dies in Riddick's arms just before the Necromongers, including Vaako, kneel before Riddick as their new leader. The film received negative reviews. This is set in the younger days of riddick, before pitch black. Riddick's abilities at hand-to-hand combat is a mix of Krav Maga, Hapkido, Eskrima, and Ninjutsu; he uses his formidable fighting skills while confronting one of the night-creatures of Pitch Black with only a shiv he had made, killing it with relative ease, as well as defeating one of the Lord Marshal's best Necromonger warriors in a matter of seconds in Chronicles. Those reflexes save her once again when the transport ship she's on crash lands on a desert planet. Few beings in the galaxy were as dangerous and deadly as Lord Marshal Zhylaw. Riddick: You gotta kill a few people. Itiri Ciana captain of her own ship, and employee of the Seiun Intergalactic Shipping Company, packs up her ship and travels to one of the universe's toughest slams. Riddick, Jack, and Abu al-Walid must fight their way through an army of mercs and creatures at her disposal. On Crematoria, a disagreement breaks out between Toombs and the prison warden over what Toombs is owed for Riddick's bounty. | The Lord Marshall then backhands her, she goes flying into a spiked column, mortally wounding her. They are the Holy Half-Dead, but then they meet a creature from the void itself. Kyra was introduced as an awkward kid in the first Pitch Black film, but she blossomed by the time the second film came out. For instance, the minor subplot in the Director's Cut of Riddick's visions, as well as his moments with Toombs's second in command, are both absent, but the ending from the Director's Cut is present.