Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew Up… the sole heir to the warrior legacy of the exterminated Furyan race. Riddick was somehow whisked away from the Necromonger attack that wiped out every other member of his kind. He started to get into trouble at a young age, and was educated in the penal system as he bounced between youth detention centers all over the galaxy.
Living… on the frozen, desolate world of U.V.6, which is a terrible vacation spot but great for evading bounty hunters. Riddick is on the run, and he has been for almost his entire adult life. He has a habit of angering powerful people – people who post incredibly lucrative bounties on Riddick’s head. Recently, someone has offered 1.5 million UDs for his capture. Riddick doesn’t know why, but he’s sure as hell going to find out.
Profession… wanted man. You could call Riddick a professional criminal, but he hasn’t committed a crime aimed at accruing wealth or status in years. No, Riddick’s long list of crimes (mostly murders) are almost all a result of him trying to escape goons that are trying to collect the massive bounty on his head. Staying ahead of his captors is a full-time job, and one that Riddick excels at.
Interests… violence, mayhem, and unlikely escapes. Riddick lives life like a hunted animal, constantly dodging disaster. He seems to enjoy killing and hurting his pursuers, but does not delight in violence directed towards innocent people.
Relationship status… unattached, for good reason. Riddick has spent his entire life alone, claiming to have learned that “there’s no such word as ‘friend.’” The person he is closest to is Jack, a young woman who he protected when they both crash-landed on the desolate and dangerous world of M6-117. But Riddick hasn’t seen her in years.
Challenge… kill or be killed. Riddick’s incredible aptitude for violence attracts attention, envy, and revulsion, and creates a self-perpetuating cycle of carnage. His reputation is significant enough that he is forced into conflict no matter where he goes. In a world that constantly reinforces the Darwinian lesson of “survival of the fittest,” Riddick continually proves that he’s at the top of the food chain.
Personality… merciless, pragmatic, and incredibly violent. Riddick has spent most of his life under the label “psychopath.” While it’s true that he exhibits little in the way of human emotion, and has no remorse for the people he’s killed, he does not kill for fun and pleasure. A better characterization of Riddick would be a survivor – someone who will always do whatever it takes to keep on living, no matter how brutal and horrible. The fact is, if Riddick was any less ruthless, someone would have killed him a long time ago.
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After crash-landing on a seemingly lifeless planet, pilot Carolyn Fry and the remaining passengers—including murderer Riddick and policeman William J. Johns—encounter an army of creatures whose only weakness is light. As night approaches and the aliens emerge, the passengers must rely on Riddick's powerful night vision to lead them through the darkness.
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Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
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Five years after the events in sci-fi film Pitch Black, escaped convict Riddick finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war waged by Lord Marshal, the leader of a sect called the Necromongers. Riddick is charged with stopping the Necromonger army, all while rescuing an old friend from a prison planet and evading capture by bounty hunters.
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a new, action stealth First Person Shooter set in the rich, futuristic, sci-fi world of the Riddick film saga. The game features a rich storyline, intriguing, developed characters, and the voice acting of Vin Diesel. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena follows up the story from the original game title as Riddick must now flee the Dark Athena, following his harrowing escape from the notorious Butcher Bay prison. During the adventure, Richard B. Riddick must escape the predatory Merc-ship Dark Athena using stealth and action to overcome its merciless crew and challenge the nefarious Captain Revas.
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Escape from Butcher Bay is set in the futuristic science fiction universe of the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and is a prequel to the film Pitch Black. The game takes place inside Butcher Bay, a maximum-security prison from which no prisoner has escaped. The facility—constructed on a barren planet—contains three increasingly secure holding areas, and a subterranean mining operation. The game's protagonist is Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel), a murderer recently confined in Butcher Bay. Riddick is resourceful, and seeks to break out of the prison by any means necessary. His capturer is the bounty hunter William J. Johns (Cole Hauser); the two have had previous encounters. Butcher Bay's warden is a man named Hoxie (Dwight Schultz), while Abbott (Xzibit) is a prison guard disliked by the inmates. The inmate Pope Joe (Willis Burks II) is an insane old man, who lives in the sewer tunnels beneath the prison.
