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Riddick was born on the planet Furya. Before his birth, a Necromonger officer named Zhylaw who would later become the Lord Marshal, consulted an Elemental seer. The seer foretold that a Furyan male would be born who would ultimately lead to Zhylaw's downfall.
- History
- Warrants
- Personality
- Eyeshine
- Wrath of The Furyans
- Physical Abilities
- Intelligence
- Willpower
- Weapons
- Appearances
Early Life
Riddick was born on Furya, which gives him an advantage in strength and endurance over normal Furyan infants. Before Riddick's birth, a Necromonger officer named Zhylaw consulted an Elemental seer (implied to be Aereon), who prophesied that a male child born on the planet Furya would be his ultimate downfall. To forestall this prophecy, Zhylaw attacked Furya in an attempt to massacre all male children, going so far as to personally strangle newborn infants with their umbilical cords, includin...
Ranger Career
Once grown, Riddick became a Company ranger. It was here while in the military that he learned how to pilot ships. He was assigned to Sigma 3, where he worked as a sweeper. Sweepers worked in the tunnels, where they drew out spitfires. It was incredibly dangerous, and the method of drawing them out required two sweepers to lay in wait while another acted as a distraction for nearby spitfires so the other two sweepers could kill them. Riddick was wounded multiple times doing this, and since th...
Criminal Life
Riddick spent less than three years in Ribald S Correctional Institute. Before his third year was up, he overpowered a guard and took his uniform. Riddick shot two guards and a pilot before escaping on the prison planet's only space freighter. The Company put a million-credit contract on Riddick and he became a wanted man on five planets in three systems, and was pursued by nearly every bounty hunter, bushwhacker and Mercenaryin the space lanes. Every time he killed one of them, their deaths...
Riddick was wanted for the kidnapping and murders of Mercenary Guildmembers: 1. Philip P. Norwood 2. Colin W. Grant 3. Benton Ju
Riddick has often been described as a sociopath. He has never shown any remorse for the murders he commits nor does he show much empathy for those around him. However, Riddick may more accurately be called an animal, as his crimes originate from his ruthless will to survive rather than for the sake of killing. He has even referred to himself as an ...
Due to Eyeshine, Riddick's eyes developed a night vision-like quality, allowing him to see and detect things in pitch darkness. A draw back to these eyes is his high sensitivity towards light, unable to properly see through too much of it. In the flash comic on the Pitchblack.com website, Riddick gets the eyeshine to avoid disadvantage following an...
Aside from helping Riddick unlock his eyeshine, the character Shirah also either allows or helps Riddick discover his ability to unleash a sort of energy wave. It is shown in the director's cut of The Chronicles of Riddick after she lays her hand on Riddick's chest, leaving a glowing blue hand print, and says, "this mark carries the anger of an ent...
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. Whether as a result of his Furyan heritage or simply training, Riddick is stronger, faster, more agile, tougher, more resistant to damage and injury (a very noteworthy testament to his durability i...
Despite his harsh upbringing and violent attitude, Riddick has been shown to have a certain knack for deductive reasoning, 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 ha...
One major characteristic of Riddick is his indomitable will. Despite finding himself in situations where the odds of survival and/or escape would seem insurmountable, Riddick always pushes forward and never gives up. Faced with several creatures far more powerful than himself, or any human for that matter, he has shown himself to be capable of evad...
Riddick is a very well-trained hunter and combatant. He is shown to be highly proficient if not deadly with any tool at his disposal, from firearms and melee-weapons to simple tea cups. His weapon of choice, to which he has shown undeniable precision, are knives. Likewise, Riddick is proven to be a fearsome hand-to-hand combatant, showing impressiv...
Dec 25, 2022 · Riddick was born into a doomed generation on the planet Furya in 2553. Prior to his birth, a Necromonger named Zhylaw learned of a prophecy from an Elemental seer.
Riddick: Furya is an upcoming American science fiction action film written and directed by David Twohy and based on the character Richard B. Riddick by the Wheat Brothers. It is the fourth installment in the The Chronicles of Riddick film series and a sequel to Riddick (2013).
Oct 23, 2021 · Vin Diesel's antihero Riddick came from a planet named Furya, which will feature in the upcoming fourth movie. There's his home planet explained.
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Dec 21, 2023 · With development apparently ramping up for the upcoming fourth Riddick film (known so far as Riddick: Furya), let’s see what we can piece together about Richard B. Riddick’s renegade past by taking a closer look at the larger franchise’s timeline. Riddick’s origins: A Furyan with a tragic past
Mar 20, 2023 · In The Chronicles of Riddick franchise, being a Furyan has its perks, granting Riddick (Vin Diesel) powers and abilities revealed through the films and spinoff video games.
