Riddik: The Best of the Worst

Name:	Riddik
Bonds:	Big Girl, Brown, and Gray
Candidate At:	The Twisted Fate, Biotheurge 05
From:	The Abstract Destiny, with a lot of help from Aki
Species:	Charigon
Age:	Adult
Sex:	Male
Height:	6'2"
Color:	Brown
Feathers:	Black
Eyes:	Shined
Residence:	None, escaped from last place of residence
Position:	Escaped war-"construct", ex-military, murderer, pilot and "captain", thief, and whatever else gets him fed at any given time....
Personality:	Riddik is not a kind, compassionate person. He is not a hero. He is not even very nice. What he is, is out for himself and anyone else who can keep up with him. Sometimes people will care about him, and he might even seem to return the favor, but if anyone becomes a liability he has no qualms about cutting them loose-- and if anyone betrays him, he also has no qualms exacting revenge. He does not trust easily, and is still careful even if he puts a little trust in someone. There are few, if any, he would call friend, and he honestly prefers it that way. It makes things less complicated, not having anyone besides himself to worry about. But none of that means Riddik is not capable of kindness, compassion, heroism, or even being a little nice now and then. There is about Riddik, in fact, something almost old-fashioned. He comes across as almost chivalrous, with a nod to honor when it doesn't cause him too much trouble, a healthy hatred for people who kill out of greed rather than need, a love of freedom, and a respect for the rights of others... for the most part. It isn't enough to make him go out of his way to help anyone he doesn't feel deserves it, and it certainly isn't enough to make him put up with someone putting him in danger when he could be saving his own skin, but he does have the capacity and sometimes the motivation. He has never been particularly vicious or gratuitous in his violence, keeping it to what he deems necessary-- which is, admittedly, more than what most people might deem necessary-- and he avoids harming those who do not deserve it or who have no means to defend themselves. Children, in particular, he has a bit of a soft spot for. Riddik is dedicated and disciplined when he has a goal in mind, and as patient as he needs to be to get what he wants. He is highly intelligent and highly observant, able to piece correct conclusions, accurate predictions, and intricate plans together from very little information. There is rarely a time when his brain is not working on something, but then, there has also not been a time where he has had the leisure to truly be idle. All he really craves is to be left alone, and free, but as trouble seems to follow him everywhere he goes, he hasn't had much luck with either desire.
History:	Despite being "born" full grown, Riddik doesn't remember much about where he came from. There was a lot of light, which meant he didn't like it, but other than that, he doesn't know where it was and he doesn't intend to go back. He's been around a couple galaxies, picking up a few things here and there, then usually winding up in some sort of trouble and having to flee. He's been many things, usually violent things, just to get by, but more than that, because that's simply what he's good at. He may even enjoy it. The past six years or so of Riddik's life were spent in slavery on a planet fairly recently colonized by a people who both crave and abhor bloodshed. Toted as a creation of the "mage labs" and alternately put in charge of armies of constructs, and sent on solo assassination missions, Riddik had no choice but to go where he was bidden, kill what he was told to kill, and not offend anyone too badly. He was tethered for most of that enslavement to a construct that used psionics rather than magic, who's powers he was mostly unable to resist. Ever the resourceful one, however, he found a way to work that system, as well, and has finally, recently escaped, albeit with rather more tagalongs than he'd like.
Abilities:	Flight, verbal speech, telepathy; high endurance, strength, and speed; strong magic resistance; high intelligence; darkvision, though he also cannot see in bright light
Theme:	30 Seconds to Mars, Fallen