Plot The Chronicles of Riddick centers around the character of Richard B. Riddick from the film Pitch Black. Riddick’s Chronicles opens with a high speed chase on the far-flung ice planet of UV 6. Following the events of Pitch Black, Riddick has been on the run for the last five years, in an attempt to keep his friends Imam and Jack (survivors from Pitch Black) safe. A Bounty hunter named Toombs finds Riddick in exile, and attempts to capture him for a '1.5 million' bounty. This attempt ultimately fails, when Riddick steals Toombs’ ship and flies off towards the planet Helion Prime, in search of Imam. In some versions, during transit Riddick is plagued by visions from a character named Shira, who tells Riddick that he is the last of a warrior-race known as Furyans. When Riddick finally does land on Helion Prime in the Islamic District of New Mecca, he confronts Imam - demanding to know why bounty hunters were sent after him, in addition to why Jack is missing. Imam concedes that Jack went looking for Riddick several years ago, and ended up in jail on the planet Crematoria. Imam goes on to introduce Aereon, an air elemental, who arranged for Riddick to be brought to Helion. Aereon explains to Riddick that he is in-fact part of a prophecy which states that a lone Furyan would one day challenge an unstoppable evil force and bring balance to the universe. Aereon reveals that a race known as the Necromongers is the army that the prophecy foretells of. Following this revelation, the Necromonger army attacks Helion Prime, and wipes out the planet’s defenses in one night. Imam is killed in the attack. Riddick later takes on Imam's killer - one of the best among the Necromonger warriors - and defeats him by utilising a knife lodged in the warrior's back. Due to the Necromonger philosophy of "you keep what you kill", the knife becomes Riddick's property. Riddick is later re-captured by the bounty hunter Toombs, and taken to Crematoria. Riddick is reunited with Jack, who now goes by the name of Kyra. Kyra blames Riddick for leaving her and Imam in New Mecca - but eventually they reconcile. Riddick and Kyra devise a plan to escape the Crematoria prison, and put this plan into motion. By staying out of the light, (which is several hundred degrees in temperature) Riddick and Kyra manage to make it to the starship hangar. Here a Necromonger named Vaako attacks Riddick and ends up taking Kyra hostage. Riddick almost burns to death on the Crematoria surface, but is later saved by a Necromonger who reveals himself to be another Furyan. Riddick flies Toombs’ ship back to Helion Prime, where he intends to rescue Kyra. Riddick arrives too late, however, and Kyra has been converted / brainwashed into believing the Necromonger religion. Enraged, Riddick hurls his knife at the Lord Marshal who catches it with only a slight cut to his right cheek and earlobe. The Lord Marshal comments that it has been a long time since he has seen his own blood and attacks Riddick with a punch in his astral form, powerful enough to knock Riddick backwards. Riddick is no match for the Marshal's unique Necromonger powers and is badly beaten, although he does surprise the Lord Marshal by managing to land several hits. Riddick sitting on the Necromonger throne. Riddick sitting on the Necromonger throne. Before the Lord Marshal can deliver the coup de grace, Kyra stabs the Lord Marshal in the back with a weapon he had just discarded, suggesting that she was faking being brainwashed the whole time or that Riddick snapped her out of it. The Lord Marshal backhands Kyra into a spike on his throne, mortally wounding her. Vaako, sensing an opportunity to vanquish his superior and claim leadership of the Necromonger empire for himself, strikes out at the Lord Marshal, who barely manages to evade the killing blow, only to be positioned directly next to Riddick, who stabs him in the head with a knife (the same knife Riddick "won" from the Necromonger warrior earlier in the film), killing him. Riddick returns to Kyra who confirms that she had always been with him before succumbing to her wounds. As Riddick collapses onto the Necromonger throne, the Necromongers begin to kneel in front of Riddick. Repeating the Necromonger adage "You keep what you kill", Riddick realizes that by delivering the death strike to the Lord Marshal, he is the new leader of their empire.