The Chronicles of Riddick
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The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 sci-fi film featuring the characters established in Pitch Black.
[edit] Plot
The Necromongers are introduced as a militant death cult bent upon destroying intelligent life to trigger the end of all things, "Underverse come." Toward this end they occupy planets to recruit new cult members who are used to further the destruction of more planets. The Necromongers are led by a Lord Marshal, an all-powerful yet politically fraught position. "You keep what you kill" is a Necromonger operative phrase that applies to even the Lord Marshallate itself. Important Necromongers include the Purifier, ambitious but devout lieutenant Vaako, and Dame Vaako, his manipulative and clever wife.
After the events of Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, Riddick lived on the icy planet UV-6 for years. He believed that no one except Abu al-Walid, also known as Imam, knew where he was. Bounty hunter Toombs and his crew suddenly appeared and tried to capture Riddick, but he escaped. Riddick headed to Helion Prime to question Imam. He was angry because he trusted Imam and was betrayed.
When confronted by an angry and dangerous Riddick, Imam revealed that he told Riddick's whereabouts to Aereon, an Elemental who is looking for a long-lost Furyan child, the sole survivor of a planet invaded and destroyed by the Necromongers. According to prophecy, only a Furyan will stop the unstoppable Necromongers and bring balance back to the universe. Aereon put up the private $1.5 million bounty that tempted Toombs and his crew -- even more than the official bounty by law enforcement. After this conversation, Imam also told Riddick that Jack had left years earlier looking for Riddick and that she had finally been captured and sent to the prison planet Crematoria.
The Necromongers then invaded Helion Prime. During his brief capture, Riddick was revealed to be a Furyan, as Aereon suspected. He escaped, but was almost instantly recaptured by Toombs and his new crew. Because Aereon was also captured and so was not able to pay the ransom, Toombs took Riddick to Crematoria, a planet that during its daytime is too hot to sustain any life. The prison is located under ground.
Riddick there made contact with Jack, now called Kyra. The warden discovered the Necromongers had sent a group headed by Vaako to track down the dangerous Furyan and destroy him, because the Lord Marshal knew about and believed the prophecy. A gunfight erupted, with the staff emerging victorious. The warden and guards departed, running through man-made tunnels towards the ship hangar, locking the rest of prison down to prevent the inmates from escaping. Riddick, Kyra, and some of the inmates decided to reach the hanger first by traveling on the surface, surviving by keeping pace with the temperate zone created between the scorching heat and freezing cold of Crematoria's daily cycles. They reach the hangar, but Vaako and his contingent of soldiers have arrived on the planet, hastily taking out the warden and his guards. Riddick and company are forced to fight the Necromongers.
In the last extremity, Riddick generates an incredible burst of energy that knocks out many of his assailants. The effort drains Riddick, who falls to the ground unconscious. As the dangerous sun rises over Crematoria, Vaako leaves Riddick for dead and takes Kyra with him back to the Necromonger citadel. On the surface of Crematoria, the Purifier (also left for dead) grabs Riddick and moves him out of the sun, saving his life. The Purifier reveals that he was once a Furyan before walking into the sunlight to die.
Riddick flies Toombs's ship back to Helion Prime, intending to rescue Kyra. He infiltrated the mother ship, which was seen but not reported by the ambitious Dame Vaako. Riddick challenged the Lord Marshal, who revealed Kyra had converted to their faith. The Lord Marshal's mind tricks overwhelm Riddick. Just before the Lord Marshal struck the death blow, Kyra stabbed him in the back, but he backhanded her into a spike on a column, mortally wounding her. Riddick stabbed the Lord Marshal in the head, killing him.
Kyra died in Riddick's arms. As he collapsed on the Necromonger throne, the Legion Vast knelt before him, because he was the new Lord Marshal. "You keep what you kill."
