Ryder Moore

> *"Hail To The King!" ~ Ryder's trademark battle cry.*
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**Ryder Moore** is a character in the Dominance universe and is a Super. He is currently accompanying Noisy Boy on his adventures across North America.

## Appearance

Ryder is a young adolescent male of decent build with stylishly gelled and combed dark red hair with most of his bangs parted to his left. Ryder takes great care of his hair, him seeing it as one of his most important attributes. He is of average height for a man his age. On the right side of his face he has a scar that starts from the bottom of his eye to the top of his lips. He gained this scar as a result of abuse from his adoptive father, along with his other scars. Ryder has a small silhouette of Elvis Presley tattooed on his wrist and has Queen's crest tattooed on the back of his left shoulder. He also has the NARE (North Atlantic Refugee Effort) insignia tattooed onto a portion of the right side on the back his neck. He is usually found wearing a black open short sleeved jacket with a red stripe on it followed by a white shirt underneath, accompanied with black jeans and dark brown steel toed boots.

In Ryder's armor forms, The King completely forms itself onto Ryder, covering him in a massive suit of armor. The appearance and capabilities of this armor depends on the synchronization between The King and Ryder.

* If they are out of sync, the armor will look like a standard knights armor colored in red and gold. Ryder's main appearance will also be unaffected..
* If they are in sync, Ryder's armor will take a more grandiose and intimidating appearance, and Ryder's sclera becomes black and the Iris becomes yellow.

## Personality

Ryder is usually very hesitant to get violent due to the powerful extent of his abilities and overall dislikes complicated situations. More often than not, he will choose the easiest way out of an issue and can sometimes be lazy. As a result of the abuse he received as a child, he is very wary of strangers and is quite introverted, having close to no friends, with the exception being Noisy Boy and The King. Ryder is afflicted with a mild case of Aspergers syndrome and will sometimes find it hard to pick up on social cues and is usually socially awkward. Another result of his Aspergers or traumatic childhood is the fact that Ryder has a hard time displaying certain emotions (i.e sadness after hearing bad news, etc.) Ryder also has a habit of acting inappropriate in certain situations (Noisy has once stated Ryder told a cancer-related joke at a cancer victims funeral outloud after not knowing how to react properly when an attendee started a conversation with him.) Many say this is also due to Asperger's Syndrome, but it could be Ryder just **doesn't care**, which is not uncommon. Despite usually being socially awkward, Ryder is not afraid to speak his opinions and can be loud mouthed and obnoxious at times. He is very open about who he likes and does not like.

When Ryder does get involved in combat scenarios, he is usually acting in a support role and usually refuses to do most of the fighting if other allies are present. Ryder will fight if he must, though. His overall power matches him with masters of the void, but he is lacking in combat skill due to never having a reason to fight until recently. Regardless, Ryder is rather intelligent, atleast, intelligent enough to do what must be done in a given situation, and The King is always there to assist him when need be. Ryder has been shown to hold himself in high regard when using The King to the point where he is downright cocky while using him.

## Past and Upbringing

Ryder was born on October 28th, 2039 in Michigan's capital city of Lansing and was raised in the ghettos of the city by a loving mother and a cruel stepfather who took his anger about a failed life out on another man's child that he was now forced to raise and a wife that doesn't know how to do anything right. Ryder grew up finding it hard to make friends at school and overall just grew uncomfortable no matter where he was. His life at home contributed to this and it eventually began to grow worse. As his father's abuse against him and his mother and his life in Lansing grew more unsafe, Ryder had finally had enough and somehow "developed" The King. The King grew to become Ryder's only friend, and helped him get through life by offering advice on certain situations that left Ryder clueless and even went as far as to scare Ryder's stepfather away to protect him and his mother. Ryder, expecting his mothers life and his own to get better after that, was left scarred and alone when his mother killed herself as the "love of her life" was now gone forever and that her son was revealed to be a Super.

At the age of thirteen then, he was transferred to a special type of orphanage specifically made for Supers in the state of Indiana. That is the first place where he met Wyatt Jones, also known as Noisy Boy. The two gradually became good friends after some time and stayed friends after Wyatt's departure to The Alliance whereas he became a Wild Card and eventually a member of Paragon Crown.

As for Ryder, now fifteen years of age at Noisy's departure, he left the orphanage and fled back home to Michigan to assist the refugee epidemic caused by the Alliance-Iron Talon War. There, he joined the North American Refugee Effort and used The King to treat those wounded by the fighting and continued to do so past the events of KORR. It is after the events of KORR where he met Noisy Boy again and healed his wounds. With the alliance in tatters, and nothing else to do, Noisy Boy would eventually plan to wander around the U.S. and help in any way he could with a group of allies that had stuck with him after the events of KORR (similar to the first Alliance factions) and came to ask Ryder to come with him. Ryder, feeling as if his work could be used in other places as well, obliged. After three years since the events of KORR, Ryder continues to heal those that are still wounded from the events and protects those under threat of rising supernatural threats due to the Spell-plague.

## Powers and Abilities

**The King** - A weapon of the same nature as Panzer, The King takes the form of a singular right handed gauntlet that can encase the user into a full set of armor with the piece being colored in red and gold with a silver gem placed on top of the hand. The King's mouth is on the palm of the gauntlet. The King grants Ryder specific abilities when activated.

* **Hail To The King!** - Ryder's very first ability. It's a passive ability that boosts his mental and physical attributes every minute to seconds depending on Ryder's emotional state and the current demand for it. Ryder can reach power levels not far off from the most powerful in the Dominance universe, making beating him quickly a necessity to avoid difficulty. Ryder's current limit of boosts is 8. This is not too far from a Young YD or Mugetsu Shinsei pre-time skip.

* **Killer Queen** - A recent and new ability, Killer Queen was formed after Ryder accidentally formed Made In Heaven. It takes the shape of a long, sleek, dark red blade that responds to the users whistles and verbal commands. Killer Queen is not permitted to harm its user in anyway, and can track a person if their blood is on the blade. If Killer Queen is broken, it will be out of commission until the next time The King is summoned. Ownership of Killer Queen can temporarily be transferred and Killer Queen can act autonomously if it is granted to another person, making it a good tool to defend an important person with. Killer Queen is activated verbally, and will not react if The King and Ryder's speech capabilities cease.

* **Rhapsody** - One of Ryder's most used abilities, Rhapsody grants Ryder the ability to steal energy and transfer energy. Ryder can effectively transfer energies to a person or a group of people. Ryder can also drain someones energy from them to power himself or whoever he wishes. Singular targeting is more effective than group targeting when transferring energy. Ryder can only steal energy if he is making contact with the target. A bonus effect of Rhapsody is the ability to transfer specific types of energy from The King, of which there are three. Boosts, Corruptions, or Toxins. Boosts grant the same effect from Hail To The King to a person or a group of people (albeit people can only handle three before they grow sick and die at five boosts.) Corruptions can cause connections to the void to become disturbed and grow unstable/go haywire. Toxins will give the target the same effect of overdosing on Boosts, which is called Boost Sickness. Severity of the effects depend on how long the victim has allowed The King to transfer Toxins. Toxins can only be transferred via a bite from The King or Ryder and Corruptions have a range of 5 meters. Boosts have a range of 29 meters.

* **Majestic** - Similar to Rhapsody, except it applies a powerful healing effect onto a singular person or a group. Majestic's power heavily relies on the amount of boosts Ryder has received. If his boosts are adequate enough, Ryder can regenerate lost limbs and even cure certain physical disabilities. Ryder cannot use Majestic on himself no matter what.
* **Highway To Hell** - An ability that can only be activated at boost 4, Highway To Hell allows the king to exhaust a massive amount of built up energy into the form of a bus sized, searing hot energy beam. Power of Highway To Hell depends on the amount of boosts Ryder has received. Boost 4 is HTH's weakest form.

**Mygerion Strength** - The bastard son of Gary Mygerion, the natural strength of a Mygerion has been passed down onto him.

**Increased Durability** - Ryder, without the use of The King, can survive injuries that would kill a normal person due to his Mygerion heritage.

**Hail To The King, Baby!** - Once the king is activated, a passive morale boost is given to those accompanying Ryder.

### Significant Traits

**Emotional Barrier** - It is much harder to mentally and emotionally break Ryder due to the natural mental shield he's provided himself due to his previous traumatic events.

**Decent Sword Play** - Ryder has been practicing with Killer Queen, and with The King's teachings, has learned his way around a sword more or less.

**Enhanced Strength** - The Mygerion blood flowing within Ryder grants him amazing strength by default.

**Critical Thinking** - Ryder can think of multiple quick solutions to an issue in a moments notice.

**Whoops** - Ryder says and does the wrong things at the wrong times, and he knows this. He uses this to his advantage and can throw off his opponents easily.

### Transformations

These are dependent on synchronization between Ryder and The King and is also dependent on the emotional/physical state of both.

**Vhalen** - Ryder becomes encased in The King's armor against his will and The King fights on his behalf. Vhalen activates automatically if The King deems that Ryder is on the losing end of a life threatening situation.

**Made In Heaven** - Ryder becomes encased in The King's true armor and gains full control. Due to the undeveloped potential Ryder currently has with The King, new abilities may surface if this is activated (similar to Killer Queen). Ryder has only experienced this once, and only for 4 seconds. Ryder describes it as being the best feeling ever, but does not wish to experience it again. Made In Heaven is heavily dependent on Ryder's emotional state, and is activated in a similar manner to a Mygerion Rage Form. The King can choose to separate himself from Ryder but keep his and Ryder's form active. Currently, the abilities gained from Made In Heaven are unknown.

## Trivia

* Ryder's last name, weapon, and abilities are all references to popular rock figures, bands, or songs.
* Queen is Ryder's favorite band.
* Ryder hates seafood and is prone to seasickness.
* Ryder, due to his Asperger's syndrome, is on the Autism spectrum.
* Ryder is bisexual.
* Ryder is not aware of his relation to Gary Mygerion.
* Ryder is self conscious about his appearance most of the time.