Riley

Riolu

Riley is a Riolu, member of Team Cheer and Vessel for Tiber. He was played by Eragon up until session 87, which marked the end of their run as a player.

## Current Stats

**Attributes**

**Skills and Specialties**

**Mentality**

⚫ = Empty Pip 🟠= Attribute/Skill Point 🟢= Specialty Point 🔵 = Mentality Point 🟡= Extra Point

## Personality

Early on Riley was very carefree, doing things simply because he could and wanted too. Being rather blunt and borderline rude when talking with others After the events of Claydol Cairn Riley started becoming much more serious, losing any joyful air he had before, instead focusing more on doing right by others. Though he was very hard on himself whenever he couldn't, or otherwise failed to help someone. As time went on he continued to degrade further, to the point of being depressed and barely clinging to the will to keep going.

The only activity Riley has been seeing doing between missions is training, though he has shown an interest in music.

## History

### As a Human

* For the longest time Riley had no memories of his human life. At times he felt like a bit of an outsider to the group, who where able to remember things about their pasts.
* Riley saw an image of his human self in the Cave of mirrors well before he regained any memories.
* Riley's one human memory involved moving in a vehicle of some kind, mixed with a lingering sense of dread.

### Forming Team Cheer

<Waking on the Baked Plains, finding Savan Town and the subsequent exploration of Claydol Cairn.>

### Journey to Seaspray

<All the stuff leading up to Seaspray> He lost his loose tooth when trying to water some roots for Mudbray.

### Current Events

<The festival, the summons to Gallantree, and everything up to now>

## Relationships

### Team Cheer

* Tucker - Riley cares greatly for Tucker and considers keeping the young member of the team safe incredibly important. So much so that Riley was willing to pay Tiber's price to try and protect Tucker from the Mightyena. It's unclear if Riley ever forgave himself for failing.
* Brooke - Despite his tendency to go against what Brooke says, Riley holds high respect for Brooke. More so then any other authority figure. Riley also considers Brooke his closest friend on the team. The two seem to understand each other and their burdens in a way the others do not.
* Ralph - Riley often gets annoyed by Ralph's shenanigans, often making a point to mention that Ralph somehow has less social awareness then he does. Still he respects Ralph's judgement when it comes to their humanity.
* Lizard - While very far from conventional, Lizard may be the most important thing in Riley's life. Riley loves Lizard without question and trusts them completely.
* Prince Zeal - Despite Riley himself being considered irresponsible he somehow ended up looking after the young prince and making sure he doesn't get himself hurt. A task he seems more to accept then enjoy.
* Hotdog - Riley was absent for most the the time Hotdog was a part of the team, to the point they barely know each other. Riley as expressed a bit of confusion towards the choice of name however.

### Savan Town

* Pangoro - Riley did respect Pangoro at one point, but due to how Pangoro handled Riley's situation with Tiber that respect quickly vanished. Riley does not believe Pangoro trusts him, and such does not trust the guild leader to act in his best interests. If nothing Else, Riley does not blame Pangoro for his situation.
* Blaze - Riley does like the quartermaster, they both have fairly similar mannerisms when it comes to business. They would probably get along quite well if they had more chances to interact.
* Raize - Riley's relationship with Raize has only deteriorated as the series when on. At one point Riley trusted and respected Raize more then any other character, so much so that Raize was the first one Riley went too after Tiber awoke within him. When Raize pushed him away that trust and respect turned sour and over time Riley grew to be uncomfortable around Raize. After the second trip to the cave of mirrors Riley was afraid to even be in the same room as Raize. After regaining himself he only holds bitter resentment towards Raize.
* Lilligant - Riley does not really know them, they'd be at best a passive acquaintance.
* Squirtle - Riley recognizes that they are very close to Brooke, though most of their interaction occurred when Riley wasn't himself.
* Kakuna - It's been a long time since they've interacted, Riley was a very different pokemon then. Unless prompted he probably wouldn't interact with them.
* Florence - Riley has shown an interest in the Bard, the Riolu clearly enjoys his music.

### Seaspray

* Jawson - Jawson is the only arena champion that Riley actually likes, they they haven't let their status go to their head.
* Zoroark - Riley far from trusts the fox, and doesn't even pretend to understand his agenda. But he does intent to hold him to his word.
* Deadeye - While Riley may not like Deadeye, he certainly respects him. He does worry about what may happen should Deadeye find out that he carries Tiber within him.
* Glide - Riley hates Glide with every fiber of his being. He fully intends to take Glide's title of champion from him.

### Wild Prairie

* Lord Zeal - Riley has a fair bit of respect for the leader of the Pyroars, viewing them as a very skilled leader and also recognizing his importance as a symbol. Riley would like to go to him for advice again in the future.
* Mightyena - "Next time we meet, one of us won't be leaving."
* Kommo-o - Riley may not be aware that Kommo-o played a key part in him still being around, but Riley likes him anyway.

### The Gallantree

* Calvin? - Perhaps one of the less frustrating of the knights.

### Other

* Tiber - There is no way to describe Riley's relationship with Tiber aside from complicated. The two of them share a body and Tiber has caused Riley an immense amount of pain and suffering yet Riley seems to have a immense amount of trust in Tiber. Quoting the fact that Tiber has always been honest with him. Recently Riley has been giving control of his body to Tiber freely, but it's unclear if it's because Riley trusts him or if he can no longer resist Tiber's control.
* Mistress Salazzle - It is fair to say that Riley really didn't like her, especially due to how she treated Lizard. But he didn't believe she should have been executed as she was.

## Moves

**Standard**

* Foresight
* Quick Attack
* Endure
* Counter
* Feint
* Force Palm
* Copycat
* Bone Club
* Screech
* Reversal
* Heal Pulse
* Blaze Kick

**Aspect**

Riley does not have an aspect of his own so he does not have any aspect abilities.

**Melded**

None

**Combinations**

(For moves with other players.)

## Notable Items

* Lucky Egg (For winning a Seaspray tournament)
* Defense Scarf
* Spike Amulet

## Trivia

* Riley is often the victim of several bite attacks. This birthed the meme "Riley the Chew Toy".
* There has been 8 attempts to eat Riley over the course of the game. With various degrees of success.

## Quotes

* "I can see that you've suffered. Everything on this island is suffering. We have eyes, we can see that. But that doesn't give you the right to cause suffering on anyone else. You know what happens when you do that? You get more people like you. People who feel that their own suffering justifies their actions. And tell me where that gets us at the end. Just two sides going back and forth forever, until there's nothing left. You've suffered, so why aren't you striving to make sure nobody else has to suffer like you?"