Riley Anderson

Riley Anderson is one of the leading female protagonists of the Curse of Europe series. We are introduced to Riley in the third episode of the first season. She is a Werewolf and was held captive until she was freed by Abraham and Patrick. She then pledged herself to join the two Kemiya's on their journey.

### **Early life**

Riley was born in Manchester, England, to two Werewolf parents. She had a relatively happy childhood growing up with regular trips into the Stirling Forests and other Forests in Europe. She experienced her first change at aged 14. When she was 18 after graduating high school, she decided to leave home with her parents blessing. She moved to Dublin and settled down within months, meeting a wolf pack. One night in the forest, she was captured by hunters and imprisoned. She was then transported to Draganiza

### **Personality**

Riley is a very bright, bubbly and all round fun loving girl. She enjoys living her life and enjoys the freedom her wolf heritage affords her. She doesn't get anxious or upset often and always looks for the best in bad situations. But when she feels her life, freedom or anything she cares about is threatened, she will not hesistate to fight for it. Such as when she killed a chef that wanted to serve her for dinner. Riley is a very carefree and has a devil may care attitude with most things in life and has little interest in any real responsibility. She struggles with smaller spaces, likening them to a cage, where she does not like to be. She is very well aware of her beauty and isn't afraid to use it to her advantage, such as compelling Abraham and Patrick to help her in the beginning of their time together, or gaining information from a coffee shop owner. She is sharp and in her own words, can smell a bullshitter a mile away, such as when she had suspicions about Lara when she met Abraham at a bar or when she knew Aurora was in trouble when she didn't answer her phone three times. Later in Season 3 she comes to see the value of her power after she is cursed and after regaining them becomes more mature and gains responsibility of being an alpha.

### **Powers and Abilities**

**Super Strength** - Riley has far superior strength than that of a normal human, Kemiya or Witch but not stronger than a Vampire, such as being able to throw an average sized man through the air with ease or knock a man unconscious with a single punch. As an Alpha her strength is even further increased, almost enough to match a young vampire

**Super Speed** - Riley can move faster than that of a normal human, Kemiya, Witch but not faster than a Vampire. She can move almost like a blur and can run at very fast speeds over a long distance. This is even further ampllified while in Wolf form and as an Alpha

**Super Agility** - Riley has agility far above that of any normal human, Kemiya or witch. She can jump great distances, high or long. Riley has immense balance. This is further amplified while in Wolf form and as an Alpha.

**Super Durability** - Riley can take a lot more physical injury than any human, Kemiya or Witch such as when she faced the Alpha Albert in a fight but had recovered somewhat within a matter of hours

**Super Senses -** Riley has much better senses than that of any human, Kemiya or Witch. She has excellent eye sight, smell and hearing. She can detect the presence of others by their smell and can hear a person's heart beat when they are in close promiximity.

**Shape Shifting** - Since Riley is an Alpha wolf, she can control her shift and turn into a wolf whenever she chooses but she is still subject to the curse of the moon.

#### **Weaknesses**

**Wolfsbane -** Like most wolves, Riley can be harmed by coming into contact with Wolfsbane. It will burn her skin when it comes into contact and is poionous to ingest. If formed into a gas it will weaken Riley and will kill her if exposed long enough

**Silver** - Like Wolfsbane, Silver will burn Riley if she comes into contact with it. If Riley is stabbed with a silver weapon, it will not heal as fast as any other weapon and can be fatal if stabbed in a fatal location such as the heart.

**Fire/Heat** - Being a Werewolf, Riley has an instinctive fear of fire and will panic in its presence, such as when Aurora used fire to scare off other wolves but ended up scaring Riley as well. Riley was able to overcome this fear to some degree when Aurora's life was in danger. Riley, like most wolves also cannot handle warm climate for a prolonged period of time, such as when she passed out in the Bronze desert.

**Abilities**

**Expert Combatant** - Unlike Abraham and Patrick, Riley likes to use her hands to fight. She is capable of taking down multiple opponents with her bare hands