Ryder (MD)

Ryder is a character in the series, Mutant Drake, and the main protagonist of the upcoming Ryder spin-off series.

Human Form
Ryder takes the appearance of a young man, wearing a black, leather jacket over a grey shirt with blue jeans and black boots. He has long, black hair and blue eyes. There's a dragon tattoo on his wrist.

Mutant Form
Ryder has the ability to transform into a different form, making him bigger among other things. Once he transforms, he gains the appearance of a wolf-like Mutant creature wearing a black and grey outfit.

Personality
Ryder has a tough character. He's troubled, thorough and relentless. However, he's not completely inhumane. He's often snarky and blunt. He also has an compassionate side; keeping people from being like him and trying to help others. He's also sharp minded as he is able to put clues together, uncover secrets and organize a strategy based on what he knows.

In his Mutant form, Ryder's characteristics seem to vanish and are replaced with animalistic instinct. He does however retain his thoughts although his control in this form is questionable.

Powers and Abilities
In his regular form, Ryder is reasonable, if not average, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. He also has investigative skills, which grants him the ability to observe and organize facts gathered from a person or place. Ryder also has the ability to summon his Mutant form, gaining enhanced strength, stamina, durability and agility. He also becomes faster and can use his animalistic features, such as his claws, to attack his enemies. When injured, his healing factor kicks in, healing his wounds within seconds.

Weaknesses
In his Human form, Ryder is exposed to many threats which can wound and possibly kill him.

In his Mutant form, if defeated or weakened enough, the form can diminish, returning Ryder back to his Human form. In this form, high frequencies can stun and even weaken him.

Early Life
Little is known about Ryder's early life but, as a child, he lost his mother and father in a brutal attacked commissioned by Anton Reeves. He, however, survived the experience but it did leave an everlasting emotional scar.

Becoming a Private Investigator
At one point in his life, Ryder became a private investigator.

Path of Vengeance
Since the experience, Ryder went after everyone connected to the killing and traced them back to Anton Reeves. Once he knew this information, he hunted down the man and planned to kill him and everyone he knows as revenge for his family.

The Vigilante
While investigating Reeves, he came across Drake who worked out a deal with Anton involving a flash drive. From his point of view, Ryder assumed Drake worked with Anton and that the flash drive was important information that shouldn't be in his hands. Ryder then proceeds to trail Drake, realizing that incidents involving the Vigilante are connected to Drake and the news van. He took pictures of them are every stop from a distance. In Black Hills Forest, Ryder was spotted by Drake. With no other choice, he lured Drake away, posing as Reeves, and attacked him in a museum. When Kate arrived to check up on Drake, Ryder took her, leaving behind a trail so he can be followed. Once Drake found him, the two fought but Ryder was ultimately defeated. However, Kate spoke up for him and both Ryder and Drake worked together while attempting to stop Reeves from making his deal. While the deal did go south, Reeves managed to escape, bringing anger to Ryder. He then took the flash drive and left the three so he can discover new leads in order to find more dirt on Reeves.

His Parents
Little is known about his parents but their deaths changed Ryder forever, so they obviously meant plenty to him.

Drake
While he initially thought Drake was one of Reeves' lackeys, he saw past it when knowing the truth, that Drake wants to help as the Vigilante. However, their perspectives of justice are different, so they may never see eye-to-eye but, at the moment, they are on good terms.

Kate
At first, she was a captive, taken by instinct, but after hearing what she had to say, Ryder felt a connection to his compassionate side. He opened up to her about what happened to him because she already had an idea.

Anton Reeves
Ryder absolutely despises Anton Reeves solely because he had his parents murdered in front of him. He does not rest until the man is killed by his own hands in order to provide vengeance for his family.

Mutant Drake

 * Test of Might (Cameo)
 * Turf War (Cameo)
 * Beware the Ryder (First Appearance)

Untitled Ryder Spin-off
Ryder will appear in every episode as he is the main protagonist of the series.

Trivia

 * Ryder was created by Bat and was considered a special character that "crossed over" into the show.
 * Ryder's ability to transform into his Mutant form is a unique ability within the Mutant Drake Universe.