Helping Riddick is Aereon(Dench), the Ambassador of the "Elemental" race, who helps Riddick unearth the secrets of his origin and Kyra(Davalos), who has grown up since Riddick knew her as a preteen girl in the first movie.
Szerintem ez okozza a kavart. Vagyis idõben a Pitch Black után játszódik, de itt tudjuk meg, volt-e Riddick-nek gyerekszobája.