Nik Ryder

Nik Ryder, a character in the Nightbound series, is your bodyguard and a Nighthunter. He is also one of your love interests. Although he is first seen in Chapter 1, his name is not revealed until Chapter 2.

Appearance
It is up to the player to decide what Nik looks like, but by default he wears a grey shirt and black pants underneath a long brown leather jacket with a brown necklace as a silver ring hangs on it. You note he has a web of scars along his side.

Personality
From what is seen of Nik, he is very professional when it comes to his job. He can even be quoted with saying that he takes his job very seriously. However, he also appears to love money.

Nightbound

 * Chapter 1: Life of the Party
 * Chapter 2: The World of Night

Your Character
Nik is one of your love interests and your bodyguard. He/she first sees Nik following him/her in Chapter 1, but then after a bloodwraith attacks Your Character, Nik springs into action saving Your Character after he/she falls into impending doom. He has been hired to protect you by an unknown client who offered him six figures.

Trivia

 * A version of Nik is shown on the cover of Nightbound.
 * He is the eighth love interest you can customize.
 * His father was a Nighthunter, who taught him everything he knows. He died about seven years prior to the beginning of Nightbound.
 * He tends to stay away from unicorns. The last one he saw tried to skewer him.
 * On April 26, 2019 in the IG livestream, one of the writers said that Nik was inspired by Dean Winchester from Supernatural.
 * The name Nik is English, Persian and Greek origin, which means "lord" (in English), "good" and "goodness" (in Persian), "victory of the people" (in Greek).
 * The surname Ryder is Old English origin, which means "knight", "to ride", "clearing in the Wood".