Derik

Derik is an agent in the Department of Mary-Sues. He is written by Neshomeh.

Appearance
Like most dragonriders, Derik is tall and well-muscled. He has a dark complexion and a square jaw. Almost the entire right side of his face is covered in Threadscar. His eyes are mismatched due to the fact that the right one is damaged and blinded, which gives it a milky blue appearance. His normal eye is hazel.

Though he is an ex-dragonrider, Derik still wears his fur-trimmed wherhide flight jacket most of the time. The shoulder knots are simply bronze for his deceased dragon and gray for his never-specified Weyr, which happens to suit HQ perfectly.

Personality
Derik tends to go from one extreme to another depending on the circumstances. He can be laughing and joking one minute, ready to kill the next, and fall into silent brooding at a moment's notice. Having lost his dragon means that he's on the edge of sanity, and he has a personal vendetta against Mary-Sues that gives him a special zeal for his work.

He still seems normal when compared with his partner.

Recruitment
Derik was recruited by Jennifer Robinson from the crossover "Harry Potter and the Dragonriders of Pern." He had been cast as the Weyrleader, rider of bronze Skepnadth, and went by the name of E'rik at the time. Essentially, he was a Phantom of the Opera look-alike dragged in by the Weyrwoman 'Sue to make her look good. However, he didn't particularly have a role to play, and Jenni talked him into helping the PPC Agents assigned to the fic. During the process of taking down the three Mary-Sues in the story, the Weyrwoman's Sued golden queen attacked Skepnadth and killed him.

In FicPsych, he was called dragonrider!Erik to distinguish him from such characters as Leroux!Erik, Gerard Butler!Erik, etc. Following the convention of shortening the aforementioned to Lerik and Gerik, dragonrider!Erik became Derik.

PPC Career
-- Under Construction --

Mission Logs

 * DIC: Harry Potter and the Dragonriders of Pern. The mission to Derik's fic of origin.
 * FicPsych: Gestalt Therapy. Derik is instrumental in defending FicPsych from an invading army of Mary-Sues.
 * Mission 1 - The Smasher. A kender is the brains of the operation and the team gets some unexpected help.