Andrew Ryan (BioShock)
Andrew Ryan is a male video game character who features in BioShock.
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Biography
Andrew Ryan
For a time, he came to be devoted to his adopted country and was grateful for the wealth as well as fame it awarded his intellect and determination. This led to him becoming rich after he was fortunate for striking oil on his property whereupon he began to invest his money wisely. This led to him becoming one of the wealthiest men in America where he owned Ryan Oil, a large chunk of America's coal, and the second largest railroad.
Ryan's response was to use his entire fortune to build Rapture; a community where 'the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great would not be constrained by the small'. This was to be made in the only place he felt the 'parasites' in society could not touch which was in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Ryan personally chose the location of Rapture from his ship, "The Olympian". He created shield companies on the surface like Warden Yarn which was an an anagram of his name, and through it conducted business with suppliers, such as Orrin Lutwidge's Scarlet Sovereign Import and Export, to purchase materials necessary to build his city. When Rapture was completed, Ryan filled it with thousands of the world's best and brightest individuals. For a time, Rapture was everything Ryan dreamed it would be: a paradise of freedom and prosperity. From 1946 to 1958, Rapture experienced tremendous economic progress, and solid political stability. As Ryan predicted, citizens in Rapture created a culture of entrepreneurship that was unrivaled, with numerous businesses established and unprecedented scientific advancements, including the discovery of ADAM by Brigid Tenenbaum. The full ramifications of the Plasmid technology were not immediately appreciated by the people of Rapture or Ryan who dismissed the concerns of men like Rosenberg and Bill McDonagh. Ryan's failure to understand the effects of the burgeoning ADAM-based culture allowed the destructive rise of the fishery owner, smuggler, and black market operative Frank Fontaine.
In 1960, a man named Jack arrived in Rapture with Ryan viewing him to be a threat as he initially believed him to be a government agent either affiliated with the Russian KGB or the American CIA. As such, Ryan made numerous attempts to kill him but Jack was guided through Rapture by Fontaine who was disguised as Atlas.
Overview
Personality and attributes
By the time Jack meets Ryan during the events of the first game, he has devolved into nothing more than a brutal and paranoid madman running a failed utopia. He taunts and threatens Jack through his journey, and his hostility towards him only increases as he gets closer to his lair in Hephaestus. Despite this, when finally confronted face-to-face in his private office, Ryan takes no action to defend himself, instead setting Rapture to self-destruct and forcing Jack to kill him using the trigger phrase "Would you kindly" after revealing to him his true origin and purpose as an assassin. Despite being defeated and murdered by his own son and shortly afterwards having his city taken over by his sworn enemy, Ryan ultimately dies on his own terms, believing he got the last laugh over Jack and Atlas.
Powers and abilities
He was the owner of Ryan Industries that was a major business conglomerate. Ryan also served as the Chairman of the Rapture Central Council.
Notes
- Andrew Ryan was created by Ken Levine ad was voiced by actor Armin Shimerman as the antagonist of BioShock (2007).
- In the novel BioShock: Rapture, the characters real name was said to be Andrei Rianovski who was originally from a village near Minsk in modern-day Belarus.
Appearances
- BioShock:
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