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In 1923 he fled to Britain and studied at Oxford University. He then emigrated to America where he founded Ryan Industries who produced steel products and weapons. In the stock market crash in 1929, Ryan was barely affected. However, the social programs in the 1930's would test his beliefs. He believed that anyone who benefited from others, while not contributing themselves, was a "parasite"; he thus despised the ideals of charity and generosity.
When the bomb fell on Hiroshima he felt that his ideals had been compromised and that "parasites" now could destroy anything that they could not seize. He took his whole fortune and created the city of Rapture: a place where "the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great not be constrained by the small". He built it in the only place where parasites couldn't get to him, at the bottom of the ocean.
Andrew Ryan is the father of Rapture, the undersea Utopia that is the setting for BioShock. His name is an homage to Ayn Rand, author of the novel Atlas Shrugged, which is the main inspiration for the BioShock universe.
Andrew Ryan is a former Soviet citizen who was then known as Andrei. In 1920 he witnessed his whole family be murdered by agents of the state. His childhood experiences in Soviet made him believe in his personal philosophy that the modern world was created by great men who strove to make their own way. But when "parasites" took control of that world, they destroyed it.In 1923 he fled to Britain and studied at Oxford University. He then emigrated to America where he founded Ryan Industries who produced steel products and weapons. In the stock market crash in 1929, Ryan was barely affected. However, the social programs in the 1930's would test his beliefs. He believed that anyone who benefited from others, while not contributing themselves, was a "parasite"; he thus despised the ideals of charity and generosity.
When the bomb fell on Hiroshima he felt that his ideals had been compromised and that "parasites" now could destroy anything that they could not seize. He took his whole fortune and created the city of Rapture: a place where "the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, where the great not be constrained by the small". He built it in the only place where parasites couldn't get to him, at the bottom of the ocean.
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BioShock released on Aug. 21, 2007 |
MAC, X360, PS3, PC | 2K Australia, 2K Boston, 2K Marin, Digital Extremes |
| Character Name: | Andrew Ryan |
| Real Name: | Andrew Ryan |
| Gender: | Male |
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| Appears in: | 2 games |
| First appearance: | BioShock |
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