Okay folks! Time for the approved time skip History of Benjamin Ryans. I look forward to planning out some back scenes as we finally skip forward! Maybe you were part of Ryans' Ferrymen Army. Come Kill things with me~ Looking at you Vincent!! You mentioned it, I look forward to some enemy's turned allies…
Benjamin Ryans
Following the fall of the Ferrymen’s last stronghold, which resulted in so many death, Ryans found himself filled with a sort of rage that would not be quelled. Though he followed Nicole up to Canada to Hollis’ place, he just couldn’t stay away from the country he spent so much of his life defending. Their parting was a little bitter sweet, realizing that what they had been to each other in a burned future, was not to be in this one. They respected and cared for each other, but neither saw a marriage in their future. So it was not as hard as he thought to leave, to do what he knew was right. Fight for his country and its freedoms; this time it would be against the government itself.
As soon as he returned to the states, he put out the call to the remaining Ferrymen to join with him against the Mitchell administration. Only a few joined him at first, while he picked at the fringes of the unraveling administration; but slowly the number grew.
His youngest daughter is born while he was deep the trenches. He did manage to get the news as a radio message that Nicole had the baby. His family grew by one, giving him yet another child to worry about. Worry he did about all of them. He kept tabs on all of his children, even Ingrid and Russo. Even his brother’s kids were checked in on.
Soon he found himself in the second Civil War, by now with Nicole helping him first on the frontlines, then to work through the tactical aspects from behind the lines, while he forged ahead on the front. Once the war started, Ryans with his group of Ferrymen remnants (To include some of those closest to him like Lucille, Megan, Lynette, and Huruma.) joined forces with military defectors. He throws himself fully into the fight, learning how best to work with his handicap, using his training from his time in the SEALs, and training others in their tactics. His explosives training became an integral part of the teams success. Utilizing IEDs and the sort to make the US government suffer. They were all guerrilla tactics.
There was not a situation that he would not throw himself into, to include the assassination attempt on Mitchell. This would be a mission that would haunt him forever. He took in good men and they couldn’t complete it, losing so many of them… young and old alike, even Ryans had to be carried out of there and spent months recovering from the injuries sustained. Recover he did, allowing him to help in the take down of Raven Rock.
There was a great sigh of relief when the war finally ended, but it left Ryans and the people around him scarred. This life had been the only one he had known since he was 16 in one way or another, so having it end was tough on him. Luckily, being who he was and the parts he played, the war trials that followed kept him busy for some time afterwards. Being hailed a war hero bothered him, it wasn’t a title he really relished or the attention that he received. There were too many good people that gave up their lives for the cause that deserved it more then him.
When not dealing with trials, Benjamin used his gardening skills to help rebuild the Safe Zone, though he had no interest in being any sort of council. He spent time with his kids, especially, his youngest. Still, he floundered, as he searched for a purpose again. This was a new world that didn’t really have a place for a man whose life had been all about conflict and survival.
Where does a man like that fit in?