Benjamin Riley

**Benjamin Riley** was born in San Fierro to Nick and Sarah Riley.. their family had connections with a motorcycle club from Red County called the Grim Legion. His father was a cook for the club, making a drug called Spank that the bikers would distribute as far as Vice City. Ben's mother was a victim of substance abuse, dying of an overdose when he was still a child and leaving Ben in the sole care of his father.

Ben grew close to his father after the loss of his mother, still ignorant to his father's illegal activities. The two would spend every night together in the garage, blaring Love Fist from the radio while Nick taught his son motorcycle mechanics while restoring his Western Bagger motorcycle. By the age of 14, Ben had taught himself how to ride on two wheels and rebuild a Western engine with a handful of tools, often sneaking out to take the Bagger for a spin when his father was asleep at night.

One day, while When Ben was in high school, he started noticing things about his father and was able to piece together what his main source of income was. Ben spoke to his father about his concerns, which prompted Nick to reach out to Grim Legion MC, telling them that he would be stepping away from the life and starting fresh, which resulted in Nick being killed by the club. Knowing too much about their operation and taking his cooking skills with him, the MC couldn't allow that kind of shift in business to go unanswered for.

It took Ben several days to realize that his father was never coming home. Assuming that something went wrong with Nick's exit from his criminal responsibilities, the 16-year-old fired up his father's Bagger and took the the road, travelling across the country until he made it to Liberty City where he got a job at an auto garage, occasionally fixing up bikes for the Liberty City chapter of the Angels of Death Motorcycle Club and their club president, Lester Arnold. Over the next few years, Lester mentored Ben, mentoring him and showing him the lifestyle of a biker, teaching him the appreciation for the open road. It wasn't until Ben was 18 years old that Lestor decided to reveal the darker underworld side of being in an outlaw motorcycle club, giving Ben his first colors to begin the hangaround process for membership.

After a few weeks of officially supporting the Club, a war began brewing between the Angels of Death and another MC known as The Lost. Lester grew fond of Ben and stripped him of his colors, refusing to let him be a part of the heated rivalry between the two clubs in an attempt to keep him safe. This action caused Ben to feel betrayed, turning his back to Liberty City and using his father's Bagger to travel across the country again, settling in Las Venturas for a fresh start.

Over the next few years, Ben lived at the Last Dime motel, making money as a motorcycle mechanic and selling marijuana that he grew in his closet. Around this time, Ben had gone down with the Bagger while riding on the highway, destroying his father's bike in the process. This event brings Ben into a state of depression, and he loses his job, falling heavy into whiskey and weed. One of his co-workers had mentioned an auto garage in Los Santos that did custom work on all types of vehicles and that a change of environment would be good for Ben. Selling off the remainder of his marijuana plants, Ben bought a plane ticket to Los Santos in pursuit of finding his place in a new city. His first task would be finding a place to life, followed by Western motorcycle and a job at a garage..