Matthew Ryan

## Background

### 1994 - 2007: Matthew Ryan

Born in Belfast, Matthew Ryan is the product of a high school relationship between Kathyrn "Kit" Ryan & Brendan Finn. Matthew was the younger of the twins, being born twelve minutes after his brother Martin. Though the two boys looked just alike, Matt had red hair like his grandfather, earning him the nickname "Red" at a young age. The twins were mostly raised by their grandparents, as their parents were still finishing up high school. Because of this, Matthew & his brother Martin saw them as their best friends. They hung out on weekends to go to the movies, play at the arcade or just hang at the park.

When the twins were in their pre-teens, their parents decided to move to Dublin to help their mother's artisitic career. Matthew liked his life in Dublin, making many friends & going through a multitude of girlfriends. As they got adjusted to their new lives, their parents became friends with a blonde man in the trench coat. Matthew didn't care much for the man, finding him to be quite annoying as he always smelt like smoke when he visited. But his parents usually had the twins go upstairs or to a friend's house when the man dropped by, explaining that they had grown up things to discuss. It never made much sense to Matt but him & Martin did as his parents said.

### 2007 - 2010: Matthew Ryan

While his mother's business was doing great, his father was suffering in his career. He soon became an alcoholic & a difficult man to be around. Whenever he came around drunk, Kit would kick him out for the night until he came back sober as she wasn't willing to put their boys in harm's way. One day, his father came home sober with their blonde friend in tow. As the two sat on back porch drinking & smoking cigarettes, Kit caught whiff of their actions & swiftly kicked them both out. Their friend was not aware of Brendan's illness so the two drank the rest of the day to have a late night hurrah. The next morning, Brendan was dead & their friend was the one to break the news to Kit. It was the first time Matt ever learned the name of the man he had come to despise: John Constantine.

Eventually, his mother & Constantine fell out of touch. She began depending on Matt & Martin much more, with both of them getting jobs after school to help pull their weight in the house. Things were as a good as they could be for the Ryan family until their mother sat the boys down for a serious discussion. She explained she had started seeing someone casually but wanted to formally introduce them. Matt was pretty nonchalant about it, figuring the man would be a quick fling but he was sure wrong when he saw Constantine walk in through the door. It was probably the only time in Matt's life that he had ever yelled at his mother. When the yelling ceased, Kit remained adamament about her relationship with Constantine. As a result, Matt began spending less time at home.

### 2010 - 2017: Red Ryan

Matt became quite reckless around this time, doing activities that could possibly seriously injure or kill him. Whether it was the sake of the thrill or a unconscious missing of his father, Matt would do just about anything that anyone would ask him. This continued on for the next two years, even after his mother ended her relationship with Constantine. When Matt turned eighteen & graduated from high school, he decided to enter into circus to become a circus daredevil. Doing activities such as the human cannonball led to "Red Ryan" becoming a huge success.

After four years of working with the circus, Matt was approached after one of his show by a talent recruiter who offered him a job as as stuntman in England. But Matt wasn't into it so he declined the offer & continued at the circus for another year until he discovered his boss had been underpaying him. Matt quit his job, placed his boss in the cannonball to frighten him then called up the recruiter that he had spoken to the year prior. But the man had moved out of the UK & now resided in Jump City but he still had a job opening for Matt if he was intrigued. Matt agreed & soon became a stuntman for a lot of A-list & B-list movies. His most recent project called for the crew to go across the Pacific but having partied the night before, Matt missed the flight. He booked himself on the next flight out of the city but his destination was not where he intended.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Acrobatics**
* **Acting**
* **Hand to Hand Combat**
* **Tychokinesis:** Following the plane crash, the Challengers all gained the ability to sublimnally affect probability fields in a psychic manner, allowing "good luck" to happen to them & "bad luck" to their enemies. It is a subconscious ability that usually only affects the user & rarely anything on their enemies. For example, if debris was falling from the sky was about to hit him, he would be hurt if he stood still but if he tried to avoid them, he would move perfectly to avoid every piece about to hit him.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Born out of a teenage relationship, Matthew was always a child at heart due to his close relationship with his parents. After his father's death, he became more of a risk taker & became a circus daredevil. He was on his way to interview for a job as stuntman when he joined the Challengers.

## Notes

* His family is unique to Earth-44.
	+ Kathryn Ryan was a friend & former lover of John Constantine.
	+ Brendan Finn was also a friend of Constantine.
	+ Martin Ryan is Matthew's brother.
	+ Claire & Peter Ryan are Kathryn's siblings.