Ryan Anderson

Ryan Anderson is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the son of Hephaestus and Cassidy Anderson, and older brother to Violet. He came to camp at nines year old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Fire Boy, Repair Boy, Hephaestus, Ri, Flame

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Salt Lake City, Utah (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Hephaestus (Father)
* Cassidy (Mother)
* Violet (Younger sister)
* Erikhthonios, Olenus, Archimedes, Cacus, Eukleia, Eutheme, Euthenia, Philophrosyne (Mythos half-siblings)
* Oscar and Esperanza Vasquez (Demigod Half-siblings)
* Enyo, Eris, Hebe, Eileithyia, and Ares (Uncles and Aunts)
* Enyo Cabin, Eris Cabin, Hebe Cabin, Eileithyia Cabin, and Ares Cabin (Cousins)

## Items

### Weapons

* Magic tool belt
* Flaming hammer
* Sling shot

### Other Items

* Phone
* Building supplies
* Sketch book

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually orange and wears things that are meant for getting messy
* Orange shirt
* White jacket
* Black jeans
* Brown sneakers

(PS. His back story is similar to Leo Valdez's)

## History

### Early Life

Ryan was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 14, 2004, to the mechanic Cassidy Anderson, and the blacksmith god Hephaestus and on March 20, 2008, his little sister, Violet, a roman demigod was born. Unlike any Hephaestus kids, Ryan and Violet were the first children of Hephaestus to control fire born in centuries. Before his sister was born, when he was a baby his mom took him to see his bisabuelo, Sammy Anderson. He was overjoyed to see him and held him, chuckling and tickling his chin. Sammy told him about Harper and said he wouldn't live to see her again. He told his great-grandson as Cassidy stood concerned and said that Dona Callida warned him that Harper’s danger would not happen in his lifetime, but he promised that he would be there for her. He then told Ryan to tell Harper that he was sorry and told him to help her. He told him to apologize for selling the diamond and that the diamond came with a curse: she never saw her again. He gave Ryan his blessing and said he was special like Harper was to carry on for him and tell Harper hello for him. Cassidy then took him home

### Childhood

Ryan, Violet, and Cassidy lived in an apartment off the Veterans Memorial Highway and they would hear car crashes once a week. As a child, Ryan was visited by his "babysitter", Tia Callida, who was actually Hera in disguise. She would come and call herself "Auntie Callida", disguised as one of the old women in his community. She smelled like honey-baked ham, and always wore a widow’s dress with a black shawl. When Ryan was two, she decided to lay Ryan down for a nap and said she wanted to see if he was her courageous little hero. She nestled him in blankets and laid him in what Ryan thought were red and yellow pillows, but was actually a fireplace. He remembered sleeping comfortably, grabbing sparks. He dreamed of being on a boat made of fire, and Tia Callida sang him lullabies as he slept, in Greek. He didn't know what the language was when. When Cassidy came home, she was angry, went to take Ryan from the flames, and yelled, "How could you?", but she disappeared.

She kept showing up at his house, and when he was three, he let him play with knives, saying that he needs to learn his blades someday if he wanted to be her hero someday. When he was four, by this time Violet was born, she found him a rattlesnake from a cow pasture, gave him a stick, and told him to poke it to show that he was fearless, and the Fates were right to choose him. He didn't poke the snake, and it disappeared into the grass. The last time she watched him was when he was five, she brought him paper and crayons, and sat on a picnic table under a pecan tree where she held Violet, while Ryan drew. While she sang songs to the two fire kids, Ryan drew a design of the Argo II. When he was about to sign his name, it flew away. Tia told him that it isn't time yet to be a hero, and he will find his destiny, but first, he had to face many sorrows. She then told him to make a fire to warm her old bones. A few minutes later, Cassidy came out and shrieked when she saw him sitting in the middle of a fire, with his hands burning the picnic table, and the crayons melted into goo. The fire left his hand prints on the table, leaving the people in his apartment to wonder for years how he did it. After the visit, Cassidy talked with him and said she couldn't come back again, and he wasn't ready to be a hero. She told him to never use fire again until he meets his father, and when he does, he will explain everything. She also told this to Violet as well, though she was young.

He and his mom were very close and she taught him morse code, and they would talk with it, tapping messages on the walls. Cassidy would switch between English and Spanish when she talked to her children and made them bilingual. It took years for Ryan to realize not everyone spoke that way. His mom worked at her machine shop because no one would hire her, providing for both of them. By the time Ryan was eight and Violet was four, they spent every spare minute at the shop and Ryan could do math better than most adults, solving mechanical problems in his head. They would also have special Friday night dinners of shrimp and catfish from a local seafood restaurant in Salt Lake City. He had a cousin who bullied him, named Raphael, and a mean third-grade teacher named Mr. Borquin. During Dia de Los Muertos, his Aunt Rosa took it seriously and dragged him to the local cemetery in Salt Lake City, where they would clean their relatives' graves and leave offerings of lemonade, cookies, and marigolds. Rosa would force him to stay for the picnic as if eating with dead people would fix his appetite. During a talk with Max, Ryan recalls how he used to play with plastic organ models as a kid. He once got in trouble after turning a cross-section kidney and some skeleton legs into a kidney monster and frightened the school nurse. In kindergarten, he was taught how to sign his name.

### Death of His Mother

One night, when Ryan was eight and Violet was four, Cassidy and her kids were working late at night. While they worked, Cassidy made corny jokes and said their father would be proud of them. After they were done, as they were walking through the break room, Cassidy realized that she left her keys in the warehouse and thought she had them, and smiled at her kids for the last time. A few seconds later, the door closed and locked. Ryan and Violet ran to the door and yelled her name, and tried to open the door, then tapped with Morse code, "You okay?". But then a voice appeared and said she couldn't hear him. A lady appeared, who turned out to be Gaea (though Ryan and Violet did not know this) She was asleep with a black robe, a veil, with clothes made of earth. The two thought she was Auntie Callida, but she said she wasn't, just a family resemblance. Ryan asked where their mom was, and she said that he will fight her children someday and that when they will try to wake her, Ryan will try to prevent it, which Gaea doesn't want. Ryan said that they didn't want to fight anybody, and Gaea said that she cannot destroy them yet, because the Fates won't allow it. But Gaea said that they didn't protect Cassidy and that they cannot stop her from breaking Ryan’s spirit

She told Ryan to remember this night when they ask him to oppose her. Ryan became angry and told her to leave his family alone and she asked how he will stop her. His hands caught fire and she smiled, knowing she had won. Ryan fell into a rage and trying to save his mother, sister, and himself and tried to kill Gaea, but the fire killed their mother and burned her alive. Ryan and Violet woke up in an ambulance, and the paramedic was kind to them saying that the warehouse had burned down and their mom hadn't made it out. While Violet started to cry, Ryan felt hollow and realized he had lost control like his mom had warned him about. He thought her death was his fault. The police were not nice to them and said the fire started where the two were standing, and they miraculously survived, but their mom didn't make it. The police wondered what kind of children would've started a fire. Their neighbors in the apartment complex gossiped about them saying they always knew something was wrong with the two.

### Life In foster care

Their Aunt Rosa turned their entire family against them and called them “demonios” (meaning Demons) and shouted at social workers to take them away. The two never forgave Rosa for that, and they kept a grudge against her for the rest of their lives Rosa would forever be the person Ryan hated most. Their relatives wouldn't take them in, so they were sent to foster care. Their first foster home only lasted for a few days, and they ran away a few days later. They would be at five more foster homes after that. Some foster homes would last longer than others and Ryan would make friends, joking around, and pretended that nothing bothered him, but they ran away sooner or later. At the foster homes they were at they were frozen out and ignored, and treated like they didn't need them. They even had an abusive foster mom, Teresa. From being in foster care, and in rough schools, Ryan learned to tell when fights were going to get ugly. Violet would often have nightmares and she and Ryan would hug each other, which Ryan thought embarrassing in the foster homes. Due to Ryan growing up without a mom, he never had someone to tell him how to treat women and to not call them "Mamacita". Ryan was teased when he was younger by popular girls, who would make fun of him, gossip a lot, think they were superior, and do everything to make his life miserable. He would tease bullies and mess with them to save himself, sometimes saving himself and his sister. Whenever Ryan and Violet were between foster homes, they would sleep on the streets of Salt Lake City.

### Coming to Camp

One day, when Ryan was nine and Violet was five, and the two were running away from their sixth and final foster home, the two were wandering around their city, the two started to be followed by three old ladies, who were actually the Furies. Ryan and the idea to leave Utah. The fire siblings ran from their home state and traveled from Arizona to Nevada and finally to California. The two wandered Los Angeles and they even had a chance to go to a fair. Since the two siblings were young, they had a blast playing at the fair. During that time Ryan bumped into Aubrey Pena, daughter of Hera, who was on a vacation in California with her dad, brother and older sister and the two became best friends. Ryan told her about him and his sister’s home life and Aubrey told her about her dad being a movie star. The two parted ways and Ryan and his sister started living on the streets of Los Angeles. After maybe a few days they were found by the Furies and ran, getting chased to the border of Camp. The two woke up in the Infirmary where Melody was trying to heal them. The two started talking and he soon got used to being at camp. Especially if he was with his sister

## Personality

Ryan is often seen by other students as easy-going, mischievous, upbeat, energetic, eccentric, funny, flirty, and loves to tell jokes constantly, even if they aren't particularly funny. He is usually a troublemaker, as he gets in trouble constantly with many of the older campers, especially Coach Bush, for tampering with his megaphone. Ryan is genuinely very intelligent and honest and cares about his friends and family. He sometimes doesn't think before reacting and he enjoys pulling pranks on people, especially those who he doesn't like. Even with his mischievous personality, Ryan is also a leader, never giving up for what she believes in. He is also seen as being incredibly brave and selfless. He is also known to frequently fall in love with any beautiful girl as long as she is completely out of his league, such as in the case of Heather Mirroring and Zamaya, Isaac's older sister. Despite his jokey attitude, Ryan is emotionally scarred from the death of his mother and is crushed by guilt as he indirectly caused her death. He later realizes that it wasn't him who had caused her death and opens up to his friends more and more. He hides a hurt and angry demeanor with humor. Ryan has been shown to have a serious side, which happens when he is angered by someone or when the situation calls for it. He is also seen building small bits of machinery and equipment and is very skilled and serious about his work. During the time at Ever After with his friends, he starts to let go of the pain of his mother's death and learns that his Pyrokinesis is a gift and tool, not a curse. He also decides to stop running from his past and he starts opening up to his friends more. Max often describes Ryan as the "perfect" boy friend and Ryan sees Max as the love of his life, saying that he helps him with most of his troubles. Ryan also loves his friends and has stated he would do anything to do anything for them, seeing them as his new family

### Fatal flaw

Ryan's fatal is his feelings of inferiority - being unwanted or not trusted, the one no one wanted. He also can say the wrong things at the wrong time.

## Appearance

Ryan is noted to be a seventeen year old boy of Latino descent, though he does have light skin (he's white passing), freckles, wavy light brown hair with an orange strike, orange eyes, and he is always covered in dirt. He often wears an orange mussel shirt, a white long sleeve shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, jean shorts, red suspenders, and brown boots. He is described with a mischievous smiled

## Powers and Abilities

### Hephaestus Kid Powers

* He has the power of technokinesis, or the ability to manipulate technology and metal.
* He has the ability of pyrokinesis, or fire manipulation.
* He has the ability of heat resistance.
* He has the ability to influence and control lava, magma, and volcanic activity
* He has the power of magnetism
* He has the ability to create anything out of any kind of material.
* He can create enhanced traps with get prey for someone during a fight.
* He has the ability of Fire Blasts. He can manipulate and create gigantic waves of fire rolled up into a ball and he can even create an extremely strong firewall to use as defensive and can only destroy it if he commands it to.
* He can teleport through fire
* He can walk through flames and stand through them because of his fire immunity.
* He has the ability of Geokinesis, meaning he can manipulate and control magma and lava rocks.
* He has intense Magmakinesis. It is very hot and the color is white because of the burning power and heat.
* He is extremely strong and can lift up 2 tons worth of weight.
* He has the ability of Ferrokinesis. He can summon and manipulate jewels and metal to add to his black-smithing. He partially got this from his great uncle Hades but mainly from his father because of his enhanced black-smithing and forging.
* He can increase the heat of fire to the point it turns white.
* He can sense heat, flames, lighting and metal, akin to thermal vision

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, Ryan possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent. According to Damian, however, is seriously ADHD, even for a demigod.
* Dyslexia: Ryan's brain is hard-wired for reading Ancient Greek instead of modern languages.
* Morse Code: Ryan's mother taught him Morse code, a skill he has retained and taught to his younger sister
* Trilingual: Ryan can speak Spanish, Greek, and English fluently, having learned both English and Spanish from his mother as a child, and knowing Greek naturally because of being a demigod
* Genius Intellect: Ryan is very intelligent. He had learned to think three-dimensionally, and solve mechanical problems in his head. Even at the age of eight, he can do math better than most adults. He is very clever and witty, and is good at adapting, letting him build at any circumstance. He had used his wits, which helped him survived in tough schools and neighborhoods, and a master problem-solver.
* Superhuman Strength: Being a demigod, Ryan is stronger than a regular mortal. However, Ryan has many times labeled himself as weak because of his small stature.
* Superhuman Agility: Being a demigod, Ryan is more agile than a regular mortal
* Superhuman Durability: Being a demigod, Ryan is more durable than a regular mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: Being a demigod, Ryan's reflexes are faster than a regular human.
* Cooking Skills: As stated by Aubrey, Ryan is an amazing cook

## Relationships

### Love Interests

#### Max Palacios-Balcazar

Max is portrayed in the series as Ryan's best friend and primary love interest. When the two met, the two started off as great friends and the two often hung out. After their second quest, Ryan has had a not-so-secret crush on Max, for three years, and blushed whenever he was around. As for Max, he liked Ryan back and flirted with him when ever he had the chance, though Ryan just thought Max was messing with him. When Max confessed his feelings to Ryan, Ryan was confused about the flirting thing and asked "So, you really were flirting with me?" to which Max just kissed him. The two have been dating since the first war

It is noted that Ryan has had several other "crushes" those being Zamaya Reynoso, Heather Mirroring, and the goddess Khione

### Friends

#### Jr. Olympians

The Jr. Olympians, or The JO, are some of Leo's best friends. Originally, it was made up consisting of the ten sons and four daughters of The Fourteen Olympians, but it later included some of the minor Olympians as well, (ex, Eris, Enyo, Hecate, Thanatos etc). They're a close tight group of friends and they are respected a lot by the camp. Ryan says that they are his new family

### Family

#### Hephaestus (Father)

When Leo and Hephaestus first meet at Camp after the first war, it began with Ryan telling him off for disappearing from his and his sister's life. Hephaestus laughs at this, saying Ryan reminds him of Cassidy, whom he misses quite a bit. Hephaestus later reveals that he has been watching Leo, and that he is very proud of him. He also admits that he is not very good with people, which is why he doesn't meet with his children often. Since then, the two have had a pretty good relationship

#### Cassidy (Mother)

Ryan is shown to love his mother very much. Cassidy is very protective and caring of him. The two had a very strong relationship and Ryan was devastated when his mother died. He blames himself for her death, and for that reason, didn't use fire again until he needed to in order to help his friends.

#### Violet (Younger Roman sister)

Violet is Ryan's younger sister, born to Vulcan and their mother, making her a roman demigod. Like most siblings, the two often argue, since Violet is shown to say she is better at making things than Ryan (even though it's proven that they have the same level of skill), but Ryan still loves his sister

## Etymology

Ryan is an Irish name that comes from the Gaelic words righ and an, which together mean "**little king**." It's also derived from the Irish surname O'Riain.

Anderson is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning '**son of Ander/Andrew**' (itself derived from the Greek name Andreas, meaning 'man' or 'manly'). Anderson

## Trivia

1. Ryan, Violet, and The Vasquez Twins are the only known living children of Hephaestus/Vulcan who have the gift of Pyrokinesis. The previous one is Thomas Faynor, known for having caused the Great Fire of London in 1666
2. Ryan is said to have more “Hermes kid traits” with his mischievous smile and tends of playing pranks or stealing little things
3. Ryan has a cousin named Raphael and an aunt named Rosa, both of whom Ryan doesn't like very much
4. His favorite color is red.
5. He can get car sick very easy
6. His two favorite book series are Divergent and The Hunger Games
7. Ryan’s “Cool catchphrase” is “Flame on!” when he uses his powers
8. Ryan is one of two people who was a demigod who met and befriended another demigod before either knew they were demigods
	* Ryan had met Aubrey Pena while running away
	* Leo met Caspian when the two were nine