Ryman was a cruel and demanding man, but most of all, he was a man of gluttony. He owned several butcher shops in Shoremond and had several people under his payroll. When the Lord of Shoremond, James Holmes lost a company of soldiers outside of the city Ryman saw a golden opportunity . He rallied his men and caused mayhem on the streets only for him to seek an audience with the Lord where he offered a way to restore the order in the city. With only a handful of soldiers to guard the Lord's estate he was forced to accept the terms and as soon as he did the mayhem stopped.
From that day, Ryman ran the streets of Shoremond with his gang, Port Butchers and Shoremond became a bleak place where crime was rampant.
One day a group of adventureres arrived in Shoremond trying to seek out the Lord but were introduced to Ryman who gave them a job to do for him in order for help. It was an assassination ploy to kill an arriving emissary from the Capital to meet with the Lord. Ryman couldn't let that happen and the Adventureres agreed to the job however halfway through the job they turned on Ryman and abandoned it when they realized what was happening. They killed Ryman's gang members and before he found out about the happenings, Amelia had gifted him a bottle of poisoned wine which he decided to enjoy. His gluttonous ways got the better of him and he got poisoned however he had quite the resistance to it due to his size and ability to digest almost anything. As he realized he was poisoned he rushed out to seek out the healers in the city to get rid of the pain however on the way his bodyguards were swiftly removed and Ryman was abducted by Elliot Vongore and his bodyguards. He was tasked to obtained information for Keira, Ryman quickly opened up under the poison's effect on him and was swiftly killed afterwards.