Mass Effect category
Characters
119 entries tagged Characters, 119 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Commander Shepard and Saren Arterius.
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8- Adrien Victus: the general who became Primarch on a moon of PalavenAdrien Victus was a turian general fighting on Menae in 2186 when Primarch Fedorian's shuttle was shot down and the succession rules made him Primarch of Palaven. He was out of contact and did not know it yet.
- Alec Ryder: the first human Pathfinder in Mass Effect: AndromedaAlec Ryder was an N7 veteran, AI researcher and the human Pathfinder of the Andromeda Initiative. He built SAM, brought his twins to Andromeda, and died on Habitat 7 in 2819, passing the role to one of them.
- Amanda Kenson: Scientist of the Bahak SystemDoctor Amanda Kenson was a human scientist whose research suggested the mass relays predated the Protheans. Investigating evidence of an imminent Reaper invasion in a batarian system, she was indoctrinated by a Reaper artifact and turned against the very Commander Shepard sent to rescue her.
- Anax Therion: Drell Analyst of the Keelah Si'yahAnax Therion was a drell analyst and former data dealer who travelled to Andromeda aboard the ark Keelah Si'yah. Clinical, guarded, and quietly lethal, she had spent her life trading in secrets, and when a plague began killing the ark's sleepers she turned her investigator's mind to uncovering the cause.
- Aria T'Loak: The Pirate Queen of OmegaAria T'Loak was the de facto ruler of the space station Omega, an asari of centuries' experience who governed the lawless heart of the Terminus Systems with an iron grip. Driven from her throne by Cerberus, she fought beside Commander Shepard to retake it during the Reaper War.
- Armando-Owen BaileyArmando-Owen Bailey was a human officer of Citadel Security stationed in the Zakera Ward, a no-nonsense lawman who rose from a neglected beat officer to a Commander overseeing security for the Citadel Embassies during the Reaper War.
- Ashley WilliamsAshley Williams was a human Systems Alliance soldier and the sole survivor of her unit on Eden Prime, who went on to serve aboard the Normandy under Commander Shepard and later rose to become one of the first human Spectres.
- August BradleyAugust Bradley was a former Alliance officer who led the third wave of settlers in the Andromeda Initiative and became the first mayor of Prodromos, the first successful Initiative outpost in the Heleus Cluster, founded on the world of Eos.
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6- Calix Corvannis: Leader of the Nexus UprisingCalix Corvannis was the turian chief life support technician of the Nexus and the reluctant leader of the mutiny that nearly tore the station apart in the Andromeda Initiative's first desperate months. Talented and fiercely loyal to his crew, he turned against a leadership he no longer trusted.
- Chloe Michel: Citadel PhysicianDr. Chloe Michel was a human physician who ran a medical clinic in the Upper Wards of the Citadel. Drawn into the hunt for Saren after treating a fugitive quarian, she crossed paths with Commander Shepard and later served the war effort against the Reapers.
- Collector General: the voice that ran the human abductionsThe Collector General directed every Collector operation from beyond the Omega 4 Relay, possessing drones at any distance with the line "I am assuming direct control." At the Collector Base, Harbinger let it go and it died confused.
- Commander ShepardCommander Shepard was a Systems Alliance N7 marine who became the first human Spectre, exposed the rogue agent Saren Arterius, and led the galaxy's resistance against the Reapers. Shepard's gender, history, and many of the choices that shaped the war were never fixed, and the final fate of the cycle turned on the Commander's own decisions.
- Conrad VernerConrad Verner was an enthusiastic, self-proclaimed admirer of Commander Shepard whose hapless attempts to follow in the Commander's footsteps recurred across the galaxy, from the Citadel to Illium and back again.
- Cora Harper: Asari-Trained Vanguard of the Andromeda InitiativeCora Harper was a human biotic and former asari commando who served as the Pathfinder team's second in command aboard the Tempest. Trained among the asari huntresses of Talein's Daughters, she brought elite biotic skill and rigid discipline to the Andromeda Initiative's expedition into the Heleus Cluster.
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6- Daro'Xen vas Moreh: Quarian Admiral and Geth ResearcherAdmiral Daro'Xen vas Moreh sat on the quarian Admiralty Board and led its Special Projects group. A coldly brilliant scientist, she viewed the geth as machines to be studied and controlled rather than enemies or equals.
- David AndersonDavid Anderson was a decorated Systems Alliance officer, the first captain of the Normandy, and a mentor to Commander Shepard. When the Reapers invaded Earth, he stayed behind to lead its resistance, and he stood at Shepard's side in the final hours of the war.
- Diana Allers: Alliance War CorrespondentDiana Allers was a human war correspondent for the Alliance News Network and a regular presence on its program Battlespace. Originally from the colony of Bekenstein, she sought to report the war against the Reapers from the front lines and could embed aboard the Normandy to chronicle the conflict firsthand.
- Doctor SaleonDoctor Saleon was a salarian geneticist who used the bodies of his own employees as living incubators for cloned organs, growing and harvesting them for the Citadel black market. His crimes drew the attention of C-Sec officer Garrus Vakarian, whose pursuit of the doctor carried over into Commander Shepard's hunt for Saren.
- Donnel UdinaDonnel Udina was humanity's ambassador to the Citadel Council and, in some accounts, its first Councilor. A cautious political operator obsessed with human advancement, he ended his career as a traitor in a Cerberus coup.
- Donovan Hock: the arms dealer who stole Keiji Okuda's memoriesDonovan Hock was a weapons dealer and art collector on Bekenstein who murdered Kasumi Goto's partner and ripped the graybox out of his skull. He kept it in a vault with Michelangelo's David and the head of the Statue of Liberty.
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4- EDIEDI was the artificial intelligence built by Cerberus and installed aboard the Normandy SR-2. Freed of her behavioral shackles during the fight against the Collectors, she grew from a ship's defensive system into a self-aware being who took a mobile body and joined Commander Shepard's crew in the war on the Reapers.
- Essex: Biotic Marine of Delta SquadEssex was a gifted and brash human biotic of the Systems Alliance, a member of the special forces unit Delta Squad. He fought in the defense of the colony Fehl Prime against the Blood Pack and later the Collectors, and died covering his squad's escape.
- Every Mass Effect Romance Option, Game by GameEvery romance in Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda: who each character is, whether a male or female Shepard or Ryder can romance them, how the relationship plays out and what happens to it in the next game. Fates that depend on choices are given as choices.
- Every Mass Effect Squadmate and Companion, Game by GameEvery squadmate in Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3 and Andromeda, with their species, how they join, what their story is about and how they can die. Fates that depend on player choices are given as choices, because the series never picks one canon.
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5- GarmGarm was a krogan Battlemaster who led the Blood Pack on Omega and was notorious for a regenerative resilience even greater than that of most krogan. He joined a three-way alliance of mercenary leaders to destroy the vigilante Archangel, and died in the assault on the turian's stronghold.
- Garrus VakarianGarrus Vakarian was a turian former C-Sec investigator who left the law behind to chase justice his own way. He fought beside Commander Shepard against Saren, waged a one-man war on Omega as the vigilante Archangel, and helped coordinate the turian fleets during the Reaper War.
- Gavin Archer: the Cerberus scientist who wired his brother into a VIDr Gavin Archer ran Project Overlord at the Cerberus facility on Aite and forced his autistic brother David into a merger with a virtual intelligence to keep the project funded. What becomes of both brothers is the player's doing.
- Greg Adams: Normandy Chief EngineerGregory Adams was a Systems Alliance engineer hand-picked to serve as chief engineer of the Normandy. Calm, even-tempered, and a firm believer in the rights of synthetic life, he kept the ship's drive core running through two of its incarnations and the war against the Reapers.
- GruntGrunt was a genetically engineered krogan warrior, bred and educated within a tank to embody the best traits of his species, who fought alongside Commander Shepard and later commanded an elite krogan company in the Reaper War.
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4- Han'Gerrel vas Neema: Quarian Admiral of the Heavy FleetAdmiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema sat on the quarian Admiralty Board and commanded the Heavy Fleet. A lifelong hawk, he pressed for the reclamation of the homeworld and for war against the geth, often at reckless cost.
- How Did Garrus Get His Scar in Mass Effect?Garrus got his scar on Omega in Mass Effect 2, when a Blue Suns gunship hit him with a rocket at the end of Shepard's mission to rescue the vigilante Archangel. Here's how it happens, how he survived and why the scar stays for the rest of the trilogy.
- How Did Shepard Not Get Indoctrinated?The games never say Shepard is immune to indoctrination. Shepard just never spends long enough near Reaper technology for it to take hold. Here's what the trilogy shows, what the Indoctrination Theory claims, and what the Extended Cut did to that theory.
- How Did Shepard Survive Mass Effect 2? The Lazarus Project ExplainedShepard didn't survive. The Commander died when the Collectors destroyed the Normandy, and Cerberus spent two years rebuilding the body in the Lazarus Project. Here's how it worked, who recovered the body and what Mass Effect 3 later confirmed.
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3- Irit Non: Volus Design Engineer of the Keelah Si'yahIrit Non was a volus design engineer aboard the Andromeda Initiative ark Keelah Si'yah, a celebrated maker of custom environmental suits who left a thriving career in the Milky Way to follow her dissident father to a new galaxy. Quick to take offense yet a consummate professional, she served on the ark's Sleepwalker crew during the plague that swept its sleepers.
- Is Garrus Romanceable in Mass Effect?Yes, but only for a female Shepard, and only from Mass Effect 2 onwards. Here's how the Garrus romance works in each game, where it peaks and what happens to it at the end of the trilogy.
- Is Shepard in the Next Mass Effect?BioWare hasn't said. The teasers keep pointing back at Shepard, with N7 armour in the snow and a Shadow Broker who looks a lot like Liara, but nothing official confirms Commander Shepard as a character in the next game.
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9- Jaal Ama Darav: Angaran Resistance FighterJaal Ama Darav was an angaran native of Havarl and a high-ranking member of the Angaran Resistance against the kett. Sent to observe the newly arrived Andromeda Initiative, he joined the human Pathfinder's crew aboard the Tempest and became one of its most loyal members.
- JackJack, known to Cerberus as Subject Zero, was among the most powerful human biotics alive, forged by years of brutal experimentation she answered with a violent and bloody life. Recruited by Commander Shepard, she sought closure at the facility that had made her and later found purpose teaching young biotics.
- Jacob TaylorJacob Taylor was a human biotic and former Alliance Marine who became the armory officer of the Normandy SR-2, serving as a steady voice of reason during Commander Shepard's mission against the Collectors. Disillusioned with both the Alliance and Cerberus, he eventually broke with the pro-human group to fight the Reapers on his own terms.
- Jalosk Dal'Virra: Batarian Sleepwalker of the Keelah Si'yahJalosk Dal'Virra was a batarian weapons dealer and member of the Sleepwalker crew aboard the Andromeda Initiative ark Keelah Si'yah. Born into the lowest caste of batarian society and dismissed by his betters as a lout, he proved unexpectedly insightful even as he became one of the first victims of the plague that struck the ark.
- James VegaLieutenant James Vega was a hardened Systems Alliance marine who joined Commander Shepard's crew during the Reaper War, a brave soldier haunted by a costly command decision who came to see Shepard as both mentor and role model.
- Jarun Tann: Director of the Andromeda InitiativeJarun Tann was a salarian bureaucrat who became Director of the Andromeda Initiative after the deaths of every leader above him. Self-important and insecure yet broadly well-meaning, he steered the Nexus through famine, mutiny, and the search for a habitable home in the Heleus Cluster.
- JavikJavik was the only known survivor of the ancient Prothean race, an Avatar of Vengeance preserved in stasis for over fifty thousand years, who was revived during the Reaper War to wage one final campaign against the enemy that had exterminated his people.
- Jeff "Joker" MoreauJeff "Joker" Moreau was the Flight Lieutenant and helmsman of both the SSV Normandy and the Normandy SR-2, a brilliant pilot whose brittle bones never kept him from the cockpit. He flew Commander Shepard through every campaign of the Reaper War and formed a close bond with the ship's artificial intelligence.
- Jondum BauJondum Bau was a salarian Spectre and Special Tasks Group agent who investigated the possible indoctrination of hanar officials during the Reaper War, enlisting Commander Shepard to root out an indoctrinated diplomat on the Citadel.
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12- Ka'hairal BalakKa'hairal Balak was a batarian terrorist who attempted to crash Asteroid X57 into the human colony of Terra Nova in 2183. Driven by hatred of human expansion into the Skyllian Verge, he survived to resurface during the Reaper War, where his fate and allegiances hinged entirely on his earlier encounter with Commander Shepard.
- Kahlee SandersKahlee Sanders was a human Systems Alliance officer counted among its finest computer specialists and a recognized authority on synthetic intelligence. The daughter of Admiral Jon Grissom, she was drawn repeatedly into events surrounding rogue AI research, Cerberus, and the Reaper threat, and she devoted much of her life to the children of the Ascension Project.
- Kai LengKai Leng was the Illusive Man's most trusted assassin, a cybernetically enhanced former Alliance marine turned Cerberus operative. He hunted Commander Shepard across the Reaper War before dying at the Commander's hand.
- Kaidan AlenkoKaidan Alenko was a human biotic and Systems Alliance marine who served aboard the Normandy under Commander Shepard, carried the burden of the experimental L2 implants of his youth, and rose during the Reaper War to command an elite biotic unit.
- Kal'Reegar: the Migrant Fleet marine who held the bridge on HaestromKal'Reegar was a quarian Migrant Fleet Marine who fought a geth platoon alone on Haestrom to keep Tali'Zorah alive, then spoke for her at her treason trial before the Admiralty Board. The Reegar Carbine is named for his family.
- Karin ChakwasDr. Karin Chakwas was the human physician of the Normandy across both of its incarnations, a calm and devoted Alliance major who stayed at her post out of loyalty to the soldiers she treated. She regarded the crew as her family and counted Commander Shepard and the pilot Joker among the truest friends she ever had.
- Kasumi GotoKasumi Goto was the galaxy's most enigmatic master thief, a peerless infiltrator and stealth expert whose face few of her many enemies could ever name. Driven by the murder of her partner and the recovery of his stolen memories, she lent her talents to Commander Shepard's mission against the Collectors.
- Kelly ChambersKelly Chambers was the yeoman aboard the Normandy SR-2 during the Collector crisis, a Cerberus recruit and trained psychologist who monitored the crew's morale and whose conscience eventually drove her from the organization.
- Kenneth Donnelly: Normandy EngineerKenneth Donnelly was a Scottish engineer who served in the Systems Alliance and later aboard the Normandy SR-2. A gifted technician with little patience for the chain of command, he worked the engine room alongside his close friend Gabriella Daniels through the war against the Reapers.
- Khalisah al-Jilani: Westerlund News ReporterKhalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani was a human reporter for Westerlund News known for confrontational, agenda-driven interviews. She repeatedly sought out Commander Shepard on the Citadel, pressing hostile questions in the name of human independence.
- KirraheCaptain Kirrahe was a salarian Special Tasks Group officer whose covert regiment uncovered Saren Arterius' breeding facility on Virmire, a brave and inspiring commander remembered for the speech he gave his men before a near-suicidal assault.
- Kolyat Krios: Thane's son and the hit he was stopped from finishingKolyat Krios took his inheritance early, hired himself out as an assassin on the Citadel, and was contracted to kill the turian politician Joram Talid. Whether he goes through with it depends on Shepard and Thane keeping in touch.
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5- LegionLegion was the name taken by a gestalt of over a thousand geth programs housed in a unique mobile platform, sent beyond the Perseus Veil to find Commander Shepard and the first of its kind to speak and reason as an individual.
- Lexi T'Perro: Physician of the TempestLexi T'Perro was an asari doctor who served as the medical officer of the scout ship Tempest during the Andromeda Initiative's settlement of the Heleus Cluster. A specialist in alien biology, she tended the Pathfinder's crew and served as both their physician and a trusted advisor.
- Liam KostaLiam Kosta was a human security and response specialist who joined the Andromeda Initiative and served aboard the Tempest as part of the Pathfinder team. Upbeat, idealistic, and quick to speak his mind, he threw himself into making the Heleus Cluster a home and winning the trust of its native angara.
- Liara T'Soni: Asari Researcher and Shadow BrokerLiara T'Soni was an asari archaeologist and expert on the Protheans who joined Commander Shepard's crew in 2183. Driven by the loss of her mother and the betrayal of a friend, she later seized control of the Shadow Broker's network and turned it against the Reapers.
- Lord Darius: the human warlord Hackett wanted killed on NonuelLord Darius was a human warlord holding an element zero site on Nonuel in the Plutus system, extorting the Systems Alliance that had armed him. Admiral Hackett sent Shepard to negotiate and expected the Commander to shoot him.
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9- Maelon HeplornMaelon Heplorn was a salarian geneticist, former Special Tasks Group operative, and student of Mordin Solus who helped modify the genophage. Consumed by guilt over what he came to see as cultural genocide, he later defected to the krogan and pursued a cure through increasingly brutal experiments.
- Matriarch AethytaMatriarch Aethyta was an unconventional, free-spirited asari matriarch who tended bar on Illium. Of mixed krogan and asari parentage, she was the absent father of Liara T'Soni and watched over her daughter from a distance.
- Matriarch BeneziaMatriarch Benezia was a powerful asari biotic and revered spiritual leader, mother to the archaeologist Liara T'Soni. When she was found allied with Saren Arterius, those who knew her were stunned, until it emerged that she had been enslaved by the indoctrinating power of the Reaper Sovereign.
- Maya BrooksMaya Brooks was a former Cerberus operative and master of infiltration who worked under a long string of aliases. She compiled the dossiers for Commander Shepard's gravest missions before turning against Cerberus and the Commander alike.
- MilqueMilque was a human sniper of the Systems Alliance special forces unit Delta Squad, stationed on the colony of Fehl Prime. Cynical and self-deprecating yet fiercely loyal, he fought through both the Blood Pack assault on the colony and the later Collector attack that followed.
- Miranda LawsonMiranda Lawson was a genetically engineered Cerberus officer who led the Lazarus Project that brought Commander Shepard back from death. Brilliant and driven yet haunted by her father's control, she served as Shepard's second in command before breaking with Cerberus.
- Mordin SolusMordin Solus was a salarian geneticist and former Special Tasks Group operative who helped modify the krogan genophage and later sought to undo it. Recruited by Commander Shepard against the Collectors, he wrestled with the consequences of his work until the end.
- MorinthMorinth was an Ardat-Yakshi, an asari afflicted with a rare genetic disorder that killed her partners when she joined minds with them and made her stronger with each death. Addicted to the act, she fled asari justice for centuries while her own mother, the justicar Samara, hunted her across the stars.
- Moshae Sjefa: Angaran Scholar of the RemnantMoshae Sjefa was a revered angaran elder and scientist, regarded as the foremost expert on Remnant technology in the Heleus Cluster. Captured and tortured by the kett, she was rescued by the Andromeda Initiative's Pathfinder and went on to help unlock the secrets of the Remnant.
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5- Nakmor Drack: The Old Krogan of Clan NakmorNakmor Drack was an aged krogan veteran who had spent more than 1,400 years as a soldier, mercenary, and pirate in the Milky Way before joining his clan on the voyage to Andromeda. Kept alive by extensive cybernetics, he became a steadfast member of a Pathfinder's crew in the Heleus Cluster.
- Nakmor Kesh: the krogan engineer who keeps the Nexus runningNakmor Kesh was Superintendent of the Nexus, one of the engineers who built it, and the krogan voice left on the station after her clan walked out. She calls herself fixer-in-chief and calls Director Tann "Number Eight".
- Nassana Dantius: the asari diplomat who had Shepard kill her sisterNassana Dantius invented a kidnapping to trick a Spectre into killing her sister Dahlia, then built a business empire on Illium by killing anyone who threatened it. Thane Krios came through her air ducts in 2185.
- Nihlus KryikNihlus Kryik was a turian Spectre of the Citadel Council and the agent who nominated Commander Shepard for the order. He died on Eden Prime, shot in the back by his former mentor Saren Arterius.
- Nyreen Kandros: Leader of the TalonsNyreen Kandros was a turian biotic and the leader of the Talons mercenary organization on Omega. A former soldier with a strong moral code, she transformed the Talons from a lawless gang into a disciplined force that protected Omega's civilians, and she fought beside Aria T'Loak to free the station from Cerberus.
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2- Okeer: the krogan warlord who grew Grunt in a tank on KorlusOkeer fought in the Krogan Rebellions, sold his own people to the Collectors for genetic technology, and spent his last years breeding a perfect krogan on Korlus. He died in the gas and left the prototype to Shepard.
- Oleg PetrovskyOleg Petrovsky was a Cerberus general regarded as a formidable military strategist and a classical scholar of war. A veteran of the First Contact War who came to side with Cerberus over the Alliance, he led the conquest of Omega and its later defense against Aria T'Loak's bid to reclaim the station.
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3- Padok WiksPadok Wiks was a salarian Special Tasks Group scientist who commanded the research base on Sur'Kesh and devoted himself to curing the genophage, driven by a conviction that his people had wronged the krogan by manipulating their evolution.
- Paul Grayson: The Cerberus Operative Who TurnedPaul Grayson was a Cerberus operative and red sand addict who raised the biotic girl Gillian as his daughter. After turning against Cerberus to save her, he was captured and made into a Reaper-controlled weapon, dying at the hands of the assassin Kai Leng.
- Pelessaria B'Sayle: Asari Remnant ResearcherPelessaria B'Sayle, known as Peebee, was a young asari adventurer who came to the Heleus Cluster with the Andromeda Initiative. A restless lone wolf with a gift for studying Remnant technology, she left the Nexus to explore on her own before joining the crew of the Tempest.
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3- Rachni QueenThe rachni queens are the towering, telepathic matriarchs of the hive-minded rachni species. One such queen, hatched in captivity centuries after her kind was thought extinct, became a pivotal figure in the age of Commander Shepard.
- Rael'Zorah: Quarian Admiral and Tali's FatherAdmiral Rael'Zorah sat on the quarian Admiralty Board and was the father of Tali'Zorah. Driven to reclaim the homeworld, he conducted forbidden geth experiments aboard the Alarei that cost him his life and nearly ruined his daughter.
- Reyes VidalReyes Vidal was a smuggler and intelligence broker who rose to prominence in the underworld of Kadara in the Heleus Cluster. Behind his easy charm he was the Charlatan, the secret head of the Collective, and he maneuvered to seize control of Kadara Port from the Outcasts.
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12- Samantha TraynorSpecialist Samantha Traynor was the communications specialist aboard the Alliance retrofit of the Normandy SR-2 during the Reaper War, a brilliant technician whose analytical mind repeatedly turned signal traffic into decisive leads for Commander Shepard.
- SamaraSamara was a nearly thousand-year-old asari justicar, a member of an ancient monastic order bound by a strict honor code, who hunted her own murderous daughter across the galaxy and lent her formidable biotics to Commander Shepard's cause.
- Saren ArteriusSaren Arterius was the longest-serving turian Spectre of the Citadel Council and a feared agent of galactic order, until he fell under the influence of the Reaper Sovereign. As Sovereign's indoctrinated agent he led the geth against the Citadel, and his defeat fell to Commander Shepard.
- Senna'Nir vas Keelah Si'yah: First Officer of the Quarian ArkSenna'Nir vas Keelah Si'yah was a quarian engineer and the first officer of the Andromeda Initiative ark Keelah Si'yah. Unusually drawn to machines and artificial intelligence, he led the maintenance crew that fought to save the ark when a hidden plague struck its sleeping passengers during the long voyage between galaxies.
- Sha'ira: the asari Consort of the Citadel and her gift of wordsSha'ira, known simply as the Consort, worked from chambers on the Citadel Presidium where an appointment took months and cost half a year's pay. Her advice, not her company, is what made her powerful.
- Shala'Raan vas Tonbay: Quarian Admiral and Tali's Auntie RaanAdmiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay sat on the quarian Admiralty Board and was a longtime friend of the Zorah family. A measured voice amid the board's hawks, she moderated Tali'Zorah's trial and helped guide her people toward Rannoch.
- Shala'Raan vas Tonbay: The Quarian AdmiralAdmiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay was a member of the quarian Admiralty Board and a long-time friend of the Zorah family, known to Tali'Zorah as Auntie Raan. She presided over Tali's treason trial and served as a quarian envoy during the war to reclaim the homeworld of Rannoch.
- Shiala: the asari commando Saren traded to the ThorianShiala followed Matriarch Benezia for nearly two centuries, was handed to the Thorian on Feros so Saren could buy the Prothean Cipher, and gave the same Cipher to Shepard afterwards. She is the only person to shake off Sovereign.
- Sloane Kelly: The Outcast Queen of KadaraSloane Kelly was the leader of the Outcasts, the criminal faction that seized Kadara Port in the Heleus Cluster of the Andromeda galaxy. A former Alliance soldier and Nexus security chief, she was exiled after the Nexus uprising and carved out a brutal fiefdom on Kadara through force of will.
- Steve CortezLieutenant Steve Cortez was the Alliance pilot who flew the Normandy SR-2's Kodiak shuttle during the Reaper War, ferrying Commander Shepard's squad into battle while carrying the grief of a husband lost to the Collectors.
- Steven HackettSteven Hackett was a top-ranking admiral of the Systems Alliance Navy who rose from enlisted man to commander of the Fifth Fleet. He helped make Commander Shepard the first human Spectre and led the assembled fleets in the final battle against the Reapers.
- Suvi Anwar: Science Officer of the TempestDr. Suvi Anwar was a member of the Nexus science team and the science officer of the scout ship Tempest during the Andromeda Initiative's settlement of the Heleus Cluster. Holding advanced degrees in astrophysics and molecular biology, she was at once a woman of science and a woman of faith.
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8- Tali'Zorah: Quarian Engineer of the Migrant FleetTali'Zorah was a quarian mechanical prodigy who left the Migrant Fleet on her Pilgrimage and uncovered the first hard evidence of the Reapers. She joined Commander Shepard's crew, rose to admiral, and helped decide the fate of her people on their lost homeworld of Rannoch.
- Tela VasirTela Vasir was an asari Spectre and powerful biotic whose decades of service to the Citadel Council masked a long-standing arrangement with the Shadow Broker. When her loyalties were exposed during Liara T'Soni's hunt for the Broker, she turned on Commander Shepard and died in the pursuit that followed.
- TevosTevos was the asari representative on the Citadel Council during the era of Commander Shepard, a diplomat and compromiser who nonetheless placed the welfare of asari space above the interests of her allies.
- Thane KriosThane Krios was a drell assassin, reputed to be among the most skilled in the galaxy, a deeply spiritual man dying of an incurable disease who joined Commander Shepard's campaign against the Collectors as an act of penance.
- The Clone: Cerberus's copy of Commander ShepardA Cerberus-made duplicate of Commander Shepard, grown to supply spare organs for the Lazarus Project and stolen from the organization by the rogue agent Rasa. Awakened in 2186, it conspired with Maya Brooks to murder the original, steal the Commander's identity, and hijack the Normandy SR-2.
- The Illusive ManThe Illusive Man was the secretive, well-informed leader of Cerberus, a human whose true identity as Jack Harper was forgotten by most. For decades he bent his vast network and resources toward a single goal, the ascension of humanity, before his obsession with controlling the Reapers led to his downfall.
- Tiran Kandros: Leader of the Nexus MilitiaTiran Kandros was a turian who founded and led the volunteer militia that took over station security aboard the Nexus in the Heleus Cluster. He also directed the APEX strike teams that protected Andromeda Initiative interests, and though technically a civilian he was counted among the Nexus leadership.
- Treeya Nuwani: Asari Anthropologist of Fehl PrimeTreeya Nuwani was an asari anthropologist and archaeologist who lived and worked on the human colony of Fehl Prime. A pacifist absorbed in her research, she was drawn into the Collectors' attack on the colony and uncovered the truth of what they had done to the Protheans.
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3- Urdnot Bakara (Eve)Urdnot Bakara, called Eve by her salarian doctor, was a female krogan shaman and the sole survivor of Maelon's genophage experiments. She became a symbol of hope for her people and a voice for unity during the war against the Reapers.
- Urdnot WreavUrdnot Wreav was the broodbrother of Urdnot Wrex and a hardline traditionalist krogan. In some accounts he led Clan Urdnot, favoring conquest and intimidation over the unity his brother preached.
- Urdnot WrexUrdnot Wrex was a centuries-old krogan battlemaster, mercenary, and one of the few of his kind who planned for a krogan future after the genophage. He fought beside Commander Shepard against Saren and later united the krogan clans to fight the Reapers and reclaim his people's fertility.
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2- Vetra NyxVetra Nyx was a turian smuggler and fixer who left the Milky Way with the Andromeda Initiative to give her younger sister a fresh start. Resourceful and fiercely protective, she served a Pathfinder team in the Heleus Cluster as its jack of all trades, brokering deals between the lawful and the lawless alike.
- Vigil: the Prothean watcher of IlosVigil was a Prothean virtual intelligence left to guard a hidden research facility on Ilos, built around the personality imprints of the Chief Overseer Ksad Ishan. It shut down the cryogenic pods of the people it was made to protect so that twelve might live, and fifty thousand years later it handed Commander Shepard the truth about the Citadel.
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4- What Happened to Garrus's Family in Mass Effect?Garrus's father and sister were trapped on Palaven when the Reapers attacked in Mass Effect 3, and Garrus later hears they got off the planet. His mother was seriously ill. Here's everything the games and comics say about the Vakarians.
- What Happened to Shepard After Mass Effect 3? Every EndingIt depends on the ending. Shepard dies in Control, Synthesis and Refuse, and can survive only in Destroy, with a strong enough war effort. Here's what happens to Shepard in each ending, what the epilogues show and what later games have said.
- Why Did Liara Become the Shadow Broker?Liara became the Shadow Broker because she spent two years hunting the old Broker for what he did to Shepard's body and to her friend Feron, and when she finally killed him, she took over his network rather than let it fall apart. Here's how it happens in Lair of the Shadow Broker and what she did with the power.
- Why Did Liara Give Shepard to Cerberus?Liara gave Shepard's body to Cerberus because the alternative was the Collectors, and because Cerberus offered the one thing nobody else could: a chance to bring Shepard back. Here's what happened in Mass Effect: Redemption and how Liara explains it in Mass Effect 2.
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2- Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib: Quarian Admiral and Geth SympathizerAdmiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib sat on the quarian Admiralty Board and led the Civilian Fleet. Outspoken in his belief that the sentient geth had a right to exist, he opposed both reclaiming the homeworld and the war that followed.
- Zaeed MassaniZaeed Massani was one of the most feared bounty hunters and mercenary soldiers in the galaxy, a co-founder of the Blue Suns who survived a point-blank betrayal and spent decades rebuilding his name. Hired by Cerberus to aid Commander Shepard, he carried a long grudge and an even longer rifle into the war against the Reapers.