Urdnot Grunt

Urdnot Grunt was created in a lab by the krogan Warlord, Okeer, with the intentions of creating a "perfect" krogan- one that could help aid his species overcome the genophage that crippled them so. As Grunt was grown in his tank, Okeer implanted him with hundreds of memories of krogan culture and warrior instincts, but when Commander Shepard opened him to join the Commander's team, the "perfect krogan" found that he had a sense of apathy for the plight of his people. He had all of these memories, but they meant nothing to him, and he took the name Grunt because it was one of Okeer's final words as the warlord died, and lacked any higher meaning or purpose. As a member of Shepard's Team, Grunt used his violent and rage-filled nature as a combat advantage, charging headfirst into groups of foes with his devestating Claymore shotgun and heavy armor that protected him as he scattered the Collectors, Mercenaries or anyone else dumb enough to stand in his way.

Soon, however, Grunt began feeling ill. His entire body quaked with rage and a need to hit things, but it was not an anger that belonged to him. He was enraged- anger was his choice, not a sickness, and asked Shepard to take him to the krogan homeworld of Tuchanka to see if anyone could help him. Arriving to Clan Urdnot's base, Grunt found a great deal of hostility from the locals, who saw him as no more than a tank-bred abomination. Eventually, the clan leader (either Urdnot Wrex, Shepard's old friend who greets him warmly and happily allows Grunt to proove himself, or Urdnot Wreav, Wrex's brother who declares Shepard an enemy to all Krogan if Shepard was forced to kill Wrex on Virmire.) revealed that Grunt was going through the equivalent to krogan puberty- and allowed him to engage in a special Rite to proove himself and join Clan Urdnot. With Shepard as his "krant", a battlemaster who aids a krogan in battle on their behalf, Grunt fought through waves of Varren and other native animals that swarmed him, until a mighty Thresher Maw itself attacked. While the goal was merely survival, Grunt was able to fend off and (possibly) kill the beast, a feat not done since Urnot Wrex himself over a thousand years before hand, which earned him great renown. Still a group of krogan sought to kill Grunt, for they still considered him an abomination- but Grunt happily killed them and took his place among Urdnot. With this complete, Shepard had Grunt's complete loyalty- the krogan finally understood the images Okeer had implanted in him, and he was excited to fight for his people, and for Shepard. This enthusiam would be necessary, to help him survive when The Reapers finally arrived to scourge the known galaxy of all space-faring life.