Garrus Vakarian

Garrus Vakarian was a proud turian member of C-Sec, the police force operating on the Citadel, but the years of swimming in red tape had taken their toll on him, and by the time the rogue spectre Saren managed to get away, protected from investigation because of his status, the final straw was broken. Teaming up with Commander Shepard as a member of Shepard's Crew, Garrus traveled from Feros, to the Artimus Tao cluster, to Virmire, to Noveria and finally to Illos. Along the way, Garrus' skill as a sniper and steady use of assault rifles made him a huge asset as they battled the Geth, Krogan Warlords and even brainwashed Rachni. He became a close friend of the Commanders, and he would occasionally retell old stories of his time in C-Sec, which would lead Shepard to help him hunt down a sick serial killer named Dr. Saleon, who grew organs in his victims before cutting them up and selling them on the black market, and had escaped with a ship and numerous hostages because the higher ups in C-Sec wouldn't let him take the shot to bring the ship down.

When the Commander and the original Normandy were killed by the Collectors, Garrus drifted around, and eventually found his way to Omega, a crime-ridden hell hole of a space station. Deciding to assemble a team to fight control of the station out of criminal hands, Garrus became an acclaimed hero- nicknamed "Archangel" by the common people, and earning him the intense hatred of the three dominant merc groups on Omega. Despite their relative success, Garrus was betrayed when one of his own, another turian named Sidonis, made a deal with the mercs that lured Garrus away and butchered his entire squad. Abandoned, betrayed and alone, Garrus holed up in an isolated building to make a final stand as the Mercenary forces of the Eclipse, Blue Suns and Blood Pack teamed up to take him down. He was here for days before Commander Shepard arrived, following a dossier from the Illusive Man, to recruit Archangel for a new team. Overjoyed to meet again, the two were able to work together to weaken the Mercs and escape, but a gunship horribly scarred Garrus' face. Later, Shepard would help Garrus track down Sidonis, and finally get some closure with the man who turned his own team in- though whether Garrus killed Sidonis or forgave him is determined by the Commander's actions.

Naturally, Garrus would rejoin Shepard again to fight off the Reapers. When the massive synthetic monsters attacked Palaven, he was stationed on one of the vital moon bases that kept the Turian Fleet prepared, and aided Shepard when the Commander arrived to recruit the Turian Primarch for a diplomatic mission to unite as many races as possible. Garrus would continue to serve aboard the Normandy, despite his worries for his family and his homeworld.