Note the Names in " " are Squad names.
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!Commander Lilitu Shepard

* ActionGirl
* ActionSurvivor
** BadassBoast:
---> '''Shepard:''' You are on a Spectre base. Spectres are outside the law. This base is outside the law. You have inflicted atrocities, by any standard, against Spectres and those affiliated with them, and have attempted similar acts against the families and loved ones of other Spectres...There is nothing that legally prevents me from having you shot and fed to the damn varren for dinner....Council put me outside the law, so if I remand you to their custody in the form of varren shit in a waste receptacle this big," Shepard held up her hands a couple of feet apart, "they really can't complain, can they?"
** CulturedBadass
** FourStarBadass
* BattleCouple
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BigGood
* TheCaptain
* TheChainsOfCommanding
* CulturedWarrior: Knows Latin
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Subverted, in this canon, Garrus was the one driving the Mako and Hammerhead.
* AMotherToHerMen
** MamaBear
* FluffyTamer: [[UglyCute Urz]] is a live in pet and rather smart one at that.
* GeniusBruiser: Has a degree in ecological engineering and is Commander Shepard.
* GoodIsNotDumb
* GoodIsNotSoft
* TheGunslinger
* TheHero
* TheKirk
* TheLeader
* LightningBruiser
* LivingLegend
* MeaningfulName: Lilitu is a form of Lilith, the woman who took an Archangel as a lover.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure[=/=]BenevolentBoss
* SadisticChoice: Choosing between saving Earth or Thessia.
* SemperFi: Shepard starts out as a Marine. An extremely talented Marine who went through specialized training to become a Special Forces officer, but still a Marine.
* SpacePolice
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Inverted. The Spectre base is on Mindoir, with a Colonist Shepard.


!Garrus "Archangel" Vakarian
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* AlienBlood: Bleeds blue.
* BabiesEverAfter: Has four by the end of the fic, along with grandchildren.
* BattleCouple: Him and Shepard.
* BizarreAlienBiology:
* ColdSniper / FriendlySniper:
* TheCowl: As Archangel.
* DeadpanSnarker:
* TheDreaded:
* GeniusBruiser: He is primarily a master of weapons, but he's also a skilled technician.
* TheGunslinger: Combination of a Type A and D, being both a crack shot and being able to pull them off quickly.
* HeadbuttOfLove:
* TheLancer:
* MadeOfIron:
* MemeticBadass: In-universe is considered one as "Archangel".
* NumberTwo:
* RedBaron: 'Archangel'.
* ScarsAreForever: Even with advanced medical technology, he's still got the scars he received from the gunship.
* UndyingLoyalty:
* VigilanteMan: As Archangel.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Followed in his father's footsteps and joined C-Sec.

!Sings-to-the-sky

* JackOfAllStats: doesn't have the specialized abilities of the other Rachni spectres but was strong enough to take down a Reaper from the inside with little help.

!Sam "Orpheus" Jaworski

* GlassCannon
* [[InvisibilityCloak Gillie Suit]]

!Dara "Frejya" Jaworski

Sam's daughter. Worked as an Intern under Mordin Solus before going on to become a combat medic. During her internship a Krogan came in with a severed arm and was in full blood rage mode, to calm him down she grabbed his arm, waved it in his face, punched him, and told him to sit still and shut up while it is sown back on.

* CombatMedic
* HospitalHottie
* GeniusBruiser: Reads research papers and writes some of her own in her spare time.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Her Krogen bedside manner. Depending who tells the story she also hit Maz(the Krogen in the above story) with his severed arm.

!Rinus Velnaran

Oldest nephew to Garrus, was on leave between boot camp and first deployment when the Reapers invaded. Fought for 10 mins with a shotgun next to Shepard and Garrus while they were visiting to meet Mr. and Mrs. Vakarian. Went on to be a Centurion (Turian Rank of Sergeant) in charge of the weapons crew on a Normandy-class ship.

* TheEngineer

!Rellus Velnaran

Rinus' younger brother, about to leave for boot camp at the start of the fiction, Goes from O1, Lieutenant, to O4, Commander, in just under 5 years.


* BreakTheHaughty: The Spectre trials are this to him.
* LightningBruiser

!Eli "Tyr" Sidonis

Lantar Sidonis' step-son looks up to his stepdad greatly. He goes into the Turian Miltery and becomes an MP then a member of the C.I.D.(Detective). After leaving the military he goes to work at B-Sec where he and Lin meet Fors Luka.

* CovertPervert

!Lin

* ButtMonkey: All sorts of bad things happen to him and his knee. Only the latter is joked about, though.

!Sings-to-the-stone

* ElementalPowers: Can superheat, supercool or liquefy objects by biotically agitating their molecules.

!Sings-of-Glory

The first Rachni to ever undergo surgery as well as the first to be chipped to a NCAI. Is Sky's son from his mating with Bargain-singer the Rachni queen who acts as Counselor.

!Blasto

* InvisibiltyCloak
* AscendedMeme: A joke in the games, but an awesome spectre in the fic.

!Dempsey

Test subject from a Cerberus Super Soldier program. Was rescued thanks to the data Katsumi stole back from Hock in ''Mass Effect 2''.

* LightningBruiser: There is a reason his squad name is Thor.
* UnstoppableRage: Due to a chip inserted in his brain, this happens very often.
* HealingFactor: Krogan gene mod gives him this along with the above anger issues.

!Samiel
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A Fully male Asari raised by his Turian "father"

!Dances-amid-frozen-currents

A Rachni Brood warrior who ends up replicating mass relay travail as a biotic ability.

* FlashStep

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[[folder: Non Spectre Protagonists]]

!Life-Singer

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[[folder: Antagonists]]

!Aria T'Loak
Ruler of Omega

!Lina Vasir

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