Urdnot Wrex

=== Description ===
Wrex is a large, heavily scarred krogan, sporting red eyes and crest and a series of deep scars running across the left side of his face.
One of the last remaining Krogan Battlemasters, combining great skill with advanced firearms and biotics (similar to a human Vanguard), Wrex has also lived for a long time- both of these mark him as an extremely dangerous adversary. 
=== Early Life ===
Wrex was born into clan Urdnot and quickly marked himself as an extremely gifted fighter- even defeating the Threasher Maw on foot during his Rite. Wrex was also the youngest krogan in a millennia to be granted the honor of leading one on the smaller Urdnot tribes.
Wrex was quite the radical in comparison to the few remaining krogan warlords who had survived the Krogan Rebellions. Most of them (along with a sizable amount of the general krogan population) wanted to keep fighting despite the effects of the genophage. It didn't matter who they were fighting as long as they fought. Wrex, on the other hand, wanted to focus on rebuilding- specifically on breeding, for at least one krogan generation, given that they did not have the ability to sustain a war with their reproductions so curtailed.
Jarrod, another warlord and Wrex's father, did not see eye to eye with his son and the two were at constant odds. Finally, Jarrod invited Wrex to a Crush; supposedly to try to settle their differences. Although Wrex suspected a trap, he went out of respect for what a Crush represents to his people- violence was forbidden.
At the Hollows, a sacred site where the bones of their ancestors are laid bare, Jarrod and Wrex talked themselves in circles. When it became clear to Jarrod that Wrex would not side with him, he signaled his men to attack and the men loyal to Wrex died in seconds. Unfortunately for Jarrod, he had also grossly underestimated his son's skill- Wrex managed to kill Jarrod before escaping.
This shattered Wrex's perspective of the krogan as a culture of proud warriors- Wrex gave up on trying to help his people and left Tuchanka with the intention to never return.
=== A Mercenary Life ===
Wrex took to working for himself and has done many a job, including bodyguard, solder of fortune, and mercenary. 
Wrex would become friends of a sort with an asari mercenary named Aleena, whom he had initially met when the two of them had been contracted to kill the same turian (they split the "winnings" with her keeping the body and Wrex keeping the head). Some time later, however, Wrex accepted a contract from a volus diplomat to kill someone from his past who knew too much- and that someone turned out to be Aleena.
Out of respect for her and their friendship, Wrex reached out to Aleena. The two of them had a good laugh about it, but Aleena also knew that Wrex completed his contracts. Wrex let the asari choose the site of their battle, and Aleena choose a pirate and smuggler overrun salarian space station so no one who got in their way would be considered an innocent bystander: a fact that amused Wrex. He would later comment "She was always a bit of a softy".
The ensuing battle was brutal and took days. Just when Wrex had her cornered, the station's core went critical, forcing the korgan to flee. On his way to collect his paycheck, he received a message from Aleena: "Better luck next time". Wrex told his employer the truth: Aleena had survived and was pissed. Wrex further said that if the diplomat wanted to live, he'd better hire Wrex as his bodyguard. Wrex kept that job until the volus' death: natural causes. The battlemaster said it was the easiest job he'd ever had.
A few years before 2183, Wrex heard from some other mercenaries about a job on the edges of the Terminus systems: it paid well and the boss was never around, plus they were looking for more men. Wrex worked with them for a while, and it was easy credits as promised. They had been raiding ships for months when they took down a massive volus cargo freighter. While Wrex was looking for anything of value, he heard some of the other mercs call a turian he'd never seen before "Saren"- but the turan didn't speak to anyone, just watched them. Wrex got a very bad feeling from this mysterious Saren, so he left, without even waiting long enough to get paid. Wrex's instincts were right- every other merc on that mission turned up dead within a week.
In 2183, Wrex was contacted through an intermediary for the Shadow Broker to assassinate a crime boss named Fist. While Wrex made an initial attempt on Fist's life, Saren's mercenaries fouled Wrex's efforts. Wrex eventaully made his way down to Fist's club "Chora's Den" and delivered his threat directly to Fist's bouncer before being detained by C-Sec officers. Shortly afterward, Wrex's long life would change again when he met Commander Shepard.
== Mass Effect ==
Shepard had her own reasons for going after Fist- mainly a quarian who might have damning evidence showing Saren was behind the attack on the human colony of Eden Prime. When Shepard heard about Wrex, she sought him out to recruit him. Wrex recognized the benefit of having backup and agreed. After fighting their way through the Chora's Den bar/strip club, Shepard and Wrex cornered Fist and got the information on where the meeting with the quarian was. Once they had the information in hand, Wrex shot Fist in the face because "I don't leave jobs half done". Shepard took a moment to scold the krogan, telling him that he needed to be willing to follow orders if he was going to be with them. After she grabbed a data disk of Fist's files, the fought their way back the bar and interrupted the soldiers sent to kill the quarian. Her name was Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, and Wrex would develop quite a soft spot for her over time.
Wrex joined Shepard on the Normandy, figuring that if he wanted to be in the thick of the action Shepard and her ship were the place to be. Initially, he was reluctant to talk to the human but Shepard's charisma eventually won him over. He told her about the promise he had made to his grandfather before he had left Tuchanka to retrieve his family's ancient battle armor from a turian mercenary who liked to collect stolen artifacts from the Krogan Rebellions. Shepard agreed to help, and true to her word Wrex was able to keep his own promise. The human and krogan made an unlikely friendship, and Shepard's tenacity and upright nature eventually inspired Wrex to go home again after their mission and try to steer his people away from their path of self destruction. 
==== Virmire ====
After the Citadel Council contacted Commander Shepard with information regarding a jumbled emergency transmission from a salarian recon team, the crew of the Normandy landed on the verdant planet, only to find themselves grounded by giant AA guns. A very upset Captain Kirrahe briefed the squad on the situation: they had found Saren's main base of operations, including his krogan breeding facility. Somehow, Saren had found a way to cure the krogan genophage and was breeding an army to supplement the geth following him. Once the salairans had discovered how over their heads they were, they had sent a message back to the council requesting the aid of a fleet- but the actual message had never made it.
Wrex was incensed at the idea of destroying the cure. He immediately saw the potential that this cure would provide, and the hope it would bring. After declaring that his people were not a mistake, Wrex stormed off, firing his shotgun out across the water to cool his temper. Shepard talked briefly to her other crewmembers and Ashely Williams promised to keep an eye on Wrex "just in case" as Shepard picked her way across the beach to talk to him.
Shepard reminded Wrex that Saren was their mutual enemy, and in his hands this cure was a weapon. Wrex initially declared that he lines between friend and foe were looking a little blurry from his end- Saren's cure could save his people and Shepard wanted to destroy it, and he drew his gun on the human commander. Wrex acknowledged that Shepard had done more than anyone else ever had for him, but destroying Saren's cure was a huge ask and needed to be done for the right reasons. Shepard pointed out that these krogan weren't "his people"- they were slaves to Saren. Convinced, Wrex conceded that they had been "tools" for the Citadel Council once and Saren was not likely to treat them any better and holstered his weapon.
While the mission to destroy Saren's base was successful, Ashely Williams died guarding the bomb.
Ultimately, the crew of the Normandy was instrumental in thrwarting Saren's plans, and saving the Citadel and the Council in the Battle of the Citadel. Afterwards, Wrex returned home to Tuchanka, his conviction to save his people renewed.
=== Reuniting the Clans ===
Wrex left before the Normandy's destruction by the Collectors and immediately got to work. Using the victory on Vermire as a rallying point, Wrex first gained control of Clan Urdnot and then began to work with the other clans in establishing a neutral ground to negotiate, pool resources, and guard their women and children. The end result was that even if some in those clans personally despised Wrex (and many did) they would still fight to defend Urdnot because their women were being guarded by all the clans in Urdnot's territory. 
Two years after the Normandy's destruction a salarian presented himself to Wrex, offering assistance in curing the genophage. Wrex heard out his proposal, but was disgusted by the means the scientist wanted to perform his research and refused. Shortly afterward, Commander Shepard reappeared in Wrex's life. Due to their shared history, Wrex allowed the alien crew of the Normandy SR-2 to land on Tuchanka. In tow with Shepard was an adolescent krogan suffering from what the human thought was an illness and another salarian looking for his lost protégée.
=== Grunt ===
Wrex determined that this tank-bred krogan with Shepard was hitting puberty and required undergoing the Rite of Passage to help channel Grunt's aggression. One of Wrex's naysayers, Gatatog Uvenk, immediately objected- declaring Grunt to be the offspring of a syringes and not worthy of joining a clan. Wrex quashed his objections and instructed them to speak with the clan shaman. Wrex's reasoning was simple- even if Grunt's creator was quite hated, he and Shepard had fought and killed many just like this tank-bred krogan; therefore there must be something extraordinary about Grunt. Wrex was correct. With Shepard acting as Grunt's krantt not only did they complete the rite, they killed the summoned thresher maw on foot- a feat not seen since Wrex himself had completed the rite. They also ended up killing Uvenk and his supporters after the detractors attempted ambush Grunt and Shepard, clearing out more rivals for Wrex.
=== Mordin Solus ===
When Shepard asked about any other known salarians, Wrex directed them to speak to his head Scout. After Shepard decimated the rival clan Weyrloc, Wrex took in the surviving women and children, rather than turning them away of killing them as so many other clans would have done. This foresighted action impressed Dr. Solus.
== Reaper War ==
Shortly after the Reapers attacked Palaven in 2186, War Primarch Adrien Victus called for a war summit to try to coordinate forces. Commander Shepard, with the full authority of the Alliance, Dalatrass Linron representing the Salarian Union, joined Victus and Wrex on board the Normandy (Councilor Tevos refused to come, considering it a waste of precious time given the krogan and the salarians were unlikely to agree). When asked bluntly what would it take to secure the desperately needed krogan support, Wrex bluntly stated that he would need a cure for the genophage to rally his people. Linron immediately refused and Victus pointed out that even if they agreed, it would take years they didn't have to synthesize a cure. Wrex then revealed that he had an inside source on Sur'Kesh that had reported to him there were three krogan females rescued from clan Weyrloc's experiments and were successfully cured of the genophage. A cure could be synthesized from them. Victus and Shepard then put pressure on Linron and successfully forced her to release the women into Shepard and Wrex's custody. 
Dr. Mordin Solus turned out to be Wrex's inside source on Sur'Kesh. After successfully fighting off Cerberus troops and evacuating the lone surviving female off of the STG base to the Normandy, Mordin went to work to create a wide spread cure from "Eve's" and Wrex's tissue, using Maleon's salvaged data as an aid.
While the salarian doctor worked, Wrex pulled Shepard aside and told her about some unsettling data coming from old rachni territory. Wrex had already dispatched scouts to investigate, but had lost contact with them. Fearing the worst, he asked Shepard to accompany Aralakh Company to try to find out what had happened.
== Every One That Asketh ==
=== Act 1 ===
Wrex was on the ground on Earth when the Crucible was detonated. He ended up in Brazil in the following months, cleaning up errant Reaper troops and "snacking on local wildlife".
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