Garrus Vakarian

> "You Humans have a saying: An eye for an eye; A life for a life. Well, he owes me ten lives, and I plan to collect." - Garrus Vakarian aka Archangel
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## Early Life

Garrus Vakarian was born on the world of Palaven in the Unknown Regions. Descended from the ancient Taung of Republic Myth, his species, still going by the name 'Taung' are very much different than their ancestors. Much more avian in appearance, with raptor-like eyes and visual accuity, an aversion to the cold, and avian-esque legs, the new Taung of modern times hardly resemble the beings they descend from. Their mandibles, an odd evolution, are the major moving parts of their mouths, much like the lips of most near-humans, where different motions and placements as they speak or react are how they emote facially. The actual mouth still behaves much like near-human mouths, but due to the stiffness of the Taung's facial structure, only small changes in the normal mouths can be shown to convey 'smiles' or 'frowns,' the bulk of their emoting comes from the mandible movements.

Garrus was born to a family of servicemen, though most Taungs are given the Hierarchy's social structure. After reaching 'adulthood,' Garrus joined the Colonial Security, or CSec, to continue the legacy of his family. However, having to jump through hoops and bureaucracy just to catch criminals became tiring for the Taung. Eventually, though he knew it would disappoint his family, he left CSec and became an independent mercenary, though he still worked within the confines of Hierarchy space. To keep his family out of the crossfire, Garrus began to go by the name 'Archangel' and gathered himself a team of eleven other beings from varying areas of the Unknown Regions. Together, they went about cleaning up much of the crime and piracy happening in the region.

## Era of Archangel

During this time, Garrus met a Chiss, captain of a vessel for the Ascendancy's Expansionary Defense Fleet. The Chiss requested the help of Archangel and his squad in finding and eliminating someone who had done wrong to the Ascendancy. Garrus knew the Chiss rarely, if ever, requested help, and so whatever the being did that caused this Chiss to hunt him down was extreme. He agreed to lend the help of his squad, and they set out on the hunt. As the weeks went on, Garrus and the Chiss appeared to become close friends , though the relationship went much deeper than that. Much to his disappointment, though, the Chiss man returned to Ascendancy space once the hunt was complete and the target eliminated. Garrus received very little communications from the Chiss afterwards, but he hoped he'd see the man again someday.

Despite the squad's success, eventually Garrus felt the true hit of loss and failure. One of his own squadmates betrayed the location of their hideout to another mercenary gang. Catching them by surprise, and while Garrus was out on a solo mission, his entire squad was slaughtered. Upon his return, he found their bodies and determined the true culprit. For the next year he attempted to hunt down and kill the betrayer, finally managing it on the outskirts of Republic space and thanks to the help of several humans on the colony world. With his mission complete, and his spirit all but crushed, he returned to the Hierarchy, and took up his role in CSec once again for a few more years.

## Time in the Republic

Eventually he came across a friend-of-a-friend, a Chiss Admiral, on an expedition with a Republic Scientist hunting for some mythical structure in the Unknown Regions. Knowing who Garrus was, the Chiss Admiral shared with him the whereabouts of his close friend, the Chiss man he had met all those years ago: Esp'ara'joralis. The Admiral informed Garrus that Joralis was in the Republic now, and was very successful in his tenure there. Deciding he'd had enough to do with the Hierarchy, Garrus packed up his things and disappeared, showing up on the Republic capital of Coruscant a few months later.

Reuniting with his old friend, Garrus and Joralis quickly fell back in with each other like they had in the days of 'Archangel' and his squad. For a time after his arrival, Garrus acted as an independent mercenary and liaison between Joralis and the Khitav of Sist'kara. In order to prevent direct Republic action during the civil war of Aradolxia, Joralis assigned Garrus to work with Amarga Himalx'Kora (now Amarga Reblic'soos). Garrus used his superior sniper skills to assist the Khitav in the capture of an industrial region that cemented her group as the victors of the Civil War.

He acted as Joralis's chief security guard, while the Chiss reigned as Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.

## Post-Joralis Administration

Shortly after the end of Joralis's term as Chancellor, he and Garrus went to Naboo for a bonding ceremony to officially become bondmates (married). Surrounded by family and close friends, they began a new chapter of their lives.

After being bonded, Garrus enjoyed a Naval commission of Commander, offered to him by then Minister of Defense M-3L. He became first officer aboard the *Tempest*, first of its class, and the namesake, of Tempest-class Deep Space Exploratory Corvette. The vessel's mission was to explore and map part of the Unknown Regions for the Republic. Given they were beings *from* the Unknown Regions, Admiral Joralis and Commander Vakarian were assigned as the commanding officers of the mission. The *Tempest* launched at the beginning of 8 ACV. On this trip, a power overload caused severe injuries to the faces of both men.

Once they returned from their mission, near the start of 9 ACV, Garrus spent time with Joralis at their Coruscant apartment. After staying around for a while, Joralis and Garrus volunteered to escort the Chiss Ambassador back to the Ascendancy after her tenure at the Embassy on Coruscant ended. Garrus and Joralis now live at the Esp Family Homestead in the Ascendancy, where Joralis is undoubtedly serving within the Syndicure in some fashion given the Esp Family is one of the Forty Great Houses. Garrus acts as his guard when needed, but otherwise lives a normal life with his bondmate. Though he often gets odd looks, being the first non-Chiss to be granted many privileges of a Great Family.

Garrus now gets to spend all the time in the world with his partner, and partake in many of the Chiss's secrets.

## Peculiarities

Garrus carries with him, wherever he goes, two primary objects: a holo-scope and a modified sniper rifle.

The holo-scope is custom made, able to enhance the zoom and targeting of practically any weapon Garrus wields. On the scope, however, are eleven names, though one is scratched out. These names correspond to the beings he once led as 'Archangel' with the scratched out name being that of the squad member who betrayed them all.

The sniper rifle is a heavy-duty anti-material rifle. Unlike most standard Republic-issue weapons, Garrus's rifle fires physical bolts encompassed in laser energy. This allows the rifle's shots to penetrate shields and armor far better than normal rifles. Garrus has deemed the rifle the 'Widow' and it is a one-of-a-kind weapon.