Viatrix Ismena Vakarian

Warning: **Here there be spoilers**!

Viatrix, or Vi, is the "impossible" turian daughter of a dextro- and levo- interspecies couple: Shepard and Garrus Vakarian.

### Desciption

Viatrix is said to be the spitting image of her father, with his grey plates and bright blue eyes. She seems to effortlessly charm everyone whom she meets.

### In Utero

Viatrix's conception is a mystery (though the date was December 6th, 2186). After Commander Shepard was found deep within a crashed Reaper and was successfully extricated. she was brought to the SSV *Paragoria**.* There, the doctors quickly realized Shepard was pregnant due to the hormones in her blood and the sound of a second heartbeat several days after the bloodwork. It took roughly a week before the medical team discovered that the fetus was not human, and a further week to ascertain that the baby was turian. Once the species was confirmed, the medical team quickly identified Garrus Vakarian as the father. Dr. Emma Fallujah reached out to Garrus' father, Aelianus Vakarian, as the only reachable family member due to the Alliance's lack of information on turian neonate care. Aelianus in turn went to Citadel Councilor Sparatus, requesting his assistance in supplying paracetimium acholinisterase alpha to support the pregnancy.

When Garrus returned to the Local Cluster on board the SSV *Normandy* SR-2 on May 14th, 2187, he was informed of Shepard's comatose state and his impending fatherhood. Speaking with the doctors seemed to raise more questions regarding the timeline of the pregnancy- usually turian neonate heartbeats cannot be heard two weeks early.

### Birth

Viatrix was born September 20th, 2187, the same day Shepard awoke from her Reaper-induced coma. As her mother regained consciousness, the machinery that had encased them both for almost ten months fell away, allowing Shepard to labor without Dr. Fallujah or Miranda Lawson having to physically cut away the machines.

### The First Year

Nine days after the little one's birth, the *Paragoria* was attacked by the pro-Reaper group Minos in an attempt to kill or capture Shepard. The small family escaped to the *Normandy*, which would be their home for the next month.

Around October 9th, Shepard and Garrus, in the turian tradtion, chose a child-name for their daughter: Viatrix (voyager) Ismena (knowledge)- a fitting name for such an impossible child. A few days later, she was introduced to her "big brother" Grunt, and Wrex (one of her to be many, many godparents).

While often having 'babysitters' consisting of Shepard's close friends and teammates helping out with daily caretaking, Viatrix's mother and father do a lot of the parenting. Regretfully, due to the nature of Garrus' position as the commanding officer of the Normandy SR-2, and Shepard's position as a Councillor with many public image activities to do, they both have heavy time constraints that require asking for help in raising Viatrix - at least so far. That said, Viatrix is said to be developing well compared to average turian milestones, and is perfectly healthy.

She is excellent at tracking movement for her age (unsurprising as the daughter of two sharpshooters). She also enjoys cuddling, and nuzzles Shepard rather than nibbling on her as infant turians are often wont to do.

### Godparents

Viatrix has many, many Godparents among the various peoples in Citadel Space.

* *Alanakahs* Urdnot Wrex and Bakara
* *Amkhayi* Ka'hairal Balak
* *Welahii* Liara T'soni, Tevos S'Celit, and Samara

In addition according to Tali, almost any quarian would be a willing babysitter for Viatrix. The quarian people see her as a symbol of hope and renewal after their long exile and the Reaper War.