Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

**Tali'Zorah vas Normandy nar Rayya** is a quarian nomad engineer, daughter of the late Admiral Real'Zorah, former Admiral of the Migrant Fleet Admiralty Board, and former Chief Engineer on the *Normandy-SR1* & *Normandy-SR2* while serving under her eventual lover, the late Commander Shepard. Tali played a big role in galactic affairs, including peace between the Geth and her people, and the discovery and destruction of the Reapers. She along with Liara T'Soni & Garrus Vakarian, serve as the main protagonists of *Mass Effect: Beyond*.

## Biographical Information

### Alias

* Tali
* Tali'Zorah
* Tali Zorah nar Rayya
* Tali'Zorah vas Neema
* Ms. Vas Normandy
* Admiral
* Admiral's little girl
* Sparks

### Marital Status

* In Relationship with John Shepard (formerly)
* Single (as of 2186)

## General Information

### Relatives

* Rael'Zorah (father; deceased)
* Unnamed Mother (deceased)
* Shala'Raan vas Tonbay (surrogate aunt)

### Affilations

* Independent
* Migrant Fleet (formerly)
* Crew of the Normandy (formerly)
* Systems Alliance (formerly)
* Cerberus (formerly)
* Crew of the Neema (formerly)

### Occupation

* Nomad
* Tech Specialist
* Chief Engineer of the *Normandy-SR2* (formerly)
* Admiral on the Migrant Fleet Admiralty Board (symbolic; formerly)

## History

### Early Life

Tali was born in the year 2161 to Admiral Rael'Zorah and an unnamed female quarian, on board the starship *Rayya*, a civilian ship within the Quarian Migrant Fleet. Because of this, she was orginally named **Tali'Zorah nar Rayya**. Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay, a friend of Rael, syncronized her envriomental suit with Tali's mother's to be in the same room for Tali's birth. Upon being born, Raan placed Tali into a "bubble", a special enviromental unit that quarian infants wear. Growing up, she knew of her father's position on the Admiralty Board, and the influence he possessed. In her free time, she enjoyed watching the romance vid *Fleet & Flotilla* with her friends, which she described as "FTL-jumping her into puberty" and made her enjoy the thought of a cross-species romance. She also learned about the Geth, and developed a hatred for them due to the them driving her people off their home world of Rannoch.

Several years later in 2178, Tali's mother would pass away from natural causes from an airborne sickness. While she was struck by her mother's passing, Tali knew full to well that it was unfortunate fact of life of living aboard the Migrant Fleet.

### Pilgrimage & Discovery

In 2183, Tali set off on her pilgrimage, a journey every quarian takes when they reached a certain age. During this time, a quarians must venture out into the known galaxy and find something of value that could help the Migrant Fleet in some way. Due to her father's position as an Admiral, everyone had high hopes Tali would bring something back of extreme importance.

At some point during her pilgrimage, Tali learned of the Geth's sudden emergence from the Perseus Veil star cluster in the Terminus Systems. Curious, Tali managed to disable a lone geth unit, extracting its memory core before it could delete itself. She discovered voice recording of Saren Arterius, a rogue turian Spectre who spoke of attacking the human colony of Eden Prime to asari Matriarch Benezia, who further declared of the eventual return of the Reapers. Further studying the memory core, Tali learned of the Reapers existence 50,000 years ago and their genocidal war against the Prothean before vanishing, and that the Geth revere them as their gods.

### On The Run

Sensing the danger, and potential threat to the galaxy, Tali attempted to turn over the recording to local authorities, but was ambushed by agents of Saren. She fled offworld to the Citadel, hoping to show her findings to the Council. However while on the station, Tali was shot by Saren's agents, forcing her to take refuge at a clinic run by Dr. Chloe Michel, who quickly patched her up. She told her findings to Michel during her treatment, in which the latter suggested she speak to Fist; a crime lord who is direct contact with the Shadow Broker. Tali travelled to Chora's Den, Fist's base of operations, where Fist agreed to set up a meeting with his boss so Tali can negotiate her findings in exchange for safety.

#### Meeting Shepard

Unbeknownst to both Tali and Michel, Fist had actually betrayed the Shadow Broker, and aligned himself with Saren. Instead of meeting with the Shadow Broker, Tali was meeting up with agents employed by Saren. Realizing a bit to late, Tali called off the deal before being attacked. However she was saved by Alliance soldier Commander Shepard and disgruntled turian C-Sec investigator Garrus Vakarian. Shepard revealed that he was on Eden Prime, discovered that Saren attacked, and received a vison from a Prothean beacon. Since then, he had been trying to find evidence exposing Saren's crimes to the Council. Thankful for saving her, Tali went with Shepard and Garrus to reveal ger findings, in which she offered her assistance in helping them stop Saren for good.She then bore witness to Shepard's induction as a Spectre; the first human ever before congratulating him.

### Serving on the *Normandy*

Afterwards, Tali joined Shepard and his crew aboard the Alliance ship SSV *Normandy*. During which she becomes acquainted with its crew; Ashley Williams, an Alliance soldier with a history of family members serving in the military; Kaiden Alenko, a human biotic with L2 implants and fellow tech expert; Urdnot Wrex, a krogan bounty hunter who was actually hired to kill Fist; and later Liara T'Soni, and asari archeologist who studies the Protheans, and the daughter of Matriarch Benezia. During her service, Tali quickly became fascinated with the Normandy's drive core, however she soon became homesick, due to it being rather quiet compared to the Migrant Fleet's ships having louder engines. Shepard regularly visited Tali to check in on her, and the two became friends. She also became close with the crew in he process, but also began to develop a crush on Shepard. However she opted to remain quiet, out of fear of Shepard rejecting her, and that she wasn't human and could possibly hurt herself due to her being concealed in her enviro-suit.

### Stopping Saren

Their adventures led the crew through most of Attican Traverse. During a mission on the planet Virmire, Tali watched Shepard as he witnessed a nuclear bomb destroy one of Saren's bases; Alenko stayed behind to by the crew time to escape, giving his life in the process. She watched the looked on Shepard's face and felt sympathy for him. Eventually, they caught up with Saren at the Citadel, which was in fact a giant Mass Relay that the Reapers used to enter the galaxy every 50,000 years. Saren was killed, and Soveriegn, the Reaper he had been serving, was destroyed, saving the galaxy from annihilation.

### Return to the Migrant Fleet

#### Losing a Captain

A few months later, while scouting out the Terminus Systems, the Nomandy would be attacked by the Collectors, an insectoid species that were rumored to exists beyond the Omega-4 Relay. During the attack, Tali and most of the crew escaped into life pods, but Shepard lost his life saving Jeff Moreau before the rest of the Normandy was destroyed. Tali and the survivors were picked up by the Alliance soon after and most of crew went their separate ways. The quarian was deeply saddened by the loss of her captain and friend, having developed feelings for him prior.

#### Joining the *Neema*

Tali quickly returned to the Migrant Fleet, and was welcomed with open arms. Using the intel Shepard gave her on the geth they obtained, she completed her Pilgrimage. She chose to join the crew of the starship *Neema*, captained by Admiral Haan'Gerrel, an old friend of her father. Because of this, her name was changed to **Tali'Zorah vas Neema** to symbolize her allegiance to her crew, and was gifted a new enviro-suit to wear.

As a member of the crew of the *Neema*, Tali quickly displayed her newfound skills as a leader, thanks to her time with Shepard on the *Normandy*. She became well-respected in her own right by her people and peers on her ship and amongst the entire fleet. With some even believing that Tali would eventually succeed her father on the Admiralty Board someday. However the destruction of the *Normandy* and Shepard's death haunted her greatly, causing her to mature slightly. She even told stories of her adventures on the *Normandy* and of Shepard to her people, telling them hoe she looked up to him greatly. Still holding onto her feelings towards her late captain, Tali bought information regarding human mating and dating, nerve-stim agents for her enviro-suit, and translators for several human languages.

## Personality

Out of the entire crew of the *Normandy*, Tali was initially the most kind-hearted; always showing compassion to those who need it. While not in battle, Tali had a bubbly attitude, and often came out as a friendly individual, similar to that of Kasumi Goto. She was often described as Shepard's "moral compass", giving him advice on what to do while on a mission. Beyond her kindness however, was an unexpected amount of sass.

Like many quarians, Tali displays a knack for technology. She was fascinated by the *Normandy's* drive core and overall design, having lived most of her life up until that point on the Migrant Fleet. Tali initially had trouble adapting to the *Normandy*. At first, she was very excited about being on board the Alliance's most advanced vessel, but she began having problems. She couldn't sleep because she was not used to a ship that runs so quietly and also said that compared to the crowded conditions of the Migrant Fleet, the *Normandy* felt disturbingly empty, saying "it's like half the crew is missing." Despite this uneasy start, Tali managed to adjust over time and became cheerful once more. She enjoyed visiting the crowded, noisy Wards on the Citadel because they felt like home, and she particularly liked the music in Flux, hoping to take a copy back to the Flotilla. When she's brought back on board the *Normandy-SR2* in 2185, she had no trouble getting used to the quiet again, even admitting that she likes it.

Despite the discrimination she suffers as a quarian, Tali never hesitates to help out or stand up for one of her kind, which is especially shown when she stands up for a quarian on Pilgrimage when she was falsely accused of stealing. Despite this, she's also deeply insecure, often assuming that she and her race aren't useful. She is also understandably envious of other species, since they can do many things she can't due to her extremely weak immune system.

Tali cared deeply for her people, hoping to find a way to contribute to their inevitable return to Rannoch. However her care did presumably stir from that fact that her father Rael'Zorah was an admiral on the Admiralty Board, meaning that Tali had a lot to live up to. Yet despite her eagerness to help her people, Tali put her Pilgrimage on hold to assist Shepard in stopping Saren and the Reapers, knowing that her people would suffer if either weren't stopped.

Upon returning to the Migrant Fleet, Tali became disillusioned with the Admiralty Board, save for Shala'Raan vas Tonbay. Especially after her mission to Haestrom which resulted in almost her entire team getting killed, save for herself and Kal'Reegar. Her mistrust if them deteriorated further when she was accused of treason after her father reactivated geth parts she sent to him for study, resulting in her father's death. Especially since he trial was set up as a means to sway quarian support for declaring war against the geth.

## Appearance

Tali is a described as a young quarian woman in her mid-20s. She has lavender purple skin with dark purple accents on her face, bright pink eyes that glow, and long raven black hair.

Due to the quarians weak immune systems, Tali wears a special environmental suit that protects her body.