MASS EFFECT ‣ MARAYHA SHEPARD (archived)
Marayha Shepard [IPA: məˈɹaɪˈə]
also known as Alison Gunn
Orientation: Demisexual Panromantic
Birth: April 11, 2152 CE in Western Australia
Specialization: Infiltrator
Father – Nate Callum (59)
Sibling – Leia Rianna (33)
Theme Song: Madonna – Ghosttown
Height: 5′ 2½” (1.59 m, without armor)
Weight: 116.8 lbs (53 kg, without armor)
Facial structure: Heart-shaped face, with a low nasal bridge, wide-set, upturned eyes, and a long, sharp chin. Hair is medium length and has a woolly texture.
Distinguishing features: Cheshire smile obtained during a gang attack, though they were shallow cuts, scarified grazes on her face and limbs, and a partially-removed tattoo on her clavicles showing gang membership. They were removed with the completion of the Lazarus Project.
Armor: Standard N7 (blue)
Accessories: Kuwashii visor
Marayha’s key trait is her honesty. Not born of an intrinsic motivation to right wrongs, but rather an inability to lie. She is earnest in her expression, eyes, facial muscles and body language aligned with her innermost thoughts and feelings. It was her candor that encouraged people to take advantage of her in the past, something she regrets, and seeks to undo by shutting down anything she perceives as a threat to her integrity. Marayha’s mercurial personality resonates in moments when she is forced to make a decision, oft she will pick the uncomplicated, expeditious solution, and second-guess herself later. People who do not know her well tend to describe her as having bullying tendencies. She has a soft spot for abuse victims, especially wives and mothers.
Pre-service history: Earthborn
Background: Sole Survivor
Marayha Shepard was born in Western Australia to multiracial parents. She lived the first four years of her life in a scarcely populated, semi-arid zone abutting the Great Victoria Desert. Her family moved to the city with intent to start a business. After going bankrupt not a year later, her parents opted to rent a small apartment and see to the completion of their and their children’s education. The turning point was the year 2163, when an 11-year-old Marayha witnessed the landlord’s son killing his ex-wife by repeatedly running her over with the car. Marayha was too afraid to come back home after school, so she spent the night in the company of a homeless woman. She testified against the landlord’s son, who had threatened her family in various ways to get them to side with him in court.
Her parent’s had her take self-defense courses and escorted her to and from school to make sure she was safe from the threat of retaliation. For years they were stalked, harassed and denied services. They moved to a cheaper apartment in a lousy neighborhood where Marayha took to steep shows of aggression to command respect and protection from the local gangs. At 17, while working as a waitress at a bar, she stopped a fight from escalating; one of the parties she recognized as the homeless woman she had met six years prior. Transgender Alliance veteran Danny Sinclair had put her life back together, and was now working as a drill sergeant at the local barracks. She extended an invitation to Marayha to watch Alliance recruits train. So motivated she felt afterwards that she enrolled in the military the following year, completing the course with record results.
Garage pass retrieved from Lorik Qui’in
Convinced Lorik Qui'in to testify against Anoleis for Gianna Parasini
Released the Rachni queen
Shot the Exogeni representative
Most of the colonists did not survive
Convinced Wrex to follow Shepard into battle
Ordered the fleet to focus on Sovereign at the expense of the Destiny’s Ascension
Captain Anderson was named councilor
Bring Down The Sky DLC: Sacrificed the hostages to pursue Balak
Sent Veetor back to the Migrant Fleet
Sent David Archer to Grissom Academy
Legion died during the suicide mission
Mordin: Maelon killed; destroyed the data
Jacob: Ronald was taken into custody
Miranda: Convinced her to talk to Oriana
Jack: Ordered Jack to kill Aresh
Garrus: Convinced him to spare Sidonis
Tali: Convinced the Board of Tali’s loyalty
Legion: Destroyed the heretics
Zaeed: Saved the refinery; intimidated Zaeed into letting go of his grudge
Kasumi: Destroyed Keiji’s greybox herself
Romance: Thane Krios (continued)
Rejected Diana Allers’ offer
Sent Jack’s students to the front lines
Stopped Samara from committing suicide
Citadel DLC: Killed Maya Brooks
Ethnically, she is Aboriginal Australian, Chinese, Indian, English, Irish and Bolivian.
Her preferred weapon is, unsurprisingly, the Widow.
Her biggest regret is making her parents suffer during her rebel phrase after everything they’d sacrificed to ensure she would be better off than they had been.
She speaks with an Australian drawl.
Marayha has tried a number of fighting styles and martial arts, her favorite being JKD.
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