Shepard

In Every One That Asketh, Shepard is female. She is not given a first name in canon, or a description beyond the basics, that is known to the reader. Be warned: Here there be spoilers up to the most current chapter(s).

Early Life
Four years after Shepard's birth on the SSV Geneva, the First Contact War began in 2157. It is currently unknown how this impacted her childhood.

Istie (the creator of Every One That Asketh) has mentioned that Shepard was trained in the guise of play by her father to be stealthy, and it can be assumed that he trained her in other things as well before she officially enlisted. Hannah Shepard was for the most part a single parent, as Robert was often deep under-cover and required not to make contact with his family.

Alliance Career
Shepard enlisted in the Alliance at the age of 18 in 2172. Shortly after, in 2173, Shepard completed the first level of the Alliance's Interplanetary Combatives Training, receiving her N1 designation; she received her N2 and N3 by the end of 2174, her N5 in 2175, and her N6 in 2176.

In July of 2177, she was sent to Akuze, where she was the sole survivor when marines and colonists alike were slaughtered by thresher maws. On September 16th of that year, she was sent on a mission to Illium, and on November 1st she was abducted by the Marquis d'Apien.

She was next seen in 2178, when footage of her on January 15th was sent to Admiral Hackett on the 28th. In March, she escaped, and in April she returned to Alliance space. Shortly afterward, she returned to Arcturus Station, reunited with her mother soon after, and had her name put forward for Spectre candidate.

In June of 2178, she received her N7 designation, and was made Lieutenant Commander. In July, she returned to active duty and was put on the shortlist for the crew of the Normandy.

In 2183, the events of Mass Effect 1 occurred; Shepard was promoted to Staff Commander after the Battle of the Citadel.

In October of 2187, after the events of Mass Effect 2 & 3, Shepard is relieved of command by Garrus (as written in Every One That Asketh). This is listed as  Shepard is 33 at the time.

Councillor Career
Shepard is made a member of the Citadel Council. After the events of Mass Effect 3, the Citadel Council has been reformed and repurposed to a degree: it is a group of representatives of every race (that consented to having a representative in the council). Shepard was made the representative of humans on November 4th, 2187.

To date, Shepard has facilitated a terraforming capsule being given to the Krogan to revitalize Tuchanka, with the help of Bakara and Sparatus, though this is at the price of Palaven no longer being terraformed to rebuild it after the Reaper War. She has also defused the tension between herself and the batarian councillor, Ka’hairal Balak, after making it clear that she intended to find the batarians a new homeworld, and that she regretted the loss of batarians on Aratoht during the events of Mass Effect 3. In doing so, she convinced Balak to aid the volus (through their representative, Korlack) in rebuilding their economic strength.

The Mission to Ilium and The Marquis.

During a visit to Evadne, Shepard suffered a panic attack/PTSD experience. After unintentionally punching Garrus, they both returned to the Normandy with Viatrix. Shepard, still appearing to be somewhat disconnected and confused, began a rant about how she wanted to die, believing she was a threat to Viatrix and Garrus. Garrus managed to defuse the situation, and put the Commander to sleep with a combination of a sedative and reassurances. He then issued an alert releasing Shepard of her command, the fell asleep next to her.

The next morning, Shepard suffered a massive PTSD flashback and attacked Garrus, taking him hostage using a old pistol she had kept in the room. When Dr. Chakwas and EDI attempted to calm Shepard down, she began to claim she was searching for information on slavers and their operations. Both Chakwas and EDI were confused by this, as neither of them were aware of the operation Shepard was speaking of.

Unable to provide the information Shepard wanted, she was about to kill Garrus, just as Liara T’Soni arrived and gave Shepard a list of names and locations of the slaver organizations, thus buying time.

EDI then managed to hack and opened the door, at which point Garrus managed to overheat Shepard’s pistol using an old Omni-Tool code. With a Stasis Field from Liara and a sedative from Chakwas, Shepard was subdued.

Later on, in the Medical Clinic aboard the Normandy, Liara revealed to Garrus, EDI and Chakwas about Shepard’s interactions with a character known as The Marquis. She explained that the Alliance had sent the then Lieutenant Shepard to infiltrate his inner circle and gain access to information on Batarian Slave Rings that were currently hunting human colonists.

However, the mission went FUBAR when Shepard disappeared for several months, and was later revealed to be the new “courtesan” for a Batarian slaver named Har’steil Weiak.

While the Alliance was working on a plan to spring her however, she once again disappeared, and then literally showed up on Admrial Steven Hackett’s doorstep a few months later with information on the spy ring, leading to the invasion and destruction of Batarian pirates on Torfan. She was temporarily relieved of command, and was latter reinstated with both a N7 designation and a promotion to the rank of Commander. The whole mission was declared highly classified, and Shepard had never disscused it, leaving the crew in the dark about the mission and The Marquis.

A few weeks later, Hackett sent Garrus Shepard’s debriefing of the event, where she revealed that she was tortured and raped by both the Marquis and Weiak, along with their bodyguards, for several months. However, almost half a year after she had been captured, she managed to escape, brutally murdering Weiak and his bodyguards and learning the information she had originally been sent to collect. However, The Marquis wasn’t present, and subsequently survived Shepard’s escape. She appeared on Admiral Hacketts doorstep a few weeks later.

As a result, Shepard sufferers sever mental and physical trauma from the event, and has sometimes accidentally associated Garrus with The Marquis, or woken up believing she was still under Weiak’s control.

After learning about these events, Garrus swore that he would find and kill The Marquis because of what he did to Shepard, despite Shepard simply wanting to let him and that part of her past fade away.

Personal Life
In September of 2187, Shepard woke up from the Reaper-induced coma and gave birth to Viatrix Ismena Vakarian, after Garrus is confirmed to be the father despite the medical and scientific "impossibility" of such a thing. Between her many different projects (press releases, being a Councillor, dealing with assassination attempts, helping to run the Normandy) she is a mother of a young turian and the mate of one Garrus Vakarian. They juggle their duties admirably and currently reside in the shockingly well-hidden and well defended Silversun Apartment, on the Citadel, when they aren't away from it. Shepard is also having appointments with Sha'ira, the asari therapist / consort, to help her heal from her many traumas.

Every One That Asketh is now well into February of 2188, making Shepard 33 as of chapter 89 according to the Terran Universal Coordinated Calendar.