Garrus Vakarian

"Can it wait a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations."

- Garrus Vakarian

Garrus Vakarian is a male Turian and is one of many characters in the video game series Mass Effect. He was voiced by Brandon Keener.

Mass Effect
Garrus is first encountered as a C-Sec officer that Shepard can ask in terms of hunting the renegade Spectre Saren Arterius, later joining him after saving Dr. Michel from thugs. With Garrus' help, Shepard is able to convince the Council that Saren is guilty and must be brought down. He joins Shepard in the ship Normandy and assisted him in many battles until Saren is taken down.

Mass Effect 2
After Shepard presumably dies at the hands of the Collector, Garrus returned to C-Sec and becomes more disillusioned with its regulations in taking down crimes. He quits his position and relocated to Omega, where he becomes known as the vigilante 'Archangel'. He gathers many similar-minded group of vigilante to exact justice towards many criminals, but he is later tricked by one of his men, another Turian named Sidonis, causing every of his men dying.

Garrus is cornered alone, fighting for his life in an abandoned building when all mercenary groups at Omega unite just to kill him. Thankfully, Shepard turns out to be alive and comes to Garrus' rescue. Shortly after the fight, Garrus learns that Shepard is brought back by the Illusive Man of Cerberus and Garrus happens to be in the dossier of soldiers Shepard needs to assist him in defeating the Collectors. Even if Garrus doesn't trust Shepard, he decides to trust just Shepard and once again assist him.

Eventually Garrus caught wind of where Sidonis is, and his heart is filled with vengeance, asking Shepard to assist him hunt and kill Sidonis. Depending on Shepard's actions, Garrus may go through with his vengeance, or not take it at all, finally realizing that his revenge will be empty, Sidonis already being punished with his own self-inflicted guilt due to the betrayal.

Around this time, if Shepard is female, then Garrus may start striking a romance with Shepard.

Mass Effect 3
After the Collectors are defeated, Shepard is put under house arrest, Garrus joins the Turian military, advising on the army on what the Reaper is. Shepard meets Garrus in the Turian homeworld Palaven and he joins forces with the Commander again, this time against the Reaper.

If Shepard never romanced Garrus at all, near the end of the fight against the Reaper, it is shown that he struck a romance with Quarian Tali'zorah vas Normandy (provided that Tali does not romance anyone at all too at that point)