So after waiting for the Mass effect trilogy to finally be complete, and dying afterwords, and I'm pretty sure you know why, I got to thinking about how I've always considered both maleshepard and femshep as siblings, and how cool it would be to write their story from day one to the end. And by end, I mean a much better one then that crap Bioware pulled.

In any case, I am still working on Ortus Everto foremost, and as I don't actually own the games myself there will probably be long periods inbetween chapters while I try to remember what happened & figure out how I want the story to go; but as most people are currently avoiding anything Bioware related, I'm sure nobody will mind.

That being said, you may consider this as an Earthborn/Ruthless Paragon run. Awkward combo? Yes. But it's how I ran my first (and only) playthrough so I'm sticking with my guns on it. There will be the occasional renegade choice, but all is done for the greater good, and cause, you know, some people just need to be thrown out of windows.

Also, as for pairings, I'm going to have femshep romance Liara, not only for plot reasons, but because that's what happened in my game and with all the canon stuff she does for Shepard I figure she deserves a little recognition. Plus I love the way she tripped over herself in conversations.

As for the male-shep, I'm open for suggestions but I think I'm leaning towards Ash... maybe. Haven't decided yet. Possibly Tali, at least crushing. Hell, I'd be willing to make it a shep/garrus pairing. XD

Final note, their names are going to be John Shepard, and Emily Shepard. No way in hell am I going to write countless chapters about a "Jane Shepard" as that name sounds ridiculous, not to mention that they're siblings in this fic and need a bit of their own identity. "Emily" is feminine sounding but not girly, plain like a default, but still sounds nice and what I used in my run. That being said, both are biotics, though Emily is stronger there, and John is a better shot, though both could technically outsnipe Garrus any day of the week or hold their own against say Miranda for a good ten minutes or so.


Mass Effected

A Tale of the Two Shepards


And Shepherds we shall be

For thee, my Lord, for thee.

Power hath descended forth from Thy hand

Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands.

So we shall flow a river forth to Thee

And teeming with souls shall it ever be.

In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti.

~Boondock Saints, "Family Prayer"


"Well, what about the Shepards? Earthborn… but no records of their family," offered Ambassador Udina as the pair stared out over galaxy.

"They don't have one. Not even sure their related themselves come to think of it," he continued idly scratching at the scruff on his chin, "They were raised in the streets, learned to lookout for themselves."

"Yeah," the ambassador replied dryly, "they got most of their unit killed on Torfan."

"They get the job done. No matter what the cost."

"And are they the kind of people we want protecting the galaxy?" he snapped.

"They're the only kind of people who can protect the galaxy," the captain replied, his eyes unwavering.

"…I'll make the call…"


There's the intro. Remember that feeling of seeing it for the first time? Pure awesome. Now, this is super short but was mostly just for an author-info dump anyway.

Now, fair warning, I have neither read any of the books nor am I that great at writing battle scenes, so be patient if I spend a while researching specifics. but like I said before, I doubt anyone will care too much about this at the moment.

Now maybe that I got all this out I can get back to Everto and make my readers happy for once...

Happy reading.