John Shepard has only one truth left. That the cycle must be broken no matter the cost. The price will be more than anyone should have to bear but the prize is the future, for those he cares for and for all life in the galaxy.

A new race was discovered and annihilated. A century passed and Citadel space forgot, but Humanity never did.

Twenty years after the War of the Five Kings, Robb is king of Westeros. After learning of a supposed infidelity from his wife, Margaery, Robb banishes her back to Highgarden. He is plagued by a curse, a curse only his loved ones can cure. Now the seven kingdoms are on the verge of another war, the one that could be the last for The Mad Wolf. A story of war, plots, and surprises.

After losing his entire squad at Elysium, including his adoptive quarian brother, Shepard has constant and dangerous outbursts when his family or quarians in general are insulted. He joined the Alliance as an N7, he embraced God, he found a friend in Captain Anderson. None of it helped soothe him. He is broken, and only a certain quarian engineer can fix him. ME:1 story.