All Shepards share the same birthdate; nearly all other details, including racial origin, abilities, biotic capability, place of birth, and personality, are different. How and why they are appearing in our universe is still unknown, but the phenomenon appears to be centered around Angela Shepard. - ML

Angela Shepard – The original, if you will. Born to Hannah and Kwan Shepard, both stationed aboard Arcturus Station at the time of their wedding and Angela's birth. Kwan was slain three years later during a tour on the SSV Fuji as a junior gunnery officer. Angela grew up as an Alliance military child, often staying with Hannah's friends or other servicemembers during her mother's deployments outside Alliance space. She joined the Alliance, receiving technical training and graduating OCS as an engineering officer, distinguishing herself during the Skyllian Blitz by remotely hijacking several pirate vessels before they could load prisoners. Angela stands approximately 5'2" and facially takes more after her father, Kwan. (Spacer/Hero/Engineer)

Bradley Shepard – Born to Hannah and a Bartholomew Shepard, both also stationed aboard Arcturus. Bartholomew died after overexposure to eezo in a drive core leak aboard the SSV Nairobi while it was undergoing repairs in drydock; the same leak exposed Hannah Shepard and her as-yet-unknown child, resulting in Bradley being gifted with biotic powers. He was in the second group to receive the L3 implants, and has served most of his Alliance career as Marine biotic support, during which time he was the only survivor of a thresher maw attack on Akuze. Bradley stands at 5'10", with dark brown hair and a noticeable scar across the left side of his neck. (Spacer/Survivor/Adept)

Charles Shepard – born in Johannesburg to Robert and Eudio Shepard, immigrated to Mindoir colony at the age of 18 months. After batarian pirates killed or enslaved most of the other colonists, Charles was found alive at fourteen by the Alliance response team. He remained in foster care for another two years before joining the Alliance marines, learning numerous weapon skills but distinguishing himself as a sniper, earning several medals during the Skyllian Blitz for killing the pilots of several shuttles. He has dark brown skin, matching his mixed ancestry, and stands 5'7"; he normally shaves his head since hair does not grow normally through the burn scars on the back of his head. (Colonist/Hero/Soldier)

Dierdre Shepard – born on earth, parents unknown. Dierdre was left as an infant on the steps of a church in Chicago with a short note giving only her name and birthday and the words "I'm sorry." She bounced between several foster homes as well as juvenile detention for attempts at hacking and breaking and entering. She joined the military with a waiver to avoid potential criminal charges as an adult, and distinguished herself in basic training to be selected for infiltration teams. Her unit was also wiped out on Akuze by an unpaid pack of Blood Pack mercenaries hoping for loot and salvage. Dierdre stands 5'9" and normally wears her red hair in a distinctly non-regulation ponytail when not wearing a helmet. (Earthborn/Survivor/Infiltrator)

Eric Shepard – both in Berlin to Gerard and Nina Shepard; killed in an aircar accident on Eric's seventh birthday (he was not present). Eric bounced between relatives, as well as spending several long stints as a homeless teen in Berlin before his biotic powers manifested. He was scooped up by Alliance recruiters and sent to BAaT, in the first group receiving the L4 implants. He trained as a Vanguard, his natural size and strength supplementing his biotic abilities, and playing a key role in the brutal suppression of the batarian pirate base of Torfan, including several personal bare-handed kills. Eric stands 6'10" tall with Nordic blond hair, and has several small scars from near misses. (Earthborn/Ruthless/Vanguard)

Florimel 'Flora' Shepard – born on Mindoir to Diego and Maria Shepard, who both died of rare native infection shortly before the batarian invasion of Mindoir. Flora's biotics manifested during the attack, allowing her to kill several of the pirates and escape. She was picked up by the Alliance response teams, and her family training in technical systems led to her training as a Sentinel, with later series L3 implants. She also distinguished herself in the assault on Torfan, using biotics and hacking to blow several portions of the base to vacuum. Flora still follows her family's traditional Roman Catholic faith, one of the few Shepards to show religious inclinations. She stands 5'6" and normally has her black hair braided or in a bun. (Colonist/Ruthless/Sentinel)

Geneveive 'Gina' Shepard – born in Nice to Thomas and Adelle Shepard, who are reportedly still alive and well in France. Gina is considered a technical expert, attending Alliance OCS on a meritorious scholarship and graduating with honors. She served aboard the SSV Lima and SSV Everest before being caught on leave on Elysium, using her hacking skills to block off pirates using city construction vehicles and evacuate civilians. She stands 5'8" with short brown hair and is missing the lobe on her right ear. (Earthborn/Hero/Engineer)

Havok Shepard – the first non-human Shepard to appear, Havok is essentially a six-foot ferret, with longer legs and arms, hands with thumbs, and shorter tail; his armor is also contoured to his more flexible body. He claims to be from a city called 'Abbey' on a colony called 'Redwall'; research suggests this to be his universe's Shanxi. He is a vanguard by training, his biotics powered by L3 implants and his fighting focused around short-range weapons like the shotgun. He also distinguished himself during the Skyllian Blitz in ship-to-ship combat against the "catarian pirates", repelling three boarding attempts and disabling a pirate vessel with a biotically launched escape pod. (Colonist/Hero/Vanguard)

Inara Shepard – born to Hannah and Samir Shepard. Samir Shepard also died in a drive core leak, except his was on board the SSV Hawking from a damaged fighter. Inara was briefly a Batarian prisoner, captured when the passenger vessel she was on was attacked by pirates, the rest of the crew killed during captivity before she was rescued two months later during the assault on Torfan. She is one of the few religious Shepards, with a small tattoo of the Hindi word for "Love" inked in light blue, approximately ¼" square. She stands 5'5" tall with the black hair and features much like her father. (Spacer/Survivor/Sentinel)

Jared Shepard – Born to Tobey and Sarah Shepard, emigrated to Mindoir at the age of six months. Jared is not an albino, but does have rare naturally white hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes. He is an L4 adept, receiving the first wave of L4 implants after being rescued from the slave pens during the liberation of Mindoir. His experiences there were a key reason behind his personal execution of several disarmed batarians during the raid on Torfan, but the speed gained in not dealing with prisoners enabled him to personally save three other Terran squads. Jared stands 5'9" and has his hair in short spikes. (Colonist/Ruthless/Adept)

Kohana Shepard – Father is unknown, mother is Chumani Shepard, died shortly after childbirth due to complications from eezo exposure during pregnancy. Kohana is one of the few remaining recognized members of the Sioux tribe, and spent most of his time pre-BaAT getting into trouble with local law enforcement. He received the last wave of L3 implants, and was noted for personally killing over one hundred batarians in melee combat during the Torfan raid. Kohana stands 5'9" and has his black hair pulled back into a short braid, normally woven with a pair of raven feathers despite Alliance regulations against it. (Earthborn/Ruthless/Vanguard)

Lilitu Shepard – born to Robert and Elizabeth Shepard, on Shanxi. Both parents were injured during the First Contact war, and emigrated to Mindoir only two months before the batarian raid. Lilitu survived by hiding and killing two batarians from a haystack with a broken pitchfork. She was placed into a youth military academy after her rescue, and joined the Alliance on her 18th birthday. Lilitu was then the only known survivor of her squad on Akuze, and has reportedly lamented that she is cursed. Lilitu stands 5'5" with short, dark brown hair. (Colonist/Survivor/Infiltrator)

Marid Shepard – born on Eden Prime to Mohammed and Murala Shepard, died of undisclosed illness shortly after Marid entered biotic sentinel training. Served aboard the SSV Agincourt, destroyed in his universe during the Skyllian Blitz. Marid survived from a combination of biotic fields and desperate jury-rigging of environmental systems after a missile barrage gutted the ship, exposing all decks to vacuum. He stands 5'11" with typical Arabic features, and a small tribal-like tattoo over his right eyebrow. (Colonist/Survivor/Sentinel)

Neville Shepard – born in London to John and Nancy Shepard. Nancy Shepard was killed in an aircar accident while Neville was in BaAT training, John is still alive. Both parents were British local police, and Neville has purposefully adopted many British affectations, mostly to get on the nerves of everyone around him while simultaneously being a bang-up chap. (I edited this. Seriously, listen to the guy talk! – KC) He has mid-series L3 implants befitting his late start as an adept, and was awarded for his part in protecting civilians during the Blitz with biotic shields. He stands 6'1" with short brown hair, and has his helmet visor painted with a monocle. (Earthborn/Hero/Adept)

Oksana Shepard – born on Arcturus Station to Boris and Hannah Shepard, her father was killed during the response to Mindoir by an IED. She was trained as an infiltrator after several issues with breaking and entering onboard Alliance ships, and was awarded for her brutal (if effective) actions on Torfan, including launching several live prisoners out airlocks. Oksana stands 5'7" with black hair dyed with purple and red streaks. (Spacer/Ruthless/Infiltrator)

Polarity 'Pony' Shepard – the second non-human Shepard to appear, Polarity is an intelligent unicorn, with a sky blue coat and a mane in striped darker shades of blue, she also possesses a "cutie mark" on both flanks displaying a lightning bolt impacting the center of a sniper crosshairs. Polarity shares the same birthday on Celestia Station (Counterpart for Arcturus, I think - ML), despite this being far outside of normal equine lifespans, and has been apparently trained similar to an Alliance infiltrator, though her talents are duplicated with so-called "magic" rather than omni-tool technical training. She stands around four feet tall at the shoulder (I'm not getting close enough to measure hands! – ML) and other than armor does not normally wear clothing. (Please let me keep her? Pretty please? - KC) (Spacer/Survivor/Infiltrator)

Quistis Shepard – born to Squall and Rinoa Shepard in San Francisco; Rinoa is dead of gene-mod rejection, Squall is alive and serves as a local officer of the FBI. Quistis enlisted in the Alliance after being kicked out on her 18th birthday, and distinguished herself for both marksmanship with the M-8 and clearly efficient brutality on the battlefield, she was given several medals for her assault on Torfan, which included sending pirates back as unwilling suicide bombers. She stands 5'6" and, like Dierdre, typically wears her strawberry-blond hair in a non-regulation ponytail. (Earthborn/Ruthless/Soldier)

Robo Shepard – constructed by Heterodyne Industries and programmed by Klaus Wulfenbach, CEO and PhD of AI studies. Robo-Shepard has been programmed to uphold Alliance law and enforce the will of the Council, in that order, but quite clearly is not experienced with the kinder and gentler human emotions. Being a synthetic being, it is adept at hacking and similar technical tasks, and is disturbingly well-versed in intimidation and threats. Robo-Shepard is an even six feet tall, with silverish flexible-mesh skin and no hair. Robo-Shepard also does not typically wear armor. (Engineer; being constructed leaves Robo with no background to match the others)

Sachiko Shepard – born in Zushi prefecture, to Takeshi and Rei Shepard, both parents were killed in an apartment building fire while Sachiko was in school. She spent the next several years running away from foster homes and surviving on the streets before being arrested for killing a low-level yakuza thug with her emerging biotics and being sent to BaAT training. She was the only survivor of her unit on Akuze, and though it is believed she purposefully sacrificed her squad members, no evidence was found. She stands 5'9" and normally has her head shaved bald. (Earthborn/Survivor/Vanguard)

Talya Shepard – born to Mel and Pamela Shepard on Mindoir. Talya also had her biotics emerge during the batarian invasion, and upon her rescue was sent to BAaT training. Her high technical aptitudes led to her training as a Sentinel, and she distinguished herself during the Blitz by supporting a group of Alliance Marines staging a counterattack, keeping the entire squad alive. Aside from generally eating kosher, she does not follow the rest of her parents Reform Judaism. She has shoulder-length curly hair, and stands 5'7". (Colonist/Hero/Sentinel)

Ubon Shepard – born to Chakri and Hannah Shepard on board the SSV Fuji. Ubon grew up on ships, and like both of her parents, went into Engineering training, finishing the Alliance training at the top of her class. Unlike the other space-raised Shepards, Ubon's father is alive and well, but divorced from Hannah and recently retired. Ubon was part of the raid on Torfan, taking command when Major Kyle was badly injured, and venting toxic biowaste into several of the compartments where the toughest resistance were holed up. Her black hair is usually braided in accordance with military regulation, and she stands 5'3". (Spacer/Ruthless/Engineer)

Victor Shepard – born to Gregori and Hannah Shepard on board Arcturus Station. The two Captains are apparently alive and well, serving on board the SSV Orizaba as Marine OIC and XO, respectively. Like his father, Victor joined the Alliance Marines, and was celebrating his N7 completion on Elysium during the Blitz, being singlehandedly responsible for staging a counter-offensive against the slavers and seizing one of their ships. He stands 6'3" with black hair normally cut in a Marine high&tight. (Spacer/Hero/Soldier)

Waldo Shepard – born to Lupin and Carmen Shepard on Earth, emigrating to Bekenstein at the age of five, his parents were killed in a terraforming accident, leaving Waldo completely on his own for three months until their silence was investigated. He was shuttled between foster families, often simply taking off to the wilderness by himself. He eventually enlisted, receiving infiltrator training before entering an officer training program. His unit was wiped out during the Torfan offensive, leaving him as the only survivor of his unit. Waldo stands 5'9", with short brown hair. (Colonist/Survivor/Infiltrator)

Xander Shepard – born to Giles and Buffy Shepard, both deceased on the SSV Hastings, Xander was raised by his maternal grandmother Willow, a permanent resident of the Citadel. He was frequently in trouble with C-Sec during his teenage years for hacking and interfering with Keepers, and was shuttled off to the Alliance to avoid being evicted from the Citadel. He distinguished himself prior to Torfan by hacking into pirate communication bands, leading three of the pirate vessels to begin firing on each other before Alliance ships arrived. Xander has his hair dyed bright orange and currently cut along the back in the appearance of a jack o' lantern. He stands 5'8". (Spacer/Ruthless/Engineer)

Yvette Shepard – born to unknown father and Annabelle Shepard, on Shanxi. Yvette was also in the second group to receive the L3 implants and trained in BAaT as a ward of the state after her mother's death during the First Contact War. She was awarded for personally saving fifty-seven people by biotically disabling the engines on two slaver shuttles during the Blitz. Yvette stands 5'10" with blond hair, normally braided and tucked into her armor's undersuit. (Colonist/Hero/Adept)

Zombie Shepard – born to unknown parents, death unknown. Zombie Shepard is, well, a zombie, and from a brief examination appears to have been so for at least two years, perhaps longer. She is unable to communicate by anything more than moans and rough gestures, nor can she use any weapon requiring more accuracy than a shotgun, but appears to be unable to be killed. Zombie stands 6'1" though it's possible she's lost some height since becoming undead. (Earthborn/Unknown/Soldier)