The reach and reputation of the Inquisition has only grown in the year since the breach was sealed, and its servants' work has only increased. Cole, left behind and nearly friendless, finds kind crumbs of comfort in the kitchens as he befriends one of the Inquisition's bakers. 9 chapters posted out of 13 total.

It is said one joy can scatter one hundred griefs. But after the destruction of the Reapers, there is hardly time for either as a new threat emerges, determined to make Shepard realize how much death a person can take.

[What would it have been like if Shepard and Garrus had met as equals?] Spectre Vakarian decides to tag along on Shepard's mission to take down Saren. Their partnership develops in ways neither of them expected, with lots of banter and fluff. This story arc follows ME1 canon with some liberties taken. [FemShep/Garrus]

After the events of The Citadel, the crew is sent to investigate a new enemy. It doesn't take long for everything to go wrong and Garrus has to struggle to overcome them, while Shepard and the rest of the Galaxy also have to fight to defeat this new enemy. Has the Galaxy recovered enough to survive this one? And how far does the bond between Shepard and Vakarian go?