Turians
The turians are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the ''Mass Effect'' multimedia franchise developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. Turians are the first alien species to have come into contact with humanity within series lore, which inadvertently sparked a brief but vicious period of conflict which is eventually de-escalated due to the intervention of the Citadel Council, a multispecies governing body based on the Citadel space station. The aftermath of the so-called First Contact War as well as the underlying tensions between humanity and the turians form a recurring narrative theme in the ''Mass Effect'' series, which began with the franchise's debut work, the 2007 novel '' Mass Effect: Revelation''. Turians are conceived as an avian humanoid species with an exoskeleton, whose biology is radically different from that of humanity and several other species, and are culturally rooted in a stratocratic society. Turian characters have appeared in ...
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Garrus Vakarian
Garrus Vakarian is a fictional character in BioWare's ''Mass Effect'' franchise, who acts as a party member (or "squadmate") in each of the three games in the original trilogy. Garrus is a turian, one of the various alien species in ''Mass Effect'', and is voiced by Brandon Keener. The character is initially introduced in the first game as a C-Sec officer tired of all the rules and regulations his job includes. Come ''Mass Effect 2'', Garrus forms a vigilante group on the crime-ridden Omega, before his team is wiped out due to betrayal. ''Mass Effect 3'' features him advising the other turians on how to defeat the Reapers. In addition to the ''Mass Effect'' game trilogy, Garrus also appears in the third issue of ''Homeworlds''; it tells the story of how Garrus ends up on Omega and elaborates on his backstory. Garrus's design was altered throughout the series, though his blue-and-black colour scheme and visor were maintained in all his appearances. Developers were initially w ...
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