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The Outlaw Jane Shepard by Garfbin
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
06 Sep 2026
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Jane dreads windstorms like these, for the memories they carry. There are some memories she doesn't want to relive.
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- English
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- 1,703
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 14
- Kudos:
- 12
- Bookmarks:
- 2
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- 86
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06 Sep 2026
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In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. Post-ME3, Shepard/Garrus.
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02 Sep 2026
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Set Post-ME3 where Shepard chooses Control. A hundred years after the Reaper War, a Turian ship captained by the grandson of Garrus Vakarian comes across a derelict Reaper inhabited by a hologram of Commander Shepard.
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- Part 1 of The Shepard Code
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02 Sep 2026
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A long-term ground mission on Hackett’s orders in the wake of the war. Traveling across forgotten wastelands and destroyed communities with just a ground car and Garrus, Shepard can’t help but let exhaustion and frustration get to her. Even on the open road, she’s never felt more trapped. And with the wall she can’t seem to get past between her and Garrus, her usual escape has never felt further away.
It feels like they’re just chasing ghosts—but who knows? As Shepard starts seeing strange things in the dark, maybe it’s more they’re chasing than a not so long ago past.
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- English
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- 12,835
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 66
- Kudos:
- 40
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- 368
Bookmarked by WesternLarch
07 Jul 2026
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she smiles, and as you watch the ground splash up in burst fire behind her and buildings fold in crescendo to the west, you know: this will be the last time you see her.
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(garrus, when a future he isn't ready for flashes before him.)
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01 Jul 2026
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Priority: Old Friends and New by capnmarvl
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
24 Jan 2026
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The first thought Shepard had after seeing Garrus Vakarian for the first time in 10 years was that he looked like his mother, but stood like his father.
The first thought Garrus had after seeing Shepard for the first time in a decade was that he should have known ‘Commander Shepard - Hope for Humanity’ was in fact Jane Shepard, the same kid, now woman, he had once wished -threatened- to push out an airlock.
An alternate universe where Shepard and Garrus grew up together, drifted apart, and found each other again during a re-telling of Mass Effect 1. The story is interspersed with important moments from Shepard's childhood.
This is a 3-Part Series (completed) and totals about ~100k words.
Part 1: Priority: Old Friends and New covers the events just after Eden Prime to Shepard becoming the First Human Spectre.
Part 2: Priority: Making and Breaking Amends covers Therum, Noveria, Feros, and some adventures in between.
Part 3: Priority: Loved, Needed, Wanted covers Virmire, Ilos, and the Battle for the Citadel.
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- Part 1 of Fostered Rivalry
Bookmarked by WesternLarch
10 Jun 2026
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Still reeling after her defeat at Thessia and lacking any leads on the Catalyst, Shepard pursues the only path left: find the Reaper-killer, the Leviathan of Dis, and finally get some answers. They just might not be the answers she was looking for.
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- Part 19 of Kit's Mass Effect Fic Collection
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 9,127
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
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- 6
- Kudos:
- 45
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Bookmarked by WesternLarch
26 May 2026
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Thirty years since first contact. Thirty years of war between the turians and the humans. Shanxi, a human fringe colony in the Traverse, has been the epicenter of the fighting. And humans are in the eleventh hour, about to lose not only their colonies, but their way of life. The only hope they have left is a Prothean beacon found hidden beneath labs-- a beacon which could, if given to the salarians, turn the tide of the war. The problem is: the turians want it just as badly.
Commander Roni Shepard wears her uniform more comfortably than her own skin. But a traumatic injury from the batarians, a client race to the Hierarchy, has left her unsure of everything she used to be secure in.
Lieutenant-Commander Garrus Vakarian thinks outside of the box, much to the chagrin of his commanding officers, his father, and the very establishment he fights for. When he uncovers a dark secret embedded deep within his own military, he holds on to the hope that others can put a stop to it, even if it destroys everything.
When both of them are tasked with securing the Prothean beacon, their lives will intertwine, and everything they thought they knew flies out the window when a mysterious ship also comes to collect.
Bookmarked by WesternLarch
28 Mar 2026
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Jawwhn can't remember who he used to be; he has no memories of his former life. But that'll never stop him from dreaming.
When he sees a poster for an upcoming race in his town, he thinks it might be his chance to make those dreams come true.
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Baby, You're a Haunted House by Garfbin
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
07 Apr 2026
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'Come back alive,' he told her. She didn't.
Garrus Vakarian was always Jane Shepard's most loyal soldier. After her death, he tries to protect her legacy and build the life she would want him to have.
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05 Mar 2026
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After everything, the months on end of running and gunning, tracking and chasing, hunting and fighting, Garrus told Shepard he'd go back to C-Sec, to try and repair things from the inside, and he meant it.
Always easier said. Feeling sidelined and under-appreciated, Garrus has trouble settling into his old life, knowing there could be so much more. But at least when Shepard needs him for one more request before leaving the Citadel, she already knew where to find him.
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05 Mar 2026
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It’s the middle of the night cycle: too early to expect coffee and too late to just take a pill. Shepard knows she needs to be sleeping. Instead, she finds herself in the elevator, punching in the request for deck three.
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23 Feb 2026
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I'm Right Beside You by speshulduck
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
30 Aug 2025
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Every Alliance Naval Academy cadet has to apply for summer postings between academic years. The short tours give cadets valuable experience and the chance to see what the Alliance does around the galaxy. Cadet Jane Shepard thought the turian officer training exchange program sounded like a good opportunity for something different, but she had no idea what she was signing up for.
AU in which Shepard and Garrus meet long before the events of ME1.
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- Part 1 of The Road Less Traveled
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 117,712
- Chapters:
- 26/26
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 526
- Kudos:
- 601
- Bookmarks:
- 139
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Bookmarked by WesternLarch
05 Jan 2026
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sing the body electric by thistleraven
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
17 Jun 2023
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Shepard wakes up.
ME2 from Shepard's perspective, slice of life style.
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- Part 3 of Elsbeth Shepard
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02 Jan 2026
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Eternal by Pigeon_theoneandonly
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
11 Jan 2020
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Dozens of cycles past, the reapers wiped out the volsparrans. Like all sentient species to fall beneath their tyranny, all traces of their race were eradicated from the galaxy, their cities buried and their bodies burned.
But one being remembered, and endeavored to preserve them until the end of time.
A romantic and tragic look at a possible origin for the thorian.
Bookmarked by WesternLarch
14 Nov 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Really original idea & worldbuilding, top notch beautiful writing ♥️
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Make Something Instead by themaniacisinthemailbox
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect - Various Authors
17 Oct 2025
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In a quiet part of the galaxy lives a one-armed woman. She currently straddles the line between middle and old age. The back of her hand has started to wrinkle. Her hair went grey years ago. The lines around her eyes and mouth have grown deeper. Her eyes however, they remain bright and sharp and a tad mischievous.
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07 Oct 2025
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But Who Can Give Me A New Sister? by themaniacisinthemailbox
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect - Various Authors
07 Apr 2025
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As two oldest siblings, Garrus Vakarian and Jane Shepard promised each other if anything happened to either of them, they would take care of the other's younger sibling. Well, something happened to Jane.
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- Part 1 of But Who Can Give Me A New Sister?
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08 Jul 2025
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Guess quite a lot’s changed since you were my XO, Shepard. Don’t think I could’ve imagined you giving Gunnery Officer Vakarian the time, much less fishing him half-dead out of a dumpster and dragging him across town to save his life. But then, nobody woulda imagined you blasting up half of Omega Station and negotiating with the most advanced AI ever deployed against humanity either, at least not all in the same day.
Well, at least Vakarian’s another gun—you’re gonna need it.
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- Part 1 of Supercritical Reassembly
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 18,715
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Collections:
- 1
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- 50
- Kudos:
- 72
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Bookmarked by WesternLarch
06 Jul 2025
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During the reaper invasion of Palaven, Lantar Sidonis lands on the turian homeworld he’s only ever dreamed of, ready to give his life to make it mean something. What he doesn’t expect is to find himself saving the family of the man he betrayed, or how it could lead to him saving himself.
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- Part 5 of A House in an Invictus Jungle
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18 Jun 2025
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Mystery Work
Part of Undergoing revisions
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
Bookmarked by WesternLarch
29 May 2025