parents Gabriel & Kumi (née Ueda) Shepard

siblings Satoshi Shepard (younger)

birth place Osaka, Japan, Earth, Sol System

hometown Mindoir, Attican Traverse

education Completed primary education and continued higher education within the mililary

preservice history

COLONIST

Before Raleigh's first birthday, her mother and father picked up and moved to the Attican Traverse to a small human colony called Mindoir. There they settled down as meager farmers and lived their life happily, even giving birth a few years later to a healthy baby boy.
When Raleigh was only sixteen the colony was attacked by Batarian slavers and many of the colonists died. Shepard luckily escaped with only a few broken bones. She enlisted in the Alliance a few years later.
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Shortly after being promoted Shepard's first task was to investigate the radio silence of a newly established colony on Akuze. Preliminary findings upon arrival were baffling when the Alliance Marine unit found the intact settlement with no survivors. Though the data was troubling, the team was forced to camp for the night, only to be set upon by Thresher Maws. Unprepared, the unit was slaughted and Shepard was the only marine to make it back to the landing zone.

faceclaim Rinko Kikuchi

eye color brown

hair color black, but she often dyes streaks of color near her face

hair style typically cut short, around her chin; it falls straight on its own because it's rather thin. shepard combs it and leaves it to be

glasses/contacts? no/no

dominant hand right

height 5'6" (167 cm)

weight 126 lbs (57.15 kg)

build athletic/muscular. clear definition in her arms, legs, and torso

skin tone peach hued. shepard doesn't spend time getting tanned.

tattoos/piercings double pierced lobes, traditional marine tattoo on her left bicep

marks/scars too many too count. most notable ones are bisecting the corner of her right eye, the lines criss crossing her knuckles, and when she's training the bullet mark on her left shoulder.

notable features short stature, typically always in combat armor, or formal uniform. the streaks of color around her face.

usual expression stoic and carfully curated.

strengths hand to hand, small guns, biotics, stealth, diplomacy, field tactics

weakness large guns (rifles, grenade launchers, fully automatic), field medicine, hacking

fighting style a heavy hitter using quick and precise strikes where it hurts. for fewer than five opponents will use a biotic charge to incapacitate to one and a shotgun or biotic nova to take out the rest.

loadout M-11 Wraith (shotgun), Arc Pistol (heavy pistol), N7 Hurricane (submachine gun)

biotic abilities Biotic Charge, Pull, Shockwave, Throw, Nova, Warp, Barrier, and Reave (only after training with Samara during her stint with Cerberus)

jung type ENTJ - The Chief

enneagram Type Eight (social) - The Leader

temperament The Fieldmarshal

moral alignment Chaotic Good

element fire

primary intelligence naturalist & bodily-kinesthetic intelligence

approximate iq 111 - high average

mental conditions/disorders post traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, chronic insomnia, night terrors

sociability Shepard is friendly, often checking up on other people. She's a natural worrier so she tends to put her crew's needs ahead of her own. However, under pressure, Shepard can be quick to make hasty decisions, especially if she thinks the reward outweighs the risk.

emotional stability thanks to years on the front lines (and having died and brought back to life) Shepard's quite unstable. She puts on a front day-to-day, but she, and the mental health officials she tries to fool, both believe she will eventually break under pressure.

phobia(s) arachnophobia (fear of spiders), atychiphobia (fear of failure), mild aquaphobia (fear of water)

drives/motivations Shepard's primary motivation is for everyone to survive, everyone else comes first. She isn't overly self-sacrificing but she will save her crew before she saves herself. Her friends and family are also huge power players in what drives Shepard, since she's trying to keep everyone safe in the long run

fears not being able save everyone mostly, the umbrella for that being afraid of being a failure.

positive traits adaptable, pragmatic, meticulous, amiable, appreciative, compassionate, dedicated, efficient, honorable, logical, loyal, observant, private

negative traits abrasive, calculating, cynical, obsessive, tactless, tense,

sense of humor often sarcastic or deadpan, Shepard doesn't tell jokes, or make jokes just for the sake of joking, but isn't opposed to hearing a few.

speech typically, Shepard speaks clearly and consisely and her militaristic lifestyle has eliminated any semblance of purple prose that was ever present in her speech patterns. when she's nervous, she doesn't speak as often, mulling her words over and over and over in her head until they sound perfect. when she's upset, shepard will overshare more often than not, and if taken advantage of in this state, she'll avoid all personal conversation for some time.

accent more so the lack of an accent. the only regionally distinguishable features on Shepard are her Asian appearance.

tone of voice sharp, clear, occasionally edgy.

quirks going completely still, rubbing her face, doing full routine stretches (especially after she's been sitting down a while), tapping her fingers on the table top, pulling at her hair or pushing her hands back through it, fidgeting (especially while trying to get comfortable), humming absentmindedly

hobbies model ships, exercise, traveling (that isn't because of the systems alliance), amateur woodworking, reading

habits arranging and rearranging the workspace in her cabin on the Normandy or at her apartment on the Citadel, micromanaging the normandy crew's diet and exercise plans, pressing the elevator button at least twice

nervous tics rigid formaility, completely ignoring the issue at hand, delegating if she can

swearing? yes, habitually in front of almost anyone except children and her superiors.

exercise habits on shore leave, shepard will go for a 10 km run and do a full exercise regimen four days a week. when she's on the normandy, she will run 5 km on the treadmill every day and a full exercise regimen five days a week.

clothing style when's she on shore leave, Shepard can typically be found in some version of a t-shirt and jeans, always accompanied by her father's old leather jacket. she wears little to no jewelry on a regular basis. if she gets dressed up, she almost always has to seek someone else out to know what to wear.

allergies typically non-fatal, shepard has a shellfish allergy and tends to stay away from seafood in general.

body temperature when she's off duty, despite having excellent circulation, shepard stays cold. around the normandy she's downright freezing unless it's immediately after a mission.

diet carnivore. shepard has to keep up a diet of high protien to maintain her muscle mass, and make sure she's keeping a high carbohydrate intake so that she doesn't get burnt out in the middle of a mission.

physical ailments none but there are signs of early onset arthritis