Adrien Victus

Adrien Victus is a turian general, who fought in the First Contact War, and was deployed to the defense of Menae during the events of the Reaper invasion.

He has served in the turian military for the greater portion of his life, noted for being an exceptionally strong leader and very popular with his men. Despite his service record and admiration, the rest of the turian military has qualms with the ethics of his tactics, which are noted for being both clever and unorthodox.

He has a son, Lieutenant Tarquin Victus who has been given command of the 9th Platoon.

In 2186, he is serving on Menae, where he is attempting to hold off Reaper forces. At some point during the battle, Primarch Fedorian is killed in action, where he unknowingly becomes the new Primarch, as defined by the clear-cut succession rules of the Turian Hierarchy.

After being pointed to by General Corinthus, Commander Shepard attempts to retrieve Victus for the war summit. He is initially very reluctant to leave the defense of his homeland, stating he is no politician, preferring to die alongside his men in battle. He ultimately realizes however that Shepard is right, in that all battles everywhere, including Palaven, will be a guaranteed loss without his help as a diplomat.

As the new Primarch, Victus takes charge of the war summit with the salarians and the krogan. He agrees to help Earth, but only after Shepard can secure krogan support for Palaven.

After the initial summit, Victus can be spoken to, where he appears cautiously optimistic about curing the Genophage and the forging of a turian-krogan alliance. He likens the situation to the current conversation with the Commander. Turians and humans, both enemies at first, but now allies, attending a diplomatic meeting onboard the Normandy SR-2, a vessel developed in a joint effort between both races. He also voices his fear of becoming Palaven's last primarch.

As with other surviving characters and under proper conditions, he can be spoken to before the final push on Earth, where he notes that humans were there for Palaven in their hour of need, and with pride, so will the turians be there for the humans.