Hendel Mitra

Hendel Mitra was the Security Chief of the Ascension Project and a former soldier with the Alliance. He was born in the suburbs of the New Calcutta megapolis on Earth - one of Earth's richest regions. His mother was presumabley contaminated with eezo in an explosion, perhaps in Singapore - the same explosion which resulted in Kaidan Alenko's biotic powers - this exposed him to element zero in utero and resulted in his biotic powers. When he was a teenager, he was abandoned to BAat, probabley out of embarrassment at having a biotic son, there he was subject to abuse during his training, presumabley from Commander Vyrnnus. This resulted in him resenting his parents for abandoning him there.

He is described as tall with a thick neck and a muscular chest and arms, with a closely cropped goatee and with rusty-brown hair and light brown skin. He is also described as of Scandinavian and South Asian descent - possibley Indian, due to his originating in New Calcutta. His personality is described as being gruff, loyal and soldier-like though somewhat over-zealous. He is gay.

During the events of Mass Effect: Ascension he accompanies Dr. Sanders and Gillian Grayson aswell as her father Paul Grayson to Omega in order to hide out with Gillian to protect her from Cerberus. There they are captured by the Cerberus Operative Pel, and held prisoner. They then find out that Paul Grayson is an operative aswell. They are broken out by the quarian Lemm'Shal nar Tesleya and after a battle with their captors flee to the Migrant Fleet with Lemm in order for Kahlee Sanders to speak with the captain of the Idenna about AIs, his gift to the Captain to end his pilgrimage. When Kahlee Sanders leaves, Gillian and Hendel remain behind in order to both protect Gillian and assist the quarians in finding a new homeworld.