Gillian Grayson

Gillian Grayson was a student a the Jon Grissom Academy and the adoptive daughter of red sand addict, Cerberus operative Paul Grayson. She was biotic and borderline autistic. She was twelve during Mass Effect: Ascension.

Gillian was given to Grayson as a baby by Cerberus, in order for them to infiltrate the Alliances biotics programs. She was considered the potential 'saviour' of Humanity by The Illusive Man and her father alike, though it is possible The Man used this excuse to further enthrall her well-meaning-though-mislead father into disceiveing his daughter and breaking Alliance law. She is discribed as tall for her age with dark hair. She was prone to silence and sensitivity to social interaction and physical contact, with occasional bursts of sociability, due to her condition.

During the events of the novel, she is drugged by Dr. Toshiwa, so she could be studied and discharged from the Grissom Academy and taken into Cerberus's hands. After this, her father took her, Dr. Sanders, Hendel to Omega to 'hide' her from Cerberus. His real intention was to hand her over to them, unfortunatley for him, Pel, her fathers Partner, had revolted against Cerberus and intented to hand her over to the Collectors in exchange for vast riches. Then, Lemm'Shal nar Tesleya, a quarian on his Pilgrimage freed them from Pel's prison, in exchange for Sander's returning with him to the Flottila to speak to the captian of the Idenna as his gift to his future Captain. Unfortunatley her father follows them to the flottila with a squad of Cerberus Commandos. A fight ensues in which Sanders, Hendel and Gillian and her father survive. He agrees to let her stay on the fleet to protect her from a Cerberus which he no longer believes in, along with Hendel who has formed a bond with the Autistic girl. They are both picked by the Captain of the Idenna as the crew wich will accompany him on his search for a new quarian homeworld.