Lemm'Shal nar Tesleya

Lemm'Shal nar Tesleya is a young quarian, born aboard the Tesleya, who set out on his Pilgrimage from the Migrant Fleet and ended up on Omega, looking for Golo. Like most quarians, Lemm is capable, resourceful and fiercely devoted to his people. His most prized possession during his Pilgrimage was a heavily-modified Armax Arsenal shotgun, which was a gift from the Tesleya's captain upon Lemm's departure.

Lemm arrived on Omega six weeks after beginning his Pilgrimage, looking for exotic adventure, but quickly became disillusioned with the station, and left. However, while on the planet Kenuk, Lemm encountered two other quarians from the Bavea, a scout ship of the Idenna. They told him about another scout vessel of the Idenna, the Cyniad, which had left to broker a deal and never returned. Lemm became interested and decided to go and look for the Cyniad's crew.

The trail led back to Omega, and, once Lemm had talked his way past the patrons at Fortune's Den, to a quarian exile called Golo. He told Lemm that he had brokered the deal but claimed not to know what Pel had done with the quarians later. Lemm was furious and wanted to launch an assault on Pel's warehouse immediately, but settled down and agreed to Golo's suggestion to stake the warehouse out for a few days.

However, Lemm wasn't stupid enough to trust Golo implicitly. Though Golo sent a warning to Pel, Lemm attacked the warehouse early, believing he had found four quarian captives who turned out to be Kahlee Sanders, Paul Grayson, his daughter Gillian Grayson and the biotic Hendel Mitra. Lemm rescued them - with the exception of Paul Grayson - as he recognised Kahlee from the quarians' investigations into Saren Arterius. During the escape, Lemm was shot and badly wounded in the leg, and once patched up by Hendel, had to wear a sealed boot to safeguard himself against infection. Lemm was also forced to leave his shotgun behind in the warehouse; its distinctive quarian modifications provided a clue for Paul Grayson as to who had taken Kahlee, Hendel and his daughter.

Hoping to introduce Kahlee to the Idenna's captain, thereby earning a place on her crew, Lemm agreed to let the three humans hide from Cerberus on the Migrant Fleet, and brought them there in a stolen shuttle. His code phrase - "the quest for knowledge sent me away from my people; now the discovery of wisdom has brought me back" - allowed them safe passage aboard the Idenna. While his human friends were quarantined aboard their shuttle, Lemm was allowed on board the Idenna for treatment. Having brought Kahlee Sanders aboard, the Idenna's captain, Ysin'Mal vas Idenna, permitted Lemm to join his crew and the young quarian's name changed to Lemm'Shal vas Idenna.

When Cerberus attacked the Idenna, Lemm fought on Captain Mal's team, despite his injuries, and managed to survive the attack virtually unscathed. His determination and courage, despite his age, meant that Lemm was picked as one of Captain Mal's crew on the Idenna's dangerous five-year mission to leave the Migrant Fleet. Lemm's last task before they departed was to take Kahlee Sanders and Paul Grayson to the Alliance colony Cuervo, but Grayson managed to escape and stun them both. Lemm woke up unharmed on Daleon; Kahlee asked him to drop her off at the Ascension Project before he returned to the Idenna and his new crew.