Castis Vakarian

Castis Vakarian is a Turian, a retired C-Sec officer, the father of Garrus Vakarian and a unnamed daugther.

Background
Castis was born on Palaven and like most Turians went through some sort of military training, he later joined C-Sec and became known as one of the best agents, his son Garrus grew up hearing about his father's accomplishments and seeing vids of him making big arrests on the Citadel, Castis eventually became friends with Alec Ryder a former Systems Alliance member now a military attache to the Citadel, during his time with them, Castis was described as "By the book". Eventually sometime before 2183, Castis retired and moved back to Palaven where he lives keeping in close contact with both of his children.

Like Castis, Garrus also joined C-Sec when he came of age and was talked about of becoming a Spectre sometime during his training, believing the Spectres are too powerful and hating the concept that they do not report to anyone.

In 2183, Garrus resigned from C-Sec with the intention of joining Spectre Commander Shepard on a mission to hunt down fellow turian and rogue spectre Saren Arterius. Castis took Garrus' resignation hard, worried that his son will become too much like Saren, claiming that his son was beeing too rash and impatient.

Mass Effect Andromeda
Sometime before 2185 in a memory reviewed by one of Alec's children, Castis had been contacted by Garrus after hearing about Saren's death and the battle of the Citadel, in a conversation with Alec Ryder,Castis informed him of what Garrus told him about the Citadel Council not beliving Shepard's story about The Reapers, but Castis heard rumors that the Council was starting to wonder if the rumors were true. Explaining briefly about what Garrus had heard about them during his journey with Shepard, who was described as "level headed" and takes after Alec being in N7, Alec reviews the threat and is told by Castis that the Reapers come every fifty thousand years and they are due to return. Castis didn't want to be around when they arrived.

Mass Effect 3
In 2186, Garrus returned to Palaven to speak with his father after Shepard was detained by the Alliance and layed out everything that had happened over the last three years, from the fight with Saren, to the Collector Base and the eventual return of the Reapers. Castis, suprisingly to Garrus, listened to what his son had to say, believing his son's story, he took the information to the Primarch Fedorian who didn't believe Castis at all, but Castis pushed enough to get Garrus a task force established to help Palaven deal with the incoming Reaper threat.

Castis later contacted Garrus while he and the rest of the Turians were trying to escape Palaven when the Reaper forces pushing the Turian military and the Krogan back, Garrus' sister had broken her leg but communications were cut.

Garrus heard from his father again that they made it off world, Castis' fate afterwards is unknown.