I've seen a lot of changes in my time, a lot of different people come and go. Most I can barely remember their faces, let alone their names. However, there's one name and face I will never forget: Commander Shepard.

I'd been on my own for oh, about three centuries. Doing whatever work came my way. Credits were credits, so I couldn't complain about some of the jobs I took on. Then while having a pissing match with a human on The CItadel while working on a job, I teamed up with this human. I didn't think much of her at the time; in fact, I almost blew her brains out once after I had joined her crew on a planet called Virmire. However, after that I came to realize that if I was going to be a part of her crew, I would need to trust her judgment and that she wouldn't do anything rashly without thinking through all of the options first. She was as quick thinking as she was on her feet.

After the whole Saren incident, we parted ways. I'd heard Shepard died at one point; never heard how or why, but as the humans say I took it with a grain of salt. Shepard was a fine warrior and there wasn't a whole lot that would have been able to stop her. Well, one day while I was having talks with Gatatog Uvenk, Shepard appears out of nowhere. It was a good reunion and I was introduced to a tank-bred Krogan that was needing to experience the Rite of Passage. After we were both caught up to speed, we had to part ways again. Shepard had a lot of work to do, and I regretted being unable to join her in travelling across the galaxy again. However, it wasn't long before we crossed paths again.

Shepard helped not only find a cure for the Genophage, but ensure it got distributed. She could have done a lot of things to ensure that the cure was tampered with or didn't go through, but she chose to help save the krogans. In the war against the reapers, I was obligated to help out as best as we could. Unfortunately for me, I got a lot of... breeding requests. And that damn Bakara encouraged it. There was only one female krogan that caught my eye, though; Eve. Shepard had met her briefly on a couple of occasions. The last time I saw Shepard back on Earth, I wanted to tell her the good news and the plan on what to name Eve's first-born. I wanted Shepard to see Mordin grow up, hopefully taking after me, but we never got that chance.

After the war with the reapers was over and the machines destroyed, I took Grunt back with me to Tuchanka. It was a long and mostly quiet journey. Although an entire galaxy had been united due to mainly the efforts of one determined human, the victory didn't seem right without her still there. Regardless, once we returned to our homeworld, it was a warm reception. There was a lot of chanting and eager krogans. It was probably the most emotional I have ever felt and one of the few times I wasn't sure what to say.

Over the next century or so, our population boomed again. Little Mordin proved to be an excellent warrior, taking after me. She was also surprisingly adept at biotics and became the first female Battlemaster the krogans have had for as long as I can remember. Other female krogans began branching out and learning how to fight as well; now that there was no restrictions on breeding, the females didn't have to worry about protecting themselves just to try and have viable offspring to help repopulate. Unfortunately for me, I had a lot of little ones to help look after, due to all those breeding requests after I assisted in curing the Genophage, but that was just part of being a renowned clan leader I suppose.

There were some smaller clans who put up some fights over the years, still suck in the old ways. I never wanted to change who we are, but even after the Genophage was cured, some things stuck around. Traditions changed. New songs were sung. Heck, a couple of krogans even decided to pursue being a scientist to pay tribute to finding a cure for the Genophage; their reasoning was if more krogans would learn how to do more than just fight, we wouldn't have to worry about an issue like the Genophage again. I thought they were idiots; there's nothing more satisfying than fighting a good fight and killing things, but I guess to each their own.Being a clan leader has its perks... but some days, all it does is drain you. Especially when you have a couple hundred offspring running rampant and some smaller clans still trying to cause a rebellion amongst us. But it's all in a days' work. To this day, there's not a day that goes by that I don't think about Shepard. I'll see a human or see a human on occasion that reminds me of a part of her, and it gets me to wondering what things would have been like, if Shepard had actually survived this time. There was no Cerberus or fancy technological medical something-or-other to bring her back this time. But the question still remains...

What if?

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