Hello!

First of all, thank you to everyone who reads these things. I haven't have a "beta" per se, so any and all errors are entirely my own. (The fact that I tend to write my chapters from the end and work backwards to the beginning would likely drive any sane beta over the edge).

That being said, I have several people I am grateful to for their feedback, input, and even just the occasional encouraging PM. Some of those who have offered feedback since I've started have included RED78910, AlsoKnownAsMatt, ji77er, Kellise, Daniscats, and others.

To help readers, here is the timeline order of the stories:

The Cari'ssi'mi series, which is currently a single continuity.

Conditions - Post Therum, assumes Therum was an early ME1 mission - complete
Suspicions - Just beyond the midpoint in ME1 - complete
Omissions - Mid to late ME1, after Feros, before Noveria - complete
Obligations - Late ME1, after Noveria, before Virmire - complete
Discovery - Late ME1, immediately after Obligations, before, during, and after Virmire - complete
Connections - Picks up immediately after Discovery, continues to the end of ME1 - complete
Fragments - Covers the period between the end of ME1 through the beginning of ME2 - complete
Asunder - Begins just after ME2, through until Shepard's resurrection - in progress

Individual one shots that will be retconned into chapters of Cari'ssi'mi stories once Cari'ssi'mi progresses that far

Reasons - Early ME2, assumes LotSB was an early mission in ME2 as opposed to later or after the suicide mission
Hesitation - Late ME2, before Arrival
Timing - Just before ME3

Answers to some of the questions / comments I've received:

1. Are all of your stories in the same universe? Yes, which I now am calling the Cari'ssi'mi series. That wasn't the original name, but "Obligations" left a mark on my continuity that I hadn't expected. That may change if I write memorial stories, but Sarah Jane is definitely going to survive ME3 (spoilers!).
2. Why so much Thessia/Asari? I originally intended to focus on one shots (mostly Liara POV) that would fill in the blanks between canon missions. It is still my intention to bend canon as little as possible (I don't consider these stories to truly be AU. With minor exceptions, they could have happened, and I'm trying not do do anything that canon explicitly contradicts). "Obligations" changed my desire to only write one shots. "Obligations" was supposed to only be Benezia's funeral, but some of the decisions I made there in regards to Liara's family history are now going to provide much of the groundwork for my post-ME3 universe.
3. Your stories tend to have a lot of Liara. Um, yes. Most chapters will have at least some sections told from her POV, although I have a very bad habit of bouncing back and forth from third person multiple to third person omniscient where I think it helps the story.
4. Will there be other stories beyond those listed here? Yes. Originally my stories were set between missions, with the missions acting as bookends. Discovery forced me to write a "during the mission" story, so now we see more of that.
5. What does (insert Asari word here) mean? I try to explain in story. If I've missed one, let me know and I'll add it to the lexicon (below).
6. Who the heck is _? If I reference a named individual (usually an Asari) then I usually introduced them in an earlier chapter or story. As I promised, now that I'm to Fragments, I've added a Dramatis Personae to my profile to make it easier, as we'll spend a lot of time on Thessia or with Asari characters while Shepard is being busily dead.

Please keep the PMs / comments / reviews coming. I try to answer everyone who sends me a message or favorites something, but I tend to do it the 1 or 2 days a week that I actually work on stories.

You can't wait for another person to say "You can create, do so." You're ready when it's time to say "I can create, and will do so whether you wish it or not." - Isaac Asimov

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Dramatis Personae (OC)

Asari

Matriarch Alaya - seneschal of the T'Soni Estate in Armali

Matriarch Elina - member of the Conclave of Matriarchs of the Asari Republics - presided over Liara's ascension to Head of House T'Soni

Iryra - acolyte and princeps of Liara (matron)

Denai - acolyte and princeps of Shepard (matron)

Isyrzea - captain of House T'Soni guard at the time of Liara's ascension

Eliata - new captain of House T'Soni guard

Lysliis - House T'Soni commando, Liara's honor guard

Anedra - House T'Soni commando, Liara's honor guard

Teseka - House T'Soni commando, Shepard's honor guard

J'neri - Counselor Tevos' executive assistant on the Citadel (maiden)

Jirtea - member of the service staff at the T'Soni Estate, occasionally assigned to Shepard

Matriarch Cylenia - principal in Dedris Partners, an investment banking firm in Armali

Alesi - receptionist at Dedris Partners (maiden)

Jedis Panya - friend and financial tutor of Liara, investment manager for House T'Soni (matron)

Matriarch Stallura Psona - chief executive of Khos Fabrications

Barrister Nagalia - lead House T'Soni legal counsel

Tonala - engineer at Khos Fabrications

Dr. Iadri - House T'Soni Physician

Matriarch Matolis - equivalent to maître d'hôtel of Jiirae's in Armali

Matriarch Jiirae - cuisinier and owner of Jiirae's in Armali

Dona - personal assistant to Matriarch Alaya

Nelssa - driver for T'Soni Estate

Kaedra Jurix - commando affiliated with House T'Soni

Porosha - daughter of Kaedra Jurix (maiden)

Latha Aveci - survivor of the Skyllian Blitz

Carvkae - student and skyball player at the University of Thessia, Serrice - about 2126

Ralith - student and skyball player at the University of Thessia, Serrice - about 2126

Matriarch Maeor Iallina - skyball coach at the University of Thessia, Serrice

Matriarch Sulilta - professor at the University of Thessia, Serrice, for whom the college of archaeology is named

Liri Keix - commander of Cutlass Squad, commandos from the Ulee region of Thessia (matron)

Matriarch Ne'hewla - captain of the freighter Amaris

Piraya - Matron - pilot aboard the Petite'aile

Zelana - Matron - pilot aboard the Petite'aile

Kenis - Matron - engineer aboard the Petite'aile

Deneru - Matron - cuisinier aboard the Petite'aile

Penora Saix - House T'Soni agriculturist

Nyave - House T’Soni commando

Matriarch Alethea - biotics instructor to human children on Arcturus

Poena Agantos - mercenary, and Shepard’s biotics tutor

Humans

Lieutenant Blake - adjunct to Admiral Hackett

Commander Stewart - Operations Officer, SSV Everest

Denton Stewart - husband of Commander Stewart

Captain Hoya - Executive Officer, SSV Everest

Captain Fujita - Commanding Officer, SSV Everest

Captain Addison Watkins - commander of the Alliance frigate SSV Dunkirk

Helen Collins née Walker- colonist on Mindoir

Bobby Collins - colonist on Mindoir

Mary Wu - colonist on Mindoir

Maître Jean Marchand - attorney and trustee

Emma - Maître Marchand's secretary/assistant

Calvin Dahl, chair of the Shepard Foundation

Owen Garner - colonist on Mindoir

Elise Garner - colonist on Mindoir, wife of Owen

Peter Douglas - colonist on Mindoir

Admiral Collins - Fleet Admiral of the Alliance Sixth Fleet when Shepard was 16

Lieutenant Phillips - escort of Poena when she arrived on Arcturus

Turians

Juvenal - crewman and engineer on the freighter Amaris

Admiral Mehrkuri - hero during the Krogan Rebellions

Other

Ager Khakkes - Batarian pirate

Lexicon

lidifemea - Attena - a gesture of respectful submission

princeps - Attena - lead acolyte, chief lieutenant (non military)

cari'ssi'mi - Attena - family not of blood, family member by adoption

seneschal - Attena - chief steward / curator / majordomo

cortigiana - Attena - member of a defined court (defined by family or station)

affamen - Attena (High Attena implied) - formal address

deproelior - Attena - an Asari martial art, with both a physical and a biotic component

amasius - Attena - partner in intimacy

sodalis - Attena - committed intimate partner, only non-exclusive with permission and approval, similar to fiancé although future bondmate status is not guaranteed (usually due to outside circumstance such as age, social standing, or prior betrothal)

Lume - an object acted upon by a biotic field

Kyrios - wise one, or master

Voulos - student, or apprentice

Kaffe - a non-alcoholic beverage analogous to coffee (from the Cerberus Daily News Wiki)

Ke'ah - a style of dough with several varieties, similar to pasta (from the Cerberus Daily News Wiki)

Uloth - the asari equivalent of cheese (from the Cerberus Daily News Wiki)

Yefal leaves (from the Cerberus Daily News Wiki)

Petha - small, yellow, tart melons

Rarae - fish, usually served carved into steaks

Nulyr - one of few Asari red (purple) meats

Bury - Large flightless bird

Tarne - a high fiber cereal grain