Septimus
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Septimus Oraka is a retired turian general who is in love with Sha'ira, the Asari Consort. Wrex recognises him; Septimus fought several campaigns against the krogan.
Commander Shepard is sent looking for Septimus at Sha'ira's request. He had been coming to see the Consort for years and they were very close, but Septimus wanted Sha'ira to be "more than [she] could be", and they had a falling-out. Septimus was so angry with the Consort that he started spreading lies about her, and is now spending all his time in Chora's Den trying to drown his sorrows. Sha'ira asks Shepard to speak to Septimus as one soldier to another, and remind him of his honour.
When the commander finds the turian, Septimus claims that Sha'ira was the only woman who helped him forget the horrors of his past and she has effectively deserted him. Shepard can Charm or Intimidate him, telling him to straighten up and behave like a general. Eventually Septimus realises how he has been behaving, and vows to go to Sha'ira... after a couple of cold showers. He asks Shepard to do him one favour - in his anger at Sha'ira, he found out a compromising secret about an elcor diplomat named Xeltan, and accused the Consort of revealing it to damage her reputation. He gives Shepard the details of how he found out, which will exonerate Sha'ira, and asks the commander to give it to Xeltan to make it right.
Sha'ira later tells Shepard that Septimus sent her a lovely note as an apology, and they've become friends again.
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If present, Wrex mocks Septimus, wondering how, with generals like him, the turians ever defeated the krogan. Septimus responds with a paraphrased quote from Winston Churchill: "I may be drunk, krogan, but you're ugly. And tomorrow I'll be sober, but you'll still be ugly."
After helping Septimus, if they are in the squad, Kaidan Alenko claims "it's hard to imagine a general getting so upset over a woman," to which Ashley Williams teases: "That's 'cause you don't understand women, Kaidan."
The name Septimus derives from the root 'Septem', (seven) in Latin. 'Septimus' is a 2nd Declension, Nominative, Singular, Masculine Ordinal, and means 'seventh'. The name may also be a nod towards the old Roman General and Emperor Septimius Severus.
