The 27th episode of the "Marauder Shields" Mass Effect comic. In this one... A hero must take the narrow path, accompanied by a guardian.Be sure to play this track in the background to upgrade your reading experience: [link] Alternative version, with Kaidan as the Virmire Survivor, here:This is an ongoing story providing an alternative fan-made ending to the Mass Effect story, with a single game-changing maverick transforming the course of history: Marauder Shields. Be sure to start reading at episode 6. Special thanks to MichelKobayashi for making us believe in Marauder Shields and everything he stands for, and to my awesome team, who support me immensely - more about them soon![The Mass Effect universe, its design and characters are owned by BioWare/EA Productions. This is a work of parody and fan-fiction, created under the terms of fair use. Special thanks to BioWare for creating the world we all love and care for! I remain a huge ME & BW fan!]P.S. This episode is quite a bit different than all the previous ones... I hope you'll enjoy it.And yes, we will return to the background story shown in the first few frames, with the blood on the leaves and the child's fist...P.S.2. If you're not following me yet, do so at [link] - it's sooo cool.P.S.3. If you like ambients and epic space music, be sure to buy the soundtrack from my unfinished game, "Starsignal", available at [link] - more info here: [link] - helps me finance my own projects and fun stuff.P.S.4. Help me spread this series around - retweet, send out links, share this with your friends and post it on your facebook wall!P.S.5. Once we get a proper website going I will be able to drop these boring P.S.-es and stick to ones that actually change from comic to comic.