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Mass Effect Origins (bio)
Name of Character: Dr. Rowe Lawson (Code/Nickname: The Medical Maiden)
Bio: Rowe Lawson is the 3rd successfully bio-engineered creation of scientist Dr. Henry Lawson. Like her sister's Miranda and Orianna, Rowe was created by Lawson for the purpose of preserving his scientific legacy in bio-genetics. However, Rowe was kept secret from her other sisters, having been created in a Cerberus Research Facility on the planet-ERROR, ENCRYTPED DATA. AUTHORIZATION FAILED.
With his resources and influence, Henry had put a lot of effort into keeping Rowe's existence wiped from all records. Perhaps he feared that by not doing so, his plans of making Rowe his successor would have been foiled by Miranda in retaliation. Whilst Miranda was designed to be the perfect weapon, Rowe was designed to possess the perfect mind for the sciences. Two contrasting sides with a shared commonality, unbeknownst to one another.
Time passed, and as Rowe grew into adolescence, she too came to the same realization like her predecessors before her; that she was a tool in the eyes of Dr. Lawson, and nothing more. Her purpose in life was predetermined by her so-called 'father', who wanted nothing more than to have her preserve his scientific legacy. Wanting to free herself from his bonds and experience a life of her own, Rowe fled from home as a stowaway on a transport bound for the asteroid space-station of Omega. It was there where she was soon discovered by a certain Salarian scientist by the name of Dr. Mordin Solus. Recognizing the girl's talent for scientific ingenuity, the good doctor took Rowe under his wing, working alongside the brilliant doctor as his assistant.
With the help of Mordin's guidance and wisdom, Ms. Lawson applied to a STG-funded medical program on Sur'kesh, She soon became the first human to pass Salarian intellectual standards, gaining entry to the program. Once earning her doctorate in bio-genetics, Rowe returned to the clinic on Omega, only to find her beloved mentor gone and an audio datapad explaining his absence. Something to do with an important mission of sorts, with a human Spectre by the name of Commander Shepard. The last words she heard from him, asking her to look after the clinic in his absence, explaining that he entrusted no one else to this vital task.
'Has to be you.' Mordin had said to her before he left. 'Someone else might get it wrong.'
Presently:
Continuing her mentor's work in helping the poor and needy, Dr. Rowe Lawson now operates the sole medical clinic in the slums of Omega. Treating its patients; victims of poverty and gang violence, Rowe continues to do the very best with what limited resources she has, with a glimmer of hope in making Omega a better place for all. Perhaps then she will have made her mentor proud, whilst eagerly awaiting his safe return.
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