Isaeus Strabo

"'You are not my grandson. You are the seed of evil. If I had been there at your birth, I would have drowned you myself.' "Isaeus Strabo is the maternal grandfather of former Spectre-Agent Nihlus Kryik. Before his retirement, he served in the Bostran colonial airforce for thirty years as a distinguished fighter pilot, earning the rank of Group Captain and numerous commendations from his superiors.

Isaeus' only child, Lucilla, ran away from home after he betrothed her to a man she did not wish to marry. Lucilla's actions brought great shame to her family; she was tried in absentia and convicted for desertion, the punishment for which was dishonourable discharge from the military and a public execution order, should she ever be apprehended.

Seventeen years after Lucilla's disappearance, her son, Nihlus, would turn up at Isaeus' door seeking asylum. Isaeus rejected Nihlus as his daughter's offspring, denying him familial support and rendering him houseless - a mark of great shame in turian culture. The pair still do not speak, despite Nihlus' best efforts to bridge their divide.

Interactions with Nihlus
While a turian military recruit in 2157 CE, Nihlus chose to register his name as Nihlus Strabo. However, when he became aware of this fact, Isaeus sought legal action against Nihlus' usage of the Strabo family name. The court ruled in favour of Isaeus and Nihlus was forced to register his legal name as Nihlus Kryik.

After the Reaper War, Nihlus once again tried to reconnect with his maternal family by extending an invitation for Isaeus and his Strabo relatives to attend his wedding to Desolas Arterius II. Isaeus swiftly rejected his grandson's olive branch, telling Nihlus he could not attend an event which celebrated such a sinful union between two men. His continuing rejection still hurts Nihlus very deeply to this day.