History Characters / MassEffect2NonCouncilSpaceNPCs

* AntiHero: She has her noble points and her nasty ones. She's a crime boss whose crimes are AllThereInTheManual, and she allows all manner of crime and misery on her station short of [[spoiler:Collector slaving]]. [[WildMassGuessing If she really is Wrex's old friend Aleena]], Wrex says Aleena chose to fight him on a station overrun with mercs with no one innocent to get in the way, and fondly says that she was always like that. In the Omega [=DLC=] Shepard can either soften her a little or get her to become more vicious.

* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She seized Omega for herself after taking down the krogan who formerly ruled over it.
* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: In her backstory, she beat a Krogan Battlemaster to a pulp, and is implied to have fought Urdnot Wrex himself to a draw. In-game, all she needs is sheer presence to keep the position even without doing any fighting -- although she's quite capable of that, too. As shown in the comics and Omega DLC, being the "queen" of Omega hasn't dulled her battle skills any. A Cerberus scientist expresses amazement at her biotic capabilities.

* TooDumbToLive: Tali sums it up.

-->--- '''Wrex:''' [[spoiler:Mordin wasn't my only source in STG. Or did you think I was dumb as my brother, Wreav?]]

* DumbMuscle: Unlike GeniusBruiser Wrex, he's basically a stupid thug with no greater ambitions beyond power and violence. [[spoiler:Wrex might be smart enough to see through you if you betray him and sabotage the genophage cure, but Wreav sure isn't.]]

** It's also implied in both the second and particularly the third game, Koris is generally a cordial, selfless admiral all around who greatly values protecting the Quarian People along with the civilian fleet he commands, so much so that putting them in danger is a massive BeserkButton for him, hence why he's angry during the trial as now there are Geth on the Alerei that endanger the fleet.

* GutturalGrowler: Like all drell.

* GoodParents: For all of his ''egregiously'' selfish actions on Aeia, Jacob does consistently describe him as having been a good father while he was still in his son's life.

* TheDeterminator: Aria has two moods, "in control" and "pissed." Even when she's in a firefight, she never loses her cool.

* NobleDemon: She's by no means ''nice'', but she's forthcoming with vital information Shepard needs, she approves of Mordin trying to cure the plague (that and of Mordin's willingness to resort to shooting people if the doctor route doesn't work), she's quick to try to help Shepard solve the Ardat-Yakshi problem, she gives you a reward if you do her a couple of favors (specifically she tells you the location of a planet with supplies on it), and in the comics [[spoiler:she becomes extremely angry at the Collectors trying to make deals for live specimens on her station]]. Also, in ''3'', if you do a few errands for her, she gives you a Terminus Fleet with three "updates" each worth 50 War Asset points, which combined with the Fleet itself makes for a whopping ''200'' War Asset points (which is very noble of Aria because the majority of non-major-plotline War Assets are less than 100).

* DistressedDamsel: Unusually frequently in the Omega DLC.
** BadassInDistress: But there is no denying that Aria ''is'' a badass. She only ends up in distress because she allows her desire for revenge to get the best of her. [[spoiler:And even while bound during the final fight, she ''still'' manages to start tearing into the Cerberus troops and adjutants as soon as you blow up the first generator]].

* PetTheDog: Has a number of these off-screen, as befitting her NobleDemon status. She gives out Shepard's contact information to a wannabe-merc (if Shepard stopped him from joining the mercs going after Archangel) so he can thank Shepard, and gives Shepard's contact information to a grieving mother for the same reason. It's also implied that her reasons for asking Shepard to defend Patriarch aren't entirely to protect her standing.

** JerkassHasAPoint: That said, Shepard ''is'' working for Cerberus, and Cerberus doesn't have Veetor's best interests in mind. He's also telling the truth when he claims that Cerberus tried to destroy a ship from the Migrant Fleet in the past.

* WarriorPoet: Very eloquent, especially when describing Shepard's actions [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 at Saren's base on Virmire.]]
-->'''Okeer:''' Such a tale! Saren, the Spectre traitor, threatens the return of the krogan horde by curing the genophage, undoing the gentle genocide of the turians and the salarians. But before Saren can deliver his endless troops, in rides Shepard, securing victory through nuclear fire. I like that part. It has weight.

** It's entirely possible for Wreav's and Shepard's actions ''wiping out the krogan race'', leaving Tuchanka in the hands of the rachni. Ouch.

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* {{Foil}}: He serves as this to Henry Lawson. Like Henry, both of them had high ambitions and expectations of their daughters and were relatively distant, and both committed some very heinous experiments. The similarities stop there. Rael, even if the experiments were incredibly ruthless, was an attempt to take back the homeworld for Tali. He similarly was distant from her, because he was a leader of the quarian people, and he clearly regretted not being as present in her life as he should have been. While Rael had high expectations of his daughter, Tali explains in Mass Effect 1 that the other quarians had similar expectations of her. While he did use her for his experiments, he did the best he could to shield her in the event it all went overboard, and his failure to protect her is what sets up Tali's loyalty mission in 2. Henry by contrast only saw Miranda as a means to secure his legacy, had already terminated his prior offspring that did not meet his expectations, and he has no trouble trying to kill her in 3. His experiments were made just to satiate his own ego as part of a horrifically misguided Cerberus initiative, and he massacred thousands of innocent people with little-to-no regrets.

* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: See PapaWolf.

* OverprotectiveDad: In his letter authorising Tali's transfer to Shepard's command, he notes his concern that Tali may be lead astray by Shepard's influence and that [[PapaWolf if any harm comes to her whatsoever, he will not hesitate to bring the full wrath of the quarian Admiralty Board down on Shepard's head]]. [[spoiler:He should've put the same thought into his own actions; despite Rael trying to minimize how much Tali sent him so that she won't be linked to his illegal doings, he and his crew end up getting killed and she gets charged with treason.]]
-->'''Rael'Zora's letter:''' Should any harm come to her due to negligence on your part, [[ImpliedDeathThreat this board will take severe and appropriate action.]]
** If Tali is romanced, she implies in ''3'' that [[spoiler: this would have been Rael's reaction to the relationship]].
-->'''Tali:''' I'm having a drink with my boyfriend. My ''human'' boyfriend! [[spoiler:Ha! My father would have ''hated'' you!]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: The only reason he turned on the beacon was because the men had turned on him and he wanted someone to come to his rescue.]]

* DubNameChange: In some versions, namely the french one, it's spelled Hokir instead, though the pronunciation isn't changed.
* EliteArmy: His end goal is to turn the krogan from a vast horde to a numerically inferior but more powerful and skilled army.
* EvilGenius: Serves this role for Jedore, at first. He obviously has his own agenda, however.

* LegacySeeker: Monomaniacally obsessed with creating a legacy in the form of the perfect Krogan warrior, believing that it would make the genophage obsolete and cement his name in history. In the process, he willingly collaborates with the Collectors in order to obtain the necessary materials, allies himself with insane mercenary captain Jedore, and abandons thousands of his creations for not living up to his standards - resulting in numerous deaths when the rejects begin attacking Jedore's troops. [[spoiler: It ends up costing Okeer his life when Jedore turns on him, but his prototype super-soldier lives on as a member of Shepard's team.]]

* RedHerring: Until the very end of the mission, the player is led to believe they are recruiting Okeer instead of bringing Grunt onboard.

* TheSocialDarwinist: Speaking to him reveals this is his basic mindset. He's proud of the krogan, but only so far; the old krogan horde (as well as Saren's horde) was designed to crush everything under weight of numbers, and the current krogan spend resources on making sure every krogan alive lives at least until adulthood. He believes that the current state of affairs enables the kind of coddling that allows "weak" krogan to survive where they should be dying out. His plans to rejuvenate the krogan start at creating a single super soldier that will serve as a template for other krogan to aspire to match.

--> "Such a tale! Saren, the Spectre traitor, threatens the return of the krogan horde by curing the genophage, undoing the gentle genocide of the turians and the salarians. But before Saren can deliver his endless troops, in rides Shepard, securing victory through nuclear fire. I like that part. It has weight."

* WeHaveReserves: Played with. On one hand, he cares very little for his failed krogan subjects and throws them away to buy Shepard time to reach him. On the other hand, he hates how his species rely on superior numbers to win battles and calls Saren's planned slave army of krogan a "pale horde", opining that numbers alone aren't enough to win battles. He wants to create the perfect krogan as a template for the rest of krogankind to follow, believing they would be better off as an EliteArmy than trying to ZergRush everything again.

The closest thing [[WretchedHive Omega]] has to a ruler[[note]]Queen, if you're feeling dramatic[[/note]], Aria and her forces maintain what passes for order on the station.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Some dialogue options in ''3'' make it clear Shepard still absolutely detests him for his actions at Tali's trial, but works with him because of his strong leadership and the fact that Shepard needs as many fleets as possible for the war effort. The 'Intimidate' version of the conversation where Shepard convinces him to let himself get rescued basically consists of "CantKillYouStillNeedYou" and accusing him of being a moral coward.