History Characters / MassEffectRaceTropesCitadelAssociate

* MonsterMouth: Judging by outward appearance, they would seem to be filter feeders, as their mouths consist of a series of vertical slits that wiggle up and down when they speak.

* StarfishAliens: Their resemblance to Earth Jellyfish has lead to this being a rather [[FantasticSlurs offensive slur]].

* DissonantSerenity: They ignore everything around them and only focus on keeping the station running. [[spoiler:In the third game, one of them continues going about its job while ''surrounded by mangled up human bodies.'']]

** Because of this, it's mentioned that Francis Kitt's seminal [[AlienArtsAreAppreciated all-elcor performance]] of ''{{Hamlet}}'' is over ''14 hours'' long!

* DyingRace: The attack by the Reapers have had this effect. As mentioned below, the population of the elcor may have dropped too low to retain viability.

* PhotographicMemory: Evolving on a planet where resources were scarce and the distance between deposits often days or weeks apart, drell developed a powerful version of perfect recall so that they always knew where to find food or water. Drell can experience memories as if they are happening in the present, all details intact. The only downside is that the drell can't always control these flashbacks. When idly recalling memories, drell can become locked into [=PTSD=]-style flashbacks of memories, re-experiencing them as if it were the first time. Drell's memories make them perfect as spies and scholars, and they are passionate lovers due to their ability to vividly recall romantic memories at any time. However, they can also perfectly recall the pain of being shot in the knee, and the loss of loved ones haunts drell for their entire lives. Some drell become so obsessed with their memories that they choose to abandon the present and live in the past -- what Thane refers to as "solipsism."

* LongLived: Heavily implied throughout the series[[note]]Throughout the series, the elcor have been shown not just to be exceedingly patient, but their economic lore reveals they are more than happy to make centuries-long business investments, implying that they are LongLived[[/note]], officially confirmed in ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': the elcor are the third longest-living species in the galaxy, being only outranked by the [[SpaceElves asari]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy krogan]] respectively. Indeed, the elcor consider being 100 years old young by their species standards, while 300 is considered old. [[JustifiedTrope Justified when you remember]] the elcor are a species of [[HeavyWorlder Heavy Worlders]], so unlike the [[WeAreAsMayflies salarians]], they don't burn metabolism nearly as fast, hence why they live a lot longer than most other species.

* LongLived: Heavily implied throughout the series[[explanation]]Throughout the series, the elcor have been shown not just to be exceedingly patient, but their economic lore reveals they are more than happy to make centuries-long business investments, implying that they are LongLived[[/explanation]], officially confirmed in ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': the elcor are the third longest-living species in the galaxy, being only outranked by the [[SpaceElves asari]] and [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy krogan]] respectively. Indeed, the elcor consider being 100 years old young by their species standards, while 300 is considered old. [[JustifiedTrope Justified when you remember]] the elcor are a species of [[HeavyWorlder Heavy Worlders]], so unlike the [[WeAreAsMayflies salarians]], they don't burn metabolism nearly as fast, hence why they live a lot longer than most other species.

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: As revealed in ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'', the all-elcor performance of ''Theatre/Hamlet'' isn't a one-time joke: as a matter of fact, it's revealed from the book that [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff a sizable amount of elcor are enamored with the play]], to the point the elcor representative of the book - a doctor named Yorrik - deliberately eschewed his real name (Naumm) for his new name.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: An in-universe example; see AlienArtsAreAppreciated. In short, a sizable amount of elcor adore Shakespeare's ''Theatre/Hamlet'', to the point one named elcor deliberately eschewed their old name in favor of a reference to the play.

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: As revealed in ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'', the all-elcor performance of ''Theatre/Hamlet'' isn't a one-time joke: as a matter of fact, it's revealed from the book that [[GermansLoveDavidHasslehoff a sizable amount of elcor are enamored with the play]], to the point the elcor representative of the book - a doctor named Yorrik - deliberately eschewed his real name (Naumm) for his new name.

* IllGirl: A great many of them are affected Kepral's Syndrome, a lung disease that develops in humid environments, like the Hanar homeworld of Kahje.

* TheRemnant: The total Drell population seems to be a couple hundred thousand in total, perhaps around a million, but this is a far cry from their height of 11 billion two centuries ago. Harbinger even describes them as useless due to their insufficient numbers.

* BadLiar: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged.]] On the one hand, the elcor's potentially unconscious tendency to state their emotions up-front usually gives non-elcor an exact idea of the emotion they're feeling, like some elcor stating their clear terror in instances where it isn't favorable of them to show fear. On the other hand, however, this seems to be a limitation of the [[UniversalTranslator translators that all species have]], which tends to prefix the elcor's emotions automatically without the elcor actually specifying such. Some elcor go as so far as to hack their translators to get around this issue. That being said, when the automated prefixing is altogether discounted, the elcor are potentially the best liars in the galaxy, as their emotional tells are inscrutable to pretty much everyone except fellow elcor.

* BadLiar: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged.]] On the one hand, the elcor's potentially unconscious tendency to state their emotions up-front usually gives non-elcor an exact idea of the emotion they're feeling, like some elcor stating their clear terror in instances where it isn't favorable of them to show fear. On the other hand, however, this seems to be a limitation of the [[UniversalTranslator translators that all species have]], which tends to prefix the elcor's emotions automatically without the elcor actually specifying such. Some elcor go as so far to hack their translators to get around this issue. That being said, when the automated prefixing is altogether discounted, the elcor are potentially the best liars in the galaxy, as their emotional tells are inscrutable to pretty much everyone except fellow elcor.

* BadLiar: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged.]] On the one hand, the elcor's potentially unconscious tendency to state their emotions up-front usually gives non-elcor an exact idea of the emotion they're feeling, like some elcor stating their clear terror in instances where it isn't favorable of them to show fear. On the other hand, however, this seems to be a limitation of the [[UniversalTranslator translators that all species have]], which tends to prefix the elcor's emotions automatically without the elcor actually specifying such. Some elcor go as so far to hack their translators to get around this issue, but when the automated prefixing is altogether discounted, the elcor are potentially the best liars in the galaxy, as their emotional tells are inscrutable to everyone except fellow elcor.

** [[UpToEleven Taken to incredible levels from what we know of elcor soldiers.]] On top of their natural resilience and strength, they have [[ShoulderCannon automated heavy weapons on their back]] that they control with [[CallingYourAttacks voice commands.]] Add this to the fact that the elcor likely have full armor on top of their already-durable hides, and it's probably a good thing Shepard doesn't encounter hostile elcor, [[WhyWontYouDie for a good reason.]]

* MightyGlacier: [[JustifiedTrope Due to growing up on a high-gravity but teeming-with-life planet]], elcor move slowly and react slowly. They more than make up for it by [[SuperStrength having enough strength to punch holes through bulkheads]], and are one of the few species in which [[SuperToughness they can shrug off incoming fire with relative ease]], owing to their incredibly thick hides and strong muscular structure. Thankfully for everyone involved, however, the elcor are unlike the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy kro]][[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype gan]] or [[AlwaysChaoticEvil yahg]] in the sense that starting fights is [[GentleGiant one of the last things on their minds.]]

** [[UpToEleven Taken to incredible levels from what we know of elcor soldiers.]] On top of their natural resilience and strength, they have [[ShoulderCannons automated heavy weapons on their back]] that they control with [[CallingYourAttacks voice commands.]] Add this to the fact that the elcor likely have full armor on top of their already-durable hides, and it's probably a good thing Shepard doesn't encounter hostile elcor, [[WhyWontYouDie for a good reason.]]

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone seems to like the elcor.

** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', if you help save the survivors of the Reaper attack on Dekuuna, you'll be granted the remnant of the elcor flotilla as a way of saying thanks. Makes you wonder how a species of [[GentleGiant Gentle Giants]] can be much help - but then you realize that they have sophisticated AI systems that help them hold their own against much faster species, on top of having ''[[ShoulderCannon Shoulder Cannon-wielding]]'' ''infantry.'' If an angry elcor is scary, imagine how terrifying an angry elcor with [[GatlingGood two miniguns strapped to their back would be.]] The answer: [[SugarWiki/{{Awesome}} pretty freaking terrifying.]]

* MightyGlacier: They are very slow, but they are strong enough to use what other species would consider to be [[ShoulderCannon vehicle mounted weaponry]] as personal arms.

* OneHundredPercentApprovalRating: Everyone seems to like the elcor.