History Characters / MassEffect2SecondaryAntagonists

A powerful figure in the galaxy's black market who specializes in finding secret information and selling it to the highest bidder. In the first game, he/she hired Wrex to assassinate a former agent who betrayed him/her.

* AmbiguousGender: Of the very little that's known about the Broker, his/her gender (or, as Barla Von points out, even whether the Broker is a single person or a group of agents operating under a singular title) is not among it. [[spoiler: The Broker is revealed to be male]].

* ShutUpKirk: Calls Shepard out on judging her for working with the Shadow Broker while (s)he works for the equally-shady Cerberus. Falls a little flat if Shepard's gone through the Omega relay and quit the organization, though.

* VillainBall: Bringing Shepard to her base and explaining what the Project is and how to activate it, continuing on with refusing to kill Shepard after he/she is subdued, and finishing up by announcing to Shepard exactly what she plans to do to scuttle the asteroid and daring him/her to stop her. To be fair, this might be the mind degradation that indoctrination causes or her FightingFromTheInside.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Says that he "makes the galaxy safer" by locking up dangerous individuals. But when comes the biggest hero(ine) that ever lived, he tries to capture him/her [[{{Greed}} for the bounty]].

* TooDumbToLive: His plan on capturing Shepard was to order him/her to just walk into a cell. Made worse by allowing Shepard and their squad to board fully armored, including possibly carrying a ''mini-nuke'' (he does ''try'' to get them to surrender their weapons, but the only way you can respond to his request is by refusing either politely or aggressively).

** Subverted in ''3'', in which one Vorcha shows remarkable intelligence, doesn't speak in YouNoTakeCandle, and is at the very least AffablyEvil -- and smart enough to tell Shepard he's not stupid enough to betray ''him/her'' or Aria.

* MuggingTheMonster: What he does to Shepard and Miranda. Given that he doesn't even react to Shepard, he probably doesn't even know who s/he is.

* BaldOfAwesome: [[spoiler:If you shut down the Overlord, and successfully rescue and extract David Archer in the Paragon route, he becomes this, helping and calming a few classmates when Cerberus attacks Grissom Academy, giving Shepard access to a weapons room, and having a direct hand in the construction of the [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Crucible]].]]

* TheJailer: They run a prison ship, the Purgatory.

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The turians seem to think so. Excepting Warden Kuril, all the turian Blue Suns troops wield shotguns. [[ShortRangeShotgun It actually puts them at a disadvantage most of the time.]]

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: A Biotic Shepard with access to Throw, Charge or Lift can instantly kill her the second her health bar is exposed. This is especially ironic if you hit her with Charge, the ability she spends most of the fight spamming.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Discussed. [[spoiler:In an attempt to kill Liara, she bombs an entire building killing many innocents.]] When Shepard calls her out on it, she argues that it's worth it in exchange for the Shadow Broker's intel, which has let her save many more lives than she's just taken.

* WalkingSpoiler: She's one of the Shadow Broker's top lieutenants; it's difficult to discuss her at any length without bringing that fact up.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Her defense when Shepard calls her out for bombing the Dracon Trade Center. The Shadow Broker provides her with premium intel, enabling her to carry out her duties far more effectively and precisely; if she has to make a few people disappear in exchange, so be it. In her defense, there are reports of her previous activities in Cerberus Daily News that show she was responsible for legitimately heroic acts, like dissolving a Slaving ring.
* WhatTheHellHero: Her last words.

* FantasticRacism: Towards "Purebloods."

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:In an attempt to kill Liara, she bombs an entire building killing many innocents.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Although a Paragon Shepard's actions are ''far'' less questionable than Vasir's actions, her criticism of Shepard's involvement with Cerberus, considering their [[PlayingWithSyringes methods]] and [[FantasticRacism ideology]], is justified.
** [[spoiler: Although, she tries to justify her own atrocities (of which she was/is completely, personally responsible of) with something Shepard should not be held responsible for (Cerberus's pre-Lazarus era) and seems to genuinely believe they stand at equal grounds.]] Making her argument to hold very little value. Plus, her comparing herself with a Paragon Shepard holds significantly less weight if you do the DLC after [[spoiler:destroying the Collector Base]].
** It's worth noting that her {{Not So Different Remark}}s are entirely correct on a Renegade playthrough. Renegade Shepard has committed worse atrocities than Vasir ever did on-screen for even more selfish reasons, and Renegade Shepard's whole-hearted endorsement of Cerberus is hardly better than her being the Shadow Broker's mole.

* WalkingSpoiler: Due to being one of the Shadow Broker's top lieutenants.
%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
%%* WhatTheHellHero: Her last words.

* BlatantLies: She says that she's new, and that she's not an Eclipse merc. Every Eclipse merc on Illium has to commit homicide to earn their uniform. She's already wearing hers.

* {{Foil}}: To Jack. It's pointed out by Shepard that he was drawn to Teltin like she was. If she spares him, she notes that Aresh let the past control him, and she won't let it.

* PhotographicMemory: Combined with his mathematical abilities, it's the key to his ability to speak the geth language.

* EvilCounterpart: To Commander Shepard, particularly a Paragon. Dips into NotSoDifferent territory as well. [[spoiler: ''Especially'' if you're playing a Vanguard Shepard.]]

** It's worth noting that her NotSoDifferent claims are entirely correct on a Renegade playthrough. Renegade Shepard has committed worse atrocities than Vasir ever did on-screen for even more selfish reasons, and Renegade Shepard's whole-hearted endorsement of Cerberus is hardly better than her being the Shadow Broker's mole.

* TheMole: For the Shadow Broker.
* NotSoDifferent: Picture Renegade female Vanguard Shepard as an asari, working for the Shadow Broker instead of the Illusive Man; ''that's'' Tela Vasir in a nutshell.

* ApologeticAttacker: A particular disturbing case if you use [[PeoplePuppets Dominate]] on her is that she's (and by extension, ''everyone'' hit with the power) fully conscious yet helpless of what they're doing and only capable of uttering an "I'm sorry, sister" while mowing down her own allies until either the power fades or someone's dead. Of course they all had it [[AssholeVictim coming,]] but still a more gruesome (and [[NotSoDifferent familiar]]) way to die than just shooting them.

* VillainBall: Bringing Shepard to her base and explaining what the Project is and how to activate it, continuing on with refusing to kill Shepard after he/she is subdued, and finishing up by announcing to Shepard exactly what she plans to do to scuttle the asteroid and daring him/her to stop her. To be fair, this might be the mind degradation that indoctrination causes.
** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or]] her FightingFromTheInside.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He acts like this during Grunt's loyalty mission. It is possible for Shepard to point out that he is no different from a Citadel politician.

* GotVolunteered: [[spoiler:The Overlord came about when David's own brother forced him to participate in the VI project to ensure the project's success, wanting to exploit David's genius to create a mechanical god for the geth. David didn't like it, ''[[{{Understatement}} at all]]''. When Shepard learns of this and realized Gavin was lying, they become ''furious'', with them extracting and rescuing David from Cerebus in the Paragon route.]]

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Who else would venture into batarian space to discover an artifact.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: She's been indoctrinated by the artifact.

* TheDragon: To Harbinger in ''Arrival'', as Saren was to Sovereign. If fought before the final battle, then she's CoDragons with the Collector General.

* GodzillaThreshold: Played with. Her initial plan to stop the Reapers will inevitably kill thousands of innocent people. However, she dropped the plan after becoming indoctrinated, realizing it to be horrible, but for the wrong reasons.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In the Arrival DLC.
* HeroicSacrifice: Once she and her team came to realize the importance of the Alpha Relay, they worked tirelessly to stop the Reapers from getting it. They worked tirelessly against the clock to devise a plan, but the very visions that gave them insight to the Reapers' motives were gradually indoctrinating them. In the end, they bought precious time for the galaxy, but at the cost of their free will and eventually their lives.
* KilledMidSentence: If Shepard takes the Renegade action to shoot her.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As pointed out when Shepard discovers there are ''no'' protective fields surrounding Object Rho.

* WalkingSpoiler: The whole Arrival campaign is initially set up to make her look sympathetic, when her actual behavior is anything but.

* BigBad: In relation to his role in the VillainTeamUp on Omega, and from Archangel's perspective. From Shepard's perspective, he's just an ArcVillain.

* ProperlyParanoid: After one of Archangel's ambushes nearly killed him.
* TheStrategist: He seemingly came up with most of the plan.

* ZergRush: The first part of his plan is to send the freelancers straight at Archangel's hideout. [[spoiler: Subverted in that it's just a distraction to let the professionals get in close]].

* TheDragon: To Harbinger, as Saren was to Sovereign.

-->''"[[FamousLastWords You took a baby from the richest guy in the galaxy, lady. I don't know what your damage is, but you're not getting away with it.]]"''

* FamousLastWords: The above line, along with the next lines under KilledMidSentence.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: As part of the ''Legendary Edition'''s reshuffling of some character models, Kenson sports the same hairstyle as ''Mass Effect 3'''s version of Kelly Chambers, just in her platinum gray shade.

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* KilledOffScreen: If Shepard doesn't go on the Project Overlord DLC, they'll meet Gavin in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', [[spoiler:who sadly states that David died when they were ''forced to nuke the facility''. He then sighs, "[[IronicEcho It all seemed so harmless...]]".]]

* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler:The Overlord VI was created by merging a mathematical genius with the geth network via stuffing all kinds of plugs and tubes into the subject's body, in an attempt to exploit the geth's religious tendencies and control them. David quickly suffered extreme SensoryOverload due to his autism and he went completely insane, trying to upload himself into every machine in existence so he can escape the noices.]]

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler:The yahg were]] never even heard of until the DLC, and the[[spoiler: species is completely different from ''any'' that had come before]]. It's handwaved by [[spoiler:the yahg's homeworld being blacklisted by the Council due to their uncontrollably violent nature.]]