History Characters / OfSheepAndBattleChicken

* BewareTheNiceOnes

* Herald: As per canon, Shepard plays this role to her companions and the galaxy at large.

-->TargetSpotter: Mieran, [[InterspeciesRomance Sidonis's asari partner]], acts as his spotter and back-up.

* TheChessmaster: Lethath brought about the rise of the Griannon and Hansur, gave the Inusannon the means to hide from the Reapers, made sure the Arca Devices (that created the Palavanus) would work, and more recently taught the Vortha of the Sculptor Galaxy how to use Godpower so the Reapers are distracted after Nazara's death. Lethath's spent literally two million years planning it all out and [[Troll now is just sitting back laughing]].

* Expy: [[WordOfGod Logical Premise]] explictly describes them as a combination of the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Adeptus Mechanicus]] and the evil races of [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Tolkien's Middle-Earth]]. Like the former, the Reapers have no real understanding of their (Leviathan) technology (and Godpower), performed by ritual rather than science. Like Middle-Earth's orcs/goblins/trolls, they are essentially mockeries of greater beings. The Reapers are crappy Godpower users, their weapons and armor and abilities all pale against Leviathan counterparts, and indoctrination is a half-assed version of the Influence. The oldest Leviathans (Katha, Lethath, Kidun and the Dark Gods) could wipe out the vast majority of the Reapers in an hour if they wanted to.

* TheChessmaster: Lethath brought about the rise of the Griannon and Hansur, gave the Inusannon the means to hide from the Reapers, made sure the Arca Devices (that created the Palavanus) would work, and more recently taught the Vortha of the Sculptor Galaxy how to use Godpower so the Reapers are distracted after Nazara's death. Lethath's spent literally two million years planning it all out and [[Troll now is just sitting back and laughing]].

* AbusivePrecursors: Lethath has influenced (with a lowercase) countless species in our galaxy, and meddled heavily with the Thorians, Inusannon, Protheans, and most recently, Humanity. He's also shaped the Thirty and SIX's over-the-top dominance-driven mindsets.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Ironically - given the above - Lethath is the only Leviathan to see sentient aliens as ''people''. Katha, at best, treats them like pets. Most only saw other beings as bacteria. He also is one of the two Leviathans to truly see they are not the top of the cosmic food chain, and unlike Kidun, didn't lose his mind over it. It just means there's nowhere to go but up.[
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* DecliningPromotion: Of a social sort. It's expected amongst asari Spectres to do the job for a few good decades or so and then retire to an early spot in the Matriarchy, now traveled and famous. Tela, on the other had, has been at it for ''centuries'' and seems intent on continuing until she dies in office.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Aethyta is not Tela's aunt as she believes, but her mother.]]

* HiddenDepths: Minsta served in the Solguard for six years as a Scout-Sniper and is rated to pilot fighters, ships and battlesuits.
* RenaissanceMan: Medical doctor, historian, psychologist, and economist.

* TheComicallySerious: Kai is absurdly out of place when not in combat, and so Pel uses him as the ultimate straightman. Even the Illusive Man gets in on it sometimes.

Minor nobility and Cerberus researcher, Galen Minsta serves as the most notable of the Illusive Man's trustworthy scientific sources, the researchers of Shadow Cell being loyal to Richard Williams instead. His fervent elitism and human supremacism are badly tested by the truths he learns about the wider galaxy during the creation of the Cerberus Files.

* FantasticRacism: Towards all aliens, but especially towards asari, who offend his traditionalist views with their influence on humanity. After a while, he does come to recognize the loyalty of Alliance asari, who see themselves as culturally human.

* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:WordOfGod says that the Reapers are filled with hubris compared to the Catalyst or the Leviathans, and that their plans to defeat the Darkness will never succeed.]]

Admiral of the Red Tradius Ahern is a veteran of the First Contact War and is a decent contender to be the galaxy's most famous human warrior. He survived missions that nobody should rightfully have survived, made hardened turian veterans look like fools, and even got away mostly intact. These days he flies a desk at Pinnacle Station and is solely responsible for training the Alliance's important officers. He is also the writer of Ahern's Guide To Things You Shouldn't Be Fighting, an informal listing of alien special forces and why people who aren't amazing like him should reconsider.

One element of OSABC is the fact that characters representing all three potential backgrounds for Shepard exist. Delacor is the Colonist/Sole Survivor, and was one of the runners-up for Spectre candidacy.
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** [[spoiler:Loses a leg to Saren, and an arm to Tetriums.]]

* TheScrappy: In the first story.

* UnscrupulousHero: She has her own moral code and is extremly brutal.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Okeer's experiments on Urdnot Urv's corpse resulted in Grunt, who is intended to show the true strength of the krogan, most likely by showing how they can even conquer death.]]

* WindowsToTheSoul: Batarians actually believe this literally, with each eye containing one-fourth of a batarian's soul. Losing an eye for any reason other than ritual sacrifice to the Dark Gods is seen as condemning that much of you to never reach reincarnation, and is an extreme taboo unless wearing an eyepatch that signifies having lost it through sacrifice.