Line #150 Characters/GloriousShotgunPrincess


1	For characters appearing in Glorious Shotgun Princess.
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7	[[folder: The Normandy and Exalts]]
8	[[WMG: Commander Jane Shepard, Zenith Caste]]
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10	''"Is it me, or have there been a lot more sex jokes in my life since I got my power up?"''
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12	Unlike Mass Effect 2, Jane Shepard did not die over Alchera. Rather, the act of sacrificing herself to save Joker was the capstone of a long list of heroic and epic achievements, earning her the Solar Exaltation. After spending nine months on the ice planet, she was rescued by Liara and has been fighting the Reapers since.
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14	* AdaptationalBadass: By virtue of becoming a Zenith Caste Solar Exalted.
15	* BreastExpansion: After Exalting, she finds that she's gone up a few cup sizes.
16	* ClothingDamage: A RunningGag of the fic is that she keeps ending up fighting ''naked''. She eventually gets a Jade Armor and puts an end to that.
17	* CovertPervert: Her response to learning Liara and Kaiden had a fling is to wonder if she should give them handcuffs.
18	* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: By the end of the first story, she has managed to defeat both Focused Expedient Seeker [[spoiler:freeing the souls of Pria and her people in the process]] and Resplendent Harbinger of Ascension, the first Exalted to ''ever'' do so.
19	* DestructiveSavior: After Exalting, every battle she finds herself in results in ''a lot'' of property damage, due to her immense power and her lack of control.
20	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: She was already incredibly badass in ''Mass Effect 1''; the Exaltation just made her more so - ''for starters''.
21	* HowDoIShootWeb: Fact is, she doesn't know what happened to her, and nobody who knows properly explains either. No wonder she can't use her abilities well.
22	* IKnowKungFu: Her reaction after getting a first crash course on Celestial Martial Arts.
23	-->'''Pria:''' Kung Fu? That's street brawling made for pedestrians. You know ''Solar Hero Style''.
24	* MartialMedic: In the first chapter, she is shown ''punching the Kepral's Syndrome out of Thane'' to make him healthy.
25	* MostCommonSuperpower: She goes up two cup sizes after exaltation. That's because in her mind, "attractiveness" means "comic book superhero".
26	* ObliviousToLove: She has no idea of Liara's ''major'' crush on her.
27	* PowerGlows: She's able to create a pillar of sunlight.
28	* PoweredArmor
29	* RedeemingReplacement: When compared to Athame, the previous Zenith (who performed unspeakable acts on the ancient asari for his own amusement), it is clear that Shepard is much better as a Zenith than her predecessor.
30	* ShipTease: Despite being ObliviousToLove, she and Liara have an insane amount of this with each other.
31	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: She's the protagonist.
32	* SparedByTheAdaptation: An odd case, as she is revived in the source material. Here, she doesn't die to begin with, kicking off several events earlier.
33	* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Her newly expanded breasts are so big that, to her shock, she can actually hide a HandCannon in her cleavage.
34	* WrongGenreSavvy: She spends most of the first book thinking she is a SuperHero instead of an ''Epic'' hero (as in, ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''). As a result, she is unconsciously limiting herself in what she can and cannot do.
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36	[[WMG: Liara T'Soni]]
37
38	''"It knew all the things."''
39
40	* BerserkButton: If you value your well-being, ''do not'' threaten Shepard's well-being. Just ask Morinth.
41	* ClingyJealousGirl: She's not exactly thrilled with the idea of someone getting to Shepard for some fun, due to her own feelings for her. When she found out that Shepard was dragged to Morinth's apartment, her first instinct was to get her away from "whatever hussy that has ensnared her" and finding a way to try and meld with Shepard.
42	* ShipTease: She has so much of it with Shepard that ''everyone'' pokes fun at her for it.
43	* UnresolvedSexualTension: By the end of the first story, she and Shepard have yet to resolve this.
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45	[[WMG: Jeff "Joker" Moreau]]
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47	''"So, does that mean the '''Normandy''' killed all the scientists and took over the base?"''
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49	* AbledInTheAdaptation: Courtesy of Kasumi using her abilities to shoot the Vrolik's Syndrome out of him, he is now as healthy as a normal human and no longer in danger of breaking his body if he moves too fast/hard.
50	* AcePilot: As in canon, he is the best pilot in the Alliance, using those skills to keep the Normandy SR-2 from getting destroyed by Reapers in battle.
51	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: He ends up in a romantic relationship with Kelly Chambers instead of EDI (due to the latter entering a relationship with Wuffles).
52	* ChivalrousPervert: He has very diverse tastes, if his extranet search history and being a regular at Azure are any indication. He's also a steadfast member of the Normandy and willing to step up to protect Kelly from a juvenile thresher maw.
53	* HiddenDepths: He's spent a lot of time on the extranet looking up things besides porn, enough to be aware of what scale itch is.
54	* OhCrap: His general reaction when he sees Autochthon and Mordin are so similar they get along splendidly.
55	-->"Oh, God. Now there's ''two'' of them."
56	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Most of the time he is cracking jokes and snarking. But when he gets serious, he becomes absolutely quiet and laser-focused.
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58	[[WMG: Wuffles, Emissary of the Geth]]
59
60	''"To use phrasing that would be appropriate to Shepard Commander: Go fuck yourselves. Go fuck yourselves hard."''
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62	A custom Geth platform containing 1,183 Geth programs, they encountered Shepard on Alchera and instead of being named Legion, got stuck with the name Wuffles. Currently EDI's boyfriend and has somehow had children with her. No one is exactly sure how.
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64	* AdaptationNameChange: Goes by "Wuffles" instead of "Legion" in this story.
65	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Gets together with EDI in the story, to the point of having A.I. children with her.
66	* AdaptationalBadass: Compared to his canon counterpart Legion, Wuffles manages to [[spoiler:study Shepard's Solar Hero Style that he names "Synthetic Hero Style" and uses it to ''fight Reapers to a standstill'']].
67	* BigDamnHeroes: His platform gets destroyed by [[spoiler:Harbinger. So he uploads himself into an Autochthon-made robotic copy of the ''Unconquered Sun'' and fist fights ''Harbinger'' to a standstill.]]
68	* BoomHeadshot: Kills a Reaper using this.
69	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He is told that a factor behind why people fear the geth is because they look similar to quarians yet different enough to cause discomfort. He decides to fix this...by giving himself hips similar to female quarians. Everyone agrees it doesn't help at all.
70	* EveryoneHasStandards: He is taken aback by how Autochthon reveals that he regularly edits his own memories, saying that is dangerous to do.
71	* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a badass Geth who goes by the name "Wuffles."
72	* HiddenDepths: As he explains to Joker, the programs in Wuffles have used the extranet to take online college courses, and as a result Wuffles has two PhDs, one in xenobiology and one in game design.
73	* HolographicDisguise: He uses one to interact with others in public, making himself appear as a quarian.
74	* KirkSummation: Dishes one out to Harbinger, telling him exactly why the Reapers are full of shit.
75	* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Delivers an epic line to Harbinger [[spoiler:formerly Bright Star]] while fighting the Reaper on Eden Prime:
76	-->"While your Solar Hero Style is strong, we present the following hypothesis; it cannot defeat our Synthetic Hero Style."
77	** [[spoiler:His hypothesis is correct.]]
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79	[[WMG: Tela Vasir]]
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81	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: She's Tali's grandmother in this story, by virtue of being Rael'Zorah's adoptive mother. She also ends up becoming the Spectre mentor for Shepard.
82	* AdaptationalHeroism: She goes from an enemy of Shepard and an agent of the Shadow Broker to one of Shepard's allies.
83	* HeelFaceTurn: Thanks to Shepard, Vasir is able to realize that the Shadow Broker has gone rogue and commits herself to aiding the heroes.
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85	[[WMG: Kasumi Goto, Chosen of the Maiden of Serenity]]
86
87	''"Killing all of the Solars is more a 'all hundred of us get together' sort of plan."''
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89	Chosen of Serenity, master thief, and [[spoiler:five hundred year old Elder Sidereal]], Goto has been trying and failing to help Shepard since shortly after Shepard got her new Normandy.
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91	* BrokenBird: Has not dealt well with the death of her boyfriend Keiji. It takes her breaking down in front of Jacob while on Deus Machina and him doing his best to help her through it to begin to try and move on.
92	* HeroicBSOD: She's been in one ever since Keiji was murdered, though it doesn't become apparent until after the Shadow Broker raid goes tits up. It reaches a breaking point when the crew has to stop Deus from attempting to kill Liara, unable to handle how she let things get so out of her control, resulting in her trying to change Jacob's fate to make him happy.
93	* IKnowKarate: In particular, ''Crimson Patterned Battlefield Style.''
94	* ImpossibleThief: Can steal a Krogan, a House, and your ability to understand spoken language. Also steals Shepard's lack of a lisp just to prove a point.
95	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:She's about 500 years old in this fic.]]
96	* {{Troll}}: As a Sidereal, she's able to use her powers in hilarious ways to screw with people. From taking away a person's ability to speak or read languages to teaching a grizzly bear how to drive a Grizzly tank, the only limit to her ability to mess with others is her imagination.
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98	[[WMG: Tali'Zorah vas Neemah nar Rayya]]
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100	''"You took a homicidal artificial intelligence, plugged it into a more homicidal artificial intelligence, and made it non-violent. Then you tried to make it violent anyway, and succeeded at failing. Are you sure you're not Quarian?"''
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102	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, she has no relation to Tela Vasir. Here, the latter is the adoptive mother of Rael'Zorah, essentially making her Tali's step-grandmother.
103	* DeadpanSnarker: Her reaction to learning about Cerberus creating EDI, as mentioned in the quote above.
104	* DistractedByTheSexy: Upon meeting Kal'Reegar, she is so entranced by his HeroicBuild that she has to keep herself from reaching out and touching his pectoral muscles. [[spoiler:It gets worse once he Exalts into the Chosen of the Maiden of Journeys, to the point she has cold water filtering through her suit to cool down her raising body temperature.]]
105	* DudeMagnet: She's had four boyfriends by the time she rejoins the Normandy. And that's not even getting into how others get DistractedByTheSexy when she demonstrates how to walk in heels.
106	* ShipTease: Has some of this with Kal'Reegar, [[spoiler:especially after he Exalts]].
107	* UnwittingPawn: She's one to Autochthon. Whatever it is, something about her made him decide to leave Deus and upload himself into her, and he has a vested interest in staying close to her and helping her. She's able to recognize this and uses her well-being to force him to help.
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109	[[WMG: Garrus Vakarian, Full Moon Caste]]
110
111	''"Just like old times, Shepard."''
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113	Bearer of the Full Moon Caste of the Lunar Exaltation.
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115	* AdaptationalBadass: By virtue of being the Lunar Exalted.
116	* BerserkButton: It turns out [[spoiler:Javik]] is one to Garrus. [[spoiler:As they are a Lunar and Solar respectively, the bonds between the two types of Exalted aren't always based on love or friendship, but hatred as well. The sight of the Prothean was enough for Garrus to attack him on sight.]]
117	* {{Determinator}}: So much so that it allowed him to Exalt and survive being spaced.
118	* HateAtFirstSight: A variation of this, as the first time he encountered [[spoiler:Javik]], he attacked the [[spoiler:Dawn Caste Solar]] on sight.
119	* {{Troll}}: Once he gains the Lunar Exaltation, he has ''way'' too much fun using his new powers to make the lives of criminals a living hell.
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121	[[WMG: Entrepreneurial Iridescent Cecay]]
122
123	''"Why hello thar!"''
124
125	A Starmetal-caste alchemical from Deus Machina, Iri is a crafter, a gentle individual, compassionate, witty, and caring. And also an eighteen legged giant spider who possesses a bit too much fondness for caffeine and fixing things. Much to Tali's dismay, Iri also keeps giving her hugs. With all eighteen arms. Working as an assistant to Autochthon, Iri has helped him with his varied experiments and works, and keeps her Colossus body in the main shuttle bay.
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127	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Iri is by all accounts a very nice girl. However, that doesn't mean she isn't capable of getting angry, or taking out said anger on a racist volus by turning his nerve stim program against him.
128	* CatGirl: While not looking like a human female, she is female and has a pair of furry cat ears on the top of her head.
129	* FriendToAllLivingThings: She has made friends with numerous creatures that lived on Deus Machina, and brought them with her onto the Normandy.
130	* GenkiGirl: She's an extremely perky and friendly individual, despite her intimidating appearance.
131	* GiantSpider: Is a giant spider. Her Colossus form is ''an even bigger giant spider.'' She is also a very likable person and likes being helpful.
132	* OriginalCharacter: Invented primarily for this fic.
133	* WrenchWench: She's a skilled inventor who regularly works with Autochthon. She even helped upgrade the Normandy to essentially be an equivalent to ''Heaven'' more or less.
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135	[[WMG: Lieutenant Commander Kaidan Alenko]]
136
137	''"So. What did I miss?"''
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139	* AdaptationalJobChange: Ends up becoming the XO of the Normandy SR-2.
140	* AmicableExes: Not that they were really a couple to begin with, but Kaiden and Shepard are friendly enough when they reunite, and she's rather chill with him having previously hooked up with Liara.
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142	[[WMG: Autochthon]]
143
144	''"Hello! '''I MAY HAVE TAMPERED WITH THE VOLUME CONTROLS!"'''''
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146	A high-essence god found on Deus Machina, Autochthon is the last remnant of the ''primordial'' Autochthon, who created a memory backup of himself before his fetich death. Snippy, insane, lacking in ethics and dangerously unstable, he joined with the Normandy's crew and has taken Tali under his wing.
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148	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: As a result of his madness, he tends to be a bit easily distracted by things that catch his interest.
149	* BadassBoast: He delivers one hell of a boast while aiding Tali's group in fighting the Heretic Geth in a platform he's commandeered.
150	--> ''"You seek to fell me with technology? You seek to fell me with machines? [...] I am technology! I am invention! I am the God of the Machine! I! AM!'' ''''AUTOCHTHON!"''''
151	* BerserkButton: Has ''many'' of those, especially regarding his kin.
152	** He also doesn't like to be called out for his actions, whether for good reasons or not. He got briefly mad at Shepard when she read him the riot act for commandeering the Normandy SR-2 for his own purposes, and while he was convinced to help Tali in the end, he got quietly pissed when she did the same thing and held her own life hostage to force him to help.
153	* BigGood: He's this for the heroes, as he was the one who invented the Exaltations and aids the Normandy crew in fighting the Reapers. Granted he isn't the real Autochthon, but rather a copy of him while the original became Deus Machina, but the fact remains.
154	* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Mordin get along like a house on fire.
155	* BrainUploading: He's not the real Autochthon, but rather a copy of his memories and personality from before the real one turned himself into Deus Machina.
156	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Glorious Shotgun Princess'', he and Kal'Reegar embark on a journey to Malfeas to find and repair the corrupting flaw that led to the fall of his Exalted.]]
157	* CantTakeCriticism: As he admits to Shepard, he isn't that good at being criticized by others.
158	* DidntThinkThisThrough: A RunningGag of his for the most part, as he doesn't stop to consider the consequences of his actions.
159	* ForScience: His curiosity leads him to do a lot of things for this.
160	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He is fully prepared to sacrifice his own life to help fatally damage Harbinger's Reaper body at the battle of Eden Prime.]] [[spoiler:Thankfully he (and Hannah Shepard) are saved from this at the last second by Kal'Reegar.]]
161	* MadScientist: Just because he isn't a Primordial anymore doesn't mean he still doesn't love doing SCIENCE to things.
162	* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:When Harbinger orders Gatemaker to "send the rest", Autochthon interrupts the whole thing, proceeds to "fix [Gatemaker]'s everything," and bring back Leaping Sky as a result, thus screwing over the Reapers.]]
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164	[[WMG: Lieutenant Jacob Taylor]]
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166	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
167	** In canon, he ended up working for Cerberus under Miranda. Here, however, he ends up working for Shepard right after the events of ''Mass Effect: Galaxy'', preventing him from ever joining Cerberus [[spoiler:and thus sparing him from sharing the organization's fate in this fic]].
168	** While Kasumi retains her canonical attraction to Jacob here that she has in the game, Jacob's canon counterpart doesn't seem to return her feelings. Here, while not outright said, it is indicated they do end up getting together [[spoiler:after he helps her through an emotional breakdown]].
169	* OnlySaneMan: He's pretty well-balanced, [[spoiler:which becomes very important as this is what allows him to face down a mentally unbalanced Kasumi when she offers to change fate to "make [him] happy." He's already happy with his life, and this confuses and disorients her enough to allow him to calm her down]].
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171	[[WMG: Yeoman Kelly Chambers]]
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173	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Ends up in a relationship with Joker, while in canon she only really shows an attraction to Shepard.
174	* AdaptationalJobChange: She ends up becoming the co-pilot of the Normandy alongside Joker.
175	* {{Robosexual}}: Let's just say she had to do a "movie" when she was in college for money that involved synthetics.
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177	[[WMG: Pria]]
178
179	''"You're doing it wrong."''
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181	Jane Shepard's mentor in being an Exalt.
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183	* BrainUploading: Pria is the uploaded memories and personality of a previous Sidereal Chosen of Serenity [[spoiler:who was used to make Focused Expedient Seeker]], functioning like an A.I.
184	* MentorArchetype: She acts as a mentor to Jane Shepard.
185	* OhCrap: She's brought to the point of nearly shitting herself in fear upon learning that Focused Expedient Seeker is able to [[spoiler:access Pria's memories and training via the real her in its core to]] use Sidereal Martial Arts, something that Shepard is not prepared for.
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187	[[WMG: Lieutenant James Vega]]
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189	* AdaptationalBadass: Here, he's revealed to be Little Beam, a.k.a. the son of The Unconquered Sun.
190	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: He makes his first appearance [[spoiler:during Shepard's fight with Morinth]] on Illium before later becoming the second Arms Master of the Normandy SR-2, several months before he made his first canonical appearance in the series.
191	* {{Mecha}}: He's able to build a small mech to aid the heroes in the fight against Resplendent Harbinger of Ascenscion.
192	--> "I'm a giant robot pilot, and I got the daddy issues to prove it!"
193	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He manages to knock out [[spoiler:Javik]] by hitting him from behind with a surprise German suplex.
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195	[[/folder]]
196	[[folder:Others]]
197	[[WMG: Hannah Shepard]]
198
199	''"Blow that ship out of my sky."''
200
201	Jane's mother, Captain of the SSV Orizaba and a good sign of where Jane got her habits. Brash, loud, snarky, and completely lacking in subtlety, Hannah Shepard commands her kilometer-long boomstick exactly the way a Shepard should; by blowing the crap out of Reapers whenever they're in line with the 800-meter long gun barrel.
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203	* ActionMom: Considering she joins her daughter in fighting her enemies, it goes without saying.
204	* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[spoiler:Invokes this while using the Orizaba to fatally damage Harbinger's Reaper body in the final battle of the first fic, as the ship has to be manually piloted into it.]] [[spoiler:Thankfully she (and Autochthon) is saved at the last second by Kal'Reegar.]]
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206	[[WMG: Miranda Lawson]]
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208	The second-in-command of Cerberus, ally to Jane Shepard, [[spoiler:and the new Shadow Broker after the death of the old one]].
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210	* AdaptationalJobChange: Goes from being the XO of the Normandy SR-2 to [[spoiler:becoming the next Shadow Broker after the death of the old one and the fall of Cerberus]].
211	* GivingUpOnLogic: She's forced to do this after being unable to apply logic to the "magical bullshit" that Shepard and the other Exalts are capable of.
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213	[[WMG: Javik, Dawn Caste]]
214
215	''"I am Javik. And I am the '''Dawn.'''"''
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217	Dawn Caste Prothean, Shining Golden General, and terrible rage machine of a bygone age. Javik is the reason that there were no Solars before Jane exalted; When the God Kings abandoned the Protheans, he hunted them down and sealed away their shards, before proving worthy of the Dawn and fighting a losing war against the Reapers until he finally sealed himself away for fifty thousand years. He has since been awakened, and his first action was to kill a Reaper with his ''bare hands''.
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219	* {{Determinator}}: Shrugs off Athame's geas through sheer willpower as a mortal. Athame was an Elder Exalted, something capable of doing things that makes punching out a Reaper trivial.
220	* {{Expy}}: Acts as one to [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]], as he is a long-lost warrior driven by his own rage, returning to the present day to fight his enemies with godlike power (and six arms to boot).
221	* HumbleHero: Downplayed, as he's more anti-heroic than anything. He refuses to be seen as anything more than a soldier while leading the forces of Eden Prime, preferring to live in a simple hut he made himself rather than a fancier house.
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223	[[WMG: Kal'Reegar, [[spoiler:Chosen of the Maiden of Journeys]]]]
224
225	''"Ma'am."''
226
227	Quarian Migrant Marine, known throughout the Fleet as a Badass from a ''family'' of badasses, Reegar ends up realizing he is the Chosen of Journeys thanks to luck, fate, and Wuffles.
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229	* AdaptationalBadass: While already a badass by virtue of being a quarian Marine, Tali establishes early on that Kal'Reegar comes from a long line of badasses. [[spoiler:And that was ''before'' he Exalts into the Sidereal of Journeys.]]
230	* AscendedExtra: A minor ally in Tali's recruitment mission in ''Mass Effect 2'' and her loyalty mission, here he ends up becoming an important ally in the fight against the Reapers, [[spoiler:in addition to becoming an Exalted and the main character of a sequel fic]].
231	* BackToBackBadasses: With Wuffles.
232	* BadassFamily: As Tali puts it, the Reegars are famous in the Flotilla for being absolute badasses, from being the one manning the gun that will get a ship to safety to raiding a garrison on their own to rescue a captured Admiral. And Reegar proves he is just as badass as the rest of his family by fighting side by side with the crew of the Normandy against Reaper forces, [[spoiler:and becomes even ''more'' badass after he Exalts into the Sidereal of Journeys]].
233	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Glorious Shotgun Princess'', he and Autochthon embark on a journey to Malfeas find and repair the flaw that has led to the fall of the Exalted.]]
234	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Prior to the reboot, he became the main protagonist of the sequel, traveling with Autochthon.
235	* HeroicBuild: He's so well-toned that it is noticeable even in his suit. Tali is DistractedByTheSexy just from her first meeting with him.
236	* HeroicLineage: His family are heroic badasses to the Flotilla, and he's just as heroic and badass as the rest of them.
237	* IKnowKarate: In particular, ''Synthetic Hero Style.''
238	* MartialMedic: [[spoiler:After Exalting, he uses his new abilities to punch the sickness out of his Marines and bring them back to full health.]]
239	* ShipTease: Has this with Tali'Zorah.
240
241	[[WMG: Jenny Shepard]]
242
243	Jane Shepard's younger cousin.
244
245	[[WMG: Mordin Solus]]
246
247	"Yes!"
248
249
250	[[WMG: Athame, Zenith Caste]]
251
252	Shepard's previous Exaltation. He's your typical Elder Exalted from Creation's First Age, if given access to the limitless resources that an interstellar empire would have.
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254	* CompellingVoice: He is indicated to have this as he attempted to use it against Javik when the latter came looking for him. However, due to Javik also being a Solar Exalted, he's able to shrug it off and kill Athame.
255	* ForScience: Mutilated the asari genome to make them all-female and semi-parthenogenic to see if he could.
256	* MadScientist: He would force asari to meld with different species (even non-sentient ones) and see what offspring was produced.
257	* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the time of the story, but what happened to him when [[spoiler:Javik]] found him.
258	* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's only seen in flashbacks, and only briefly mentioned in them, but his presence in them and the role [[spoiler:Javik]] played in them plays a big part in explaining how Shepard is able to be the current Zenith.
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260	[[/folder]]
261
262	[[folder: Reapers]]
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264
265	[[WMG: The Viator of Nullspace, Principle of Genocide]]
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267	* EnemyWithout: To Autochthon. He was tricked into absorbing Autochthon's corruption, turning him into the monster that would create the Reapers.
268	* AGodAmI: He likens himself to a Primordial.
269	* GreaterScopeVillain: He's the one responsible for the Reapers existing.
270	* OmnicidalManiac: One doesn't get named the "Principle of Genocide" for no reason. He created the Reapers to make a perpetual cycle of genocide (and also likely build an army to consume the Yozi with).
271	* PlagueMaster: A metaphorical example. As an embodiment of Autochthon's cancer and the creator of the Reapers, he spreads the disease that is the Reaper's cyclical genocide.
272	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:At the end of the first story, the Viator is sealed away in the Citadel by Leaping Sky, who has become the God of the Relays.]]
273	* WeCanRuleTogether: He makes this offer to Autochthon, saying they can build such destructive wonders and wipe out the Yozi together. He's quite disappointed when he refuses the offer.
274	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:As Leaping Sky takes control of the Mass Relays away from his former master, the Viator is left a screaming, panicking wreck as he is sealed away into the Citadel by the newly-christened God of the Relays.]]
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276	[[WMG: Resplendent Harbinger of Ascension/[[spoiler:Bright Star]]]]
277
278	'''"Assuming Direct Control."'''
279
280	* BigBad: He is the main antagonist of ''Glorious Shotgun Princess'', hunting down Shepard upon learning she is the Zenith.
281	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He sees turning races into more Reapers as a good thing, as they are now living eternal testaments to the existence of a species, while viewing the destruction of a Reaper as rendering that race truly extinct. Wuffles questions how he can have this viewpoint when he helped to ensure the death of such races in the first place [[spoiler:after the souls that made up Focused Expedient Seeker are freed from their prison]].
282	* TheDragon: He acts as this for the Viator, in addition to being TheHeavy. [[spoiler:The end of ''Glorious Shotgun Princess'' sees him aiming to become a DragonAscendant after the events of the story.]]
283	* FallenHero: [[spoiler:He was once known as Bright Dawn, the Solar that brought Shepard's Exaltation into the ''Mass Effect'' universe. Now he is Harbinger, the field commander of the Reaper forces.]]
284	* HesBack: A villainous version. [[spoiler:In the epilogue of ''Glorious Shotgun Princess'', Bright Star is freed of his shell as Harbinger, ready to plan his revenge against Shepard and make the Viator bow to him.]]
285	* HeroKiller: By the time of the story, he has killed countless Exalts.
286	* VillainousBreakdown: He goes through a major one when Shepard frees the souls of Pria's people from the body of Seeker. To him, being made a Reaper is to preserve a race and spare them from death, so the fact he's forced to witness Shepard do this sends him over the edge.
287	* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: [[spoiler:Harbinger realizes this as the reason for his, and the Reaper's, defeat at the end of ''Glorious Shotgun Princess.'' They have allowed themselves to stagnate and be bound to the Viator's design. As he recovers in the galactic core, he states that he and his allies must innovate and exceed what they are.]]
288
289	[[WMG: Jaded Gatemaker of Ages/"The Catalyst"/[[spoiler:Leaping Sky]]]]
290
291	* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Once known as Leaping Sky, the Viator corrupted him into Jaded Gatemaker of Ages, a.k.a. The Catalyst.]]
292	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Autochthon "fixes his everything", he becomes Leaping Sky once more.]]
293	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Thanks to the work of Autochthon, Leaping Sky becomes ''more'' than he was before, transcending into the ''God of the Relays''. This gives him absolute control over the Mass Relay system, which he uses to seal the Viator away in the Citadel while wresting control of the Relays away from his former master.]]
294
295	[[WMG: Focused Expedient Seeker/[[spoiler:Pria]]]]
296
297	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[spoiler:After using Pria's body to fight Shepard personally, Seeker's use of Sidereal Martial Arts gives it an edge against the inexperienced Zenith. However, it is only able to ''copy'' such techniques using charms and technology; and while it is useful in copying Sidereal abilities, against an actual Sidereal like Kasumi, Seeker is quickly outmatched.]]
298	* FallenHero: [[spoiler:The original Pria, turned into the core of Seeker.]]
299	* IKnowKungFu: Seeker knows Sidereal Martial Arts [[spoiler:thanks to Pria being its core and accessing her memories and training]], something that leaves Pria metaphorically crapping her pants in fear.
300	* PowerGlows: Seeker gives off a haze of crimson Essence [[spoiler:when fighting Shepard and her allies in its true form as Pria]].
301	* SlasherSmile: When facing Shepard [[spoiler:in her true form]], Seeker gives a predatory smile right before striking.
302
303	[[WMG: Perfect Defender of Reposition/[[spoiler:Mnemon Lilloss Urpa]]]]
304
305	ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:Formed from the body and soul of a previous Chosen of Journeys.]]
306
307	[[/folder]]
308
309
310	[[folder: Other Dimensional]]
311
312
313	[[WMG: Deus Machina, the Principle of Innovation]]
314
315	''"Ah hm."''
316
317	A primordial encountered by Shepard and crew, Deus Machina is a DysonSphere sized planetoid. Revealed to be the RedeemingReplacement of Autochthon, a post-fetich death primordial that acts as a refuge to the species wiped out by the Reapers. Also home to Autochthon himself, or the god-sized back up of him. Deus Machina doesn't speak- instead he/she/it speaks through Logos, his fetich soul.
318
319	* BigGood: One of them, and his world-body is much more habitable than Autochthonia.
320
321
322	[[WMG: She Who Lives In Her Name, the Principle of Hierarchy]]
323
324	'''"There will be Hierarchy."'''
325
326	* ControlFreak: If her ranting about how the ''Mass Effect'' universe occurred naturally is any indication, she is not a fan of anything that is developed outside the confines of fate and order.
327	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She makes her presence known by inserting her own thoughts and words into the Illusive Man's, before forcing him to witness something. And when she makes her first proper appearance in the story, she has done something that leaves all of Cerberus under her control (leaving only TIM with free will).
328	* MindControl: Places the Illusive Man into this upon being brought into the galaxy, and it is implied he'd been under her control for a while before then. He is freed afterwards to serve as one of her pawns (though he quickly takes the opportunity to become Exalted by the Ebon Dragon).
329	* NotSoStoic: After several chapters of being shown to be a serene and stoic entity, she flies into a frenzy at the sight of Autochthon before later throwing a temper tantrum upon learning how the ''Mass Effect'' universe formed on its own without any input from anyone.
330	* PaintingTheMedium: SecondPersonNarration occurs when she inserts her thoughts into someone's head.
331	* PsychopathicWomanchild: She has godlike power and can strip away free will, but she basically acts like a spoiled teenage girl.
332
333	[[WMG: The Ebon Dragon, Principle of Enlightened Self Interest]]
334
335	'''I think this is the beginning of a beautiful partnership.'''
336
337	The BigBad of many an Exalted game, the Ebon Dragon is ''the'' creature of darkness, a selfish and vile creature of sadistic glee. And, he may also be an ''ally'' against the Reapers and SWLiHN, appearing to the newly-exalted Illusive Man to offer guidance. Exactly what he wants is unknown, but considering his moniker, modus operandi, and general personality it's probably not good.
338
339	* AffablyEvil: Emphasis on '''evil''', but is not sadistic or cruel. Just self-amused and something of a dick.
340	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Done to Morinth. He ''is'' the Ebon Dragon, after all.
341	* CardCarryingVillain: And merrily so.
342	* DealWithTheDevil: Makes one of these with Jack Harper, turning him into a Defiler Caste. He also makes one with Mirala, turning her into his Bride in exchange for saving her life for the time being.
343	* JerkAss: Makes Mirala his Bride, then drops her into the middle of Cecelyne with Kimbery on her tail.
344	* PaintingTheMedium: He speaks with BoldInflation and no quotation marks.
345	* {{Sadist}}: In an omake, he has a side job as a dentist because of how much fun he has delivering pain to others.
346
347	[[WMG: Jack Harper, the Illusive Man, Defiler Caste]]
348
349	''"I can't help but think I've made a misstep."''
350
351	* AdaptationalBadass: Goes from the leader of a pro-human terrorist cell to an Exalted.
352	* DealWithTheDevil: Makes one with the Ebon Dragon, Exalting into the Defiler Caste after he [[spoiler:loses Cerberus to She Who Lives In Her Name]].
353	* OhCrap: Says this upon realizing [[spoiler:his thoughts have been manipulated by a rather cross She Who Lives In Her Name]].
354	* ThatManIsDead: Upon being Exalted, he no longer goes by the Illusive Man, instead preferring to go by his old name of Jack Harper.
355
356	[[WMG: Mirala, Queen of Hell and Azure Bride of the Ebon Dragon]]
357
358	* AnArmAndALeg: She loses her right hand to Garrus during her fight with Shepard. Her injuries heal after she is made into the Bride of the Ebon Dragon.
359	* AscendedExtra: Goes from being the ArcVillain of Samara's loyalty mission to being the Bride of the Ebon Dragon.
360	* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After trying to feed on Shepard, she becomes so powerful that she's able to go toe-to-toe with the Zenith in a fight that spans across a good chunk of Illium. It is also what allows her to survive long enough to be rescued by the Ebon Dragon.]]
361
362	[[/folder]]
363

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