Mass Effect category

Asari

24 entries tagged Asari, 24 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Asari and Liara T'Soni: Asari Researcher and Shadow Broker.

Why Did Liara Become the Shadow Broker?Liara became the Shadow Broker because she spent two years hunting the old Broker for what he did to Shepard's body and to her friend Feron, and when she finally killed him, she took over his network rather than let it fall apart. Here's how it happens in Lair of the Shadow Broker and what she did with the power.
Why Did Liara Give Shepard to Cerberus?Liara gave Shepard's body to Cerberus because the alternative was the Collectors, and because Cerberus offered the one thing nobody else could: a chance to bring Shepard back. Here's what happened in Mass Effect: Redemption and how Liara explains it in Mass Effect 2.
Nassana Dantius: the asari diplomat who had Shepard kill her sisterNassana Dantius invented a kidnapping to trick a Spectre into killing her sister Dahlia, then built a business empire on Illium by killing anyone who threatened it. Thane Krios came through her air ducts in 2185.
Sha'ira: the asari Consort of the Citadel and her gift of wordsSha'ira, known simply as the Consort, worked from chambers on the Citadel Presidium where an appointment took months and cost half a year's pay. Her advice, not her company, is what made her powerful.
Shiala: the asari commando Saren traded to the ThorianShiala followed Matriarch Benezia for nearly two centuries, was handed to the Thorian on Feros so Saren could buy the Prothean Cipher, and gave the same Cipher to Shepard afterwards. She is the only person to shake off Sovereign.
Acolyte: Asari Heavy PistolThe Acolyte was an asari heavy pistol designed for the asari resistance, firing charged projectiles akin to impact triggered resonant warp bombs. It collapsed kinetic shields and biotic barriers with a single detonation, trusting the shooter's own biotics to finish whatever armor it could not pierce.
Matriarch AethytaMatriarch Aethyta was an unconventional, free-spirited asari matriarch who tended bar on Illium. Of mixed krogan and asari parentage, she was the absent father of Liara T'Soni and watched over her daughter from a distance.
Aria T'Loak: The Pirate Queen of OmegaAria T'Loak was the de facto ruler of the space station Omega, an asari of centuries' experience who governed the lawless heart of the Terminus Systems with an iron grip. Driven from her throne by Cerberus, she fought beside Commander Shepard to retake it during the Reaper War.
Asari CommandosAsari commandos, also called huntresses, were powerful asari biotics who formed the elite of their species' military. Fighting in small guerrilla bands during the maiden stage of their long lives, they ranked among the finest individual warriors in the galaxy.
Asari RepublicsThe Asari Republics were the loose, consensus-driven government of the asari, the most influential species in the galaxy. As the first contemporary race to settle the Citadel, the asari were instrumental in founding the Citadel Council and remained at the heart of galactic society.
AsariThe asari, native to Thessia, were among the most influential species in the galaxy, renowned for their elegance, biotic talent, and millennium-long lifespans. A mono-gender people able to reproduce with a partner of any species, they founded the Citadel Council and stood at the heart of galactic society for two thousand years.
BansheeBanshees were synthetic organic monstrosities created by the Reapers from asari who carried the Ardat-Yakshi gene. Intelligent and grotesquely biotic, they teleported across the battlefield in glowing surges and impaled their prey, and they were most often found leading a Reaper strike force.
Matriarch BeneziaMatriarch Benezia was a powerful asari biotic and revered spiritual leader, mother to the archaeologist Liara T'Soni. When she was found allied with Saren Arterius, those who knew her were stunned, until it emerged that she had been enslaved by the indoctrinating power of the Reaper Sovereign.
EclipseEclipse was a mercenary corporation founded by the asari commando Jona Sederis, prized for advanced equipment, heavy use of biotics, and a willingness to take any contract a client could afford. It blended security work with a vast smuggling operation and counted among the three rival syndicates that ruled Omega's underworld.
IlliumIllium was a hot garden world colonized by asari corporate interests as a trade hub between the Terminus Systems and the Asari Republics, where relaxed customs laws made almost any good available. During the Reaper War its wealthy, well armed leaders mounted a fierce defense that slowed the invaders.
Lexi T'Perro: Physician of the TempestLexi T'Perro was an asari doctor who served as the medical officer of the scout ship Tempest during the Andromeda Initiative's settlement of the Heleus Cluster. A specialist in alien biology, she tended the Pathfinder's crew and served as both their physician and a trusted advisor.
Liara T'Soni: Asari Researcher and Shadow BrokerLiara T'Soni was an asari archaeologist and expert on the Protheans who joined Commander Shepard's crew in 2183. Driven by the loss of her mother and the betrayal of a friend, she later seized control of the Shadow Broker's network and turned it against the Reapers.
MorinthMorinth was an Ardat-Yakshi, an asari afflicted with a rare genetic disorder that killed her partners when she joined minds with them and made her stronger with each death. Addicted to the act, she fled asari justice for centuries while her own mother, the justicar Samara, hunted her across the stars.
Pelessaria B'Sayle: Asari Remnant ResearcherPelessaria B'Sayle, known as Peebee, was a young asari adventurer who came to the Heleus Cluster with the Andromeda Initiative. A restless lone wolf with a gift for studying Remnant technology, she left the Nexus to explore on her own before joining the crew of the Tempest.
SamaraSamara was a nearly thousand-year-old asari justicar, a member of an ancient monastic order bound by a strict honor code, who hunted her own murderous daughter across the galaxy and lent her formidable biotics to Commander Shepard's cause.
Tela VasirTela Vasir was an asari Spectre and powerful biotic whose decades of service to the Citadel Council masked a long-standing arrangement with the Shadow Broker. When her loyalties were exposed during Liara T'Soni's hunt for the Broker, she turned on Commander Shepard and died in the pursuit that followed.
TevosTevos was the asari representative on the Citadel Council during the era of Commander Shepard, a diplomat and compromiser who nonetheless placed the welfare of asari space above the interests of her allies.
ThessiaThessia was the homeworld of the asari, a wealthy and stable world rich in element zero that was long regarded as one of the most prosperous in the galaxy. Its peaceful republics were shattered by the Reaper assault during the war of 2186.
Treeya Nuwani: Asari Anthropologist of Fehl PrimeTreeya Nuwani was an asari anthropologist and archaeologist who lived and worked on the human colony of Fehl Prime. A pacifist absorbed in her research, she was drawn into the Collectors' attack on the colony and uncovered the truth of what they had done to the Protheans.