Is Javik a true prothean?

In Prothean society, there were many "Avatars", Protheans who embodied a single virtue for the society. Javik is one of those Avatars, and his virtue is Vengeance. According to Javik, he was the last of the warriors of the Prothean Empire, born in the midst of the war with the Reapers, a war the Protheans were losing.

Was Javik supposed to be the catalyst?

Yeah that's right. Javik, the DLC character, was originally supposed to be the mysterious factor that initiated the mysterious plot device in the end game. The role now currently occupied by a ghost child everyone hates and considers a Deus Ex Machina because he shows up out of nowhere at the end.

Are the Protheans the Reapers?

"Reapers" was a name bestowed by the Protheans, the previous galactic power fifty thousand years before, and the geth refer to them as the Old Machines.

Did any other Protheans survive?

The Protheans' primitive subjects survived and went on to become the present cycle's dominant ones. Other races subjugated under them, however, weren't as lucky.

Who existed before the Protheans?

According to Javik, the Inusannon were the race that came before the Protheans. During their cycle, the Protheans studied the remains of the Inusannon's technology and used it to expand their empire, keeping its details a closely guarded secret.

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Who is the oldest krogan Mass Effect?

The first krogan character in the media franchise, a battlemaster named Skarr, appears in Mass Effect: Revelation as a secondary antagonist.

What is the oldest Mass Effect race?

Prothean. The ancient Protheans were a thriving, expansive civilization over 50,000 years ago.

Is Shepard canonically alive?

Gamers can finally end speculation that Shepard's movement was his last breath, and can rest easy knowing the star-travelling war hero is alive.

How did krogan get on Andromeda?

The elder krogan spent more than 1,400 years causing a ruckus in the Milky Way—wearing the title of soldier, mercenary, and at times, pirate. When the loyal, but stubborn, veteran was given the chance to join his clan on a voyage to Andromeda, he had no choice but to sign up.

Did the Quarians go extinct?

The geth reacted to defend themselves, and the resulting confrontation erupted into a planetwide war. Billions of quarians died, and the survivors were eventually driven from their homeworld.

Who is the strongest Reaper in Mass Effect?

Alliance intelligence suggests that Harbinger is the oldest and largest Reaper of the entire fleet.

Could the Krogan beat the Reapers?

After the genophage is cured and the krogran breed out of control could their sheer numbers be enough to stop the reapers. It would take a decade or two for those krogan to grow up and be ready for war. But it would take the reapers a century to wipe out most people in the galaxy.

Did the protheans create the Asari?

Origins. The asari arose on Thessia, a rich world with abundant quantities of element zero that caused much of life on Thessia to exhibit biotic tendencies. Instrumental to the rise of asari civilization was the intervention of the Protheans.

Why is Javik always washing his hands?

He mentions that Protheans used water to store data like we use computers and datapads. He's using a "computer" when he's messing with water. I missed that! I figured it was to wash himself clean when he reads too much from touching things.

Should you let Javik touch the shard?

As you guys probably know: if you let him touch it, he decides he'll kill himself after the war. If you don't, he says he'll write a book with Liara/become king of the Hanar on Kahje. On the one hand, you'd be denying him the relatively peaceful life he would've enjoyed otherwise.

Why can't i use Javik on palaven?

If you recruit Javik after then, he can be used right away. It's for the reasons u/Elcca stated above. He's also not available for the Cerberus Outpost mission, if you go do that before Palaven. He needs to use the bathroom for a few hour.

Why weren t the quarians in Andromeda?

Andromeda left the fan-favourite quarians out of the game to focus on Mass Effect's more prominent races. The quarians, Andromeda explained, were lagging behind on another ark ship - the Keelah Si'yah - with many of Mass Effect's other, more minor species: the drell, elcor, hanar and volus.

What is the lifespan of a krogan?

Sheer physical hardiness means an individual krogan can expect to live for centuries. Krogan can live for well over a thousand years, as evidenced by Warlord Okeer, a veteran of the Krogan Rebellions who died (of decidedly unnatural causes) well over a thousand years after the Rebellions ended.

Does Andromeda have Shepard?

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Shepard does not make a direct appearance, though players can select Shepard's gender at the start of the game. Shepard is referenced both in conversations between characters, and in audio logs sent by Liara T'Soni to Alec Ryder, the player character's father.

Why do Shepards scars glow?

Shepard's scars glow. Below the surface of digital objects in a game, the objects glow, so this indicates that the scars are simply tears in the digital surface rather than an attempt to make them look real.

Can EDI survive the destroy ending?

EDI survives in two of the three endings of Mass Effect 3. However, all the Mass Effect 4 teasers so far seem to imply that Mass Effect 3's Destroy ending, the one in which EDI supposedly dies, will be the canon conclusion of the trilogy and starting place of the next game.

What is Shepard's canon name?

If Shepard is male, his name will be John Shepard; if female, her name will be Jane Shepard.

What race was before Prothean?

The zha'til were a synthetic race that existed at the time of the Protheans. They originated when a race known as the zha implanted themselves with symbiotic AI technology to enhance their intelligence in order to survive as their homeworld became inhospitable.

Why did Mass Effect 3 fail?

Mass Effect 3 essentially made two major errors. It downplayed the investment you made in Mass Effect 2 by being unable to incorporate characters you embraced over the course of that game, and it reduced the amount of character interactions overall.

Who is the oldest Reaper Mass Effect?

Harbinger: The main antagonist of Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 (besides Illusive Man as the secondary antagonist), and leader of the Reaper fleet. It is the largest and oldest Reaper in existence and was the controlling force behind the "Collectors"; who were warped versions of the Protheans.