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* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV in his past, currently between Type II and Type III.]]. He shows no hesitation to take down evil people like Nassana, but is very strict about his methods, shown in his absolute focus on protecting civilians and his disapproval towards Renegade Shepard's rough interrogation techniques.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Well, waistcoat. In the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC, his file reveals he wears the outfit not because [[Armor Is Useless]], but because covering up his chest would worsen his illness.

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Drell have perfect recall of [[Photographic Memory|anything they've ever done]], though they can't always control it. Thane notes that with the ability to recall ''bad'' memories as well, [[Blessed with Suck|this isn't always a good thing.]]. And since the drell came from an arid world and are now living on a planet that's 90% ocean, they suffer from a degenerative illness that causes their lungs to eventually fail.

* [[Click. "Hello."]]: {{spoiler|Keep him alive for ''Mass Effect 3'', and Kai Leng's assassination attempt on the salarian councilor doesn't quite go as planned.}}.

* [[Crusading Widower]]: {{spoiler|In his backstory. After his wife's murder, he spent the next few years hunting down her killers. Emphasis on ''[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|hunting]]''.}}.

* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: Killing people with their own guns, impromptu stealth... justified in that he's an assassin, not a soldier—hesoldier: he's trained to get to the target quickly and quietly and take them out in a similar manner.

{{quote|'''Thane:''' If I have to fight through guards, I've made a mistake. I rarely make mistakes. }}

* [[Dead Man Walking]]: In ''Mass Effect 2'', he says that he'll "be fine for another eight to twelve months." In ''Mass Effect 3'', which takes place a year after ''Mass Effect 2'', he states that one of his doctors gave him three months to live—nine months ago.

* [[Dead Man Writing]]: If he's female Shepard's [[Love Interest]], his Shadow Broker dossier includes [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Broker_Dossiers/Thane_Krios#Personal_Journal a love letter intended to be delivered to her after his death,], {{spoiler|and is delivered in ''Mass Effect 3'' when he dies.}}.

'''Thane:''' ''(after Mouse is startled by both his own presence and that of the [[Back from the Dead]] Shepard)'' Be still, Mouse. You may change your pants in a moment. }}

* [[Determinator]]: {{spoiler|When you meet him in ''Mass Effect 3'', he was given three months to live... nine months ago.}}.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|Left his son Kolyat to be raised by relatives after his wife died. In his personal mission, he attempts to stop him from following his footsteps.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Or at least what finally brings about his death.}}.

* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: {{spoiler|He passes away from complications of late stage Kepral's Syndrome, [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|abdominal trauma]] and blood loss. He dies having made peace with himself and his son, knowing that others consider him a hero. He says a final prayer not for himself but for Shepard}}.

* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: During an interrogation, Thane can either gently rebuke Shepard for beating up the suspect and calmly try to reason with the criminal... or just sit there and not do very much while Shepard beats up the suspect.

* [[Guttural Growler]]: Has a rather deep and raspy voice, which seems to be something of the norm of his race since his son, Kolyat, has a similarly raspy, if somewhat higher-pitched, voice.

** In ''Mass Effect 2'', {{spoiler|not upgrading the ''Normandy'''s weapons by default leads to him getting impaled by a bulkhead during the trip through the Omega-4 Relay}}.

** In ''Mass Effect 3'', {{spoiler|he gets stabbed by Kai Leng during the Cerberus coup on the Citadel, which eventually leads to his death}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Incurable Cough of Death]]}}: {{spoiler|He's got one of these in the third game, thanks to late-stage Kepral's Syndrome.}}.

* [[In Love with the Mark]]: Sort of. {{spoiler|His late wife was not his target, but got his attention when she stood in his line of fire to protect his mark from him.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: He gets stabbed while fighting Kai Leng, and the blood loss combined with complications from Kepral's Syndrome prove fatal, despite a transfusion from his son.}}.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: One of the Shadow Broker's dossiers lists his favorite methods of assassinating various species. One of the options listed for krogan? "Bomb.".

* [[Love Redeems]]: {{spoiler|His wife made him realize that there was more to his life than assassination.}}. Female Shepard makes him realize the same thing if that romance is pursued.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Repentant assassin with a spiritual side? Check. Soft-spoken and eloquent? Check. Humanoid yet exotically handsome? Check. Kelly's not sure if she finds him scary or sexy. Best part: Readingreading the notes of the dev team as they tried to ''engineer him'' to have this reaction. It was, needless to say, [http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/02/09/drawing-mass-effect-the-creation-of-thane.aspx a long and arduous process,], and, ultimately, it seems a good deal of it relied on him being a [[Badass in a Nice Suit]].

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Drell can remember ''any'' moment and effectively experience it again. Not so nice if you're remembering getting shot, but if you decided to dwell on, ahem, nicer experiences... points for the fact that Thane mentions it in-game.

* [[Retired Badass]]: In the third game, he tells Shepard that it's his time to rest from conflict now that his life is almost over. {{spoiler|Then the Cerberus coup attempt happens, and he has one last rumble with Kai Leng, saving the salarian councilor at the cost of his own life. In the hospital, Thane quips that Leng should feel ashamed that a terminally-ill drell managed to stop him from reaching his target}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}: His only role in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', and the first unavoidable case of it in the game. {{spoiler|He doesn't go out without a fight, though.}}.

* [[Say Your Prayers]]: {{spoiler|He's not praying for himself, he's praying for [[Foreshadowing|Shepard]].}}.

* [[So Happy Together]]: His romance {{spoiler|ends this, expedited by Kai Leng.}}.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|After his future wife threw herself in front of his targeting laser to stop one of his missions, he became obsessed with finding her. Instead of going down the usual path of this trope, he fell on his knees in front of her and begged for forgiveness. Eventually, it worked.}}.

** He does this during his loyalty mission, but, unlike most instances of this trope, he does this in plain sight in the middle of a open lobby. [[Failed a Spot Check|When two people walk in front of him.]].

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Was trained to be an assassin since early childhood by the hanar. Killed his first target at the age of twelve. Mind, drell do live shorter lives—eightylives... eighty years to humanity's hundred fifty.

* [[Vigilante Man]]: He prefers to take contracts on people that he feels [[Asshole Victim|deserve to die.]].

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Trust [[BioWare]] to come up with a good way to [[Justified Trope|justify this trope]]. (Coveringcovering his chest could cause moisture buildup in his lungs, worsening his illness.).

* {{spoiler|[[Wall Slump]]}}: In the third game, after {{spoiler|being stabbed by Kai Leng. He doesn't die right away, but it's pretty clear that he's not going to last much longer.}}.

* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]]: {{spoiler|His relationship with his son, Kolyat, prior to his wife's death. This becomes a [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to the original song when Kolyat decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become an assassin.}}. [[Lampshade Hanging|His loyalty achievement is even]] ''[[Lampshade Hanging|called]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|"Cat's in the Cradle."]].

* [[Worf Had the Flu]]: {{spoiler|It seemed that Kai Leng was only able to beat him because he was already in poor physical condition at the time. Thane was suffering from the advanced stages of Kepral's Syndrome, which makes every breath painful, and is roughly 6 months past his best doctor's expected projections. Had Thane been at his peak, Leng would not have survived the fight, or at least would have ran like a little bitch much earlier.}}.

* [[You Are the Translated Foreign Word]]: Used as part of the romance with female Shepard. {{spoiler|It's a name for the warrior-angels of the protector-goddess Arashu.}}.

'''Thane:''' "Siha." Someday I'll tell you what it means. }}

* [[You Are Worth Hell]]: The romance for female Shepard—theShepard: the love scene starts with Thane's frustration that now that he has something to live for again, he's started to fear death once more. Additionally, his Shadow Broker dossier contains a romantic letter in which he expresses his wish to protect and be with her, even if it means he will die a slow, choking death on a hospital bed. The trope isn't directly invoked to its full extent, however.

* [[Your Days Are Numbered]] / [[You See, I'm Dying]]: "This was to be my last job. I'm dying."

=== Zaeed Massani ===

A character who is only available through the Cerberus Network [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] content. He is the best bounty hunter in the galaxy and has been hired to help Shepard. {{spoiler|He's also the co-founder of the Blue Suns mercenary group.}}.

** [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|Type IV]] in ''Mass Effect 3'';: he's started restricting his ruthlessness to Cerberus, who definitely deserve it.

** Extremely apparent on his loyalty mission. If you choose the Renegade route, {{spoiler|he coolly pops a heat sink and lets it ignite some oil, burning Vido alive.}}. If you choose the Paragon route, {{spoiler|he enters an utter screaming fury, empties his clip at Vido's ship as he flies away... and ''kills the guy next to Vido,'' despite the ship being closed and armored. Vido's expression strongly suggests he shat himself as he got away.}}.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Aside from Tali, Kasumi, and Garrus practically every member of your team is a biotic, has cybernetics, is genetically engineered, or all of the above. Zaeed is a normal human who has none of these (except for an artificial eye), he's just a tough bastard with a gun. Yet he's still one of the strongest team members in the game, outdone only by [[Super Soldier|Grunt.]].

* [[The Big Guy]]: Class I. Alllllll the way. In fact, he's right behind Grunt in pure combat prowess, and {{spoiler|gives the whole team a massive defensive boost when holding the line on the suicide mission.}}.

'''Zaeed:''' Then you aren't hiring the right ones. }}

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: While all of the ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' squadmates suffer from this in ''Mass Effect 3'', Zaeed and Kasumi suffer the most from it, likely due to being DLC characters.

* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: After negotiations with a Cerberus contract go sour post-''Mass Effect 2'', he starts taking jobs which disrupt their operations.

** He's hardly a pleasant man, but what ethics he has are largely responsible for his "leaving" the Blue Suns (he disapproved of their hiring of batarians, whom he saw as terrorists), and he expresses disgust at Cerberus' imprisonment of biotic children if taken along on Jack's loyalty mission. He also dislikes corporate security, preferring to work for his contracts and care who he's killing. Also, take him with you whenever the Collectors are involved, and he is clearly disgusted and horrified by what he sees.

** In ''Mass Effect 3'', apart from working against Cerberus, he's also VERY disgusted when {{spoiler|Din Korlack}} tries to bargain when lives are at stake and he has barely anything to gain.

* [[Foil]]: toTo Thane.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In ''Mass Effect 3'', after some "bad negotiations" with Cerberus, he's been actively taking jobs working against them.

* [[I Call It Vera]]: Jessie, his old rifle. His attachment to it is quite strong, despite the fact that it has been broken beyond repair for five years.

** {{spoiler|A message on Liara's information terminal in the third game shows that he's bought a parts kit for a discontinued assault rifle, indicating that he knows the Reaper War is going to be so bad that he'll need the most reliable weapon he ever owned by his side again.}}.

* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: He describes the best way to get a Krogan to talk: Stickstick a knife behind his forehead plate in just the right spot and pry it right off. The thought of it apparently drives them mad.

* [[Karmic Death]]: If Shepard {{spoiler|leaves him to die on his loyalty mission, mostly because Shepard doesn't even kill him, just refuses to help him as he burns in the fire. The irony is noted by Shepard as well.}}.

{{quote|'''Shepard:''' {{spoiler|You started this fire Zaeed, it makes sense that you'd burn in it.}}.}}

* [[The Neidermeyer]]: His stories and the Shadow Broker's info on him indicate that Zaeed was a horrible leader who was all too willing to let others die and not particularly well-liked by those he leads. {{spoiler|This is a pretty big indicator that he's a poor squad leader in the endgame.}}.

** He even gets a bit self-referential -: he claims that the only person not to piss themselves when having a gun next to their heads are psychotic maniacs and trained killers. And they can be hard to discern sometimes.

* [[Rebel Relaxation]]: In his room on the ship and during the pre-suicide mission briefing;: he's the only one not standing at the table, opting to slouch against a wall near the end of the room.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Possible in ''Mass Effect 3'' if Zaeed wasn't loyal in ''Mass Effect 2''. He dies saving ambassador Din Korlack from the other mercs who had been duped into thinking Din was still a Cerberus sympathizer.}}.

* [[Retired Monster]]: He was once a very vicious merc and {{spoiler|co-founded the Blue Suns}}.

* [[Retirony]]: Played with. The Shadow Broker's intel reveals that Zaeed is contemplating retirement after finishing Shepard's mission {{spoiler|and he is so annoyed by the thought that the best plan he came up with so far is invoking the trope himself, by committing a [[Suicide Attack]] on Omega.}}.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His real motivation during his character quest, despite his initial claim that he's in it to liberate a factory of workers from the Blue Suns mercenary group, {{spoiler|which he co-founded}}. It's possible for a Paragon Shepard to not only allow the target to escape in order to save the workers, but gain Zaeed's loyalty ''anyway'' in a scene that proves [[Good Is Not Nice|good is most definitely]] '''[[Good Is Not Nice|not]]''' [[Good Is Not Nice|soft and indecisive.]].

* [[Say My Name]] / [[Skyward Scream]]: {{spoiler|If he's left to die on his loyalty mission.}}.

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: He has some amusing war stories, but during his loyalty mission, it becomes apparent that he is chillingly ruthless in his pursuit of vengeance.

* [[Sole Survivor]]: All of his stories usually result in everyone in his squad but him dying. {{spoiler|Keep this in mind when choosing fire team leaders during the suicide mission.}}.

** Acknowledged enough that {{spoiler|his name will not be inscribed on the ''Normandy'''s memorial wall if he dies.}}.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Gets this from Paragon Shepard in his loyalty mission. The first is a straight-up punch to the face. {{spoiler|The second is pointing a gun at him and threatening to leave him to burn for being willing to do the same for civilian factory workers. This will actually earn his respect enough so that he'll still be loyal in the end.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Shepard can leave Zaeed to die during his loyalty mission if the player chooses. However, this requires 1) waiting until after the suicide mission to do his loyalty mission and 2) having at least two other surviving squadmates in addition to Zaeed.}}.

=== Legion ===

[[Mind Hive|1,183 geth runtimes]], operating on a special-purpose geth mobile platform, who are [[Stalker with a Crush|hunting for Shepard]], complete with integrating a chunk of his/her armor into [[Pronoun Trouble|his/its/their]]<ref>Legion uses "we,", while [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Legion the Mass Effect Wiki prefers "it."].</ref> body.

* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: From EDI —... another AI, no less.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The list of infractions on Legion's profile for the [[WoW]] expy are 2 counts of "suspected use of VI play assistance" ("directed use of twenty-seven pets without the use of macros" and "reaction time better than possible for organics", respectively), 1 count of "suspected use of hacking for server access" ("tactics better than possible without knowledge of underlying code behavior") and 1 count of "unsportsmanlike behavior", which is revealed to be "taunting during Genophage Elimination Platinum".

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Besides being chock full of unique and entertaining dialogue, and offering insights into what was until then one of the most stereotypical bad guy factions in the game, Legion is also an incredible powerful squadmate. He is a bit wimpy to start with, but he gets a shield boosting ability as his loyalty power and is after that pretty durable. The M-98 Widow Anti-Materiel Rifle you can research for him after the loyalty mission is also one of the two most powerful weapon any squadmate can wield. In terms of damage per shot, only Grunts researchable M-300 Claymore shotgun is better, but the Widow can be fired from a ridiculous range. He also has access to assault rifles for close to medium range combat and a wide array of tech powers that are only rivaled by Tali.

* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: ItsIt's revealed in ''Mass Effect 3'' that Legion's memory of Shepard welcoming him with (somewhat) open arms aboard the ''Normandy'' was deemed worthy enough to be preserved in the Geth consensus, along with other key moments of Geth history.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: A major case of [[Trailers Always Lie]] made fans think Legion would be a creepy stalker obsessed with Shepard in a most unhealthy way. The obsession is debatable, but Legion comes across as very mild-mannered. Which doesn't mean it's any less [[Badass]];: it's a deadly sniper who can match ''[[Wrench Wench|Tali'Zorah vas Normandy]]'' as a technician.

** {{spoiler|He pleads to let him upload the Reaper Code in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' to allow full sapience on every Geth platform, allowing the Geth to defend themselves from the attacking Quarian fleet and pointing out the Geth don't want this conflict. If you fail to either back him up or [[Take a Third Option|broker a peace between the Quarians and Geth]], he tries to throw you off a cliff.}}.

{{quote|'''Legion:''' No two species are identical. All must be judged by their own merits. Treating every species like ones' own is racist. Even benign anthropomorphicism. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Will be programmed to fight for Cerberus if you sold it to them in ''Mass Effect 2''; you fight it at their base near the climax of ''Mass Effect 3''.}}.

* [[Character Development]]: If Legion died in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'''s climactic mission, then in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', its role is filled by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIdE0MNOiAI&feature=plcp&context=C475b94bVDvjVQa1PpcFPHC6lGjpj4TTgm4iiVd3nBKe8kn9-sK1E= a sort of backup] (spoilers in video). This backup has no memories from the past three years and no memory of working with Shepard -... and it's a rather different character from the "real" one. It's much less friendly and more logical, disinterested when Shepard tries to connect with it, and it doesn't seem to have any grasp of emotion or trust. It never mentions beauty or souls. Those three years changed it a ''lot''.

** [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: Refuses to kill slaves in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' [[Expy]].

* [[The Comically Serious]]: notablyNotably if you take him on an accidental "infiltration" of the Citadel.

'''Legion:''' ...Geth do not ''intentionally'' infiltrate. }}

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: Hilariously invoked in the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC. Legion's online gaming profile indicates it has been hit with multiple infractions because it was so skilled, the game designers thought it was cheating. While it later challenged and overturned those relating to superior micro-management, reaction time, and tactics, it accepted a suspension for taunting its inferior human opponents during an event.

* {{spoiler|[[Crucified Hero Shot]]: It was in this pose when you find it in the Geth Dreadnought, being used against its will as an amplifier for the Reaper control signal.}}.

* [[Distinctive Appearances]]: It has N7 armor grafted to his frame to make sure you don't mistake it for another geth. And a massive hole through its chest, which oddly enough doesn't really seem to bother it much. {{spoiler|Its replacement in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', if it died on the collector base, has a holographic version of the armor and no memory of why it picked that.}}.

* [[Do Androids Dream?]]: As shown in its admiration for Shepard, Legion is capable of some degree of emotion, though it doesn't really understand it. The closest thing to anger you'll see is if you side with Tali during the loyalty confrontation -... otherwise, it's just "Anger is an organic response. We understand the theory, but we do not experience it."

** The ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'' DLC reveals that Legion has spent 75 hours playing the "Fleet and Flotilla" [[Dating Sim]]. It has a score of 15 ("Hopeless"). It's capable of some level of compassion, however.

** Legion mentions that the geth have been quietly maintaining Rannoch, the quarian homeworld, as a form of memorial. When asked, Legion claims not to know why, but speculates that it is done out of sorrow for the death of so many quarians during the Morning War.

** In the third game, {{spoiler|it asks this question repeatedly, and right before its [[Heroic Sacrifice]] asks Tali, and she answers "yes."}}.

* {{spoiler|1=[[Final Death]]: Legion is one of the only characters in ''ME3Mass Effect 3'' who is guaranteed to bite it no matter what you do. If you don't side with the geth, he tries to [[Neck Lift]] you to death, and you have to kill him. If you side with the geth or [[Take a Third Option]], he pulls a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to turn them all sentient. There is no outcome where Rannoch isn't the end of the road for him. Also, if you gave him to Cerberus in the second game, you'll have to kill him yourself during the attack on Cerberus Headquarters.}}.

** Mitigate it to the point that Legion becomes one of the most durable party members, second only to Grunt and Soldier/Sentinel Shepard. At this point, he's more just 'cannon.'.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: If you side with the geth or get both sides to stand down, Legion disseminates its personality to upgrade the other geth. Siding with the quarians means ''you'' kill them before they have the chance.}}.

** In ''Mass Effect 3'', it's revealed Shepard was the first organic since the Morning War that the Geth chose to interact with on a one-to-one basis. This was hinted at in ''Mass Effect 2'' when Legion admits to having visiting worlds Shepard had gone to, implying that the Geth may have built Legion with the intention of opening a diplomacticdiplomatic dialogue with the galaxy, via Shepard.

* [[Interface Spoiler]]: It's referred to as "Legion" in the subtitles when you meet it first. Oddly enough, when you talk to it later, it's referred to as "Geth". In addition, by the time you progress far enough to meet it, the party select screen will most likely have a single, gaping hole ''with a dossier'' in it, thus cluing the player in that there's another party member to recruit, and it just might be this "Legion" fellow.

* {{spoiler|[[Ironic Name]]: Named after a host of demons in the second game,; in the third, Legion's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] makes him [[The Messiah]] to the Geth.}}.

* [[Jack of All Stats]]: When fully upgraded, it becomes arguably the most useful party member in the game. Legion's powerful sniper rifle makes it a better sniper than Garrus or Thane, its tech powers are almost as good as Tali's (only his lack of an Energy Drain ability puts it at a disadvantage in that department), his fully upgraded shields plus his "Geth Shield Boost" ability gives it almost as much durability as Grunt, and the fact that it can use assault rifles makes it good in a straight up firefight, like combat characters such as Zaeed, Grunt, and Garrus. It just lacks biotics, being synthetic and all.

* [[Late Character Syndrome]]: Recruiting it triggers the end game;: there's only time for two more missions after that. You still have an opportunity to do missions you've missed at this time (and take him along), but it will cost you the lives of several crew members. During the final sequence, however, it's not particularly useful as there are no synthetic enemies on the Collector space station.

** You can also [http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/1585456/4#2001802 modify your saved game]{{Dead link}} to have it appear for squad use in the beginning of the game, after Freedom's Progress. You can get significant amounts of dialogue. It's also a potential game-breaker -: you have a sniper who can easily be equiped with the Widow ("one shot, one kill" except against the toughest opponents) and has the combat drone which distracts enemies. It's entirely worth it, though.

* {{spoiler|[[Mini Boss]]: If he was given to Cerberus in ''Mass Effect 2'', he is battled towards the end of Cerberus HQ in the third game, working for Cerberus.}}.

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Almost Legion's entire purpose in ''Mass Effect 2'' is to provide an Infodump of how the Geth were retconned from ''Mass Effect 1'' (it isn't even a matter of explaining vague technical data, very explicit aspects of Geth physiology from ''Mass Effect 1'' function completely differently in ''Mass Effect 2''). His loyalty mission may have an impact on ''Mass Effect 3'', but that remains to be seen.

* [[Neck Lift]]: {{spoiler|Don't expect it to go down without a fight if you side with the quarians in ''Mass Effect 3''.}}.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Legion was officially announced by the dev team in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZXMuY5kqk 'Enemies'] trailer, which also talked about the Collectors and geth as a whole. The impression fans took away was that of a cold, calculating, absolutely terrifying opponent with a [[Creepy Monotone]] and a firm grasp of psychological warfare. Once encountered in the game... not so much.

** Also potentially to a Colonist Shepard in ''Mass Effect 3''. Legion is heavily implied to have once been the argicultural unit shown in the Geth's memories that picked up a Sniper Rifle to defend other units during the Morning War. Legion was once a simple ''farmer''. Sound familiar, Colonist Shepard?

*** Not so weird. Legion's understanding of humanoid emotional reactions is incomplete—thatincomplete: that's part of why he's journeying with you, to learn about them.

** Legion's loyalty mission makes mention that Legion requires its programs to reach consensus before it decides to act. ItsIt's plausible that the vote swung towards sending the data before Shepard [[Took a Third Option|pointed out a fair compromise]].

** Also plays the role in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', {{spoiler|where unlike it'sits people, Legion actually realizes that siding with the Reapers no matter the circumstances is a really freaking stupid idea.}}.

* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: It's iffy on whether Legion should be referred to as a "he", an "it", or a "they", considering that Legion is made up of over a thousand geth programs that form a gestalt consciousness. Legion refers to itself as "we,", although it can be hard to seperate whether it is speaking of the runtimes in the platform named Legion, or the geth species as a whole. In conversation, it suggests that the distinction may be meaningless. It does occasionally refer to itself as a single platform in the singular.

* [[Sliding Scale of Robot Intelligence]]: Level 4;: the geth programs that comprise Legion are, together, capable of cracking just about any computer system in microseconds, and have technical skills on par with some of the best (if not ''the'' best) organic engineers in the galaxy. They're also beginning to develop emotions, though they do not fully understand them yet.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Played with. When asked why Legion chose a piece of Shepard's armor to fix itself (there had to be plenty of more suitable material around and a substantial hole remains), it pauses awkwardly, looks away a little and very quietly answers [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|"No data available".]].

* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: What Legion thinks of the geth that sided with the "Old Machines.".

* [[Troll]]: Of the "Social Experiment" variety. If you talk to Legion, it eventually reveals that they [http://youtu.be/o-bodFaiazs do this] (1:30 in) to provoke reactions and study organics, in this case, using a fabricated story about a certain pattern of stars forming the face of a Salarian goddess when viewed from the Batarian homeworld, and a bunch of Salarians bought it until they tried to purchase colonization rights for those stars and found out they didn't exist.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Very few people (including Citadel security) react to a Geth platform following Shepard around. Anderson hand-waves that the geth are no longer "the boogeymen they used to be", and that most people are assuming it's a trophy.

* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: From his dossier in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'':

Player Score: 15 (Hopeless) }}

** Legion's claim to not know why he chose to repair himself with a piece of ''Shepard's'' N7 Armour. It is notable that one of Legion's primary objectives was to study Shepard, having journeyed to numerous world's in their path and the N7 Armour used was found at the ''Normandy'' crashsite. It's implied that Legion did so as a form of rememberance, possibly experiencing a sense of loss over Shepard's death which it could not rationally quantify.

* [[Where It All Began]]: {{spoiler|It's implied that Legion was the first geth to kill a quarian. No matter what happens at Rannoch, he will die there.}}.

== = Morinth ===

An asari serial killer that Samara is hunting. She is actually Samara's daughter. You can choose to kill Samara during the climax of her quest, and by doing so you can have Morinth join you instead of her mother. The "''Lair of the Shadow Broker"'' [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] reveals that her real name is Mirala.

{{quote|'''Morinth:''' I didn't choose to be made this way... ''mother''.

'''Samara:''' ''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|Enough]]'', [[Shut UP, Hannibal|Morinth!]] }}

''"I love any game where your opponent can believe he's about to win... just before you kill him."'' }}

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: If you choose her in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', and she survives, the Reapers turn her into a [[Body Horror|Banshee]] you have to kill in London in ''Mass Effect 3''.}}.

* [[Death by Irony]]: She tells you, "I love any game where your opponent can believe he's about to win... just before you kill him." She spends most of the mission thinking she's about to win.

* [[Death by Sex]]: Due to a bizarre genetic quirk, she burns out the nervous system of anyone she mates with, instantly killing them. This process not only gives her a boost of power and knowledge, but it's extremely addictive for her. The effect is drug-like—thelike: the more that she does it, the more she wants to do it.

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge On Her]]}}: {{spoiler|There's no way to prevent her from being turned into a Banshee in the third game. You've got to kill her. Granted, [[Serial Killer|she probably deserves it.]]}}.

* [[A God Am I]]: Claims to be the "genetic destiny of the asari", despite the fact that Ardat-Yakshi cannot breed. Also, of course, the whole "setting herself as a goddess" thing she did, complete with demanding the sacrifices of daughters.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: You get one when Samara makes the kill. Apparently, it's so gory that even cast-iron Shepard averts his/her eyes.

* [[Half Human Hybrids]]: [[Rule of Three|Again]], she subverts this by being a purebloodpure-blood in a society that prefers hybrids. As the purebloodedpure-blooded daughter of a purebloodpure-blood, asari like her are the reason for the anti-pureblood stigma.

* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Embrace eternity!" It's an asari [[Catch Phrase]] for when they mind meld with another -: with her, she's talking of a whole different kind of "eternity".

* {{spoiler|[[Laser-Guided Karma]]}}: If she survives ME2''Mass Effect 2. {{spoiler|After having made a career out of murdering people using mind control, it's only fitting that she ultimately falls under the control of the Reapers when they turn her into a Banshee.}}.

* [[Mutually Exclusive Party Members]]: With her mother, Samara. Recruiting her will cause Morinth to kill her mother and take her place on Shepard's squad.

* [[Perky Goth]]: [[Darker and Edgier]]. When you first encounter her face-to-face, she seems very amiable in an [[Affably Evil]], [[Wicked Cultured]] way, and all she seems to really care about is just 'lingering in the shadows' and '[[The Hedonist|experiencing as much pleasure as possible.]]'. You might even start to think that Samara is overreacting, maybe her obsession has made her delusional. Except the 'Goth' elements aren't just an act;: she's really an asari sex vampire who likes to kill and [[Mind Rape]] people, and she wants to keep doing it.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: If she was alive at the start of the third game, she [http://youtu.be/c0Sz9NG2ObU sends letters] to her sisters in the monastery. She lies and tries to manipulate them, but still says she misses them. Whether this is sincere or not, it's the one time she ever seems to suggest caring about anyone.

* [[Serial Killer]]: [[Death by Sex|Through sex, no less.]].

* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: [[Complete Monster|Oh dear Lord, yes.]]. Zaeed is practical; Morinth does because she wants to do it, because it pleases her. And you do not even met Zaeed unless you have bought out his DLC, making this her this by default on the base game.

* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: Played with;: Shepard's role as bait is to demonstrate badassery to lure her out. However, if they have a high Paragon or Renegade score, they can completely shrug off her attempts at mind control, leading to Morinth having a minor [[Oh Crap]] moment when she realisesrealizes the person in front of them is far more dangerous than she thought.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Invokes this to get sympathy points, [[Subverted Trope|but it's all an act.]].

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: She tries to convince Shepard that ''she's'' the victim (it's not her fault that she's an Ardat-Yakshi) and that Samara is the evil one for trying to kill her. It's... not really all that convincing.

=== Wilson ===

'''Miranda:''' Dead? }}

* [[The Mole]]: He started the disaster that led to Shepard's early awakening, but you don't know who he was working for at first. {{spoiler|He was working for the Shadow Broker}}.