Mass Effect 3/Characters/Antagonists and Npcs: Difference between revisions

For the pages listing tropes related to Party Members, NPCs and Antagonists who first appeared in other games in the trilogy, see the [[Mass Effect (Franchise)/Characters|Mass Effect Character Index]].

A Cerberus assassin who had a run in with David Anderson during the events of ''[[Mass Effect (Franchise)/Retribution|Retribution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect Deception (Literature)|Deception]]''. He returns as part of the force that the Illusive Man sends against Shepard in the third game.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: As mentioned below, Leng has an ouroboros tattoo on his neck, a possible shout out to Troy Baker's work on [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]].

* {{spoiler|[[Back Stab]]: Attempts this after his boss fight. [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|It doesn't go well for him.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Death By Irony]]: Shepard guts him with an omniblade}}.

** [[Batman Arkham City|Robin]]! Why are you an accessory to genocide?! And [[Batman Arkham City|Two-Face]]! What's ''your'' excuse? ...[[Card-Carrying Villain|Well, okay]].

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]}}: {{spoiler|How he ends up fatally wounding Thane (but not Kirrahe, who [[Taking the Bullet|takes a bullet]] instead). And then the climax comes, [[Death By Irony|wherein Shepard kills him the exact same way]].}}

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: {{spoiler|After fatally wounding at least one of Thane, Miranda & Kirrahe; Shepard winds up [[Karmic Death|killing Leng in the same way]], [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|running him through with an omniblade]].}} The scene plays out the same {{spoiler|1=even if Shepard is an Adept or a Vanguard, the two classes which don't use the omniblade in their heavy melee attack; thereby meaning that Adept/Vanguard!Shepard uses the omniblade ''once'' in the entire game, just to invoke this trope}}.

* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: With his eye-covering HUD displays, jaw armor, synthetic muscles, bar-code markings and conventional metal sword, Kai Leng's outfit looks quite a bit like [[Metal Gear Solid 4|MGS4's]] cyborg ninja design.

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]}}: {{spoiler|If you didn't befriend or romance him, he dies when his shuttle is shot down during the last level.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death With Dignity]]: After fixing the sabotage and allowing the dispersal of the genophage cure, he crosses his arms behind his back, stands tall and waits for death.}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by''': [[Grey Delisle]]}}

A first lieutenant working for the Alliance. She works at the Jon Grissom Academy as part of the Ascension Project, a school for young human biotics, although she isn't a biotic herself. She is an old acquaintence of David Anderson. She appeared in the ''Mass Effect'' novels ''[[Mass Effect (Franchise)/Revelation|Revelation]]'', ''[[Mass Effect (Franchise)/Ascension|Ascension]]'', ''[[Mass Effect (Franchise)/Retribution|Retribution]]'' and ''[[Mass Effect Deception (Literature)|Deception]]'' before appearing in ''Mass Effect 3'', where she helps to evacuate the students from the academy when Cerberus attacks.

* [[Hooked Up Afterwards]]: Implied to have done so with Wrex, who mentions she's pregnant by the time you take back Earth. Wrex jokes that it's one of [[Friends With Benefits|the perks]] of his being clan-chief, even if she does want to name the firstborn child after Mordin.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: She's the female clan's Shaman; like the Urdnot Shaman who oversaw Grunt's rite, she explains that she gave up her name the day she took the title. The Normandy team takes to calling her Eve.

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: Repeatedly, in the back, by rachni.}}

{{quote| '''Voiced by''': [[DC Douglas]]}}

* [[Orcus On His Throne]]: Of the extremely hands-off variety. Aside from actually creating the Reapers and establishing the cycle, the Catalyst takes no active part in the conflict. Even when Shepard reaches the heart of the Citadel, the only thing the Catalyst does is effectively stand aside and offer Shepard possible solutions to the Reaper threat.

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: He makes it clear that of the [[Multiple Endings|three options]] he presents, none of them are clear-cut happy endings. {{spoiler|Not only because Shepard has [[Last Chance Hit Point|life-threatening injuries]] due to getting ''shot'' by '''Harbinger's main gun''' en route to the Catalyst, but because the Crucible does its job through ''[[Explosive Overclocking]]'' - using it ''will'' [[The End of the World As We Know It|destroy]] ''the entire [[Portal Network|Mass Relay network]]''... if it was constructed properly ''and'' deployed without being damaged en route to the Citadel. If it wasn't, it could ''[[Scavenger World|destroy all advanced technology]]'', '''[[Kill'Em All|wipe out all life in the galaxy]]''' or simply '''''[[Bad Ending|break without doing anything]].'''''}}

A nameless grandfather that relates the legendary story of "[[Spell My Name With a "The"|The]] Shepard" to his grandson ages after the conclusion of the game during [[The Stinger]].