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Had to be me. Someone else might've gotten it wrong.

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Mass Effect lore collection from the books

Camala + Batarian lore (Source: Mass Effect Revelation)

Read if you wish to know more canon info about batarians and their colony Camala.

Under the cut.

One of the most important planets in the Skyllian Verge is Camala, a primarily batarian world and desert planet known for having some of the largest deposits of eezo in the Verge under its surface.

The planet also features two large metropolian areas of over a million people each, the capital Ujon and the city Hatre, location of the world’s primary spacesports.

As the colony world has a wealthy economy, it draws in a lot of visitors and immigrants of different species.

Of all the batarian worlds, Camala is easily the wealthiest one.

Among Batarians, social standing is extremely important and insulting a batarian’s social class is considered a very grave insult.

As social class is of such high importance among batarians, batarians place high value on dressing as well as they can afford.

Batarians tend to wear robes, even males.

Some of the most popular liquors on Camala are made by the hanar.

It seems like common knowledge says that the Blue Suns were founded by batarians and recently started taking on humans, when the reverse is true. It is possible that few people know the truth about the story behind the Blue Suns.

Batarians tilt their heads to the left to show admiration and respect. A tilt to the right is a greeting directed towards someone a batarian believes to be inferior.

Batarians tend to have relatively lean builds, compared to humans. Their necks tend to be longer and narrower than human necks, and their lips thinner.

The ridges of cartilage on top of a batarian’s head extend to their neck.

Batarian faces are covered with fine, thin hair that grows longer and thicker around the mouth, making them the second known species in the galaxy with hair.

Batarian names in the books: Groto Ib-ba, Jella, Helanda, Sh’n’ya, Edan Had’dah

It appears as if female batarians tend to have old Germanic sounding names (Jella, Helanda). Their names also tend to end in a though that could just be due to a Western-centric and anthropocentric approach from the writer.. (no offense to Drew I love him). Or it’s just the translator.

Surnames of batarians tend to have apostrophes in the middles or they are some sort of double name

Batarians are on the cutting edge of medical science

Most people don’t know into which pair of eyes to look in batarians, which gives them an edge in negotations as people will avoid eye contact with the race altogether, resulting in other people not being able to read batarians well

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i'm back now, ready to write more mass effect headcanon/lore posts!! <3

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition: ME2 (dev. Bioware) ↳ Admiral Hackett in Arrival DLC

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𝕄𝔸𝕊𝕊 𝔼𝔽𝔽𝔼ℂ𝕋 | Jane Shepard and Garrus Vakarian

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Miranda Lawson's Armory (LE2): Original, 1.3 & 1.4 release ⮑ Black MEA Officer as Casual Option

Disavowed (LE3 Miranda Texture Overhaul) [Heleuss Miranda Complexion for LE2] - personal tweak

Miranda Lawson's Armory (LE2)

Wraith Eyes

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Jack becoming a teacher is a wild decision I never would have thought of, but it actually makes perfect sense when you see it. She was basically tortured from birth to hone her biotics, and she knows how cruel the world can be. Why wouldn't she be invested in training biotics in a way that both prepares them for what's coming and in an ethical way, so far away from what she was put through? As Shepard say, I can't think of anyone who could care for them more.

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Sapphic Gif Meme

[2/10] Sapphic Characters: Inara Serra

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My current shepard has fallen for thane and jack and holy heck it might be the rarest ship ive ever had 😭 you are singlehandedly feeding me basically, and i thank you profusely 🙏

omg what an unexpected anon ask?? who are you :'))

i just smiled, thanks for sending me this! yes thane and jack are amazing <3

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If you're doing the OC questions, how about 41 for Jane and Garrus, 33 for Albacus and 28 for Nihlus? Hopefully that's not too many?

Not too many at all! Thank you for asking!! :D

41. What’s their sexuality? What do they find attractive? Physically and mentally? What do they like/need in a relationship?Jane and Garrus are both bisexual - in Jane’s case this is mentioned explicitly (she fools around with some asari on the Citadel, and seems to have a bit of an itty bitty crush on Liara) whereas with Garrus it’s more a matter of leaving things open to interpretation (as far as it’s relevant to Red Streak) but I definitely consider him bi, and I’ve tried to leave the language about his previous sexual experience - with other turians in particular - gender neutral. 

In her own words, Jane has a soft spot for loudmouths with hearts of gold. Regardless of species, she’s physically attracted to people who are unpretentious yet disciplined - she wants to know you work out, but she doesn’t want to hear you bragging about how much. Plus she’s got an uncomfortable fixation on turians males in particular, and it makes her worry that she’s got some Freudian problems… and maybe she does, haha. In a relationship, she needs space. Lots and lots of space. I don’t think she’s comfortable with the idea of being  “a couple” with anyone. Relationships would be low-key, private, arguably hidden, because she doesn’t want to advertise what she sees as a massive, person-sized weak spot. 

Garrus is a lot less picky. I imagine he’s slept with… ahaaaaa… a lot of people. Always for fun, always a great time, but never for keeps. When people get attached (like Dr. Michel), he feels like he’s been dishonest, somehow, because we all know why he was sleeping through half the human population on the Citadel. In a relationship? He’s never really let himself explore anything serious yet, he’s been too chickenshit, and too afraid of missing his chance to find that mystery woman again. But I’d guess he needs honesty, first and foremost. Relationship “rules” and romantic crap and maintaining the mystery would all chafe. Just be honest. Hell, leave the bathroom door open and brag about what you’re doing, he doesn’t care, as long as you’re not making shit up.

Get… get it?

33. What underwear do they wear? Boxers or briefs? Lacey? Comfy granny panties?Oh my god, I’m sorry. Envisioning Albacus in granny panties is terrifying, hahahaha. I don’t really know what kind of underoos turians wear, but I imagine Albacus is used to some expensive ones, and has to get used to like… crates of garbage retrofitted tighty-whitey equivalents as he settles into life on a human colony. That’s pretty goofy to think about, LMAO.

28. What is their biggest fear? What in general scares them? How do they act when they’re scared?Oooh this is a good question. Nihlus has been pretty tight-lipped about his past, but we know his dad was a mercenary wife-beating scumbag, basically. I think most of who Nihlus grows into - this stoic, snooty cosmopolitan, a guy who seems like he’s absolutely always in control, the ultimate lone-gun Council Spectre - is based around the idea of being a better person than his father was. He does all he can to avoid inheriting his father’s legacy of selfishness, and to do it, he had to claw his way out of a deep pit of violent, abusive, Terminus lowlifes who only cared about the next payoff. By the time Shepard meets him, Nihlus is operating alone and has a difficult time making interpersonal connections, but that’s not because he wants to be alone, at least not deep down. His reticence and outward chill are founded in the same fear: a fear of hurting people unintentionally, or even worse, hurting people without any remorse at all. 

No matter how close he and Saren might have been (I don’t ship them romantically, but I imagine Saren was a bit of a surrogate dad to a very angry, very malleable teen Nihlus), when Nihlus watched Saren growing more and more corrupt, he saw his father in that growing shadow, and finally gave up on his would-be mentor and oldest friend.

Super Detailed Questions Meme

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I asked the incredibly talented @savbakk to pick one of my OC couples to draw for her kofi event and she surprised me with Tenzen and Tosca from my completed fanfic, In Bloom! They’re too adorable and I love it. Thanks a billion Sav!

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i think my hc for the asari life stages was

baby 0-1 years

toddler 1-2

early childhood 0-8

middle childhood 8-12

late childhood 12-19

adolescence: 19-40

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it‘s post reaper war, thane is alive and he‘s working as a physical therapist in a psychiatric hospital. yeah i make the rules, he never died the pretty reptile man is alive and kicking

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Shawson Reunion: Horizon

Guardian Armors for Shepard (LE3)

Morning's Versatile Hairstyles for Femshep LE3

Project Variety (LE3)