His nickname alludes to his tendency to behave as a sarcastic foil to other individuals he interact with. Joker is a skilled pilot who has osteogenesis imperfecta. Jeff Moreau, better known by his nickname 'Joker', is the pilot of the Normandy. The default male version's face and body is based on the likeness of fashion model Mark Vanderloo. Depending on the choice of gender, Shepard is voiced by either Mark Meer or Jennifer Hale. The character's given name, gender, background, and appearance are determined by the player on starting a new game, with both Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 allowing the player to import saves from previous games to carry over that version of Shepard. Shepard is later named the first human Spectre by the Citadel Council, and given command of the SSV Normandy and its crew to complete their mission. On an assignment to investigate a besieged human colony, Shepard is affected by a Prothean artifact that grants them insight on the Reapers, making them the key entity to help protect the species of the Milky Way from being wiped out by the Reapers. Player characters Commander Shepard Ĭommander Shepard is the central protagonist of the original Mass Effect trilogy of video games. The appearance and story arcs of certain characters in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 are conditional upon decisions from prior Mass Effect titles being carried over via an imported save file. Certain characters have names chosen by the player these characters are designated the name they are addressed by in-game. This list describes only player characters, squad members, major antagonists, and other notable characters that appear in the games. This article describes characters who appear in video games set in the Mass Effect universe, which includes a diverse cast of alien, human and synthetic characters. The spin-off games, Mass Effect Galaxy and Mass Effect Infiltrator, feature different protagonists. The fourth Mass Effect game is a standalone sequel to the original trilogy but set in a different galaxy, Andromeda, and focuses on the Andromeda Initiative and the Ryder family. The first three Mass Effect games takes place in the Milky Way Galaxy during the 22nd century and revolves around a space navy soldier named Commander Shepard. It is primarily based on a series of third-person role-playing shooter video games which currently consists of four mainline instalments and two spin-off mobile games. The Mass Effect series, a military science fiction media franchise developed by Canadian video game developer BioWare and owned by American publisher Electronic Arts, features an extensive cast of characters. Middle row: Suvi, Drack, Ryder (default male appearance), Lexi, Liam. Back row, from left to right: Vetra, Gil, Jaal.

The crew of The Tempest led by Pathfinder Ryder in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

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