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  1. Lazarus Shunned by

    Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types  

    22 Jun 2025

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    Cerberus has spent billions of credits trying to bring Commander Shepard back from the dead, and despite the odds, it seems to be working. Then a saboteur makes his move and Shepard's resurrection takes a horrific turn, leaving the Alliance, her old team, and Cerberus scrambling to control the situation...all while the Collectors begin their harvest of humanity.

    An AU "What If?" story where the Shepard that wakes up on Lazarus Station isn't the same person that died over Alchera. Things fly off the rails almost immediately, plans and contingencies are dead on arrival, and her former friends--along with the people she would have eventually called her allies--struggle to stay afloat.

    After all, how are you supposed to face your demons when the Paragon of Humanity has become one herself?

    Prologue: Ch. 1
    Act I: Ch. 2-16
    Interlude: Ch. 17
    Act II: Ch. 18-32
    Interlude II: Ch. 33
    Act III: IN PROGRESS

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