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1. The Weight of A Name by sparrow_z

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

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, F/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni
   • Garrus Vakarian/Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Aethyta/Benezia (Mass Effect)
   • Tevos/Aria T'Loak
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Liara T'Soni
   • Garrus Vakarian
   • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
   • Kaidan Alenko
   • Ashley Williams (Mass Effect)
   • Benezia (Mass Effect)
   • Tevos (Mass Effect)
   • Steven Hackett
   • Aria T'Loak
   • Ishara (Mass Effect)
   • Sarissa Theris
   • Aethyta (Mass Effect)
   • Alternate Universe - Fantasy
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage
   • Biotics are now arcane/magic that you can learn
   • Protheans don't really exist
   • it's meant to be high fantasy but also cba with keeping the language super heavy
   • i'll update tags and characters because I'm not entirely sure how long this will be or how complicated the entire thing will become
   • there is hints of eldritch horrors coming
   • be warned

   Summary

   When Lord Commander Shepard decides to go on a routine mission to clear ruins for the scientists of Tellus Mater, she never expects to cross paths with two asari huntresses.
   She also never expects to find the only Heiress of Thessia, stuck in a stasis trap.

   After a stressful discussion concerning a potential intrusion on lands the asari should simply not be on, a middle ground is found, in the shape of keeping the First Daughter of Thessia safe in Normandy's Keep.

   But below the surface of politics and bureaucracy, unrest stirs. Trade routes get attacked, artefacts stolen and the war that Shepard had hoped to finally see disappear resurges. Is unifying Tellus Mater, Thessia and Palaven the only real way to prevent dark magics from taking over?

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   OR if Mass Effect happened on the same continental land and biotics are now a type of magic that can be learned. Also Shepard's in love, but there's little time to focus on what the heart says when everything goes to shit. Right?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   29,973

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

   2

   Kudos:

   34

   Bookmarks:

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