Hello guys! I got this idea from watching Thor 2 and notice that not much of AU Mass Effect stories are out there so I decided to write this. Also if you don't know much about Greek and Norse mythology then you might be a little confused.
I do not own Mass Effect, it belongs to Bioware.
Long ago, there was a race that predated the big bang, a race so powerful that they were depicted as gods among the other races they came contact with; hailed from the planet Primordius. This race was known as the Primordials. The mighty race achieved a great many things in a short amount of time. The Primordial predicted the 'Great Explosion', knowing that they could not survive the Great Explosion they devised a plan to insure their survival. So then initiated the recovery plan. This plan in which all Primordial will go in deep sleep until the Great Explosion was over.
After the 'Great Explosion' was over the Primordials slowly awoke from their deep slumber. From there the great Primordials rose up to their god like status by recovering what was lost during time but in doing so they had create the Gates of Travel. The Grates of Travel made it so that it was easier for them to travel from one galaxy to the next, reclaiming what they had lost. But for every stop they made they notice something. On most planets they came a cross from they notice the slow evolution of a species on that particular planet.
Taking upon themselves, they became the guardians and watch over these species develop, so that once they become a space faring race they shall guide them to the right path. Among the Primordials were the Firsts. They were the first among their race to unite everyone to a single banner. The First consisted of Chaos and her frightening and war like nature. Next Gaia and her mothering nature. Then Tartarus for his judgement and punishment. Lastly Eros and his loving nature.
The Firsts were considered gods amongst the species, even to their own race. The Primordial treated them as if they were gods made incarnate. Over time there were more people who became the Firsts.
Erebus, the darkness, he was consider to be harsh and foregone to be the darkest of the First, the god of death. Nyx, the goddess of shadows and secrets, known to think of a plan within a plan, no where is safe with Nyx noticing you within the shadows. Aether the god of Light, known for having the purest of hearts and the kindest of all the Firsts. Hemera, goddess of day, youngest of all the newer Firsts and the most foolish one. Uranus, god of Heaven and Wisdom, the oldest of the newer Firsts. Known for being judgemental but fair and wisest amongst his brother and sisters. Ourea, the god of war and strength. Ourea sometimes too bold for being younger amongst the gods even going so far as to challenging the Old Firsts. Although he is notorious for being strongest amongst his kin. Last for the newer Firsts is Pontus the god of sorcery and knowledge.
The New Firsts were arrogant of their power. The Primordials have not gone to war for many millennia and they tried to stay that way but it was the fault of the New Firsts is that they went to war. The war lasted for about 2 millennia to a race known as the Cephs. The Cephs were a warlike race using advance reverse engineered Primordial technology. They heavily rely on mechanical augmentation. Even though they were considered inferior to them they put up a fight that lasted longer than inspected. The war ended by the Primordials making the Cephs bodies reject the biomechanical augmentation they use and slowly but eventually the Cephs were considered extant.
Realizing making a species extant was a damage to their guardianship. So they used the genetic material of the Cehps and seed their home planet, by doing so they were given a second chance. But before that they remove all their ancient technology they had.
Eventually the Primordials created the Titans. Hailing from the world Titus. They were supposed to be the inheritors of Mantle of Guardianship. They decided to leave enough Primordial technology so they can evolve in a nice pace, But many Primordials thought they were unready for it, so they continue to observe. The Titans went to many wars before they united as a one and even after they created their own Gates of Travel, they continue to go to war to prove their dominance. Ultimately the Primordials decide against the Titans for inheritance. But instead they will guide the Titans to a more righteous path so that maybe one day they shall inherit.
Many millennia go by and the Titans were still considered uninheritable. The Titans over the millennia created their own first known as the Twelve Council . These twelve Titans members were renown for their godhood for their species. Cronus and Rhea were the king and queen of the twelves and for the Titans the other members consisted of Coeus, Crius, Oceanus, Hyperion, Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, Theia, and Themis.
In the course of time the Primordials wanted to create new species who might be able to be up for inheritance. Not knowing of their plan the Titans offer help for the new project of inheritance. The two new races will be knowns as the Olympians and the Asgardians. Remembering their mistakes of the Titans they only left a very small amount of Primordial and Titan technology.
The Olympians evolved on the world Olympia. They were the first out of the two to achieve spaceflight. Their rulers were the Gods of Mt. Olympus. Zeus and Hera the King and Queen. Other rulers consisted of Poseidon, Dionysus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Hestia, Dionysus, and Hades. Each governed their own realm. Though considered slightly stronger than there Asgardian brethren in physical strength but their strongest standpoint was not their strength but their knowledge and wisdom of the cosmos and technology.
Born on a the planet Asgard, they quickly learn the art of war and literature. Though they achieved spaceflight later than the Olympians, but what they lacked in strength was order and strategy. Acknowledge as the race with most disciple, their empire was vast and powerful easily challenging the Olympians even though they had a century head start. The Asgardian king was Odin. Odin was originally a warlord ,before he could band all the Asgardians together. The other rulers were Frigg, Freyja, Thor, Loki, Tyr, Vidar, Hella, Sif, Mooi, Magni ,Thrud, Ull, Baldur, Heimdall, and Jord.
The two young god races eventually made contact with their creators but instead of war they happily joining their godhood. Though they are recognized as the younger gods, they were not treated unfairly but as equals amongst the more ancient. But the Titans, Olympians and the Asgardians all regard the Primordials as the true gods and ruler of the cosmos.
In there was a period of time of peace and advancement of technology ushering a Golden Age with all the four god species. However like all good things must come to an end. War broke out but not amongst their kin but in a newly discovered galaxy, were a race called the Leviathans dominated.
Thinking themselves as the apex race of the the Milky Way galaxy, by thralling other species into creating civilization and giving them certain things as tribute for protection. Bewildered by this intriguing development the gods decided to study them. So for the next 50 years they studied them understanding them. Although it was not the fault of the gods that the war started it was the Leviathans. They took the first shot, once they discovered that they were being studied. Believing that they were unknown enemy who escape the thralling of them fired upon them starting the Leviathan-Gods War.
The war however did not last long as the Great Ceph War or those before and after it. Within 65 years the war was over. The Leviathans lost the war and were shocked to the core and couldn't believe it. They thought themselves as the apex of this galaxy. During the surrender the Leviathans asked how they escape there enthrallment for such along time. The gods laugh at this saying that they were ruling the cosmos before their race even came to existence. The cybernetically enhance aquatic race then realized that their enemy was not from this galaxy but each from a different galaxy and rule many more.
The Leviathans accepted their fate that they might be a engulfed into their society as a servant or client race though what surprised them was that the gods like them and gave them the Milky Way for them to rule and guide. However the gods wanted to guide the Leviathans first. Not believing this the Leviathans took this as an insult but the gods give them a peace offering showing that the Leviathans had potential to one day join the gods as a god and not a servant or client race. The peace offering was a better FTL that would work better for their cybernetically enhanced bodies. So came forth the guidance of the gods to the Leviathans. When there was nothing left to teach them the gods left, insuring that millennia they spend together was not of waste. Unbeknowingly the gods left a huge impact on the Leviathans as they now see them as gods. But before they left, they left a message saying they may one day return to see the Leviathans work and how far they gotten and to see if they are ready for godhood.
Many years of peace later the Primordials decided that it was now time to tell their creation why they originally created them, to see one of them will inherit their vast empire. The Primordials thinking that the years they have been together they should be able to peacefully decided who shall inherit it. Tragically it backfired to an extreme level. The three younger god races argued who should inherit, mostly it was the Titans and Olympians. Eventually those arguments were the first steps to war. The great gods were no longer united but divided. The war was known as the War in Heaven. At first it was just the Titans and Olympians that first went to war while the Asgardians and Primordials stayed neutral. Slowly the Olympians convince their brother species the Asgardians to ally with them leaving the Titans to fight alone.
The War in Heaven lasted for million years, destroying everything the four gods created during the peaceful ages. Towards the height of the War in Heaven the Primordials vanished, never to be seen again and leaving with a small amount of their technology behind. This however stop the war for a short amount of time. Many of the species believed they ascended and achieved true godhood. Everyone believing that the war stopped because of the Primordials ascension was proven wrong, when the Titans destroyed one of the Olympians worlds continuing the war. During the war many technology had gone missing either due to they forgetting them or the enemy taking them or something else had happen.
The war ended when the Olympians and Asgardians completely analihenting the Titans, making their race go extant. There were huge devastation when the war ended everything that was build upon the trust and foundation of the four gods were gone. The damage were tremendous galaxies lay in ruin, solar system destroyed, planets uninhabitable, suns just disappearing and civilizations being destroyed. Realizing the damage they have cause they went on to fix and reclaim they had lost making it the Reclaiming Age.
To this day it is still considered to be the Reclaiming Age. Dividing the Mantle of Guardianship between the Olympians and the Asgardians. The two races has taken up themselves to make amends for their mistakes during the War in Heaven. They have been fixing galaxies, solar system, creating artificial suns for those system who lost their sun. Restoring lost civilizations and seeding galaxies of lost life.
The last amends they need to make was traveling to the Milky Way galaxy and help restore the outer rim that was in ruin during the war. Upon reaching their they notice something was different, the presence of the Leviathans has been gone. Deciding to travel to their homeworld they notice not one Leviathan was present. Reaching the conclusion that the Leviathans had been overthrown. Noticing a fork like object at the end of the system, that was not there last time. When coming close to the object send their ships to disclose location in a unknown system. Realizing it was a primitive way of FTL, that used a unknown zero element. Determining whether or not to check the livable worlds for life. The guardians discover a lush green world they thought it was perfect for an outpost in the Milky Way since they did not have one. Upon reaching the planet they discover that the planet is own by a race of primitive four eyed species.
The gods realized that this was a perfect time to study a new species. Over the years they studied the species by created a temple near one of the heavily populated areas. They notice that this species biology was truly fascinating. They were anthropoidal race. They have two pairs of eyes with each eye possessing dual pupils, and three pairs of nostrils. The most interesting is that their bodies make them have psychometry, either it was from natural selection or they evolve from it was unknown. Before they left they indulge the race with their history dating way back to the Primordials till now. They did leave their temple and naming the species Prothean. Hoping that they might carry their legacy.
The gods decided to continue to travel in the Milky Way, making contact with species that were more primitive than the Prothean or equally as them. Until they they came in contact with a primitive species on a green world. The dominant was a large reptilian bipeds race. The reptilian race already had a way of communication and good understanding of their homeworld. Upon making contact with them they startled the reptilian thinking that their world is about to die. Instead they were wrong and the gods like what they did for the Prothean, setting up temple and guiding them. The reptilians now known as the Korgan, saw them as gods and worshipped them, giving sacrifices to them. The young gods decided to give them architectural, art and the most basic of science. By guiding the species, the gods discovered a great many things like how they could regenerate to a certain degree and have four testicles. Before they left, they left a egg that they biologically engineered. Telling the Korgan that one day a giant creature named Kalros will come out of the ground and protect them. Then they left as they did with the prothean, leaving their temple and Kalros.
Over the years, the gods decided that it was time to rest and let the other species evolve without their guidance and so be it the gods went to an eternal slumber. The only way to waking them up from their slumber is by activating the Odyssey Biforst, that they launch into space in the all their ruling realms. So now they wait, wait for their subject to wake them in their everlasting sleep if they are in the direst need of help.
That's all folks I hope you like it. Also I do not have a beta and need one so yea if one of you guys are willing, help me out. Another things is should I put Humanity in this? Or make this pre-ME1? or put this in the setting of ME 2 or ME3? Leave a review down on what you guys think, I might put a poll up don't know yet for that.