IpsumAdVeritas
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Joined 07-03-15, id: 6903872, Profile Updated: 07-10-19
Author has written 2 stories for Mass Effect, and Dragon Age.

About me: I'm an aspiring author with a craving for good stories with great characters. I have a particular affinity for Bioware stories - the characters have voices and lives of their own that resonate with me. They could do better on overarching plots though.

But I may one day get around to writing down all the possible spin-offs of all the other stories I've grown to love over the years. Except Lord of the Rings - I couldn't do it justice.

I have two stories currently: Fallow, a Mass Effect rewrite, and a short story for Dragon Age: A Most Unseemly Ritual.

Fallow: My idea was to take the characters I love so much, pick up the pieces of dropped plot lines that Bioware somehow missed (The Thorian? Javik? The Collectors? and for goodness sake why is the rich symbolism of Cerberus being the guardian of the gates of Hades never quite brought to bear?)

In addition to that, the point is to see how the plotlines would play out dealing with a Shepard with a more strategic, rather than tactical mindset. A Shepard who started out as a spy, not a soldier.

Always appreciate your thoughts and reviews!

A Most Unseemly Ritual was a little scene that popped into my head after I finished a re-play of Origins, that plays on one of the more interesting romances. How would a lawful good Warden romance Morrigan and survive the inherent tension in their moralities?

Otherwise, I want to improve my craft and hearing from you, my readers, is the best way I can do that.

Cheers,

-IpsumAdVeritas

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Semper Vigilo by CunkToad reviews
Due to a drive core malfunction, a human vessel arrives just in time to save the Council Envoy from the yahg. What happens when humanity enters the galactic stage not as the race that got attacked by the turians for breaking a law they weren't aware of, but as the race that saved a turian platoon from certain death? M for wartime violence, pre ME1 - ME3, no OP humanity.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Sci-Fi - Chapters: 70 - Words: 744,048 - Reviews: 605 - Favs: 923 - Follows: 1,016 - Updated: 8/27 - Published: 11/27/2016
The Fourth Council Race by Knight Vigilant Koren reviews
A few minor and realistic changes in the decisions made by the leaders of humanity drastically altered the path of Citadel Space and the Reaper War. This is the story of caution and planning over recklessness, the path of the juggernaut over the glass cannon. This is the story of humanity as it should have been. A power worthy of its Council seat, and one the Reapers can't ignore.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 25 - Words: 169,582 - Reviews: 1051 - Favs: 1,577 - Follows: 2,094 - Updated: 7/29 - Published: 9/23/2017 - Garrus V., Kaidan A., Shepard (M), Councilor Irissa
Blessed Be The Peacemakers by The Fighting Irishman reviews
All things considered, it's probably for the best. Jane got to be the Hero. I got to be the Villain. And I can live with that.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Chapters: 46 - Words: 223,951 - Reviews: 427 - Favs: 581 - Follows: 749 - Updated: 4/26/2018 - Published: 11/1/2015 - Shepard (F), Garrus V., Miranda L., Shepard (M)
My Effect: Divergence by Lanilen reviews
Has your sense of direction ever gotten you into trouble? Mine's so bad that it's capable of breaking the laws of physics. Once, I went for a walk in New Zealand in 2014, and ended up on Mindoir during a batarian raid in 2170. Where I met someone. Self-insert (SI), cover by Pretend Fiction.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 34 - Words: 279,718 - Reviews: 654 - Favs: 1,278 - Follows: 1,622 - Updated: 8/15/2017 - Published: 1/18/2015 - Shepard (F), Shiala, Benezia, OC
Mass Effect: Restoration by The Naked Pen reviews
In the opening days of the apocalyptic war against the Reapers, Garrus Vakarian is fighting on Palaven's moon, Menae, world of a thousand buried secrets. But some secrets are better left forgotten... A coda to MASS EFFECT: INTERREGNUM.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13,944 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 23 - Follows: 8 - Published: 3/24/2017 - Complete
Cause and Mass Effect by claihm solais reviews
Mass Effect is a great game. A fun game. But the fun and games stop when it all becomes real...when I find myself on the Citadel, with the terrible knowledge of what's coming. Can one person really make a difference? I'm sure as hell going to try, because the Reapers aren't taking over this galaxy on my watch.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 44 - Words: 281,689 - Reviews: 1089 - Favs: 1,454 - Follows: 1,546 - Updated: 8/24/2013 - Published: 7/5/2012 - Shepard (F), Miranda L.
Mass Effect: Interregnum by The Naked Pen reviews
The Battle of the Citadel has been won. Saren Arterius is dead. Commander Shepard is dead. Garrus Vakarian isn't. Alone on Omega among slavers, murderers, mercenaries, insane warlords and the worst of the galaxy's criminals, he does the only thing he can: declares war. The Archangel legend is born, but angels can fall. Nothing's ever easy...
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Crime - Chapters: 55 - Words: 303,425 - Reviews: 379 - Favs: 611 - Follows: 348 - Updated: 3/23/2013 - Published: 2/25/2010 - Complete
Friends Like These by ElectricZ reviews
ME2- Tali notices Commander Shepard behaving strangely and fearing Cerberus influence enlists the other members of the original Normandy crew to investigate. Garrus, Tali, Joker, Chakwas and Shepard.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 10,972 - Reviews: 94 - Favs: 641 - Follows: 144 - Updated: 6/26/2011 - Published: 6/16/2011 - Garrus V., Tali'Zorah, Joker, Dr. Chakwas - Complete
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Fallow - A Mass Effect Interpretation reviews
This is the tale of the last harvest, the broken cycle. This is the story of the SSV Normandy, and the men and women who struck the first blow in the Reaper War. This is the tale of Alexander Shepard: Spy, Soldier, SpecTRe. A Mass Effect retelling with a focus on improving dropped plot elements.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 87,064 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 20 - Updated: 10/14/2018 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Liara T'Soni, U. Wrex, Tali'Zorah, Shepard (M)
A Most Unseemly Ritual reviews
The Fifth Blight has been defeated, almost before it had begun. The Hero of Ferelden, Adric Cousland, has miraculously survived, and is helping the King clean up the remains of the Darkspawn horde. For his companions, this is one last adventure together. For Morrigan, it is one last desperate delay before the choice she knows she must make. An Origins one-off.
Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,957 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8/4/2015