Dangerous dungeons and creatures, ancient grudges and secrets, everlasting war and chaos in the castle of Aincrad. The fake reality, now the prison of 15000 unfortunate souls due to the dreams of a madman. How far must they struggle, what would they destroy and who would they sacrifice to earn their freedom? Features dungeon crawling, guild politics and international players.

With the Reaper war over and galactic civilization reestablished, the man himself John Shepard tells his story. Will span all 3 games, cover Mindoir, military training, Elysium and eventually, Liara. Action, adventure, drama, romance and much more contained within. Please review. Update: Things are heating up on Virmire.

All who step into war are tested. Those who emerge are changed. Those who do not are consumed. Amidst this hellish crucible, a young man is torn from the life he knows and finds himself amongst a new band of brothers on the crew of humanity's first Spectre. But with time against them, success is uncertain and survival is not assured. Rated for language and violence.

What happens when an American Marine is forced into an experiment that traps him in cryogenic stasis for more than a century? What do you do when everyone you know is dead and gone while you, not even remembering your own name, are forced to fight a war that is not yours to wage? Bear witness to the story of one unfortunate soldier... As he fights to shape his own fate.

She was not born into a normal life. She had no father to protect her, no mother to nurture her, no home to feel safe in, and no real chance at a future. Born in a lab, she was to be part of an experiment meant to change humanity into something new, to raise them to a new level of biological glory. Pain was her constant companion and suffering her faithful teacher. Covers Pre ME1

After discovering an ancient artifact, the UNSC's most advanced warship and a Sangheili Assault Carrier are transported to a universe unlike anything they have ever seen, and forced into a war against a foe they never could have imagined.

He came from nothing and become a defender of everything. How a orphan from the slums of earth become the first human Spectre. Will cover all three games as well as his time before the Alliance and planning on post ME3. OC characters will appear but only to flesh out parts. Earthborn/Ruthless background.M for a reason

Prophesies complete, an immortal Dragonborn and her vampire best friend are left to their own devices. The result? A jointly ruled empire of Nirn that spans the stars. So when Batarians are chased through relay 314 by the Turians into Imperial space, all oblivion breaks loose. How will the Galaxy of Science hold up to the Empire of Magic, Especially one ruled by the Dragon Queens?

We thought ourselves powerful, able to conquer a galaxy with nothing but toys. When we overcame every challenge, breached the space between the galaxies themselves, what use were the words of a race ashamed of their own past? Yet we cannot deny that we were warned, for while a challenge to a human is laughable, a challenge to humanity is a death sentence.

It is said that War never Changes; Men do, through the roads they walk, but War does not. The Humans fought The First War, and alongside the Quarians, the Alliance stands tall against the Galaxy in the face of continued adversity. Now Humanity's place is challenged, their power tested, and age-old beliefs are shattered when a beyond-ancient species is forced onto the playing field.

AU. Hidden security cams on Eden Prime's spaceport caught Saren's actions. Quick thinking saved the Beacon. Quick wit forced the Council to listen. Even the Thorian played ball. In the end, the small divergences were enough to prove the big truth: the Reapers were coming. And the evidence was Undisputed.

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.

A/U- In the 21st century, the Batarian Hegemony discovers a beautifully violent species known as 'Humans'. After deciding to enslave the entire race, and turn them into their own personal slave warriors, the so-called Masters of War must go against the Makers of Slaves. But is it truly possible to combat an alien threat, when your own species can barely even leave its only home?

Humanity found the Prothean ruins on Mars, but the data was corrupted. So, what happens when a race develops outside of the Reapers plans? And what of the machines of war that humanity has made?

Immediately following ME3's ending, what happens to Shepard and the Normandy? Can the Galaxy stick together after the Reapers are destroyed? A MShep/Miranda story, but includes everyone in the Normandy family, old and new. It's a time for rebuilding, reconnecting, revenge. T for language, sparse as it will be.

In 2186 the Reapers attacks the galaxy and Commander Shepard leads the crew of the SSV Normandy (SR-2) against the Reapers, traitors and Cerberus in a war for survival. At the tip of the spear, Shepard must uncover the secrets of the protheans and the Reapers to halt the unstoppable force of terror. Cover by Elisa-Gallion on Deviantart.

Background information/codex. Humanity discovered the Mars Archives a full century early. It led to a massive divergence in history, one that likely changed the shape of the galaxy for millennia to come. Now, a full four centuries after mankind discovered that it was, in fact, not alone, an unseen threat begins to rouse. (AU History, AU First Contact)

[Mass Effect] [Self Insert] "When you lose the person who makes you whole, what do you become then? This will be my new purpose, my new reason to live. And I can't fail again" My attempt at fan-fiction. Updated status on my profile page.

I heard a phrase once: It takes Two To Tango, and I got to thinking, behind every Great Man is a Great Woman, so why not in Mass Effect. Heres their story.

Corporal Ryan Sheppard, and PFC Taylor Jackson get sucked into Mass effect. As Sheppard tries to wrap his mind around that simple notion, they rush to bring their company back together. Faces that were suppose to be friendly become enemies, and everything is not what it should be. OC/Ashley, Personal M/Shep background.

Blake Shepard, aka "Black Dog", infamous former gang member gone Alliance soldier, Hero of Elysium and N7 recipient, trained by Captain David Anderson himself , until the time comes when his mettle is tested. He is given the title of Spectre, and with it, the mission to track down the traitor Saren Arterius. This can only have a violent end. TalixShepardxLiara for ME1.

Humanity never developed FTL. The Prothean archives contained no technology, no Element Zero, just a warning. Isolated from the rest of the galaxy for two thousand years, restricted to their only system, how will humanity have changed when they first meet the Turians? AU, alternate history of humanity and First Contact.

AU. One small divergence, the smallest of errors, and the balance of fate tips. It is 2552. Reach is spared, for now. Operation Red Flag goes forth. The Covenant will learn that this war that they have started 27 years ago have only just begun.

Sixty years after Commander Shepard saved the Galaxy, her Asari daughter comes of age just in time to confront a new evil. Is she ready to become the new Commander Shepard? Finally back. Pease enjoy.

The sequel to Warrior Ethos, this is a retelling of ME2. It has ManShep x Tali and FemShep x Garrus, and is designed to be very realistic, etc. A little bit AU. You don't need to read the first story, but it helps. It uses Calinstel's ideas on the quarian culture. Focuses more on the relationships and less on the missions. The information page is a separate story of mine.

Kiriguya Kazuto never wanted to lead. A killer and a loner doesn't deserve respect or loyalty. But, he certainly wont throw it away. He'll lead this group to freedom. Even if it kills him along the way, he must atone for his part in this madness. He must end Akihiko Kayaba. (Cannon retelling/Some OOC) [Kirito/Asuna] Rated-M for language, adult situations, and death.

Killer. Protégé. Sociopath... all describe him. Keith Sawyer is one of the best operators Earth has to offer, but he's never had to leave Earth until now... Chased out of his comfort zone by a secret organization hunting his family, Sawyer sets out to learn the truth behind his father's mysterious death. But the galaxy is not Earth. Kill or Protect is all he ever knew. Until now...

Alternate Universe to the canon Mass Effect Universe. This story takes place in "our" timeline, as such, Mass Effect games and other Mass Effect works exist and are known by humanity. How has humanity moved to prepare the galaxy in the 70 years since the discovery that fiction had become fact? Will eventually reach the Mass Effect time period.

The end of Sovereign was only the beginning. Faced with obsticles he never thought he had to face, Alex will have to do whatever he can to protect everyone from the Reapers. No matter what it takes, he'll do what's needed when others refuse to. Everything has a price. But as long as he is at her side, nothing else matters. OC/FShep

Kirito never went into GGO. Instead, he found a different game: Guardians of Heaven Online. The newest virtual world world with magic, weapons, and quests. The perfect place for a fresh start. KiritoxAsuna

Heavily AU. Thanks to a cold, humanity never discovers the Prothean ruins on Mars, and barely develops Mass Effect technology. They step out onto the galactic stage after the Reapers have harvested every other species, and find the crumbs left behind by the turians, asari, and salarians. Now they must adapt to fight a foe who won't be seen for far longer than human history.

Grayson Kovac despised video games. For the first time in years, he decided to playtest a new console as a favour to a friend, but ended up stuck in a Star Trek - Inception mash of situations. Now surrounded by ugly aliens and an unhinged guardian, he needs to find his way back to the real world and punch his friend. OCs needed - submit as review! REWRITTEN - START FROM CHAPTER 25

A Salarian STG team is sent to begin the covert uplift of a race known as the Humans. What happens next will forever change the face of the galaxy, as a new race enters the galactic stage. OC heavy. My first fic, so constructive criticism is appreciated. Rating may be subject to change.

100 years after Shepard destroyed the Mass Relays, one colony world spared the worst of the conflict finally attempts to reach out and reconnect with the galaxy at large. But nothing is ever all that simple...

Reboot of ALfheim Arc. After everything they'd been through in SAO, Kirito and Asuna find themselves trapped in yet another virtual reality setting. This time, however, they don't quite know the requirements for getting out.

Shepherd is on his way to Earth to answer for the destruction of a mass relay and the deaths of millions of Batarians. But coming home means coming back to a past he wished to forget about, but it hasn't forgotten about him.

One year before the battle of the citadel Cerberus has completed their defection from the Alliance thanks to the enigmatic Armistan Banes. It is up to Commander John Shepard's brother Liam to keep them from getting stronger.

Chase Shepard a hero? Never in his eyes. If only people knew the things he had done, the things he had seen. When a threat long forgotten threatens the entire galaxy, they call upon a man who isn't know for his kindness and generosity. A man who doesn't keep the peace or obey the rules. They call upon the one who gets the job done. Some call him a hero...others a monster.

And so it has begun! As the war against the Reapers begins however, a mystery starts to unfold. For an ancient evil, older even than the Reapers themselves, has been unleashed... Who are the Takaal? What is the secret of the Catalyst? Can this cycle succeed where so many have failed? Rated MA for violence, language and sex. FF, I expect this one to be left alone as well!

Humanity has a secret. A century and a half before they discovered mass effect technology, the key to the galaxy for them; they were nearly wiped out by attackers from beyond the stars. How they overcame this, has given the galaxy a new genesis when it should be on its final chapters. How will the other races react?

Humanity's reaction to the discovery of the archives on mars was very different from what happened in the games. The militaristic Empire of man is preparing to expand. But how will they react when they discover that they are not alone in the galaxy. And more importantly. How will the galaxy respond to humanity? First contact story. Rated T for language and gore update this week.

Following John Shepard on his path from colony farmboy to one of the elite combatants in the galaxy. Some cameos. -COMPLETE-

The Prothean Ruins weren't. They contained little more than mentionings of an Alien Society; as a result, humanity develops on a completely different path than what was intended, and when first contact is made not with the Turians, but a desperate, destitute race viewed as beggars and thieves, how will this dying race change Humanity? And how will Humanity change the Galaxy? *A/U!*

The USA and the USSR turned their long-standing animosity to the stars with the launch of Sputnik I in 1957. Two hundred years on, the superpowers and their alien allies find themselves embroiled in the machinations of entities beyond their comprehension. AU first contact.

On April 5, 2185, twelve year old Garrus Vakarian was pulled from a burning dreadnought by Colonel Urdnot Wrex of the TEC Ascension Corps. The adventure that follows will herald the eventual doom of the Reapers at the hands of the Trader Emergency Coalition. AU Reaper War, Sins of a Solar Empire crossover.

One Shot. Born from the insane, giggling idea that wouldn't leave me alone. Set at the beginning of Mass Effect 3, when the Reapers begin their invasion of Earth. "Sir...that's a World War 2 era battleship." Take seriously at your own risk.

In This Story Humanity And The Systems Alliance Are Stronger. Pushing the Turians Back And Becoming an Independent Sovereign Nation. The Galaxy Watches With Hungry Eyes, Waiting For The Right Moment To Claim Everything Humanity Has Created. Events Are Set Into Motion Behind The Scenes, Revelations Will Occur But All Will Come To Understand the Human Term Invictus. AU and Rated M

After Cortana's death, the Chief had no where left to go and nothing to fight for. At least, not until an AI tag showed up out of nowhere. Tracking down the tag took time, but what he found wasn't normal. This AI will live forever, but it also isn't completely artificial. What else is the AI? Why is this AI the only one left? And why does it so closely resemble Cortana? (Cussing)

Miranda Lawson ran away from her egomaniac father at sixteen and joined Cerberus. Her life has been filled with many twists and turns but her life is going to take a drastic change when she encounters Nathan Shepard on an operating table.

They've are the first human spectres, they saved the Citadel, defeated the Collector's and led a Galactic war. But at the turning of the tide, as friends become enemies and enemies friends, they'll lead a revolution. The continuation of On the Run, Picking up the Shards of a Broken Galaxy, and Come Back to Me begins.

A mysterious girl in her own rights, Sky, a young 19 year old girl, is without a doubt one of the best people to know. Born in the year 2018, and considered an engineering and scientific savant, she is an extremely talented Psi, heavily augmented, and professional assassin. Discontinued, pending rewrite.

What the future holds for the Commander, his crew, and a glimpse at a post war galaxy.

Jade Harmon, a deep black special operations operative, volunteers as a subject to test a cryogenic storage process and wakes up on a derelict space station. When rescue comes, will Jade be leaping out of the frying pan and into the fire? Or will she discover that despite the new technology, the aliens and the race of giant machines out to kill them all, things never really change.

In her twilight years, Tali is interviewed and tells the story of her life, and the man she would love. Focuses on Tali, and her relationships with the Normandy's crew, as well as the destiny of her people and the geth. Contains language, violence, romance, religion and spoilers. Officially AU now. Updates every four days, rain, shine or apocalypse!

AU. Master Chief awakens not in 2557, but in 2874. Humanity has formed a new society with the former Covenant species called the Central Systems Alliance. The only race not part of the CSA is the Jiralhanae; the CSA is locked in a centuries-old conflict with them. When a new evil threatens the galaxy, can John 117, long ago faded into a myth, save the CSA? Or will he destroy it?

They said 'War Never Changes', well let me tell you, there's more wisdom in that statement than I realized. After being torn from my home by an entity I would have *sworn* didn't exist, I've got to make a life in a universe I'd never thought I'd visit. Self Insert, several OC's present, Pre-Mass Effect 1. Rated T until further notice.

To some, Death is an End. To others, Death is a new beginning. Alex Drake will learn that his death will lead to a new purpose. Armed with a powerful suit, his combat skills and his knowledge of the universe he finds himself in, he will strive to save the innocent. But will this soldier gain more than success in his mission? OC/FShep

John Shepard originally had three choices, that is until a mysterious man appeared, and granted him power he once thought was impossible. He offers Shepard new powers, and sends him back to the start of Mass Effect. Watch as Shepard goes back, and changes the past so that he can truly win victory over the reapers and Star Child! CRACK WITH PLOT! Time Travel, Shepard x Ashley Harem

The story continues... Entire human colonies are vanishing without a trace, and only one man can stop them, but that particular Helldiver hasn't been seen for over 2 years... Rated MA for language, violence and Sex. FF, don't you dare delete this again!

The Reaper War is finally over. Five years have passed since Commander Shepard was declared K.I.A. after destroying the sentient machines, and the galaxy continues to spin on. But strange events have caused the Citadel Council to form a team to investigate the place where she disappeared. And what they discover may change the galaxy forever...

Alana Flynn is running for her life from a Government that set her up. With no where to turn she is force to find the truth on her own, that is until she runs into a Samantha Traynor who is the key to clearing her name and saving her life, even if she doesn't want to. Set two years after the end of Mass Effect 3, because Sam needs a happy ending too...

I am halfway across the world for another two or three months. My family is a bunch of history freaks due to the inheritance from my parents. My uncle is a adventurer and computer tech expert. I could care less about a freaking game. Little did I know that the game called Mass Effect cared a lot about me. Enough to send me to the start of Shepards adventures. SI/OC HITIATUS

When the smoke has cleared and the eerie green light has died down, we join the Normandy crew after they crash land. This is Tali's story, with focus shifting a few times for sake of progress.

In an alternate universe, where the galaxy read the writing on the wall, a much more militerized galaxy prepares for the Reaper invasion. But are they prepared enough?

He united and saved his galaxy, now they need him to help her save another. She was fated to fail, but with his help and guidance that may change. New world, new ship, new hope. One shot for now.

-I have planned for this story to be restarted on a smaller scale as the invasion seems to hard to believe- It has been Three years since Shepard disappeared, Three years since the Reapers returned to Dark Space and Three years for the Leviathan's to plan their return. Beta-Read by Stealer-L1F3. On hiatus indefinitely.

Commander Shepard died to end the Reaper War and bring Synthesis. But when an ancient threat returns with vengeance on its mind, the Catalyst must do the unthinkable to try and stop it.

Self Insert. As a young Marine sent to the Mass Effect universe, I arrive 7 years before the events of the first game and enlist in the Alliance. Terrorists, Slavers, Mercenaries, Assassin's...oh and a little thing called the Skyllian Blitz. Those are just a few things I have to deal with before Saren and Sovereign show up!

The Immortal Series pt. 1 The Challenger Deep is the deepest part of the ocean. With seven miles from surface to bottom the secrets it holds has forever baffled scientists. In 1960 scientists have discovered something big something that can change the course of human history forever.

An alternate telling of Mass Effect. After an assault on the human colony of Eden Prime, one man must work to solve the mystery. A rouge Spectre, mercenaries, and the unknown await Commander Alan Shepard on his quest as he traverses the galaxy to stop an imminent threat.

My take on what might happen in the fourth game. With the relays diactivated the galaxy has held on for five years until now. A relay has opened and the Crew of the Rebirth must travel to the lost systems to find what they can of the missing worlds First Fanfic ever

After a very unfortunate turn of events, I find myself hip deep in the Mass Effect universe. Why could I possibly be here? How can one teenager and an unexpected companion possibly have an effect in Mass Effect? I hope I find out soon. T for language [As of 3/8/18, in the process of revising early chapters.]

A different history to Mass Effect in which Human technology develops along different lines than anything the Citadel knows...an Alternative History of Mass Effect.