Cleaning blitz. Updated on 17 May 2021
BioWare has changed a Mass Effect character s race from human to turian - fixing a long-standing issue many (correctly) assumed was a bug.
THERE MAY BE MASS EFFECT 1 SPOILERS AHEAD.
Elanos Haliat, a human-hating pirate and previous leader of the Terminus Systems, appears in Mass Effect 1 on the world of Agebinium. Shepard encounters him when investigating a mysterious nuclear probe which needs to be defused.
Haliat has a history - he organised the attack on the human colony named Elysium prior to the events of the trilogy. This attack, named the Skyllian Blitz, is frequently referenced in the series.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Finally Changes NPC Into A Turian, Which Makes Way More Sense
The race of a prominent side character in the original Mass Effect never made much sense, and it looks like BioWare has at long last fixed the mistake by transforming him into a Turian.
Minor spoilers for Mass Effect below.
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Whereas Haliat was once a human in the original game, he is now a Turian in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, which makes way more sense. For context, Haliat is a pirate and former leader of the Terminus systems. Most importantly, he s the character who organized the invasion of the human colony of Elysium prior to the events of the game. This attack is referenced frequently in conversation as The Blitz if players sele