Liara T'Soni

"Liara" redirects here. For other uses, see Liara (disambiguation).

Liara T'Soni
Mass Effect character
Liara as she appears in Mass Effect 3
First appearanceMass Effect (2007)
Created byCasey Hudson
Drew Karpyshyn
Voiced byAli Hillis (video games)
Jamie Marchi (Mass Effect: Paragon Lost)
In-universe information
RaceAsari
OriginThessia
ClassScientist
SkillBiotics

Dr. Liara T'Soni is a fictional character in BioWare's Mass Effect franchise, who serves as a party member (or "squadmate") in the original Mass Effect trilogy. She is an asari, a female-appearing[1][2] species from the planet Thessia who are naturally inclined towards biotics, the ability to "manipulate dark energy and create mass effect fields through the use of electrical impulses from the brain".[3][4] Within the series, Liara is noted for being the galactic scientific community's foremost expert in the field of Prothean archaeology and technology, specifically evidence concerning the demise of the ancient Protheans, believed by the galactic community to be the pre-eminent civilization in the Milky Way galaxy until their sudden disappearance fifty thousands years before the events of the first Mass Effect.

Liara is voiced by Ali Hillis in the video games. Outside of the trilogy, Liara appears as the protagonist in the Mass Effect: Redemption series, and the fourth issue of Mass Effect: Homeworlds, a comic series with individual issues on each of several Mass Effect 3 squad mates prior to the Reaper invasion. Liara also has cameo appearances in Mass Effect: Andromeda, and in the animated feature film, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, where she is voiced by Jamie Marchi.

Liara has been received positively, with placements on several "top character" critic and fan lists. Various merchandise for the character, as with other of the series' squadmates, has been released. The character was the subject of some controversy in 2007 following the release of the original Mass Effect, with at least one case of government scrutiny over a potentially intimate in-game cutscene between Liara and a female Shepard.

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