Mass Effect Lore - The Prothean Cycle - Part 1 - The Prothean Empire

Part 1 of my deep dive into the Prothean Cycle, exploring the highly influential, yet highly mysterious, Prothean Empire.

Music:
Music by szegvari, courtesy of freesound.org
"Dark Synth Drone Action Mood Atmo Cinematic Film Music"
"EDM Myst Soundscape Cinematic" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
**NOTE** This was paired with "120 bpm edm drum loop 036" by "waveplaySFX" - https://freesound.org/people/waveplay...
"Electronic Cinematic Music" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
"Egypt action - Cinematic soundtrack background music" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
"Haunted Hall - Cinematic Fantasy Music Thriller Orchestra atmo Amb soundscape" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...
"Emotional Trap, Trap, Cinematic_146 BPM_A# minor_Full Mix Audio loop" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari...

Special thanks to the folks at the unofficial Mass Effect wiki for maintaining their invaluable archive of catalogued and easily retrievable information:
https://masseffect.fandom.com

Special thanks also to the Wikimedia Commons (https://www.wikimedia.org/), who hosts Public Domain and Creative Commons images, such as those included in the video.

Gameplay footage from Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.

Films/series excerpted in this video include:
"Inception" - written & directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Brothers - 2010
"Mad Men" S01E04, "New Amsterdam" - written by Tim Hunter, directed by Lisa Albert - aired 2007
"Starship Troopers" - screenplay by Edward Neumeier (based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein), directed by Paul Verhoeven - Tristar/Touchstone Pictures, 1997
"Conan the Barbarian" - directed by John Milius, written by Milius and Oliver Stone (based on the work of Robert E. Howard) - Universal Pictures/20th Century Fox, 1982
"Idiocracy" - directed by Mike Judge, written by Judge and Etan Cohen - 20th Century Fox, 2006
"Gladiator" - directed by Ridley Scott, written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson - Dreamworks/Universal, 2000
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" - Walt Disney Pictures, 1992
"Man of Steel" - directed by Zach Snyder, written by David S. Goyer & Christopher Nolan - Warner Brothers, 2013
"Troy" - Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Written by David Benioff (based on the work of Homer and Quintus Smyrnaeus) - Warner Brothers, 2004
"Independence Day" - directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich & Dean Devlin - 20th Century Fox, 1996
"Monty Python's Life of Brian" - by Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, & Michael Palin - HandMade Films/Cinema International Corporation, 1979

Additional Clips, Sources:
"Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back Cinematic Trailer" -    • Mass Effect 3: Take Earth Back Cinema...  


Bookmarks:
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - Sources & Disclaimers
3:34 - The Prothean People
8:01 - Prothean Civilization
12:36 - The Prothean Empire
16:11 - The Metacon War


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