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

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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/sounds/593786/ ***NOTE*** This was paired with "120 bpm edm drum loop 036" by "waveplaySFX" - https://freesound.org/people/waveplaySFX/sounds/556161/ "Electronic Cinematic Music" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari/sounds/579825/ "Egypt action - Cinematic soundtrack background music" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari/sounds/593911/ "Haunted Hall - Cinematic Fantasy Music Thriller Orchestra atmo Amb soundscape" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari/sounds/595715/ "Emotional Trap, Trap, Cinematic_146 BPM_A# minor_Full Mix Audio loop" - https://freesound.org/people/szegvari/sounds/665199/ 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" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBktyyaV9LY 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 #masseffect #masseffectlegendaryedition #lore