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Doom_Art
04/08/17 5:19:59 PM
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Specifically Ardat Yakshi (sp?), how is it that there's so many Banshees in the game?

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In ME2 Samara says there's only 3 known Ardat Yakshi in existence.

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iosifsvoboda
04/08/17 5:22:47 PM
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Couldn't they have been other ardat yakshi in the past? Do Banshees have life spans?
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Doom_Art
04/08/17 5:25:17 PM
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iosifsvoboda posted...
Couldn't they have been other ardat yakshi in the past?

I'm sure there were but it's very heavily implied (if not stated outright) that they started dying off when the Asari began mating with other species.

In 2 (which I'm playing rn) Samara says outright there's only 3 left, and they're her daughters. Since Morinth dies that would make 2.
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Irony
04/08/17 5:25:47 PM
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I don't remember her saying that
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CrimsonAngeI
04/08/17 5:27:01 PM
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ThePieReborn
04/08/17 5:29:06 PM
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It's inclusive of Asari who have the possibility of developing the condition IIRC.
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ROBANN_88
04/08/17 5:29:51 PM
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Doom_Art posted...

In ME2 Samara says there's only 3 known Ardat Yakshi in existence.


i don't think she said that at all.

she said she had thre daughters, all of which were Ardats. there could still be others
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Tmaster148
04/08/17 5:30:18 PM
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Just because there's only 3 known Ardat Yakshi, doesn't mean more can't exist. Ardat Yakshi aren't exactly running around in the open and chose to live isolated. Plus the only 3 we know about are Samara's daughter's.

Also there are less severe casses that are more common of the disorder which is inflicted upon 1% of the population.

Also the area where you are suppose to meet Banshees for the first time is the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery.
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UnholyMudcrab
04/08/17 5:31:49 PM
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If I'm not mistaken, Samara says that she's only aware of the existence of 3 remaining Ardat-Yakshi, not that there are definitely only 3 remaining, period. Which still wouldn't be right, because that Ardat-Yakshi monastery is a thing, and there are definitely more than 3 of them there.
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akatsukiba
04/08/17 5:32:07 PM
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Doom_Art
04/08/17 5:33:23 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
she said she had thre daughters, all of which were Ardats

"As far as I know only three exist today."

Eh, so there's room, I guess.
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marc55
04/08/17 5:34:35 PM
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do we ever get to see the asari throug non human eyes ?

arent they supposed to look different depending on the race of who sees them ?
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Doom_Art
04/08/17 5:38:48 PM
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marc55 posted...
do we ever get to see the asari throug non human eyes ?

arent they supposed to look different depending on the race of who sees them ?

I don't think it's a "shapeshifting" thing in that they actually physically look different for each race. Mordin speculates at some point that it's a neurochemical thing.

I think it's just maybe something like that, and each race just fixates on specific qualities of an Asari (human like that they look like them, their boobs, asses, etc), Salarians like their flexibility, and Turians like their head fringe things.
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ROBANN_88
04/08/17 5:38:51 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
ROBANN_88 posted...
she said she had thre daughters, all of which were Ardats

"As far as I know only three exist today."

Eh, so there's room, I guess.


checking the ME wiki now.

"Falere, Rila and Morinth, all daughters of Samara, have the lethal version of this condition. Morinth chose to embrace her condition, while Falere and Rila opted for a life of peaceful seclusion. According to Samara, these are the only three living Ardat-Yakshi. However, less severe cases are supposedly more common, including up to 1% of the population."

it's possible that the monastery includes those "lesser severe cases" and that they are enough to make a Banshee
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CrimsonAngeI
04/08/17 5:38:55 PM
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marc55 posted...
arent they supposed to look different depending on the race of who sees them ?

No that's just a theory people invented because of a conversation in ME2.
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Doom_Art
04/08/17 5:39:50 PM
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ROBANN_88 posted...
According to Samara, these are the only three living Ardat-Yakshi. However, less severe cases are supposedly more common, including up to 1% of the population."

it's possible that the monastery includes those "lesser severe cases" and that they are enough to make a Banshee

Yup I can live with that then.
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ROBANN_88
04/08/17 5:42:08 PM
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marc55 posted...
do we ever get to see the asari throug non human eyes ?

arent they supposed to look different depending on the race of who sees them ?


i think it's more like, say a few people look at a hot chick.
one person would say "she's hot, look at her fat ass"
another would go "she's hot, look at those boobs"
the third could go "look at those legs"

etc etc.
like they see the same thing, just that they focus on it differently.

granted, i'm just pulling that out of my ass, but i never liked the idea that they see Asari completely differently
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marc55
04/08/17 5:42:49 PM
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CrimsonAngeI posted...
marc55 posted...
arent they supposed to look different depending on the race of who sees them ?

No that's just a theory people invented because of a conversation in ME2.



.......but it was part of the game
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iosifsvoboda
04/08/17 11:41:28 PM
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Also couldn't there only be 3 of them because all the rest were turned into banshees?
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cjsdowg
04/08/17 11:52:12 PM
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marc55 posted...
do we ever get to see the asari throug non human eyes ?

arent they supposed to look different depending on the race of who sees them ?


That was just drunk guys talking . We have pictures and statues of them. They can't make those look different for everyone who sees them.
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