The Archon (Official Thread)

Yes, it would be nice to have antagonists with an unusual and interesting motivation for once.

Anyone remember the Kafers from 2300 AD? An insectoid race that declared war on humanity almost immediately. Turns out in the end that they were just totally scared of humans. Kafer drones in their natural state were not very intelligent - only under aggression and stress did their brains use its full capacity, transforming a Kafer temporarily into a very cunning adversary - or great scientist. It was their equivalent of an adrenaline burst. Seeing that humans always operated at top mental capacity, the Kafers concluded that humans must be in a constant state of high aggression, and so decided to strike first before the monsters came for them.

I hope we get a good motive behind the "rah rah evil strangers burn".

Despite all the joking, this thread should not have been buried because of silliness. He is a very unique villain and not really a villain at all it seems. He has his own issues and we get to experience a story solely based on him. I think he is becoming one of the most fascinating new characters in MEA!

It might not even be that they see us as invaders, they could simply be freaked out since we came from beyond edge of their galaxy which might have seemed impossible to them. ("Damnit, they came from outside, their technology levels must be insane" *starts searching for something to protect themselves in vaults*)

It seems if we follow these b-quests about him, we'll learn more about him, his motives and why some Kett don't follow him. I keep remembering that quote from an earlier trailer. "We're the aliens" so we need to remember we can't just think we can conquer anything because it looks good to us. That's exactly what the "bad guys" we fight in other games do. Now it's our turn to experience it.

Lack of information is no excuse! It is completely possible to fill a >300 page thread with next to nothing to go on.


That said, I also think Bioware is going to depict the Archon as some kind of religious leader, as others have stated before. There are not only the Kett enemy types called "Annointed" and "Chosen" in the trailers, there is also this screenshot:


With a bit of squinting you could interpret these cables(?) leading from the Archon's back as wings, while his hoop stronlgy resembles a halo. Religious symbolism if there ever was one, though Bioware might have overdone it a bit by the analogies with angels (either them, or I just did ).

It's hard to tell, but the background looks like a Remnant vault (this blueish glow). Imagine the Kett revere the Remnants as some kind of divine beings, like the Hanar with their Enkindlers. And then Ryder stumbles into their hallowed grounds and tries to steal their technology, or whatever they wanted there in the first place, so the Kett are going to take vengeance for this sacrilege. Humans seem to be good at pissing off new aliens when they first meet, and insulting someone's religious feelings could be a strong motivation not to like our wonderful species.

There seems to be little love for our villain, not much traffic in this thread. New race, involved in a major plot line and he even has his own Funco Pop figure, and nobody has posted the first decent look we got at his face yet.

I wonder why he looks so different from the other Kett, hoop aside. The whole facial structure looks different; he has not only less bone plating, but his nose has another shape and more nostrils, for example.

As I said. Not intimidated. He seems more angry apartment compex manager than evil mastermind.

I guess it's hard to look intimidating with a round and broad face like his. The hoop doesn't help, either.
Strange design choices, some of the earlier concept arts looked way more alien and interesting, but then they decided to make him look more human-like (and slightly silly, imo). Can't be all for technical reasons, it's hard to tell what they were aiming at with his looks.

I noticed. Doesn't explain his face, though.

Good theory!

I think he is the last of the Remnant 

He IS a religious prophet. Think about his soldiers: anointed??? Chosen????? Destined???????????????????? How could they be called these names if the Archon wasn't the leader of a religious organization?