Javik

Javik is a surviving member of the Prothean race and squadmate who appears in Mass Effect 3 in the DLC pack From Ashes. He has been in stasis for over 50,000 years.

Prothean society contained many "Avatars", Protheans who embodied a single virtue for the society. Javik is one of those Avatars, and his virtue is Vengeance.

According to Javik, he was the last of the warriors of the Prothean Empire, born in the midst of the war with the Reapers; a war the Protheans were losing. The Citadel fell long before he was born. Supposedly, Javik was to be the leader of hundreds of strong warriors to survive the cull via stasis in underground bunkers on Eden Prime. His mission was simple: outlast the invasion in stasis, and once he was awoken, lead the other warriors in a campaign to reclaim the galaxy. Unfortunately, indoctrinated traitors in their ranks fouled that plan - in the end, only he survived, the supervising VI Victory allowed his stasis pod to have priority in power distribution.

50,000 years later, during 2186 CE, Javik's pod was uncovered and opened by Commander Shepard, who was investigating Cerberus activity on Eden Prime. Javik reacted with shock that everything he knew was gone. He agreed to join Shepard in destroying the Reapers. However, Javik did not hide his surprise that "primitive" races the Protheans once studied were now the dominant galactic power.

Trivia

 * The design of Javik's armor is based on that of samurai to suggest an ancient feel despite being extremely high-tech.