Why Mass Effect's Perfect Villain Was The Illusive Man

The Illusive Man's secret backstory proves he had to be Shepard's final boss. And his story begins, not in Mass Effect 2, but rather as Jack Harper during the First Contact War. Check out Peacekeeper here: https://melindabrownauthor.com/books ------------- Join my Patreon for a discord server shared by Mass Effect fans: https://bit.ly/PatreonParagon7 Get 10% off any item at Volante with code: paragon7 https://bit.ly/VolanteDiscount10 CARDS ME5 Proves Reapers Right:    • The Mass Effect 5 Tease That Proves The Re...   ------------- Subscribe for more Mass Effect content! https://bit.ly/Paragon7Subscribe ------------- 🎁 Want to support the channel? Here are the best ways to support! Become a Patreon member to unlock exclusive discord access: https://bit.ly/PatreonParagon7 Become a channel member to unlock early access to videos: https://bit.ly/Paragon7Membership Donate monthly via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/atharia ------------- ✅ My Socials Twitter/X:   / atharia_   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/atharia.bsky... Patreon:   / paragon7   Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/atharia ------------- 👽 More Mass Effect Content All Paragon7 Uploads: https://bit.ly/Paragon7AllUploads Mass Effect 5 Theories: https://bit.ly/MassEffect5Theories Mass Effect Livestreams: https://bit.ly/Paragon7Livestreams ------------- 📖 Chapters 0:00 The Simple Mercenary, Jack Harper 0:19 The First Contact War 1:19 Humanity’s First Ever Spectre 2:04 The Technological Turning Point 3:37 The Terrifying Vision 4:11 Jack Harper Was A Changed Man 6:00 The Race of Machines 6:38 Jack Harper Was No More 8:35 The Commander’s Demise 9:35 The Illusive Man Defies Death 10:26 The Double-Edged Sword of Cerberus 11:43 Humanity’s Split Leaders 13:30 Humanity’s Biggest Fight 15:32 Cerberus’ Desperate Grab For Power 18:01 Complete Control vs. Humanity’s True Leader 19:48 How It Goes Down Does Matter ------------- #masseffect #masseffect2 #masseffect3