Mordin Solus

Mordin Solus, also known as Professor Solus and Dr. Solus, is a character from the Mass Effect series
== Charactah Account ==
Mordin Solus is a salarian geneticist, professor, and a former operative of the Special Tasks Group, where he performed reconnaissance and participated in the modification of the genophage. In 2185, he is recruited by Commander Shepard to assist in a high-risk mission against the Collectors.
Mordin has a moral character best described as consequentialist, believing the ends justify the means, though he dislikes taking life without good cause. His actions are often guided by an impersonal logic, refusing to let his conscience, personal, and emotional connections cloud his judgment of what he believes is truly best in the big picture.
Though he is affable, quick-talking and friendly, Mordin bears physical scars of his time in the STG and is still handling the consequences of his past. 
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Mass Effect: Foundation
=== Video Games ===
* Mass Effect 2
* Mass Effect 3
* Mass Effect Legendary Edition
== Trivia ==
* Mordin sings his "scientist salarian" song in Mass Effect 2 with the melody from The Major-General's Song, possibly because Michael Beattie, Mordin's voice actor, had a chorus role in the 1985 TV production of The Pirates of Penzance.
** In Mass Effect 3, his "Krogan Queen" song is a modified version of "Pirate King," also from The Pirates of Penzance. While talking to Eve, Mordin can also be overheard singing "Asari-vorcha offspring have an allergy to dairy" to the tune of The Major General's Song.
* The Bioware Store sells a statue of Mordin Solus that stands "an impressive 20.5 inches tall on a 1/4 scale". This would put Mordin's "official" height at 6 feet 10 inches (208 cm), though it should be noted that Mordin is depicted wearing thick boots in the statue.
* Early on, Mordin reveals having served under Captain Kirrahe from the Virmire mission in Mass Effect, and makes a comment regarding his habit of giving speeches and using the expression "hold the line". If Mordin dies as the leader of the second fire team in the Suicide Mission, his last words are: "Tell them… I held the line…"
* Content cut from Mass Effect 2 suggests that Mordin was originally intended to have a confrontation with Grunt, resembling the confrontations between Miranda and Jack, and Tali and Legion.
* Other dialogue that never made it into the game implies that Mordin was originally intended to be a biotic, apparently able to maintain a biotic field powerful enough to have everyone survive during the final mission when loyal.
* To date, Mordin Solus is the only major character in the games to be played by multiple actors, with William Salyers replacing Michael Beattie in Mass Effect 3.
* At some point in Mass Effect 2, Mordin comments about Cerberus implanting cyanide pills in molars of their personnel, saying it's primitive and that ocular nerve flashbangs are harder to disarm. This suggestion might have actually been used, because in Mass Effect 3, based on Alliance logs in Liara T'Soni's computer, a Cerberus operative's face exploded during interrogation.
* According to Associate Art Director Matt Rhodes, BioWare created the more experienced look for Mordin by referencing the wrinkles and squint seen in more recent pictures of actor Clint Eastwood.
* With the release of Mass Effect: Foundation 9 either Mordin sustained two major injuries to his cranial horn in two separate missions to Tuchanka, or there are two differing accounts of the mission in which the wound is received, as the comic details one version of events while the Shadow Broker Dossiers detail another.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Mordin Solus at Mass Effect Wiki
* Mordin Solus at Heroes Wiki
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