Mass Effect lore collection from the books
Camala + Batarian lore (Source: Mass Effect Revelation)
Read if you wish to know more canon info about batarians and their colony Camala.
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One of the most important planets in the Skyllian Verge is Camala, a primarily batarian world and desert planet known for having some of the largest deposits of eezo in the Verge under its surface.
The planet also features two large metropolian areas of over a million people each, the capital Ujon and the city Hatre, location of the world’s primary spacesports.
As the colony world has a wealthy economy, it draws in a lot of visitors and immigrants of different species.
Of all the batarian worlds, Camala is easily the wealthiest one.
Among Batarians, social standing is extremely important and insulting a batarian’s social class is considered a very grave insult.
As social class is of such high importance among batarians, batarians place high value on dressing as well as they can afford.
Batarians tend to wear robes, even males.
Some of the most popular liquors on Camala are made by the hanar.
It seems like common knowledge says that the Blue Suns were founded by batarians and recently started taking on humans, when the reverse is true. It is possible that few people know the truth about the story behind the Blue Suns.
Batarians tilt their heads to the left to show admiration and respect. A tilt to the right is a greeting directed towards someone a batarian believes to be inferior.
Batarians tend to have relatively lean builds, compared to humans. Their necks tend to be longer and narrower than human necks, and their lips thinner.
The ridges of cartilage on top of a batarian’s head extend to their neck.
Batarian faces are covered with fine, thin hair that grows longer and thicker around the mouth, making them the second known species in the galaxy with hair.
Batarian names in the books: Groto Ib-ba, Jella, Helanda, Sh’n’ya, Edan Had’dah
It appears as if female batarians tend to have old Germanic sounding names (Jella, Helanda). Their names also tend to end in a though that could just be due to a Western-centric and anthropocentric approach from the writer.. (no offense to Drew I love him). Or it’s just the translator.
Surnames of batarians tend to have apostrophes in the middles or they are some sort of double name
Batarians are on the cutting edge of medical science
Most people don’t know into which pair of eyes to look in batarians, which gives them an edge in negotations as people will avoid eye contact with the race altogether, resulting in other people not being able to read batarians well
