Welcome to Diaphora’s Elcor Hamlet
In 2024, we were toying with ideas for Diaphora, our upcoming short story podcast. As fans of the popular Mass Effect games from Bioware, we wanted to feature something set in that universe, and Elcor Hamlet came to mind!
We are creating the abridged version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet featuring an all-elcor cast—something Bioware teased us fans about throughout the games with their Elcor Hamlet commercials—and put it in a 40 minute audio podcast episode.
We are currently going over the many auditions we’ve received. After announcing our selected cast members, the actual recording commences. We’re aiming for November 7, 2025 (N7 day) as our release date. The episode will be available on many popular podcatchers under “Diaphora” and also as video on YouTube under “Diaphora” on Path of Dragons Radio‘s channel.
What are elcor?
The elcor are massive creatures that stand on four muscular legs featured in the Mass Effect games. Elcor speech is heard by most species as a flat, ponderous monotone. That’s because their species normally speak through scents, so they never evolved oral speech like other species. Therefore, they often announce their feelings or intentions before speaking.
More about elcor speech gets explained in-game, which you can listen to here.
Below are some written examples.
“Fearful wonder: Angels and ministers of grace defend us.“
Elcor Hamlet commercial
“Insincere endorsement: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have heard him in the voice of elcor.”
~ Elcor Hamlet commercial
Learn more about William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
For fun, we also made a little audio promotion set in Mass Effect’s Citadel:
Support Us
If you want to support our project, you can do so on our Ko-Fi page. We are currently trying to collect enough money to cover podcast hosting expenses (so we can keep ownership over our final products).