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[SwobyJ]

As it seems we have figured out, the solution to the Mage Challenge of the Dragon Egg hunt is:
 
CONSECRATION
 
Spoilers for answers:

Spoiler

Cerberus
Orlesian
Nevarra
Stanford
El Dorado
Carta
Rosenkov
Alarm
Tevinter
Isolationists
Omega
Neromenian

 
Sovereign's stated name is actually... Nazara.
 
Nazara's origins may be... 'nazir'.
 
What does nazir mean?
 
CONSECRATED.
 
Sovereign is one of consecration. The holy one, that the heretic geth(semane) prayed to.
 
But wait, this is just Dragon Age, right? Pfft, just similarities..
 
 
 
Please keep a religious *debate* out of this thread. Thank you. This topic relates more to etymology than theological differences. Use that as your guidepost.
 
Quick Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazirite
 

After following these requirements for a designated period of time (which would be specified in the individual's vow), the person would immerse in a mikveh and make three offerings: a lamb as a burnt offering (olah), a ewe as a sin-offering (hatat), and a ram as a peace offering (shelamim), in addition to a basket of unleavened bread, grain offerings and drink offerings, which accompanied the peace offering.

 

The Nazarenes were a sect of 4th-century Christianity first mentioned by Epiphanius of Salamis, who considered them heretics. The group was later mentioned by Jerome and Augustine of Hippo.

[Fayfel]

To quote Chris L'Etoile

 

Imshai and Nazara were intended to be the names of the races those particular Reapers were made from. (Nazara is also an inside joke - for a while during development, the Reapers were called the Nazari. MS Geopolitics flagged it for being too close to "Nazi," which was entirely fair since the word was in fact created by adding extra letters to "Nazi.")

Not a bad idea though

[SwobyJ]

Yep, I know about that quote. Nazari works even better, actually.

I think the Reapers have Nazi themes as well (NOT TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION ON THAT), and that ME3 pushed forward some of those ideas too.

 

Regardless, the quote doesn't prove anything other than what is already apparent - that the word 'Nazara' was on their minds. (Just so was Nazi.) Why and how? Still don't know.