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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early Life=== | ===Early Life=== | ||
{{Quote|Many years ago, Dead Orbit took me in. They gave me a home, they gave me a vision, they gave me the truth.|Arach Jalaal}}<ref name="Jalaal early life">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] | {{Quote|Many years ago, Dead Orbit took me in. They gave me a home, they gave me a vision, they gave me the truth.|Arach Jalaal}}<ref name="Jalaal early life">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], Activision Blizzard - Idle dialogue quote''</ref> | ||
Jalaal was among the [[Awoken]] who left [[Distributary]] under the leadership of [[Mara Sov]] to return to [[Solar System]] and aid whatever remained of humanity. He was amongst those who opposed Mara's decision to stay hidden in the [[Reef]] due to the dangers they found, and departed for [[Earth]], determined to help humanity find new worlds.<ref name="Fleet">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] | Jalaal was among the [[Awoken]] who left [[Distributary]] under the leadership of [[Mara Sov]] to return to [[Solar System]] and aid whatever remained of humanity. He was amongst those who opposed Mara's decision to stay hidden in the [[Reef]] due to the dangers they found, and departed for [[Earth]], determined to help humanity find new worlds.<ref name="Fleet">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Activision Blizzard - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Awoken_of_the_Reef#Fleet|The Awoken of the Reef - Fleet]]''</ref> He survived as a scavenger until eventually [[Dead Orbit]] took him in and gave him a purpose in life, after which he became convinced in their philosophy and rose through their ranks to Arach.<ref name="Jalaal early life"/> | ||
===The Taken War=== | ===The Taken War=== | ||
When [[Oryx]] [[Taken War|invaded]] the star system aboard his [[Dreadnaught]], Jalaal was ordered by Commander [[Zavala]] to keep Dead Orbit's fleet away from [[Saturn]] in case it was needed to defend the City. When Dead Orbit detected a signal from the [[Cabal]] being sent out of the system from the [[Dantalion Exodus VI]], Jalaal informed Zavala, who sent a Guardian to investigate the crashed warship. While the Guardian successfully stopped the signal, they confirmed it was a distress call meant for [[Dominus Ghaul]], Emperor of the Cabal Empire.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] | When [[Oryx]] [[Taken War|invaded]] the star system aboard his [[Dreadnaught]], Jalaal was ordered by Commander [[Zavala]] to keep Dead Orbit's fleet away from [[Saturn]] in case it was needed to defend the City. When Dead Orbit detected a signal from the [[Cabal]] being sent out of the system from the [[Dantalion Exodus VI]], Jalaal informed Zavala, who sent a Guardian to investigate the crashed warship. While the Guardian successfully stopped the signal, they confirmed it was a distress call meant for [[Dominus Ghaul]], Emperor of the Cabal Empire.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Activision Blizzard - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Outbound Signal]]''</ref> Jalaal and Dead Orbit analyzed the message and reported to Zavala that the signal was received by its intended target. He placed all of Dead Orbit's deep space assets on alert to watch for a response to the distress signal.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/The_Taken_King#Outbound_Signal|Outbound Signal]]''</ref> | ||
===A New Golden Age=== | ===A New Golden Age=== | ||
Despite Dead Orbit's precautions, the Last City was taken unaware when Ghaul invaded with the [[Red Legion]]. Jalaal successfully evacuated the City during the invasion and helped the other survivors. After the City was liberated and the Traveler reawakened, Jalaal returned to the City and attended a meeting of the [[Consensus]], which was now leaderless following the death of the [[Speaker]] during the war. [[Ikora Rey]] proposed that they create a system to chose a replacement for the Speaker, which Jalaal noted would likely take some time considering the conflicts between all the members of the Consensus. In response to Jalaal's concerns, Zavala declared that until then they would all have to work together to govern the Last City.<ref name="PBC">'''Bungie (2017/5/12)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] | Despite Dead Orbit's precautions, the Last City was taken unaware when Ghaul invaded with the [[Red Legion]]. Jalaal successfully evacuated the City during the invasion and helped the other survivors. After the City was liberated and the Traveler reawakened, Jalaal returned to the City and attended a meeting of the [[Consensus]], which was now leaderless following the death of the [[Speaker]] during the war. [[Ikora Rey]] proposed that they create a system to chose a replacement for the Speaker, which Jalaal noted would likely take some time considering the conflicts between all the members of the Consensus. In response to Jalaal's concerns, Zavala declared that until then they would all have to work together to govern the Last City.<ref name="PBC">'''Bungie (2017/5/12)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Activision Blizzard - [[Weapons|Weapon lore]]: [[Peace by Consensus]]''</ref> | ||
Jalaal later traveled to the Reef in his personal ship to request a meeting with Regent-Commander [[Petra Venj]], but was taken off-guard when Awoken patrol ships with stealth technology halted him before his arrival to the Reef. He relayed a request for a meeting through the pilots, and reflected on how when Petra was stationed by Queen [[Mara Sov]] at the Tower she had wanted nothing more than to get back to the action and wondered if she regretted such wishes now. However, he also considered her correct in believing that space was where the true struggle was, and that if Dead Orbit had been in charge he would have had a true fleet prepared to meet Ghaul. His request for a meeting was approved, and Jalaal was surprised again when Petra met him at the transmat zone instead of an office, although he approved of her lack of theater. As they greeted each other he felt a small telekinetic pressure on his throat and wondered how strong Petra's powers were. She asked how he felt being back home, while Jalaal countered that by asking how she felt being Regent-Commander. She assured him it was temporary, and began informing him that she would be willing to provide labor and specialists for shipbuilding if Jalaal could find a safe shipyard, but he cut her off and informed Petra he was not here seeking shipwrights, but salvage rights to the debris field in orbit of Saturn caused by the [[Battle of Saturn|destruction]] of the Awoken fleet by Oryx's flagship. Jalaal reassured her all the bodies Dead Orbit found would be returned to the Reef, and apologized for bringing up the matter during a time of mourning while noting that the debris did no good being left for the Fallen or to fall into Saturn's gravity well. Petra questioned if he mourned the Queen's apparent demise, being an Earthborn, and Jalaal truthfully told her that he had respected Mara but disliked how she felt entitled to the Awoken, and that he had returned from the Distributary to aid humanity in finding worlds worthy of their lives. In response, the Regent-Commander left without another word, and Jalaal watched her go as he realized she could not say what she wished to him or lie about why she would not allow the salvage mission, and was instead ignoring the choice altogether. He pitied her and reflected that Petra would never be free of Mara's influence.<ref name="Fleet"/> | Jalaal later traveled to the Reef in his personal ship to request a meeting with Regent-Commander [[Petra Venj]], but was taken off-guard when Awoken patrol ships with stealth technology halted him before his arrival to the Reef. He relayed a request for a meeting through the pilots, and reflected on how when Petra was stationed by Queen [[Mara Sov]] at the Tower she had wanted nothing more than to get back to the action and wondered if she regretted such wishes now. However, he also considered her correct in believing that space was where the true struggle was, and that if Dead Orbit had been in charge he would have had a true fleet prepared to meet Ghaul. His request for a meeting was approved, and Jalaal was surprised again when Petra met him at the transmat zone instead of an office, although he approved of her lack of theater. As they greeted each other he felt a small telekinetic pressure on his throat and wondered how strong Petra's powers were. She asked how he felt being back home, while Jalaal countered that by asking how she felt being Regent-Commander. She assured him it was temporary, and began informing him that she would be willing to provide labor and specialists for shipbuilding if Jalaal could find a safe shipyard, but he cut her off and informed Petra he was not here seeking shipwrights, but salvage rights to the debris field in orbit of Saturn caused by the [[Battle of Saturn|destruction]] of the Awoken fleet by Oryx's flagship. Jalaal reassured her all the bodies Dead Orbit found would be returned to the Reef, and apologized for bringing up the matter during a time of mourning while noting that the debris did no good being left for the Fallen or to fall into Saturn's gravity well. Petra questioned if he mourned the Queen's apparent demise, being an Earthborn, and Jalaal truthfully told her that he had respected Mara but disliked how she felt entitled to the Awoken, and that he had returned from the Distributary to aid humanity in finding worlds worthy of their lives. In response, the Regent-Commander left without another word, and Jalaal watched her go as he realized she could not say what she wished to him or lie about why she would not allow the salvage mission, and was instead ignoring the choice altogether. He pitied her and reflected that Petra would never be free of Mara's influence.<ref name="Fleet"/> | ||
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{{Quote|For the time being, we will protect caravans and aid in relocation.|Jalaal}} | {{Quote|For the time being, we will protect caravans and aid in relocation.|Jalaal}} | ||
When the [[Black Fleet]] [[Arrival of the Black Fleet|arrived]] in the [[Sol System]], Jalaal was summoned to a emergency Consensus meeting where Zavala announced that the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] had been disabled by the Pyramids. Jalaal questioned if the Commander had another plan ready that might actually be effective, causing Ikora to rebuke him for his hostility and that they were there to devise a plan together. The Arach shot back that Dead Orbit had a plan but that the rest of the City had rejected it until in was now too late. Lakshmi declared that all the conflict they had faced prepared them for this, Jalaal suggested mobilizing the fleet to engage the Black Fleet. Ikora doubted their weapons would hurt the Pyramids and Zavala ordered him to keep the fleet in reserve for potential evacuation. The Titan then revealed that a [[The Hidden|Hidden]] [[Eris Morn|operative]] was investigating the Pyramids while assets and personnel were recalled from the locations invaded by the Pyramids. Zavala called for unity and asked each faction leader to play their part. Jalaal was requested to provide ships to assist in the fallback to the City in exchange for full access to Vanguard resources on Luna. He agreed to Zavala's request and promised aid to the evacuation caravans. Jalaal and the other faction leaders gave their consent to the measures Zavala had proposed and then departed to begin their new assignments.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Weapons|Weapon lore]]: [[Hollow Words]]''</ref> | When the [[Black Fleet]] [[Arrival of the Black Fleet|arrived]] in the [[Sol System]], Jalaal was summoned to a emergency Consensus meeting where Zavala announced that the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] had been disabled by the Pyramids. Jalaal questioned if the Commander had another plan ready that might actually be effective, causing Ikora to rebuke him for his hostility and that they were there to devise a plan together. The Arach shot back that Dead Orbit had a plan but that the rest of the City had rejected it until in was now too late. Lakshmi declared that all the conflict they had faced prepared them for this, Jalaal suggested mobilizing the fleet to engage the Black Fleet. Ikora doubted their weapons would hurt the Pyramids and Zavala ordered him to keep the fleet in reserve for potential evacuation. The Titan then revealed that a [[The Hidden|Hidden]] [[Eris Morn|operative]] was investigating the Pyramids while assets and personnel were recalled from the locations invaded by the Pyramids. Zavala called for unity and asked each faction leader to play their part. Jalaal was requested to provide ships to assist in the fallback to the City in exchange for full access to Vanguard resources on Luna. He agreed to Zavala's request and promised aid to the evacuation caravans. Jalaal and the other faction leaders gave their consent to the measures Zavala had proposed and then departed to begin their new assignments.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Weapons|Weapon lore]]: [[Hollow Words]]''</ref> | ||
While providing help to the Vanguard's operations, Jalaal also ordered his subordinates to begin preparations for Dead Orbit's departure from the Sol System. The subsequent disappearance of the celestial bodies upon which the Pyramids had landed only further confirmed his belief that the time to abandon Earth had arrived. However, he grew frustrated as many of the rank-and-file members of Dead Orbit could not keep up with his departure schedule.<ref name="Conspirators">'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Beneath_the_Endless_Night#IV_-_Conspirators|Beneath the Endless Night IV - Conspirators]]''</ref> | |||
===The Endless Night=== | ===The Endless Night=== | ||
