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===Darkness Arrives===
===Darkness Arrives===
{{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-2]] 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>
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===
{{Expand-section|[[Lore:Beneath the Endless Night|Beneath the Endless Night]]}}
{{Quote|Who else is committed to your little coup?"<br>"We have somebody in a position of influence. Someone who can ensure an orderly transfer of power."<br>"That person would have to be very clever indeed. For your sake. Ikora Rey is not a target to miss.|Jalaal and Lakshmi discuss a coup against the Vanguard}}
As the [[Endless Night]] was engulfing the Last City, Jalaal met with Dead Orbit's head of logistics to go over the supplies needed to ensure the survival of the flotilla's populace once they evacuated Earth. Jalaal warned his subordinate that they needed more and questioned if he understood the importance of his position. As the department head left chastised, Jalaal turned to find Lakshmi and Executor [[Hideo]] inspecting Dead Orbit's crates. Hideo commented that he had not been aware of how well-funded Dead Orbit was, but Jalaal noted it was the life's work of many people and needed to be enough to re-seed humanity elsewhere. He offered to let Hideo join them, but Lakshmi interrupted and noted they were fine in the City, which was why they had come to see him.<ref name="Conspirators"/>
 
Jalaal led his fellow Consensus members outside of the hanger and listened as they expressed their dissatisfaction with the Vanguard's handling of recent events, including the accords with [[Empress Caiatl]] and allowing the [[Eliksni]] [[House of Light]] to settle in the Last City to help deal with the Endless Night. The Arach noted he had heard her broadcasts and was unaware of how severe her feelings were regarding the Fallen before noting that the Cult was losing many members due to her increasingly radical rhetoric. The Exo dismissed any who left as free to do so and that they would be stronger without them, with a pointed glance at Dead Orbit's ships. Hideo cut in to suggest that Zavala and Ikora had not been effective since the death of the Speaker, with Lakshmi adding that new leadership was needed. Jalaal ask who they had in mind, with Hideo suggesting that Lord [[Saladin Forge]] was their first choice but too close to Zavala, while Lakshmi opined that [[Saint-14]] was a better choice. He carefully questioned if they had additional support for a coup, and Lakshmi reassured him they had someone else high-ranking in place to help ensure a transfer of power. Jalaal warned them they had better be clever going forward as Ikora would not take a failed attempt to oust the current Vanguard lightly, but also began pondering what a change in leadership of the City would mean for Dead Orbit and his own personal power while he remained in the City.<ref name="Conspirators"/>
 
Although the Endless Night was ended with the help of the House of Light, Jalaal's colleagues on the Consensus still committed to an attempt to remove them from the Last City while also overthrowing the Vanguard. The attempt failed horrifically, with Lakshmi attempting to use [[Vex]] technology to open a portal that would send the Eliksni to deep space but instead sparked a Vex invasion of the [[Botza District]] that left many Eliksni and citizens of the Last City dead, including Lakshmi. Knowing that the Vanguard might retaliate for not warning them of the attempted coup, Jalaal left the Last City with Dead Orbit's fleet, with Hideo and his remaining [[New Monarchy]] followers joining them to escape Ikora's wrath.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[As Prophesied]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/ikora-rey-as-prophesied Speak with Ikora Rey]''</ref>


==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==