Jalaal

Jalaal
Biographical information
Species:	Awoken
Gender:	Male
Hair color:	Black
Eye color:	White
Political and military information
Affiliation:	The City Dead Orbit
Rank:	Arach

"Dead Orbit only grudgingly maintains a presence in the Tower to arm and outfit their champions in the Crucible."

— In-game description

Arach Jalaal is an Awoken and the representative of Dead Orbit. He sells a variety of Dead Orbit-branded armor, weapons, and emblems intended for use in the Crucible.

Personality and Traits

Jalaal is fatalistic, and has a dismissive opinion towards the other factions of the City. He believes that the denizens of Earth must leave the world for a new one, and that the Darkness cannot be stood against.

Quotes

• "We'll need fighters to get us off this dying world."
• "What good will our possessions do when the Darkness returns?"
• "I pleaded with the Commander. He turned his back on me, so we must do this ourselves."
• "How can we ever leave knowing how many we have left behind?"
• "The Speaker knows the Darkness comes yet the Traveler still doesn't stir; what now?"
• "New Monarchy offers false hope. The War Cult offers despair."
• "I dreamed of the Darkness, swallowing the lights of the City block by block."
• "Earth has had its time. Mourn it, but don't die with it."
• "Children can serve Dead Orbit too. You see, little bodies can crawl in where others can't."
• "Oh it's the children I can't bear to think of. Think of their eyes when the Darkness comes."
• "The New Monarchy offers false hope. No king or queen can stand against the Darkness."
• "What good will the Traveler do when the Darkness comes. It's been silent too long."
• "A Golden Age vault, but deep in a Dead Zone."
• "Let the Executors mark us. We'll see how the ridiculous king fares when the Darkness comes."
• "One by one the stars will go dark, we must outrun this unstoppable tide."
• "If the Executors stand in our way, they will see we are not afraid to fight."
• "A younger world awaits, skies that never have been scarred by the Fallen or the Hive."
• "A whole Golden Age shipyard, but crawling with Fallen."
• "It's not for our sake, but for those who will be born on better worlds."
• "The Fleet is our hope, I don't care what the law says. Take what we need."
• "Darkness spreads across the sky, there's life, somewhere."
• "The Traveller has given all it can. Humanity's future is in our hands."
• "Are you okay there, Guardian?"
• "This Guardian seems paralysed. I'm not sure what to do."
• "Push off, and sitting well in order smite, amidst the sounding furrows, for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset."

Trivia

• Jalaal is familiar with Lord Alfred Tennyson's poetry, as he quotes three lines from Ulysses.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
  • The Dark Below
  • House of Wolves
  • The Taken King
  • Rise of Iron
  • Age of Triumph