Jaal Ama Darav (Official Thread)

Speaking of cobras... What if their tongue is like a snake's? Tbh I think it would actually be pretty cool. But I guess it goes against the whole "peaceful and welcoming, friendly" atmosphere they've got going.

Catching/keeping up with this thread is becoming like a part time job.

On the subject of Jaal's backstory, I'd be perfectly happy if he had none of what we have seen before. No dead wife, no daddy issues, no rebel kid, no incurable disease, just a normal soldier/diplomat/whatever of his people. His 'drama' can come from the fact that he is a new species that we have recently met, and trying to get along with his people and such.

Okay. Now I want all of this to be in the game. Do you think there's any chance? (internal screaming) God I'm so excited for this game and the Angara and Archon and the plot and Jaal and his backstory and everything and I have to wake up in 3 hours but I don't think I can sleep because I'm so excited now 

Also.. What do you think makes Ryder special? Maybe it's SAM because he's kind of integrated into Ryder's brain or something? Tbh I'm kinda sick of the protagonist "special". Do they have to have some unique supernatural power? That's the impression I got from what Archon said at least

Oh I know, after Anders, Solas, and Thane I could do with a little less death, despair, and ulterior motives. No drama, just let my Ryder and Jaal be happy.

Yes but aren't our Ryders going to end up with daddy issues?    Pretty sure we'll have that covered.

I am sorry to hear what happened, but so glad ME helped you!

I think BW does a lot more and gets a lot less for what they give us. They brought us together as a community, formed friendships and relationships, helped us cope with real life pains, and gave us amazing characters to fall in love with!

Gah I really hope Cora ain't related to the Illusive Man, just let it be a coincidence Bioware. No more Derperus pls.

This is amazing. It does have the guy's resume on the site and he's been a Bioware artist since 2009. So that is in fact the concept model for Jaal.

Before the bad stuff in my life I was an artist and writer. Haven't had the heart to do both in years, but MEA is inspiring me to return to it. In fact many of my type of stories reminds me of BW plots before I knew of BW, so I guess that's partly why I love them so much.

I think SAM is going to play a bigger role and yeah The Archon look like he might tear our head off lol

Yeah it's all speculation and fun for now, but it still makes me wonder how they already know who we are and why are they holding us at gunpoint if we are peaceful humans who are exploring?

It seems like they streamlined Jaal in-game so he doesn't look quite so intense (his face seems a bit fuller, for example), but I'm really loving this concept art. Definitely unique from everything we've seen before!

I'm sorry to hear that. For what it's worth, you have great ideas and seem like a creative person! It's good to hear that Andromeda is inspiring you. If you ever start writing again, I'd love to read your work if you'd be okay with it.

That's a good point. It's also interesting that neither Ryder's squadmates are there with him? Maybe he was captured? What if this wasn't this first time meeting Jaal? The female voice makes it sound like it, but it doesn't have to be from that scene. What if Jaal is successful in his mission and this is him just greeting Ryder after he's been captured. And then the Angaran "council" fucks him over and he helps Ryder escape or something? 

OR maybe the squadmates are just not in the shot... Who knows. It could be that we were trespassing and they kindly escorted us to the ground, and their leaders, at gunpoint. It could be that they're very cautious because they're expecting the Kett to attack