Story so far
Jamal was very excited, bouncing up and down on a new — and final — set of legs. He had remained in a Saferoom during Zerzura, and was one of the few NPCs who decided to stay with the crawlers, along with most of the surviving Sluggalos, The Strippers, and a handful of former crawlers including Rosetta and Tipid.
He very much wanted to see a goddess like Eileithyia, whom he'd heard was quite beautiful, and asked whether her retainer Yemaya — the goddess who, in Carl's description, looked like the Starbucks logo — would come as well. Carl said no and told him to get back inside, warning that if he and Donut both died the saferoom would vanish and Jamal would get smushed. Jamal negotiated: he'd stand in the shade near the door, since it was getting quite toasty indeed.
Appearance
An NPC mounted on a brand-new, final set of mechanical legs that he bounces on with obvious delight.
Role
Comic relief and one of the loyal NPCs who chose to stay with the crawlers through the floor's collapse.
Relationships
Carl — Argues cheerfully with him about staying outside the saferoom
Yemaya — Considers her more beautiful than Eileithyia
Sources — 18 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 20
- Air-breathing hammerhead shark who speaks in third person and keeps destroying his automaton legs by hopping.
Chapter 27
- Harnessless hammerhead shark bodyguard who is grounded at the FUPA and told he is needed for the last stand.
Chapter 28
- Injured crawler awaiting his own mechanical mobility rig, next in Katia's build queue after Tran's.
Chapter 39
- Legless hammerhead shark crawler who rolls down the hill into the battle and eats a mercenary anyway.
Chapter 48
- Crawler whose shark bounces and rolls around the base's swamp yak in the post-battle lull.
Chapter 49
- Crawler who has broken his new legs again, repairable this time without a saferoom trip.
Chapter 66
- Crawler with new legs, among those drawn to the edge of Carl's privacy bubble.
Chapter 75
- Third-person-speaking hammerhead shark automaton with new legs and a belly-mounted flamethrower named Velma.
Chapter 76
- Fire-breathing companion who jumps and belches flame in agreement with the plan to hit the Madness castle.
Chapter 77
- A spider-legged former tattoo who crosses the trap field at terrifying speed and joins Carl's Madness-castle assault.
Chapter 78
- Mechanical-legged shark who hops in circles guarding the two conscripted crawlers he accidentally wounded.
Chapter 81
- Left in charge of the survivors and told to hold the saferoom door while Carl faces the flesh ball.
Chapter 82
- Rear guard on the descent, his new spider legs click-clacking down the tower stairs.
Chapter 87
- Crawler waiting at the Larracos college for the raid on the castle, one of those Carl hopes is ready.
Chapter 91
- Jamal holds up the rear of the convoy on Katia-designed spider legs, accidentally spurting flame.
Chapter 92
- Flamethrower-armed shark who torches the honeycombs like a wasp raiding a hive, then loses his legs to the EMP.
Chapter 93
- Jamal flops along behind the convoy on his shark body, loudly mourning the fifth set of cybernetic legs the bomb ruined.
Chapter 98
- The cheerful NPC bounces on his new and final set of legs, hoping to meet a beautiful goddess.