Jamal


 * For the Sonic Underground character, see Jamal (Sonic Underground).

Jamal (ジャマル) is a human resident of Adabat who appears in Sonic Unleashed.

Description
He is the son of Teanchai and the brother of Rudi, Nagi and Kaeo. Jamal works as a fisherman and strives hard to become a better fisherman than his father, though this ambition can sometimes get him into trouble. Despite this, Jamal is very friendly towards others. Whenever his father has been rilled up about a boy talking to Rudi, it is usually Jamal's job to calm Teanchai down.

Directory
''A young man who hopes to one day be an even greater fisherman than his father. His passion often gets the best of him: one day he even set sail in a tempest, exclaiming, "Where there's a will, there's a way!" Well, apparently, that way was straight down, because the boat sank in the storm. Thankfully, its intrepid passenger survived. Lately, Jamal has spent more time calming his father's turbulent mood than the sea's turbulent waters.''

PS3/Xbox360
While living it Adabat, Jamal loved to spend his time fishing and has, according to himself, been doing it "forever". He also aspired to become an even better fisherman than his father Teanchai who also was a skilled fisherman. Whenever he got the chance, Jamal would go into Jungle Joyride and try to catch some fish near the waterfalls. However, because the flow of waterfalls there tends to start and stop on their own, it made it a bit tricky for Jamal to go fishing there, but he eventually got used to them after fishing there for a long time. Also, whenever he was not fishing or minding his own business, Jamal was often left with the task of calming his father down whenever he threw a fit after seeing a young man talk to Rudi, a task that Jamal was not very fond of.

One day, Jamal's passion for fishing and desire to surpass his father as a fisherman let to him setting sail to catch fish while a tempest was occurring. Jamal remained unshaken by this weather, however, as he believed that he would figure out a way through the storm and still catch some fish. Eventually, however, Jamal's boat sunk in the storm, but fortunately, Jamal survived the ordeal and made it back home.

During Sonic Unleashed, Jamal met Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip when the duo first arrived in Adabat. When he first encountered them, Jamal gave the two of them a friendly greeting and said it was nice to meet them. Jamal told Sonic and Chip that they did not get much visitors to their village and asked them if they would hang around for a while.

During his time in Adabat, Sonic would sometimes talk to Rudi, which would then cause Teanchai to get furious. Once he saw these situations occurring, however, Jamal would hurry to his father's side and do his best to calm him down, though it was often hard task for Jamal. Before doing so, however, Jamal would meet up with Sonic and tell him to stay away from his father while he calmed him down, and explained why Teanchai got so mad. As Sonic continued to talk to Rudi, however, Jamal's patience was running thin and told Sonic to stop making his father angry.

When Sonic the Werehog and Chip made their way through Jungle Joyride for the first time, Jamal saw the duo come out of the jungle and asked them if they were trying catch some fish and told them about the waterfalls he fished at.

Later on, during daytime, Jamal asked Sonic if he knew their shattered planet was coming back together, oblivious that Sonic was behind this, and said that it was weird stuff how the planet broke apart and came back together. Later, during the night, Jamal met Sonic and Chip again and said that the surrounding sea was beautiful, both during the daytime and nighttime.

When Sonic and Chip later made it thought the Jungle Joyride a second time, Jamal saw the duo return from the jungle. He was impressed to see that Sonic did not have a scratch and remarked that Sonic was a brave person. He also mentioned that the most people in their village was afraid of the forest. Later on, Jamal told Sonic that he liked to go swimming in the ocean and asked Sonic if he liked it as well, but was surprised to hear that Sonic could not swim.

After Sonic had restored Adabat's continent, Jamal asked Sonic where he was going next. As Sonic said that he was heading to "the last battle", Jamal was not sure what he meant, but guessed that a guy had to do what guy had to do.

Later on, during Sonic and Chip's battle with Dark Gaia, Jamal and the rest of his village felt the tremors from Chip calling the local Gaia Temple to him.

PS2/Wii
At the beginning of Sonic Unleashed, Jamal's and the rest of his family's ancestral home was destroyed following the earthquakes created from Dark Gaia's awakening. As such, Jamal and his family was forced to move to the stilt house village, where Sonic and Chip found them when arriving in Adabat.

When Sonic the Werehog and Chip first arrived in Adabat, Jamal was excited to see the traveling duo as they rarely got any visitors at their new home. He then offered Sonic and Chip to take a load off and make themselves at home. Jamal admitted, however, that there was not much to see here and quickly said that he had work to do before leaving. Jamal later met up with Sonic and Chip again and told them that they had a ton of fresh fish in Adabat and offered them to try some of them before they left.

When Sonic and Chip were later looking for the local Gaia Gate#PS2/Wii in Adabat, Jamal noticed that Sonic had changed back from his Werehog form to his normal form, and asked if he had lost weight. As Sonic and Chip asked Jamal if he knew something about the Gaia Gate, Jamal told them that he unfortunately did not know anything about it, but told them that his father might know something and advised them to talk to him.

Later on, Jamal was talking a scroll on the beach and found Soundtrack 44. When he later met Sonic and Chip again, Jamal gave them Soundtrack 44 as he wanted them to have it.

Later on, during Sonic and Chip's battle with Dark Gaia, Jamal and the rest of his village felt the tremors from Chip calling the local Gaia Temple to him.

Trivia

 * Jamal's name devires from Bahasa Melayu, Indonesia's and Malaysia's national language. (which can be noticed from the location Adabat is located).