Jalat is the King of New Armes at the time of the Falenan Civil War. Although a moderate king, as befitting the politics of the Ishvaak Clan, Jalat often had to give ground to the more powerful, hawkish factions of the Grand Council of Chieftains when issuing his decrees. As such, when the House of Godwin offered all former Barows lands to New Armes in exchange for their aid against the Loyalist Army, Jalat was unable to fight the majority opinion on the council and agreed to fight. He did, however, dispatch Shula Valya and the Western Marine Corps, not to battle, but to ensure that other hard-line divisions, particularly the Southern Mountain Corps, would not commit any atrocities in Falena.