Leila Rahmani

Paladin Leila Rahmani is the leader of the Brotherhood First Expeditionary Force found at Fort Atlas in Appalachia.
Her Brotherhood team was sent on a mission to reestablish contact with Elizabeth Taggerdy's Appalachian Brotherhood, as well as investigate sites of technology throughout the ruins of America and reinforce the Brotherhood's presence on the East Coast. Rahmani's Brotherhood comes from Lost Hills. As her Brotherhood branch is new in Appalachia, she assigns multiple missions to show the organization's goodwill so other factions will cooperate with them.A Vault Dweller: "Why did you come to Appalachia?"Odessa Valdez: "We're here to help the people of Appalachia, and to catalog any technological discoveries we find. We set up Fort Atlas to that end. This old observatory has a wealth of technology to discover, and is a good staging point for future operations. "A Vault Dweller: "I learned what happened. The Scorched got them in the end."Odessa Valdez: "To be honest, that's what I expected to hear. At least they died trying to make a difference. May they rest in peace. I... knew some of them. From a distance. But it's better if we don't get into that now."(Odessa Valdez's dialogue)
She is one of the two major Brotherhood leaders of the First Expeditionary Force, the other being Knight Daniel Shin, who now acts as second-in-command after the death of Alan Connors. She enters frequent arguments and disagreements with Shin regarding the Brotherhood's direction.
==Background==
===Pre-War===
Pre-War, Rahmani served in the National Guard, with a personal mission to help those that are less fortunate or otherwise cannot help themselves.A Vault Dweller: "What branch of military were you in?"Leila Rahmani: "I was in the National Guard. Helping those who are less fortunate has always been a passion of mine. "(Leila Rahmani's dialogue) She was dispatched near Mariposa Military Base at the time of the Great War, learning of the formation of the Brotherhood of Steel, as well as easily transitioning into the group due to her prior military service.A Vault Dweller: "Where are you from?"Paladin Rahmani: "I'm originally from the California branch of the Brotherhood of Steel. I was dispatched near Mariposa before the bombs fell. I was posted near Mariposa before the bombs fell and I learned that some members of the US military had created an organization to help people. As a member of the US military, joining up with the Brotherhood was a natural transition for me."(Leila Rahmani's dialogue) Rahmani was close to Alan Connors as a friend; they survived the bombs together and joined the Brotherhood with each other.A Vault Dweller: "A while ago you mentioned another Knight... Connors?"Paladin Rahmani: " He was more than my right hand. He was really a life-long companion. I'd never really considered a world without him. Not just to me, either. To both Valdez and Shin... He was like a big brother, even a father. He was always there for them... "(Leila Rahmani's dialogue) She had also known Elizabeth Taggerdy since the latter was a lieutenant.A Vault Dweller: "Did you know anyone who was at Fort Defiance?"Paladin Rahmani: "That is... very sad to hear, although not all that surprising. We feared the worst after we lost contact with her. I knew Paladin Taggerdy back when she was a Lieutenant. Good woman, I have no doubt in my mind that she led the Appalachian chapter admirably. I'd like to make my way to Fort Defiance personally at some point to pay my respects. Those soldiers deserve some remembrance for giving their lives to protect this region."(Leila Rahmani's dialogue)
During that time, she earned the characteristics of being a caring, yet bold leader, renowned for decisive action and inventive tactics. Although criticized by leadership, she has managed to attain a highly successful record, as well as being generally approachable by the lower-ranked members. After contact was lost with the Appalachian chapter of the Brotherhood, she was granted command of an expedition, consisting of four other members, by the Council of Elders to contact or otherwise find them.Fort Atlas terminal entries; Scribe Valdez's terminal, PALADIN Rahmani, Leila
=== The expedition to Appalachia ===
In 2103, Paladin Rahmani was dispatched from the Lost Hills Brotherhood of Steel to conduct a long-term mission in Appalachia. When contact was lost with the Expeditionary Force after crossing the Rocky Mountains, other officers at Lost Hills began to suspect Rahmani had deserted. Elder Roger Maxson, who considered Rahmani as his friend, refused to entertain the suggestion. In response, Maxson issued a personal plea to Rahmani, imploring her to follow protocol despite any misgivings she had about her mission. Though Rahmani had not always seen eye-to-eye with Maxson, the two were close and he believed she was still loyal to the values of the Brotherhood.Encrypted broadcasts; Message 4 
Over the course of their months-long expedition, Rahmani and the rest of the First Expeditionary Force encountered a settlement under threat of raiders who were stealing their supplies. Rahmani decided to stay and fight, while Shin decided to equip them with government-issue weaponry they had found in a bunker which violated the Brotherhood's protocol to safeguard weapons instead of distribute them. However, the weapons proved useless against the raider force when the raiders were able to steal them. The settlement was wiped out and Alan Connors lost his life saving Shin, with only two survivors of the town: Marcia and Maximo Leone. This incident would set off a division between Rahmani and Shin, with Shin wanting himself and Rahmani to stand trial with the Council of Elders.A Vault Dweller: "Tell me about the incident that split Rahmani and Shin."Odessa Valdez: "Right... Those weapons you've been chasing? We found them in a government facility on our way to Appalachia. We were supposed to keep them to ourselves - that's how we operate - but then we ran across a settlement being threatened by raiders. We couldn't just leave them to die. We equipped them with the weapons we found, but it didn't help. It was a massacre. The whole place was wiped out. Everyone was killed, including Knight Connors, one of our own. Knight Shin believes it's our duty to report this incident to Elder Maxson. Paladin Rahmani feels we'd be punished just for trying to help."(Odessa Valdez's dialogue) Shin felt heavy guilt for the consequences of his actions, although Rahmani believed he needed to forgive himself as he was ultimately trying to help. Marcia blamed both Rahmani's and Shin's actions for the tragedy, feeling no one should have retaliated against the raiders in the first place.Marcia's diary Rahmani herself began to believe that Shin would never forgive her for Connors' death.
While Russell Dorsey was fortifying the ATLAS Observatory, her voice could be heard across the region, becoming more audible with each passing week.Brotherhood broadcast
===Settling into Fort ATLAS===
Upon arriving at ATLAS after months of walking, she and her two remaining members, Knight Shin and Scribe Valdez, had encountered and recruited a number of initiates and Brotherhood hopefuls, seeking to officially join the organization. Dorsey was also made into an initiate upon their arrival.A Vault Dweller: "What's your story?"Russell Dorsey: "Me? I'm just a guy who wanted to be part of something special, a place to do something that really mattered. I picked up the messages the Brotherhood were broadcasting on the way here, and I came out ahead to help set up the place, hoping they'd let me join. They liked my initiative, and now I'm an Initiate. Nice bit of symmetry, I thought."(Russell Dorsey's dialogue)
After arrival, Rahmani, Valdez and Shin began to reestablish communication with Lost Hills as ordered. They also took the inoculation against the Scorched, developed by the dwellers of Vault 76.A Vault Dweller: "Everyone here needs to get inoculated, or else you'll turn into Scorched."Paladin Rahmani: "All of us have taken the inoculation. But thank you for inquiring. It means a lot to me that the people of Appalachia care for the well-being of others."(Leila Rahmani's dialogue) However, over the course of their reinforcing of Fort Atlas and establishing themselves in the region, Shin and Rahmani came into multiple conflicts of personality through various matters, such as the resurgence of government rocket launchers and other weaponry, used in the same incident that Shin believes he and Rahmani should be taken back to Lost Hills and tried for.
Rahmani assigned missions to a Vault Dweller of Vault 76, who was training as an initiate. She assigned them to help resolve a situation where a group of settlers living in The Retreat were being harassed and exploited by a cruel woman named Dagger. She also assigned a mission to recover stolen missile launchers which were taken by Foundation and wished to negotiate a trade deal to get them back. 
===Breaking the Chain That Binds===
During a mission to reestablish contact with the Brotherhood in California by using a long-range transmitter, Rahmani tries to persuade the Vault Dweller to her side, asking them to destroy the transmitter with her to help create a benevolent Brotherhood she strives for, free from the control of the elders. She reveals her intentions of severing ties with the main body of the Brotherhood of Steel and seeking to form her own, independent Appalachian chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel.Paladin Rahmani: "I destroyed the transmitter. The Elders are blind to the good we can do. We need to break free from their influence."(Leila Rahmani's dialogue)Fort Atlas terminal entries; Paladin Rahmani's terminal, Our Future in Appalachia Whether or not the Vault Dweller participates, Rahmani destroys it regardless, angering Shin who no longer deems her part of the Brotherhood. However, before they can continue debating any further, they receive word of a super mutant attack at Fort Atlas, which caused a temporary need of unity from both Rahmani and Shin.Knight Shin: "Rahmani and I are both putting our full efforts into understanding the extent of the Super Mutant threat. Once that's dealt with, we'll have her betrayal to contend with. It may be some time before that happens."(Daniel Shin's dialogue) Back at the base, Rahmani's actions also shock Valdez, who is annoyed another issue has arisen between Rahmani and Shin. The super mutant attack is dealt with.
===The super mutant attacks===
Nevertheless, by 2104, Rahmani and Shin are still at odds over their Brotherhood's primary mission: Protect the people in Appalachia, or secure all manner of pre-War tech to prevent it from causing another apocalypse like the Great War. They soon discover that the super mutant attack on Fort Atlas was not coincidental. Dr. Edgar Blackburn, one of the people who came to Fort Atlas earlier looking for help from the Brotherhood, only to be turned away by Shin, had been kidnapping people from all over Appalachia to use as test subjects in his research to improve the Forced Evolutionary Virus.
Rahmani decided to interview the boss of the Blue Ridge Caravan Company, Joanna Mayfield, about the disappearances. After being guided by Aries, Rahmani learns that Blackburn was among several of the Blue Ridge's caravans, especially one that holed up in the Harpers Ferry tunnel due to a radstorm. After Blackburn was captured during his work inside Vault 96, Rahmani and Shin take him to the West Tek research center, where his fellow scientists Farha, Jain and Nellie Wright were putting the final touches on the FEV to release into the water and air, which would lead to more people being turned into super mutants once exposed, a worst-case scenario even worse than Huntersville. In a bid to prove their research is for the betterment of humanity in the wasteland, Blackburn willingly volunteers to be exposed to the virus himself, but a miscalculation or malfunction in the process causes Blackburn to be turned into a violent super mutant behemoth, forcing Rahmani and Shin to kill him.
After, Shin erupts at Rahmani, scolding her that something like this was just what the elders wanted to prevent: people trying to play God with science. Though Rahmani agrees with him on that, when they confront Blackburn's scientists, they plead for mercy and ask that their lives be spared, considering that their research is invaluable to the wasteland with the loss of schools and universities because of the Great War and the decay that followed. Though Rahmani wants to spare them because of how valuable human life is nowadays, Shin is adamant that they be slain after seeing firsthand just how dangerous their knowledge is should it fall into the wrong hands if they are allowed to live. In the end, the conflict over Blackburn's associates results in Rahmani and Shin parting ways, unable to reach an agreement, with one either being killed or allowed to return to Maxson, while the other takes command of the Brotherhood to lead them on their new duty to Appalachia.
==Personality==
Rahmani is known for being aggressive and daring,A Vault Dweller: "Who leads the Brotherhood?"Odessa Valdez: "The Council of Elders, chief among them High Elder Maxson, our founder. He proclaimed our mission and set us on the path we follow today. Our expedition leader is Paladin Rahmani. She's an aggressive and daring commander who's taken us through many trials."(Odessa Valdez's dialogue) According to Del Lawson, Rahmani once speared a yao guai in the head using her glaive before the rest of her group could process their panic.
Rahmani is altruistic and wishes to assist the wasteland. In contrast to Shin, Rahmani secretly hopes to transform their branch into an independent, altruistic Brotherhood with a higher focus on peacekeeping. For example, instead of merely collecting technology, she wishes to teach people how to use it to better their lives. Rahmani views the control of the Brotherhood's Council of Elders to be a hindrance to her ideals of helping humanity, desiring them to take no part of her branch. Rahmani expresses hesitation to establish contact, as she fears it would result in having their titles stripped and their influence rendered illegitimate, due to a past incident in which many innocent lives were lost. Despite the fact that reestablishing contact was an order in and of itself, Rahmani believes that their Brotherhood force could continue on as a sanctioned offshoot nonetheless, able to spread "authority and goodwill across the nation."A Vault Dweller: "Contacting the Elders might destroy us? There's something you're not telling me."Leila Rahmani: "Something happened during our journey to Appalachia. A mistake that cost the lives of an entire town, and likely countless more. If Knight Shin gets an opportunity to speak with the Elders, he will confess to this incident, and to us breaking their direct orders. We'll have our titles stripped, our influence rendered illegitimate. Everything we worked for here will be gone. But if circumstances prevent us from establishing contact, we will continue on as a sanctioned offshoot of the Brotherhood of Steel. We will be able to spread its authority and goodwill across the nation. Is that not something worth fighting for?"(Leila Rahmani's dialogue)
However, Shin believes her kindness can go too far, such as when she breaks the transmitter and when she wants to save Blackburn's scientists from execution. Rahmani is also shown she can be presumptuous and misjudge people's true nature, shown when she accuses of Joanna Mayfield and Aries of scheming, although she does apologize to Aries after.
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
* Field Testing: Paladin Rahmani dispatches the Vault Dwellers on a mission to prove themselves: recruit Marty Putnam or Colin Putnam into the Brotherhood.
* Disarming Discovery: Paladin Rahmani assigns the player's first mission as an initiate to assist The Retreat with their local problem: A Blood Eagles gang led by Dagger.
* Property Rights: Paladin Rahmani assigns a mission to recover stolen missile launchers from Crater.
* Supplying Demands: Paladin Rahmani assigns a mission to make contact with Foundation's Gloria Chance and recover the missiles while negotiating a trade deal.
* Over and Out: Paladin Rahmani and Knight Shin go on a mission to reestablish contact with the main Brotherhood in Lost Hills.
* The Best Defense: Paladin Rahmani and the Brotherhood are under attack by super mutants in Fort Atlas. Rahmani intends to take the fight to them, which Shin deems a suicide mission.
* A Knight's Penance: Paladin Rahmani learns about the growing super mutant threat.
* Out of the Blue: Paladin Rahmani investigates the missing disappearances with the Vault Dweller and "Aries" and is a temporary follower in the Harpers Ferry tunnel.
* The Catalyst: Paladin Rahmani becomes involved with the engineer behind the chaos.
===Other interactions===
* If the player attempts to call her "boss," then she will decline the nickname, telling the Vault Dweller to address her as Paladin Rahmani.
* If the player enters the Blue Ridge office while wearing power armor during Out of the Blue, Rahmani chastises the Vault Dweller for not exactly being discreet like she said.
* If the player sides with Shin, Rahmani can be killed in combat by Shin and the Vault Dweller. If she is not attacked, Rahmani mentions how disappointed she is that Shin and their initiate are really going to condone murdering the scientists and that they consider them beyond saving. Shin mentions Rahmani has been exiled from the Brotherhood. Rahmani laments that she is unable to change the Brotherhood after all, saying she will have to start anew somewhere else. Rahmani leaves the room, not wishing to see the executions of the scientists. Unlike in Rahmani's scenario, in which she mentions Shin is going to travel back to California to reunite with the elders, it is not clarified where Rahmani goes in Shin's scenario. She will no longer be found in the game world, however.
==Inventory==
==Notes==
* Rahmani may flirt back at a Vault Dweller regardless of gender, suggesting Rahmani is LGBT+. The same applies to Valdez and Shin.
* Rahmani carries a war glaive and uses it to destroy the transmitter during the events of Over and Out.
* Rahmani pronounces Appalachia as "App-uh-LAYTCH-uh," rather than "App-uh-LATCH-uh." The player character can call her out on this, and she responds by recognizing her mistake and expressing hope that the locals will be patient with "us Westerners" as they learn the local vernacular.A Vault Dweller: "You know it's pronounced 'App-uh-LATCH-uh', right?"Paladin Rahmani: "Ah, did I slip up again? Old habits die hard. I hope you'll be patient with us Westerners as we learn the local vernacular."(Leila Rahmani's dialogue)
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==Appearances==
Leila Rahmani appears only . Her voice was first heard in the Brotherhood broadcast, introduced in The Legendary Run, and she made her first full appearance in the Steel Dawn update. Her character was additionally expanded upon in the Steel Reign update.
==Behind the scenes==
* Leila is an Arabic and Persian name meaning "night" or "dark" and the name is often given to girls born during the night. Rahmani means "descendant of the gracious one" in Arabic.
* During the Steel Reign quest Out of the Blue, Rahmani will say "Be salâmati!" (به سلامتی) during a toast to Knight Connors. This is a Persian expression meaning "to health" and is equivalent to "Cheers!" in English.
* Bethesda revealed that the majority of players side with Rahmani over Shin, showing results where 82% of players chose Rahmani and 18% chose Shin.Bethesda: Fallout 76: Inside the Vault – Anniversary Stats, Limited Preview & More!
==Gallery==
FO76 Rahmani outside.png|Rahmani during a radstorm in the Steel Dawn trailer
FO76 keyart steelreign rahmanivshin.png|Shin and Rahmani in the Steel Reign trailer
FO76SR Ramirez Rahmani.png|Rahmani with Luis Ramirez in the Steel Reign trailer
FO76SR Rahmani watches.png|Rahmani in the Steel Reign trailer
F76SD_Leila_Rahmani.png|Rahmani at Fort ATLAS
FO76SR Marty Rahmani.png|Rahmani near Marty Putnam
FO76 steelreign chronicsonictonic 05.jpg|Rahmani interviewing Joanna Mayfield during Out of the Blue
FO76SR Leila Rahmani Out of the Blue.png|Rahmani during Out of the Blue
FO76 steelreign chronicsonictonic 13.jpg|Rahmani during Out of the Blue
FO76SR Leila Rahmani The Catalyst.png|In power armor
FO76SR Paladin Rahmani West Tek Research Center.png|In the West Tek research facility
===Artworks===
FO76 Steel Dawn Promo Art Rahmani.png|Rahmani on an artwork for Steel Dawn, wearing a Brotherhood knight suit
FO76 Steel Reign Promo Art Rahmani.png|Rahmani on an artwork for Steel Reign, equipped with a plasma war glaive
FO76SD vaultboy rahmani.png|Rahmani's depiction in the Steel Dawn quest icons
FO76 questanim steeldawn13.gif|Rahmani's depiction in the Steel Dawn quest icons
FO76 Steel Reign Quest Image.webp|The quest icon that shows during the Steel Reign questline, showing Rahmani and Shin divided
SteelDawnPaladinLArm(cleaned).png|Rahmani's paladin Insignia featured on her power armor
==References==
Non-game
Category:The Legendary Run mentioned-only characters
Category:Steel Dawn human characters
Category:First Expeditionary Force characters
Category:Fallout 76 Brotherhood of Steel characters
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