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It is my dream that the ignorant, the forgetful and the moderate as well as the omniscient Animorph fans should have a chance to enjoy this new version of the Animorph ending. I am therefore offering my readers a selection of backgrounds. Please choose the one that applies to you. If you once saw an Animorph book cover and figured the series must have something to do with people turning into animals… You’re on the right track, but there is more. The Animorphs start off as a group of five teenagers (Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie and Marco) who walk through an abandoned construction site one night and meet an Andalite (alien-slash-deer-slash-scorpion-slash-four-eyed centaur) named Elfangor. He warns them that Earth has been invaded by Yeerks (parasitic slugs that can wrap themselves around a person’s brain and control the person completely). He uses the Andalite morphing cube to give each of them the power to morph (become any creature they can touch) so that they will be able to fight the Yeerks. Elfangor is killed by Visser Three (the only Yeerk with an Andalite host body and the ability to morph). The Yeerks believe the Animorphs to be a group of Andalite bandits. Later, the Animorphs meet Elfangor’s little brother, Ax, who joins their team. When an Animorph is in morph he/she communicates using thought-speech. (This is the Andalites’ natural form of communication as they have no mouths). If someone stays in a morph for more than two hours, he/she becomes trapped in that body. The Yeerks’ greatest weakness is their need to leave their host bodies once every three days to absorb Kandrona rays (Yeerk nutrients). If a Controller (someone with a Yeerk in his/her head) is away from Kandrona rays for more than three days, the Yeerk dies and the host is freed. The Yeerks have an underground Yeerk Pool on Earth, as well as a Pool Ship in orbit, where they go to soak up Kandrona rays. Jake is the Animorphs’ leader. His brother, Tom, is a Controller. Rachel is Jake’s cousin. She is the Animorphs’ toughest fighter. Her nick-name is Xena Warrior Princess. Tobias is the Animorphs’ expert observer. He becomes trapped as a red-tailed hawk. The Ellimist (a god-like being who insists he is merely a being with capabilities beyond human comprehension) restores Tobias’s ability to morph and allows him to acquire his original human body as a morph. Cassie is the Animorphs’ conscience. She is extremely sensitive and compassionate. She is also a talented morpher. Marco is the Animorphs’ comic relief. Although he knows how to be serious, his favourite coping mechanism in hard times is to laugh. His mother, Eva, spends years as Visser One (the highest-ranking Controller there is). Ax is the Animorphs’ alien expert. He lives in isolation from his own kind and is often homesick, but soon comes to care for humans as much as he does for Andalites. Check out the list and see what you’re missing: * = Andalite wordAcquire: To absorb the DNA of a creature into one’s bloodstream by making physical contact with the creature. *Aristh: An Andalite Warrior-cadet. Blade Ship: A Yeerk ship belonging to a Visser. Bug Fighter: Small Yeerk ships shaped like legless cockroaches, armed with Dracon beams and equipped with a usual crew of one Taxxon pilot and one Hork-bajir tactical officer. Chee: Sentient androids created by an ancient race of technologically advanced aliens called Pemalites. The Pemalites had a pure, innocent, non-hostile nature and made their androids after that image. The Chee have incredible skills with holograms and force fields but, due to their peaceful programming, are incapable of hurting a living being. Dracon Beam: A Yeerk beam weapon based on the Andalite shredder, but designed to cause more pain. *Estreen: A talented morpher. *Hirac Delest: An Andalite’s memories recorded by the ship’s computer as the Andalite’s final statement. Hork-bajir: (Bipedal, reptilian and covered in blades) a peaceful and dim-witted species who are almost entirely enslaved by the Yeerks. Involuntary Controllers: People who are forced to have a Yeerk in their head. Kandrona: A device that beams Kandrona rays to a Yeerk pool. Kandrona rays: Rays from the Yeerk home world sun that contain nutrients necessary for Yeerk survival. *Nothlit: A person trapped in a morph. Pool Ship: The Yeerk supply ship containing a massive Yeerk pool. *Prince: A General-type rank in the Andalite Hierarchy. *Shorm: 1. Tail Blade 2. A deep friend; A person you would trust so much they could put their tail blade right up against your throat and you wouldn’t even worry. *Shredder: Andalite Beam Weapon. Taxxons: (Giant centipedes) voluntary Controllers with an uncontrollable hunger for living flesh. *Vecol: Someone with a disability. Visser: A General-type rank in the Yeerk Hierarchy. Numbered one to forty-seven, one being the highest rank. Voluntary Controllers: People who agree to have a Yeerk in their head. Yeerk Pool: The lead-coloured pool where Yeerks swim in their natural state to absorb nutrients needed every three days. Z-space Transponder: A component which transmits messages through Zero Space. Zero Space: The opposite of true space; anti-reality; the non-dimension where faster-than-light travel is possible. If book series with numbers that go higher than #50 freak you out and you want to know which ones you really have to read...The following books will introduce you to the characters and events which are most important to this version of the Animorph ending: #10 The Android #13 The Change #19 The Departure #29 The Sickness #45 The Revelation #49 The Diversion #50 The Ultimate The Hork-bajir Chronicles The Andalite Chronicles If you simply wish to absorb the series’ history in a factual timeline fashion…
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