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CHARACTERS

ANIBASE: In the beginning of the Ellimist's story we meet his fellow Ket virtual reality gamers on the UniNet: Redfar, whose game name was Inidar; Escobat, whose game name was Wormer; and an attractive female Ketran named Doffnall, whose name game was Aguella. On the spar above Ellimist on his home crystal was a snooty Ketran scientist named Lackofa. It was Lackofa who nominated Ellimist to join the non-essential crew of EmCee. Other members of the EmCee included an impatient technician who named herself Jicklet, a female essential crew member named Tatchilla, and a Wise One named Farsight.

We also meet an arrogant young gamer named Menno and his friend Oxogast. Eventually, Ellimist and Menno become leader and first officer of EmCee.

As Ellimist travels the universe, we meet several characters of note: Father, a vast, sponge-like creature who captures aliens and absorbs their mind; a slug named Life-giver of the Jain Sea, leader of the Jallians; and a multi-winged creature named Captain Whee, leader of the Inner Worlders.

When the Ellimist retreats into the body of an Andalite he takes a wife named Tree and has five children: Star, Flower, Grass, Sky, and Water.

 

ELLIMIST'S LIVES

First Life	Ellimist began as a young Ketran gamer who excitedly found himself assigned to go along for a deep space mission on EmCee. His excitement was soon lost to horror, however, when Ellimist saw his entire race of people murdered by the Capasins.
Second Life	Ellimist, years after his world died, became captain of the EmCee. It was as captain that he accidentally led the last of the Ketrans to their death at the hands of Father. Only Ellimist survived -- and Father kept him alive for hundreds of years while the two of them played "games" in a world existing only in their minds.
Third Life	Ellimist's final life began when he absorbed all of their minds that Father had captured over the years. Ellimist defeated Father and built a massive ship. He spread his new mind throughout this powerful ship and took to the stars to help other species of aliens. There he met Crayak, a malevolent creature determined to play a game of evil against good with Ellimist. It was these battles that led to an accident that created the Ellimist the Animorphs came to know. An accident that took Ellimist and his massive collective minds from the third dimension to the fourt dimension, the dimension of time....

 

ALIENS

Capasins
A race of aliens that react to provocation with acts of extreme violence. They look similar to squids, with giant, bulbous heads dominated by glittering blue eyes, a beak-like mouth, and a number of thin, multi-joined arms. The Capasins came across images of the Ketran games and thought the images were real -- that the Ketrans played with other species as if they were toys. It was these images that led the Capasins to fly to Ket and destroy all the Ketrans.

Generationals
A species of surface dwelling aliens that the Ketran have come in contact with.

Illaman Confederation
A species of alien that the Ketran have come in contact with.

Inner Worlders
A race of winged, multiple-eyed aliens that participated in a long-standing war with the Jallians.

Jallians
A race of slug-like, multi-armed aliens whose life goal is to rage war on the Inner Worlders.

Ketrans
The Ketrans are a race of winged creatures that live on giant crystal structures floating above the surface of their home world, Ket. They have four wings, four eyes, two arms, two "pods" in place of feet, and docking talons to grab onto the crystal extensions of their homes. The constant flapping of thousands of attached Ketrans allow the crystals to fly. Ellimist was a Ketran, but after a group of radical Ketrans beamed images of their UniNet games into space, the Capasins came and killed them all.

Unemites
Multi-colored creatures covered in long hair, with three eyes, spikes along their back, and arms that vary in number between different members of the species. They enjoy music and relaxation.

 

TERMS

Adge
An Unemite musical instrument that looks much like a large guitar with seven strings and a mouthpiece on top..

The Crate
What the Ketrans called the Capasin ship that they had captured.

Dam
The Ketran word for "mother".

Dance By
An event that occurs whenever two crystals on Ket float near each other. Ketrans from each crystal fly out and meet Ketrans from the other crystal..

Eenos Lava Swamp
A swamp of lava on the surface of Ket. Equatorial High Crystal was flying above it when it was attacked by the Capasins.

EmCee
Mapping Crystal Quadrant Three, a Ketran space exploration ship.

Equatorial High Crystal Two
Equatorial High Crystal's sister crystal.

The Explorer
A ship created by Jicklet that could be used to study the surface of planets and moons.

Five Laws
The five rules for living that the Ketrans followed.

Four-Eff
Ketran sland for the act of flying free, fast, and furious.

Gunja Wave
A species of rodent-like creatures in the UniNet game Ellimist and his friends often participated in.

Intruders
What the radical gamers on Polar Orbit High Crystal call themselves, for they intrude in the game and make massive changes rather than simple, subtle changes.

Ket
The name of the Ketran home world.

Memm
To send a message to another Ketran via the UniNet

Mones
Pheromones, what Ketrans give off to express fear or attract a mate.

North Tropic Law Crystal
A crystal where things went horribly awry and crashed into the surface, killing thousands of Ketrans

Pangabans
A species of water skimmers in the UniNet game Ellimist plays.

Polar Orbit High Crystal
A crystal inhabited by radical thinkers who want to communicate through radio waes and who want to make their crystal into airfoil, eliminating the need for Ketran lift.

The Searcher
What EmCee started to be called after thirty years and many changes.

Seed Crystal
The oldest of the Ketran crystals.

Sire
The Ketran word for "father".

UniNet
An Internet-like communication system on the Ketran crystals.

Wise Ones
Old and intelligent Ketran leaders.

• Check the Alien-English Dictionary for more detailed terms and descriptions.