NEW PLOT ADDITIONS

CHARACTERS

ANIBASE: After seeing the video of a blurry Andalite, the Animorphs do some digging and discover Gafinilan-Estrif-Valad, a rather large, tough Andalite warrior. He and his fighter pilot shorm, Mertil-Iscar-Elmand, were stranded on Earth after the Yeerks massacred the Andalite's in Earth's orbit. Mertil was somehow wounded -- his tail was cut off, making him a vecol. Now Gafinilan, who is suffering from an Andalite sickness, has taken it upon himself to take care of Mertil and himself until they both die in peace. Only Mertil has been kidnapped by the Yeerks -- and Gafinilan isn't fully resigned to allow himself to die from his disease.

 

MORPHS

Jake	None.
Rachel	Honeybee.
Cassie	Honeybee.
Marco	Honeybee.
Tobias	Honeybee.
Ax	Honeybee.
Gafinilan	Possum, Human Male (Henry McClellan), and Owl.

 

ALIENS

None.

 

TERMS

Illsipar Root
A plant that's like coffee or tea for Andalites. It also has medicinal purposes, and, if taken in great doses, can ease the pain of Soola's disease.

Soola's Disease
A genetically programmed disease that strikes an Andalite in the prime of life and is always fatal. It causes increasing pain in the joints and the muscles, extreme at the end, and also can cause blindness. The only way to ever escape the disease is to morph another Andalite and allow yourself to be trapped in that morph. On the Andalite world, this is considered an act of cowardice.

Vecol
What the Andalite's call disabled Andalites. A vecol is supposed to live in isolation to retain his dignity. Marco and the others can't understand why this is so, but to Ax and the other Andalites, it's the way of life.

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