- "Mustn't upset the balance. Not directly, anyway. But! Create problems? Yes. Create opportunities? Yes. Play the wild card? Of course."
- ―The Drode
The Drode is the main servant of the Crayak, and serves as his wild card.
Biography[]
Meeting the Animorphs[]
- "My very favorite Animorph. Rachel, Rachel. Do you feel the adrenaline rush of murderous desire? Do you feel the urge to reach out and destroy me? Of course you do. You and I have that in common. [...] Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Drode. It's a word from my species. It means 'wildcard.'"
- ―The Drode to the Animorphs
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Chasing Visser Four[]
- "The Yeerk, the former Visser Four, has used the Time Matrix. He has traveled backward in time and is changing historical events. He's rewritten the past in an effort to bring about a Yeerk victory and give himself greater power. You... the other yous... are unaware that life was ever any different. You have all been raised in an environment of delightfully ferocious oppression. It's all quite wonderful! [...] Sadly, I am here to offer you the chance to undo it all. I want to help."
- ―The Drode to the Animorphs
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Crayak's Offer[]
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The Return of David[]
- "You called my master's name. Can it be that you need some help, Rachel? Rachel of the dark heart. Rachel the soon-to-be nothlit. [...] The rat works for Crayak. Whatever puny scores the rat has to settle are of no interest to us. No, we seek your help in a larger payback. We once told you we had hopes for you, Rachel. Do you remember? We still do."
- ―The Drode to Rachel
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Appearance[]
- "It looked at first glance like the mating of a small dinosaur and a large prune. It had two legs and balanced its body with a stubby tail. The hands were weak, flimsy things, with too many joints. The head didn't fit with the bird-like body. It was humanoid in shape, with a narrow lower jaw and big, mocking eyes. The skin was wrinkled, like a prune. The flesh was dark, almost jet-black, relieved only by green that rimmed the eyes and mouth."
- ―Jake
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Personality[]
- "Oh, Marco the funny one! How's Mommy, Marco? Is she alive or is she dead? Does she scream with the Yeerk in her head? All here together? Cassie, the hypocrite? 'I don't believe in violence... except when I do.' Aximili, the pitiful, pale shadow of his dead brother? If only you'd insisted on going with Elfangor, maybe he'd have lived. Too bad. And Tobias, ah, yes, Tobias. The boy not really so trapped as a bird, eh, but too gutless to resume life as a human?"
- ―The Drode to the Animorphs
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Appearances[]
- The Exposed
- Elfangor's Secret
- The Separation (mentioned)
- The Mutation (mentioned)
- Back to Before
- The Return