The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal on Earth. It was acquired by Jake and James, as well as some morph-capable Controllers, to serve as their raptor morphs.
Acquiring
In The Visitor, set in 1997,[1] Jake acquired a peregrine falcon to use as a raptor morph.[2] Three years later, in 2000, a handful of morph-capable Controllers acquired peregrine falcons.[3] Shortly after, in The Sacrifice, James also acquired a peregrine falcon.[4]
Usage
- "I focused my mind on a bird. It was a peregrine falcon. The DNA of that falcon was part of me. And, thanks to the Andalite morphing technology, I could trade that DNA for my own."
- ―Jake
The peregrine falcon is the raptor morph used by Jake[2] and James.[4] Despite the fact that the peregrine falcon's wings are much smaller than the other raptors, their small wings made them extremely fast during diving.[2] Jake used this as his bird morph for the entirety of the series. James also used the peregrine falcon as one of his raptor morphs, and was the only other Animorph other than Jake, and the only Auxiliary Animorph, to possess this morph.[4] The falcon morph was also used by several morph-capable Yeerks. When Jake was infested by Temrash 114, he used the falcon morph to try and escape, although he was attacked by the Animorphs.[5] Near the end of the war, several Controllers used the falcon morph as their raptor morphs.[3] One of these Yeerks tried to trap themselves in falcon morph to escape from the war and the need for Kandrona rays, although he was killed by Rachel.[4]
Appearances
- The Invasion (mentioned)
- The Visitor (acquired and morphed by Jake)
- The Encounter (morphed by Jake)
- The Message (mentioned)
- The Predator (morphed by Jake)
- The Capture (partially morphed by Temrash 114, using Jake's body)
- The Stranger (mentioned)
- The Secret (morphed by Jake)
- The Android (wild falcon/morphed by Jake)
- The Forgotten (morphed by Jake)
- The Change (morphed by Jake)
- The Unknown (morphed by Jake)
- The Warning (morphed by Jake)
- The Underground (morphed by Jake)
- The Decision (morphed by Jake)
- In the Time of Dinosaurs (morphed by Jake)
- The Departure (morphed by Jake)
- The Discovery (morphed by Jake)
- The Threat (morphed by Jake)
- The Solution (morphed by Jake)
- The Pretender (morphed by Jake)
- The Suspicion (morphed by Jake)
- The Extreme (morphed by Jake)
- The Attack (morphed by Jake)
- The Exposed (morphed by Jake)
- The Experiment (morphed by Jake)
- The Sickness (morphed by Jake)
- Elfangor's Secret (morphed by Jake)
- The Reunion (morphed by Jake)
- The Conspiracy (morphed by Jake; cover morph)
- The Prophecy (morphed by Jake)
- The Proposal (morphed by Jake)
- The Arrival (morphed by Jake)
- The Hidden (possibly morphed by Jake)
- The Mutation (morphed by Jake)
- The Other (morphed by Jake)
- Back to Before (morphed by Jake)
- The Familiar (morphed by Jake)
- The Journey (morphed by Jake)
- The Test (morphed by Jake)
- The Deception (morphed by Jake)
- The Resistance (morphed by Jake)
- The Diversion (morphed by Jake)
- The Ultimate (morphed by Jake)
- The Absolute (morphed by several morph-capable Yeerks/human-Controllers)
- The Sacrifice (acquired by James; morphed by James, morph-capable Yeerks/human-Controllers and Jake)
- The Answer (morphed by Jake and James)
- The Beginning (morphed by Jake)
Known Morphers
- Jake
- Temrash 114 (using Jake's body)
- James
- Morph-capable Yeerks/human-Controllers
Gallery
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References
- ↑ This transpires in #2: The Visitor, which is set less than two weeks after #1: The Invasion. The Andalite Chronicles is said to take place 10 years after the 1966 Yeerk exodus of The Hork-Bajir Chronicles and 21 years before Elfangor met the Animorphs. This places it in 1976, meaning the Animorphs met Elfangor in 1997.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Visitor
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Absolute
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Sacrifice
- ↑ The Capture