Toby Hamee

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Toby Hamee is a fictional character in the Animorphs books by K. A. Applegate.

Toby Hamee is a Hork-Bajir seer, the daughter of Jara Hamee and Ket Halpak. She is the first free Hork-Bajir born in the free Hork-Bajir colony. She is named after Tobias, who helped Jara Hamee and Ket Halpak escape from Controllers into a hidden ravine which was going to be the birthplace of many free Hork-Bajir. Coincidentally, both she and her namesake are descended from Andalite nothlits.

She is a leader of the free Hork-Bajir. Assisted by her fellow Hork-Bajir, she raids the Yeerk installations from time to time, in order to liberate Hork-Bajir Controllers and starve the Yeerks inside their heads of Kandrona rays.

As a seer, Toby has a unique ability among the Hork-Bajir to be able to think clearly and communicate properly. The term "seer" means "clairvoyant" or "prophet", which ultimately means one who is able to see what others cannot. Due to this natural ability, she is considered to be a superior to all other Hork-Bajir, including her parents, and the one who will lead them to freedom. Toby matures very quickly after her birth, and reaches her adult height within 2 years of being introduced in the series. As a result she is able to lead the Hork-Bajir in the final offensive against the Yeerks on Earth, where she helps the Animorphs in taking over the Pool ship.

Afterwords, she becomes the official representative of the free Hork-Bajir and is made a non-voting member of Congress.