Loid Forger

"Not fit to be a spy? No. The mistake was endangering that child in the first place. How did I not see that? Making a world where kids don't need to cry... That was the whole reason... I became a spy in the first place."

- Loid Forger's ideology as a spy

Loid Forger (ロイド・フォージャー) is the main protagonist of the SPY x FAMILY series. He has discarded everything about his past to work for his country as an undercover spy who acts under the codename "Twilight" (〈〉). His real name is unknown, and created the name "Loid Forger" as an alias.

For his current mission, he is required to marry and have a child. Thus, he enters a marriage with Yor Briar and becomes the adoptive father of Anya Forger.

Appearance
Loid is a handsome man with short blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin. His hair is often slicked back to varying degrees, depending on the occasion. He is quite tall, with a slim but athletic build. His exact age is unknown, although his history and appearance point to him being in his late twenties or early thirties. Because of his handsome looks, Becky gains a crush on him and describes him as "very dreamy".

When Loid is outside, he often wears a light green three-piece suit with a red tie. On his left lapel, he wears a pin in the shape of a dagger with the symbol of WISE at its center.

When at home, he usually wears a plain T-shirt with long black pants.

As a psychiatrist he wears a lab coat over his shirt and tie.

Personality
Befitting of a spy, his true personality is rather cold and methodical, doing whatever it takes to complete the mission, from joining terrorist organizations to dating a target's daughter to becoming a father. However, he has a kind personality that reveals itself when he rescues Anya, even risking his identity as a spy. But in the end when Operation Strix is complete he may have to abandon her and Yor.

Loid's title as Westalis's greatest spy is quite deserved. His skills, both physical and mental, are second to none. He is able to effortlessly disarm an army of well-trained spies and is ice-cold under pressure, able to calmly analyze any given situation and create a plan in seconds. He can not only figure out an entire person's personality and develop a tailored list of answers to any question they could ask but can keep track of that list in his mind, as well as an extensive number of codes. However, his fake family's unpredictable nature and shenanigans give him a run for his money.

While Loid is willing to do anything to complete his missions, he has a strong sense of responsibility in that it is his responsibility and his alone to make his mission successful. He only kills when absolutely necessary and sees putting innocent civilians, even his pawns, in danger as unacceptable. For example, while he notes he will have to ultimately abandon Anya and Yor, he will make sure they are well provided for and kept safe upon his mission's completion.

Loid's past as a powerless war orphan, feeling despair and isolation, has seemingly stuck with him into his adult years and serves as his motivation as a spy to create a world where children would not have to cry. He sincerely empathizes with Yor about sacrificing themselves for the sake of others and their beliefs, becoming the deciding factor for her decision to marry him.

Unlike his current personality and profession as a spy, Loid was an honest child who rarely lied to his parents. When he did lie to his father to receive pocket money to buy a soldier set, he quickly felt guilty about it, almost confessing to his father immediately afterward and wishing to work for money to pay his father back. After his father disappeared during the Ostanian raid of his hometown, Loid felt even more guilty and vowed to tell his father the truth when he returned.

Abilities and Skills
Twilight had served as a spy for at least ten years after serving in the Westalian military for a few years. Overall, Loid can be considered a jack of all trades: he is extremely physically and mentally skilled, able to adapt to nearly any situation, and is only ever surpassed combat-wise by superhumans like his wife. His skills include Hand-to-hand combat, gun specialist, and to top it all, he is a master of disguise.

Genius-level Intellect: Twilight's greatest weapon is his intelligence, which would be considered a genius by most definitions. He has a borderline photographic memory, being able to remember the individual names of over 200 penguins simply by skimming over a list of their names and dietary habits, as well as remember Yor from a list of several potential wife candidates. He has also memorized the Ostanian Intelligence manual, allowing him to see through Yuri Briar's cover story. He has once claimed to have read every book in a library. He repeatedly displays ingenuity in combat, using flour as a smokescreen while fighting against a gang and identifying a fake ID with no trouble.

Even as a child, he showed a level of ingenuity in the war games he played with his friends, putting together a bucket trap and a rubber band gun to quickly turn around a situation where his side was losing.

Master of Disguise: Twilight is a master of disguise, with his ability to seamlessly pass off as other people with different body types and characteristics, even down to their voices. Twilight's skill at disguise is unmatched, with Ostanian Intelligence left clueless about his actual appearance. He can also do the same for others, creating costumes for Franky and Fiona so they can pose as SSS agents.

Speed: Twilight is fast enough to take down multiple people without much trouble and can escape a trained dog by performing various parkour maneuvers.

Senses: Twilight is acutely aware of his surroundings, able to effortlessly find Anya in their hide-and-seek game, and could sense when he was being observed by the faculty members of a prestigious academy. He can also spot listening devices with ease.

Strength: Twilight has impressive strength, being able to gracefully pull an obese child stuck in a gutter with just one arm over his head and land him on his feet, shatter a solid wooden table with a single punch, and quickly unscrew a bomb clock to later throw it far from the cruise into the sea.

Endurance: He is durable enough to take a car crash and still fine enough to go to a party, although bleeding and confusing his mission with Yor's agreement. Additionally, he was capable of withstanding multiple punches and kicks from an intoxicated Yor, whose blows have left full-grown adults unconscious and seriously injured.

Trained Combatant: Twilight is an exceptionally well-trained spy able to dispatch a group of armed thugs by himself. Even more impressive is his ability to hold his own against Yor despite her seemingly superhuman strength, although she was intoxicated at the time and not at her full capability to fight.

Expert Marksman: Twilight can shoot three men while fighting off another three in close range.

Advanced Tactical Growth: Twilight has repeatedly proven himself able to master a wide array of new skills required to effectively perform his job in remarkably short periods of time. This includes lockpicking, basic forgery, lip reading, bomb defusing, and military dog training. He can also do basic household chores such as sewing and cooking (being rather skilled at the latter). When partaking in a tennis competition with only a short period of practice, his performance decisively dominated those who were professionals.

Yor Forger
Loid's wife, whom he married as part of Operation Strix. The two agreed to a cover marriage as it benefitted both of them in the long run while keeping the actual reasons from each other. Although married, they do not share a room or bed unless they have guests over, for which they share a room for appearances. Loid, being a great spy, tries to keep his emotions out of his work to prevent becoming attached to Yor. He treats her like any good husband would, taking her on dates when she is down and even covering for her inability to cook. However, he justifies these actions for the sake of his mission.

While Loid has made it clear that he has no romantic feelings towards Yor, he respects and appreciates her as a person and for her role and assistance in the Forger family. He notes at one point that he plans to make sure both Yor and Anya will be properly provided for by WISE once his work is finished and will try his best to follow up on them once his mission is over. When Yor unexpectedly befriends his target's wife, Loid believes that while beneficial for him, putting a civilian in danger for the sake of his mission is unacceptable, and he will be ready to protect Yor if things go south.

Despite his façade, Loid has lowered his guard around Yor on multiple instances. He lightly blushed when asked to kiss her and after he suspected her of having genuine romantic feelings toward him, even with his years of experience with women as a spy. He was also surprised when she knocked him out for the first time in years and found himself sleeping comfortably on her lap. When Murdoch Swan verbally offended Yor and Anya during their interview with Eden Academy, Loid displayed an unexplained fury intense enough to break a table and wounded his fist, despite only knowing them for a few days and how his actions could endanger his mission. Loid also felt immensely guilty for doubting and bugging Yor after Yuri's visit, despite Franky's warnings not to get attached. Fiona has also noticed that Loid, a master of fake smiles, leaks a tiny bit of genuine emotion when he is with Yor.

Loid is currently unaware of Yor's secret job as an assassin.

Anya Forger
Loid's daughter, whom he adopted to have her attend Eden Academy. He picked her up from a run-down orphanage after witnessing her solve a crossword puzzle by herself (which she accomplished by reading his mind). Although he initially viewed Anya as a nuisance and expendable, he quickly became protective of her when she reminded him of his motivation for becoming a spy and sympathized with her desire to have a family.

Loid is often disappointed by Anya's performance at school and wishes she would spend more time studying and less time watching cartoons. He does his best to help her with her studies and is visibly disheartened when she fails. Loid also struggles to act like what he believes is a good, normal father and makes serious attempts to understand her, although her unpredictable nature never fails to surprise him. Regardless, he tries treating her like any good father would by caring for her, gifting her toys and rewards (which she treasures very much), and is sincerely proud of her whenever she succeeds.

Almost everything Loid does for Anya up to this point has been justified for Operation Strix. Even on their cruise vacation, he considered it part of the mission. However, Loid openly cares for Anya's wellbeing, to the point that he becomes visibly enraged, despite his usually calm and controlled demeanor. This is displayed when Edgar kidnaps her to lure him out or when Murdoch Swan provokes her during their entrance interview for Eden. When Loid heard about Anya's bus getting hijacked, he quickly rushed over from his mission to help her.

While he has off-handedly mentioned that he sometimes feels Anya can read his mind, Loid is currently unaware of her true nature as a telepath.

Bond Forger
Loid treats Bond as part of the Forger family, often taking him on walks. He is initially strict towards Bond, mainly raising and training him as a guard dog for the family. After Bond risks himself to save a dog and catch an arsonist, they become closer, and Loid shows more patience and care with Bond, asking him to value himself more as a member of their family.

Loid is currently unaware of Bond's psychic powers, and in instances where Bond has used them, Loid has attributed it to Bond's good nose.

Yuri Briar
Loid and Yuri have a very complicated relationship, as Yuri is jealous of Loid for being his sister's husband without being told, while Loid has to be careful not to reveal his true identity as Twilight since discovering that Yuri is part of the Secret Police. Loid always stays on guard when he is with Yuri but also tends to be soft with him as he knows that Yuri was the only person who supported and loved Yor for so long. While able to tolerate him, Loid tends to get annoyed by Yuri's crazy antics whenever he drops by their home.

Sylvia Sherwood
Sylvia is Twilight's handler and primary contact for WISE. They largely have a professional relationship based on a common interest in preventing war and their similar experiences from the war. He does not have a very positive view of her, believing she would reject his request for a vacation if he asked.

When he first joined Westalian Intelligence, Sylvia was his new commanding officer and was responsible for training him into a first-rate spy. Her extremely strict practices resulted in Loid having a fear of her, to the point of having nightmares of their training together. In addition to their strong relationship of trust, both empathize with each other due to their shared experiences from the war. Each time they meet for a briefing, they run a massive danger of being discovered, which also risks Operation Strix.

Fiona Frost
Fiona Frost, aka Nightfall, is an agent from WISE and was Twilight's former trainee. She is madly in love with Twilight and believes she should be the perfect role as "Mrs. Forger" in place of Yor.

Twilight seems to be unaware of her true intentions and feelings, only seeing her as a fellow agent with an ambition to make a name for herself. Loid also sees her as an unfit candidate for Anya's mother due to her overly strict upbringing and her cold demeanor.

Franky Franklin
One of Twilight's informants and close co-workers. Besides giving him information for his missions, Franky often helps with various chores, including taking care of Anya or Bond when both Loid and Yor are not home. On most occasions, however, Franky does not help for free. Despite this, Loid has a friendly relationship with Franky, even accepting his request to help him get a date with a woman he had a crush on, even though it did not benefit him.

They had previously met during the war as soldiers on opposing sides. Loid almost killed Franky after the man wandered into his trap but spared him after hearing Franky's reason for wanting to live. During their conversation, Franky spoke about how pointless the war was, which devolved into an argument after Loid's hometown got brought up. Their dispute exposed their location to Ostanian soldiers, and the two went their separate ways after escaping. After Loid's short-lived reunion with his childhood friends, Franky's words about not knowing the truth impacted him deeply.

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Trivia

 * The lapel pin on Loid's clothes is actually his organization's symbol.
 * Twilight is very popular in his organization, having many other WISE agents be enamored to see Twilight in the flesh and to see him in action, even rushing to the castle upon hearing his name. Some agents even wanted his autograph.
 * Twilight prefers to choose names for his personas that start with "L" or "R" (ex. "Loid," "Robert," "Lionel," "Lawrence," "Roland"). In Japanese, there is no clear distinction between "l" and "r," instead transcribing the equivalent sound with "r."
 * His fake last name, Forger, is a nod toward the "forged family" situation he is playing a part in. In the tennis tournament, Nightfall chose their last name Foney, as the "phony couple" they were.
 * Loid's name was originally romanized as "Lloyd" until Chapter 10, when it was licensed by Viz Media.
 * The name Twain Foney he used in the tennis tournament is derived from his agent codename "Twilight" (same for Nightfall's alias Nafalia). In Japanese, he used the name "Garesso" (ガレッソ), which is also a derivation of his Japanese codename, "Tasogare".
 * Loid's chair, featured on the cover of the first volume, is a Grand Confort LC-2 Petit Modèle armchair designed by Le Corbusier.
 * According to Loid's character page, he wears black underwear.

Quotes

 * (To himself) “Hopes of marriage? The joys of an ordinary life? Those joined my I.D. papers in the rubbish bin on the day I became a spy.”
 * (To himself about Yor Forger) “To endure such a harsh job... for the sake of another, for the sake of something greater than oneself... That isn't something that just anyone would do. I truly admire that.”
 * (To Yor Forger) “I take thee, Yor... for better or for worse... for richer or poorer... in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health... I pledge myself to you.”
 * (To himself) “I didn't know the real reason the war had started. I thought there wouldn't be a war at all... I hated the enemy without knowing why. I picked up a gun without knowing why. I obeyed my country without knowing why. Ignorance isn't bliss. Ignorance is weakness. Ignorance is a sin.”