Donovan Desmond/Synopsis

History
Donovan is a native and current patriarch of the rich noble Desmond Family, which has its roots in the early history of Ostania. In his younger years, he entered and studied at the Eden Academy and graduated as one of the Imperial Scholars. His portrait is displayed in the Eden Academy hall of fame along with the other Imperial alumni. Donovan also participated in the last war between Ostania and Westalis, fighting "all kinds of enemies."

At some point, he became a politician, married a woman named Melinda, and at different times they had two sons, Demetrius and Damian Desmond. For a while Donovan ruled his country, he and his wife were known as the Prime Minister and the First Lady, but later for unknown reasons Donovan lost this post, his National Unity Party lost its power and became opposition and his whole family became closed from other people. He and Melinda also became estranged from each other and moved to different houses (Donovan and their sons stayed in the main mansion, and Melinda was exiled to a separate estate).

Donovan became increasingly paranoid and suspicious, started going everywhere only with bodyguards and communicating with a very limited circle of people. One of the few events he attends to this day is the Imperial Scholars mixers at Eden Academy, where Imperial graduates, various celebrities are present, as well as the current Imperial Scholars, including his first son Demetrius.

Ten years after the end of the war, an unnamed Westalian diplomat who arrived in Ostania was blown up with his driver in the car. This incident awakened a new conflict between the two countries and made Donovan and his party the main suspects in this case. To prevent a new war, Westalian Intelligence created Operation Strix.

Introduction Arc
Twilight is tasked with Operation Strix, where he must stop Donovan from harming truce efforts between the Ostanian and Westalian governments by getting close to him and probing for any seditious activities. However, since Donovan's only public appearances are at private events held by the prestigious Eden Academy, Twilight must marry and have a child who can enroll at the school. Thus, Twilight takes on the alias of "Loid Forger," and creates the Forger Family.

Admissions Interview Arc
Having acquired an adopted daughter, Anya, and a fictitious wife, Yor, Loid and the whole family diligently tried to impress the school teachers with all their might in order to ensure Anya's admission to the Eden Academy where Donovan periodically appears, as Loid periodically reminded himself.

Eden Beginnings Arc
Loid shuffled the school documents so that Anya got into the same class with Damian Desmond, a second son of his main target. During Anya's orientation at the Academy, Loid wants her to make friends with the children of influential people and especially with Damian. He imagines that when the children become friends, it will easily provide him with contact with Donovan. However, a little later, Anya, angry at Damian's threats and bullying, hits him in the face, which provides her with her first badge. Henry informed the boy's parents about this as well, and this circumstance shocked Loid, making him think that this situation could obviously spoil his relationship with Donovan.

Stella Star Arc
Anya continues to follow her father's mission, trying to make friends with Damian. She resents him when he mentally insults her before the game starts, but seems to cool down when she first hears about Donovan in his son's thoughts. It turns out that Damian suffers from a lack of paternal attention and believes that until he becomes an Imperial Scholar like his older brother, his father will continue to ignore him.

Later, when Anya received her first Stella Star for saving a boy, it only angered Damian and further alienated them. Having received Becky's advice to ask her parents for a dog as a reward, Anya finds out that Damian also has a dog. This prompts her to come up with a new plan where she and Loid would get into the boss's mansion through the friendship of children and dogs and thus world peace came.

Midterm Exams Arc
Some time later, when Anya's attempt to impress the second son with her new dog failed, Damian again attempts to get a Stella Star. He decides to make a griffon craft for the contest imagining that his father will be very proud of him if he manages to create a masterpiece. Anya is reading his thoughts and simultaneously developing her plan, then if she helps Damian create a griffon, then she will impress the boss and this will encourage him to meet with Loid so that peace will come. Despite her diligence and efforts, Anya only hinders Damian and as a result they do not have enough time and materials to create even just decent art. Nevertheless, to their surprise, Henry informs them that their griffons won at the contest, but Damian still refused to show this ugliness to his father and even tell him about this competition.

However, that evening he calls for his butler Jeeves and informs him that he will not come home because his father will not be there anyway. Asking Jeeves about how his father reacted to his incident with Anya. The butler informed the child that the father was very worried, although Damian thought Jeeves was lying, but did not say it out loud. Alone with himself, Damian was upset, firmly convinced that his father did not care about him.

Campbelldon Tennis Arc
For their social studies project, Henry Henderson encouraged his young students to investigate an occupation that interests them. Emile asked Damian if he gonna interview his dad, to which Damian said that only if he can get ahold to him.

Imperial Scholars Mixer Arc
Donovan attends Eden Academy's semi-annual event, the Imperial Scholars mixer. His first son, Demetrius, informs him of Damian's message to meet him at the library courtyard after the mixer. Donovan decides to show up and see his son, where he encounters Loid Forger, the father of Damian's classmate, Anya. Loid tries to talk to Donovan, but his bodyguards tell him to leave. However, Donovan gives him the chance to speak, prompting Loid to apologize for Anya's behavior towards Damian and introduce himself to the man.

Donovan recalls the incident at the orientation and apologizes for being too busy to respond personally. Loid offers to bring a token of regret to his manor, but Donovan brushes it off with an uncharacteristically bright smile, startling Loid. Donovan states it is just a spat among kids, but Damian yells that Anya laid hands on him, a Desmond. Loid agrees and insists on making amends, but Donovan once again smiles and says it is fine, but he does appreciate the sentiment. Loid realizes he is being blown off and withdraws, but not before thanking Donovan for his generosity.

Damian tries expressing his humiliation to his father, who responds with a long, exasperated sigh and continues to do this until the boy apologizes, and he smiles in response. Loid speaks up, saying Damian's anger is justified. He then talks about how exhausting it is to deal with Anya and her bizarre behavior, the challenges of raising children, and how uncontrollable they can be. Donovan concurs, saying that despite sharing your blood, your children are essentially strangers, people impossible to understand. He says that, in the end, people will never truly be sympathetic to each other. While he says this, Damian is left stunned.

Loid agrees with the view but tells Donovan that what is important is meeting people in the middle. Loid admits that despite not understanding Anya's actions, he acknowledges her and creates opportunities for dialogue with her, whether it works out or not. He then says it may have been why Donovan took the time out of his schedule to meet with Damian. Donovan supposes so, which surprises Damian. Loid starts praising Damian's respect for Donovan and shares his thoughts on Donovan's political views. Donovan decides to wrap up the conversation, but not before remembering Loid's name and saying he enjoyed their conversation. Loid thanks Donovan for sharing his time with him, then takes his leave after briefly chatting with Damian. As Loid leaves, he and Donovan quietly glare at each other.

Donovan turns his attention to Damian, asking what his son wants from him. Damian starts getting nervous and says it is nothing. Donovan prepares to leave, but Damian shouts out to him, informing him of his Stella Star from the midterms, his 50 on his reading test, and how the griffin he made in art class won first prize. Hearing this, Donovan commends him. Damian asks why he agreed to see him, and Donovan says he acted on a whim and tells his son to think nothing of it. As he walks away, he tells Damian to continue striving not to besmirch their family name, and Damian enthusiastically agrees.

Friendship Schemes Arc
It turns out that Donovan is not only the current chairman of the National Unity Party, but also a former minister of Ostania. He is also mentioned as the husband of Melinda Desmond, whom Yor accidentally meet while saving her from falling down the stairs. When Yor returns her home, she mentions this acquaintance to Loid and Anya, which activates a stormy activity in their heads. Loid and WISE knew about Melinda, but they thought they couldn't get close to Donovan through her because she distanced herself from him and their children and stopped appearing in public after she lost her status as First Lady. However, now Loid felt that Yor could be his key to a new clash with Donovan, and therefore, with ostentatious good-natured approval, he decided to push his wife to friendship with Melinda. Anya, meanwhile, regarded her mother as a rival, because the girl also continued to try to bring her father to the main boss, but through his second son. She didn't voice her displeasure to Yor out loud, but this prompted her to develop her new battle plan of the friendship schemes where she was going to defeat Yor.

Red Circus Arc
Donovan was one of the motivating figures for many of the characters here. Initially, the Red Circus' movement started as a student movement advocating for peace and equality and spoke out to protect the weakest members of society, but the state turned violent against them and made orders to eliminate the group.

During the hijacking, Billy Squire's misunderstanding continues, thinking that even Donovan Desmond has fallen low since losing power and that Ostania's economy has collapsed with a food shortage while he was out of the country. When Anya receives a fake bomb, she believes that she can meet the boss if Damian thinks she is brave. However, she only scared everyone present and the thoughts she read made her headache. Damian regarded her clouding as an attempt to be strong. Anya's example, as well as the memory that his father was a war hero who fought with various enemies, inspired Damian to also be brave and resist terrorists, although his attempt was unsuccessful.

When the hostages were released and the parents began to come for their children, Damian informed Anya that she would not make friends with his parents through him, as they did not care about him. Nevertheless, Melinda comes for her son and their meeting looks quite sincere until Damian asks his mother not to tell his father that he cried. Remembering Donovan brings Melinda back to her outwardly cold appearance where she also asks Damian not to tell his father that she was here.

Some time after the terrorist actions, Loid meets with a disguised Sylvia Sherwood in the dog park and while Anya is playing with Bond and Aaron, Sylvia informs Loid that the scientists from Project Apple may still be operating and that they may somehow be connected with Donovan.

Current Arc
Winston Wheeler, a mole from the Ostanian intelligence stole classified files, including on the Operation Strix. When Loid, Fiona Frost and the unnamed WISE Agent were driving in the car developing a further plan to intercept the mole, Fiona offered to curtail Loid's operation, to which he categorically disagreed, believing that in this case they would lose several years before they could try to get closer to Donovan again. Agreeing with this, everyone continued to pursue Winston in the hope of recovering the stolen documents before he handed them over to the SSS.