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Westalian Intelligence is an intelligence agency in Westalis devoted to keeping the peace between it and Ostania. Their main division is the Westalian Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division <WISE> (
Overview[]
Little is known about the organization besides its main goal to maintain the thin veneer of peace between Westalis and Ostania. Some time after the second East-West war, WISE was formed by the Westalian government.[2] Most of what has currently been shown of WISE takes place in Ostania. Whether through espionage, sabotage, wiretapping, and possibly assassinations, the WISE agents work to keep up the peace between the nations by removing anything that could threaten it. As observed from their headquarters in Westalis, they seem to have wide surveillance of various places with their cutting-edge technology.
Presence in Ostania[]
Loid taking a secret elevator to a safe house
WISE has agents embedded throughout Ostania to identify and neutralize any threats that threaten to worsen relations with Westalis. This can range from recovering stolen antiquities from Westalis to stopping unlawful restriction of exports. Agents also gather intel on their enemies to use against them or confuse other enemies with misinformation.[3] The intel they gather is sent to Westalis headquarters to be processed. Agents are commanded by handlers, who brief them on current and future assignments.
Planted in Ostanian intelligence bureaus are moles that also feed the West with information and secrets. Aiding the agents with obtaining intel are informants. Not all informants are strictly affiliated with WISE and take a neutral stance, like Franky Franklin.
Westalis Embassy
Located across Ostania are WISE safe houses, with their headquarters being the Westalis Embassy in the capital city of Berlint. Inside the safe houses are intelligence agents that obtain data and information, which they submit to their handlers. Safe houses are always kept hidden, from underneath a photobooth to inside building interiors, and are often locked behind secret passcodes[4] and facial recognition[5].
Due to a recent spy purge, implied to be the work of the mole Winston Wheeler,[6] a large number of spies have been exposed and captured by Ostania's State Security Service, many being female agents. As a result, WISE's manpower in Ostania has become short-staffed while operations are damaged, leaving remaining agents like Twilight to take on many extra missions and getting overworked by his handler.
Communication[]
Loid reading mission details inside a coin
Meeting with other agents in public is a dangerous task, as doing so carries the risk of both agents being exposed and captured, which is why it is a policy for agents to avoid unnecessary contact.[7] When they do have to make contact, agents use many methods to communicate intel, such as hand signs, Morse code, and lipreading. Intel can even be hidden inside coins.[8] In the event of an incident, secret codes are shared between agents. For example, "Code 1399" suggests a serious incident.[9]
Example using a cipher
Another way to communicate information is through ciphers. The names of these ciphers are animal-based, with the intended cipher to be used indicated by the sound the animal makes. For example, a cat's meow indicates the use of "C Cipher"[1], and a frog's ribbit indicates "F Cipher." It is possible to confuse "F Cipher" for "T Cipher," which stands for toad.[8] In another instance, a cipher can be indicated by the repetition of the first syllable, this cipher being "P Cipher," which uses the "po" syllable.[10]
Operation Strix[]
- Main article: Operation Strix
Following the suspicious death of a Westalian diplomat in Ostania, WISE's higher-ups turn their attention to the National Unity Party's chairman, Donovan Desmond, who they suspect is planning a war. To probe him for any seditious activity, they create Operation "Strix" and assign it to their best agent: Twilight.
Known Members[]
| Image | Name | Rank | Codename | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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WISE Director | Director | Active | |
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WISE Secretary | Secretary | Active | |
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Sylvia Sherwood | Handler | "Fullmetal Lady" (Nickname) ( |
Active |
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Loid Forger | Agent | "Twilight" ( |
Active |
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Fiona Frost | Agent | "Nightfall" ( |
Active |
|
WISE Agent | Agent | Active | |
|
WISE Rookie | Rookie | Active | |
|
WISE Recruiter | Recruiter | Unknown | |
|
WISE Subway Lady | Informant | Active | |
|
Jim Hayward | Informant | Incapacitated | |
|
Kebab | Informant | Active | |
|
Winston Wheeler | Communications Agent Ostanian Intelligence Mole |
Arrested | |
|
Jeffrey | Mole | Incapacitated | |
|
Major Depple | Agent | Active | |
|
Snidel's Victim | Agent Informant |
Killed | |
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Depple's Lover | Agent | Active | |
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Depple's Father-in Law | Higher-up | Active |
Trivia[]
- The logo for WISE features an eye facing east, symbolizing that they are watching the eastern country of Ostania.[11]
- The exterior of WISE HQ is based on the SIS Building, which houses the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).[12]
- To make sure Loid's identity is clear to readers while he is in disguise, Tatsuya Endo usually draws the WISE logo on him to make the distinction.[13] In what appears to be a running joke, in most scenarios, other WISE agents also have the logo somewhere on their outfits, whether it be on earrings, hats, or sunglasses. Even during Loid and Fiona's infiltration of the Campbelldon, their rackets had "WISE" written on them.[14]
- In SPY x FAMILY CODE: White, Major Depple was compromised on a photo with a certain woman. She is a disguised agent who appears earlier in the movie during Sylvia's briefing with her agents.
Gallery[]
Westalis
Ostania
(Illustration)
Westalis
Ostania
(SPY x FAMILY CODE: White)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 1, and Episode 1.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Volume 14, Timeline
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Official Fanbook: EYES ONLY (p. 32).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 78 (p. 4).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 7 (p. 8), and Episode 6.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 81 (p. 5).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 30, and Episode 21.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 2, and Episode 2.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga: Chapter 80.
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 7, and Episode 6.
- ↑ Volume 1 Franky's Secret Files: Bonus Sketches
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Official Fanbook: EYES ONLY (p. 221).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Official Fanbook: EYES ONLY (p. 198).
- ↑ SPY x FAMILY Manga and Anime: Chapter 31, and Episode 22.
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