Mr. Forkle

This article is about the Mr. Forkle. You may be looking for the Sir Astin or Magnate Leto Kerlof. The corresponding disambiguation page is Errol Loki Forkle.

Mr. Forkle
Caption	Mr. Forkle's Wanderling, drawn by Shannon Messenger on a copy of Book 6: Nightfall
Aliases	Magnate Leto Sir Astin
Occupation	Mentor, Foxfire Principal, Black Swan Leader, and more unknown.
Foxfire Level	Mentor and Foxfire Principal
Biographical Information
Gender	Male
Special Ability	Telepath
Residence	Watchward Heath (Office), Other
Physical Description
Eye Color	An unknown shade of blue
Hair Color	Black
Other Information
Important Information	Mr. Forkle has many identities. He is also a member of the Black Swan's Collective

“Thank you for being brave enough to find me this one last time. You gave me the gift of goodbye.”

—Mr. Forkle to Sophie Foster, in Book 5: Lodestar

“Time is a funny thing. Once it's gone, it's gone. Then it passes on to someone else. You'll do great things with it, Sophie.”

—Mr. Forkle to Sophie, in Book 5: Lodestar

Mr. Forkle was and is one of the leaders of the Black Swan; part of the Collective. He was the one to tweak Sophie's genes. He was also the fertility doctor of Sophie's human mother, Sophie's next-door neighbor in San Diego, and in Neverseen was revealed to be Magnate Leto Kerlof and Sir Astin. His full name is Errol Loki Forkle.

Physical Appearance

His appearance has changed from his original form because of the ruckleberries he eats to hide his real self. He looks wrinkly and old because of this. He also smells like feet, a side effect of the ruckleberries. He used ruckleberries to disguise himself as Sophie's next-door neighbor for twelve years. He has grey hair and is rather wide. In the form of Sir Astin, he has short blond hair and a whispery, fairly high-pitched voice. In the Magnate Leto Kerlof form, he has black hair and always a serious look, to camouflage his inner kindness. He does not reveal any other identies throughout the books. Mr. Forkle had a twin brother who is identical to himself.

Abilities

• Telepath

Mr. Forkle is a Telepath and, like Sophie, he also has an impenetrable mind. He's able to have strong thoughts like a human and is one of the only people who get to transmit into Sophie's mind. Mr. Forkle can control other people using mind tricks, though he is not a Mesmer. It does not say if he has more abilities, but it is a possibility.

Pre-Keeper

Mr. Forkle was the one who put Sophie's embryo in her mother. He also called 911 when Sophie hit her head and triggered her telepathic abilities. He also gave her Limbium, not knowing that it will cause a deadly allergic reaction, and sent her to the hospital, not clearly knowing what else to do. Then, because Mr. Forkle believed that Sophie was now unsafe, he gave Alden and Fitz a newspaper with Sophie's picture on the front page to find Sophie and introduce her to the Elvin world.

Book 1: Keeper of the Lost Cities

Mr. Forkle posed as Sophie's next-door neighbor who always grumbled moved his garden gnomes around, and started sentences with "You kids". He gives Sophie the necessary equipment to bottle some of the Everblaze burnings in the Forbidden Cities, including sending Gildie the Flareadon. He saves Sophie and Dex from the Neverseen, but leaves them in Paris, France.

Book 2: Exile

In Exile, Mr. Forkle sends clues as rhyming notes to Sophie. He guides her to accompany Alden to Exile in order to fix Prentice, the Black Swan's Keeper. When Sophie can't heal Prentice she realizes she has a broken mind and is negatively affected by light. She eventually goes to the Black Swan to get fixed. Mr. Forkle gives her limbium and human medicine to essentially 'reset' her brain (to get rid of the weakness that has formed in it) by nearly killing her and then give her an antidote. Then, when the Neverseen tries to steal Silveny, he stops them so that Sophie, Keefe, and Silveny can escape.

Book 3: Everblaze

Mr. Forkle continues to communicate with Sophie via notes. He is distant, however, because he had feared the Black Swan was compromised by a spy. He was the one to figure out that they were being spied on using ogre enzymes attached to Keefe's family crest. At first, Mr. Forkle believes the spy is Lord Cassius, like everyone else (because of his reputation as a not-great person), however, the spy ends up being Lady Gisela. He then sets a trap for the Neverseen using Keefe, Biana, and Fitz as the "bait" of sorts. The Neverseen somehow know about the plan. This all leads to a fight on Mount Everest. Mr. Forkle reveals he captured Gethen, a member of the Neverseen.

Book 4: Neverseen

Sophie, Dex, Keefe, Biana, Fitz, and Della join the Black Swan after Mr. Forkle gives them the opportunity. While he is initially protective of them, later he lets them help in the organization's missions, as some other characters point out that they could be useful in doing things. As an act of trust, he reveals to Sophie that one of his identities is Sir Astin, Sophie's year two Universe mentor. Later, she learns that he is also Magnate Leto, the principal of Foxfire, and a former Beacon of the Silver Tower.

Book 5: Lodestar

Keefe becomes a double agent, telling Sophie whatever he finds out about the Neverseen. Although Sophie feels like she has to get really mad at him sometimes, Mr. Forkle says to trust her feelings as they could be the most important of all. Sophie (and Edaline as her guardian) and Mr. Forkle attend a Peace Summit in order to create peace with the ogres and other intelligent creatures. Mr. Forkle is invited to represent the Black Swan, while Sophie is just there because of her importance in their world. While they are there, the Neverseen make the building collapse which is part of Fintan's vision. Sophie and Mr. Forkle originally get out safely, but then Mr. Forkle goes back in to find Edaline, who was missing at the time. He is stabbed by Gethen (who pulled the sword out from the stone in his cell) after killing Brant. He then requests that Sophie would not plant his seed in the Wanderling Woods. He doesn't want anyone to know he died. Instead, however, he instructs her to save the seed until the time and place are right. He then tells her that she will know when that is.

Book 6: Nightfall

It is revealed that Mr. Forkle has an identical twin, and his brother passed away in Lodestar. They were forced by their parents to merge with each other more than cognates need to, sharing their experiences and the same life. That is one of the reasons they can be in two places at the same time. However, they share everything, so their memories are basically the same. If they never shared anything then they will die. While the dead Mr. Forkle saved Sophie and Dex in Book 1: Keeper of the Lost Cities, the living Mr. Forkle was there when Dex made the circlet and was the one that gave Sophie her "cure" in the second book. The living Mr. Forkle was also the one to heal Sophie's abilities in Book 2: Exile. Mr. Forkle tries to restore the empty same left behind by his brother and do twice as many things as he has to do now. He does not want the Neverseen knowing that Mr. Forkle had a twin because then it would allow the Black Swan to have an upper advantage.

Identities

Mr. Forkle being identical twins pretending to be one child made it possible for them to hold multiple identities. When asked, Mr. Forkle said he had five identities. After the death of his identical twin, Mr. Forkle had to end some of his identities. Which identities he chose to no longer continue being unknown.

• Sir Astin

Mr. Forkle's Sir Astin identity introduced Sophie to Elementine in Book 1: Keeper of the Lost Cities.

• Magnate Leto

Mr. Forkle's Magnate Leto Kerlof identity was first the Beacon of the Silver Tower but then became the Foxfire Principal.

• Mr. Forkle

Mr. Forkle's Mr. Forkle identity was the first identity of his that Sophie consciously knew, that we know of. He posed as Sophie's next-door neighbor.

• True/Original Identity

Mr. Forkle's true identity is unknown, though it may also be Sir Astin, as he was Della's Level Three mentor hundreds of years ago. He is believed to have black hair (the hair wrapped around his wandering seed), unlike Sir Astin.

• Fertility Doctor

Mr. Forkle posed as Emma Iris Foster's fertility doctor, and implanted Sophie's embryo in her, as well as fixing her infertility, making Amy's conception possible.

Nicknames

• The Forklenator (Mr. Forkle)
• Principal Pillowhead (Magnate Leto)
• The Guy Who Eats All The Ruckleberries (Kesler)

"The Forklenator" was given to Mr. Forkle because Keefe was just playing around. The nickname "Principal Pillowhead," however, was because Sophie aimed a pillow wrong and ended up firing it at his head when he was Magnate Leto. Keefe made a joke about it. The Guy Who Eats All The Ruckleberries, was what Kesler called him in Book 5: Lodestar,

Theories On Mr. Forkles True Identity

Some say it is Quinlin, who is the husband of Livvy. In Flashback it tells us that Quinlin has done multiple assignments of the Black Swan. There is a possibility that, since Quinlin helps with the Black Swan, that he could indeed be Mr. Forkle.

Timkin, Stina's dad, is another possibiliy. When Timkin was creating his code name, he decided on Astin, because Stina is his daughter, and if you unscramble Astin, it spells out Stina. Some may put up the argument, that you see Mr. Forkle and Timkin at the same time, but Mr. Forkle has a twin. One of the twins could be Timkin, and the other could be Mr. Forkle.

I believe his true identity is Magnate Leto Kerlof because in Book 4: Neverseen, when he shows Sophie Foster his Leto identity, he seems to drink an antidote to the ruckleberries. Also, Magnate Leto has black hair.