Cosney Megundal

コゼニー・メグンダル

Age: 48
Gender: Male
Occupation: Businessman

A well-known London businessman and philanthropist, and defendant of DGS-3.

Personality: Megundal is genial and generous, with a proclivity for handing out "tips" and money almost without being asked. But he didn't get to the top of the business world through naivete, and he's by far one of the more cunning, capable defendants in the series.

Spoiler: DGS-3
Of course, "cunning" is an understatement. Megundal is a take-no-prisoners, brutal man who doesn't care if it takes killing or forging evidence to get what he wants. On the rare occasion things don't go his way, he shows a truly terrifying anger.


Misc Facts: Character designer Nuri waffled back and forth on how trustworthy or how suspicious to make his design, seeing as he was to be Ryuunosuke's first foreign client. The end result was more "suspicious" than not.

Friends and Family: Unknown.

Name Origin:
Japanese: A contraction of kozeni megundeyaru, "I'll spare you some change."

Background: Megundal is one of London's most famous people, known for his acumen in business and his generosity in life. His name is on all manner of parks and public projects, and the average person thinks well of him. On the night of the crime he boarded a carriage, fell asleep, and awoke to find the victim seated across from him, already dead.

Spoiler: DGS-3
Except that's a complete lie; Megundal is actually a ruthless man connected to countless crimes around the city, and whom Barok has been pursuing for some time. Megundal boarded the carriage with the victim and murdered him in cold blood, then blackmailed the closest witness - Gina - into helping him forge an alibi.

Spoiler: DGS-5
Megundal's crimes go beyond London; a few months before DGS-3, he approached telegraph operator Rubert Crogrey and asked him to pass along the British government's international cables in exchange for a kingly sum. Crogrey agreed, and the pair set up two transactions: one for an encoded disc with half of the cables as well as a player, and a second for the other disc.

While the first transaction went smoothly, Crogrey's father, Morta Milverton, insisted on handling the second. The pair agreed to meet in a carriage, but the deal went south and Megundal stabbed him. When he realized Gina was hiding in the carriage with him, he pulled her out of hiding and threatened her into helping him. What's more, when the other two witnesses ran to the police, he bribed the coachman, Beppo, to take his bloodstained coat to a nearby pawn shop for safekeeping.

Why Megundal was after state secrets remains a mystery.


Beppo

ベッポ

Age: 62
Gender: Male
Occupation: Carriage driver

Driver of the omnibus where DGS-3 took place, and a witness in the ensuing trial.

Personality: Beppo's rather focused on getting by day-to-day; he's not particularly strong-willed or sharp, and mostly seems to just want the whole business done with.

Misc Facts: A member of the carriage drivers' guild, along with one of the jurors in DGS-3.

His carriage is named the "Phoenix Wright Omnibus". Yes, "Phoenix Wright", even in the Japanese version. This is of course never remarked upon by any of the characters in any way, shape, or form.

Friends and Family: Unknown.

Name Origin:
Japanese: From the Holmes story "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons."

Background: Beppo is your average carriage driver working in London. On the night of the crime he picked up the defendant, victim, and witnesses along his usual route, but as he was focused on driving he wasn't aware of the crime until the other witnesses shouted.

Spoiler: DGS-3
Beppo's also not exactly playing fair by the guild's rules - he charges a litte extra to those who board his cab and pockets the change.

Spoiler: DGS-5
Beppo is so desperate for money that, while Fairplay and Ladyfirst were calling the police, he agreed to take Megundal's blood-covered coat to a local pawn broker in exchange for money. Luckily for him, this didn't come to light until well after the trial.


Oscar Fairplay

オスカー・フェアプライ

Age: 34
Gender: Male
Occupation: Banker

A British banker who was riding on the top level of the carriage on the night of the crime. Witness in DGS-3.

Personality: Stodgy. Fairplay takes offense easily and believes himself to be in the right most of the time. But he does live up to his name and knows when he's beat.

Misc Facts: He's almost always looking to one side, for no apparent reason. Ryuu can even ask him about this.

Friends and Family: Unknown.

Name Origin:
Japanese: From "fair play."

Background: Oscar is a fairly well-to-do banker who riding on the top of the omnibus when the murder happened. After having the driver stop the cab, he and Adam went to call the police.

Spoiler: DGS-3
Oscar owes quite a bit of money to Megundal and seems aware of his true nature, but that never really comes into play.


Adam Ladyfirst

アダム・レディファスト

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: Hatmaker

A young British hatmaker who appears as a witness in DGS-3.

Personality: Adam doesn't seem to be the sharpest knife in the shed; he does his best, but he doesn't seem to have much of a stomach for rough goings-on, and he has a tendency to tell stories that start to veer into TMI territory.

Misc Facts:

Friends and Family: None mentioned.

Name Origin:
Japanese: From "ladies first".

Background: Adam is a novice hatmaker who isn't yet ready to work with London's upper class. On the night of the crime, he was riding on the top level of the omnibus along with Oscar and witnessed the victim being stabbed.

Spoiler: DGS-3
He's also the victim's hatmaker, but that doesn't actually have anything to do with the case. But did this spoiler box make you doubt him?


"Thrice-Fired" Morta

三度焼きのモルター

Age: 54
Gender: Male
Occupation: Bricklayer

A poor bricklayer, and victim of DGS-3.

Personality: Unknown, but said to be dedicated to his work.

Misc Facts: "Thrice-Fired" is of course just a nickname.

Friends and Family:

Spoiler: DGS-5
Father of Rubert Cragley, born Rubert Milverton.


Name Origin:
Japanese: As in "thrice-fired" stone - a nickname meant to show his skill. "Morta" comes from "mortar", and possibly from "mort" (a latin root for 'death').

Spoiler: DGS-5
"Milverton" comes from "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" in Holmes canon.


Background: Morta was a skilled but destitute bricklayer who lived in London's slums. On the night of the crime, he was stabbed to death during a carriage ride.

Spoiler: DGS-5
Morta's full name is Morta Milverton. Though poor, he had one son: Rubert Milverton. Rubert was always disappointed in the poor life they lead, and ultimately left home to become successful.

Years later, he returned to Morta with a request: that he create a pair of special discs, and a music box to play them in. Morta agreed, and Rubert returned a few days later with a kingly sum. Now suspicious, Morta insisted Rubert let him carry out whatever the next trade for one of these discs was going to be.

On the night of his death, Morta boarded the omnibus with Megundal, the buyer. But their talks went south, and rather than pay the fee Megundal stabbed Morta and took the disc.



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