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These entries are listed in the order I received them.  Remember that each entry ought to be judged not only on the quality of the art, but originality and how well the character could fit into Ace Attorney as well.  Ask yourself: Is the art good?  Is the character new and interesting?  Could this character really appear in an AA game?  Voting is up for the next week, so take your time and make your decision!

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Character's Name: Saori Shinjiro

Age: 20 years old

Occupation: Defense Attorney

Brief Physical Description: Of petite height and build, Saori stands at 5'2, her weight balancing around 95 pounds. She dresses quite reserved, the only thing standing out, her candy pink hair. With a length reaching up to her mid-waist, her rather uniquely colored hair is kept tidy through a multitude of hairstyles. Though she often favors keeping them in high pigtails, it can range from buns to braids, with a different hairstyle everyday. The next feature of hers, although not completely rare, are her forest green eyes. A black chocker almost completely devoid of decoration rests on her neck, in the center of it, a small stone is shown. The color of this stone shines with the same green of her eyes. She keeps her attorney's badge on a necklace rather than pinning it properly to her lapel. Truth be told, if not for her striking hair color, Saori would not stand out much.

Brief Personality Description: Saori can be quite meek around people she doesn't know, yet surprisingly bubbly with her friends. She has trouble with public speaking, making it quite difficult for her to properly voice out her opinions. By never failing to smile in any given situation, she hopes for it to mask her insecurities. Though she is rather new to her job, with her never handling a case before, she strives to do her best and work hard. She firmly believes the most important thing is to smile for "It helps calm the person you are protecting and it urges them to believe in you".

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): None

Brief Background: Saori never dreamt of becoming a defense attorney, but was instead inspired to achieve this after an incident a few years ago. As a first year student, the only thing Saori prioritized at that time was fitting in. New to her school, she found it hard to adjust to the pressure of meeting new people. It was then she met a small group of girls that later on became her close friends. A few months passed by, the six of them grew unbelievably attached to one another. But then, tragedy struck. Tamome, one of Saori's friends, had fallen off the 2nd floor of the East Wing, placing her into a coma. After a few moments of investigation, it turned out that her friend was pushed, and all evidence found pointed to the young girl. A witness was then placed at the scene of the crime, adding to the already insurmountable doubt to her.

Oddly enough, as if by mistake, a defense attorney agreed to take her case. A woman that went by the name of Lyone. It seemed she was more than capable of defending the confused Saori, at least, that was what she told her. When asked why Lyone took on her case, she quickly answered with a confident smile, "Me and that prosecutor'll get your criminal for you. Don't worry so much!" and left.

On the day of the trial, Saori felt nervous and couldn't disclose any information due to her anxiety. It was after Lyone once again assured her not to worry that she was able to speak about the day of the incident. True enough, Lyone, with the help of the rather feisty prosecutor, managed to find the person who really committed the crime. It seemed she was harboring ill will towards Tamome and wanted to get off the crime by pinning the blame on one of her friends. A week after the crime, Tamome awoke, confirming to the situation Lyone and the prosecutor had pieced together. It was then Saori realized that she too wanted to help people, just as Lyone had helped her.

Character's Name: Napoli Talzone (Napoli is an Italian name similar to Napoleon and Naples, Talzone is a portmanteau of Calzone and Tall).

Age: 47

Occupation: CEO Talzone Inc. (Witness in the case)

Brief Physical Description: Height: 4'4''.  Napoli is a dwarf with a commanding presence. His damning glare, unerring confidence, and subtly brutal gestures demand attention.

His clothing is similar to that of Napoleon Bonaparte's, except baring the colours of the Italian flag. He will often wear stilts to bring his height closer to 6'8''. This is done to increase his presence in a room.

Napoli is starting to show his age due to his rigorous smoking of cigars.

Brief Personality Description:  The main hook to Napoli's character is that he suffers from tremendous pride and a Napoelon Complex. Napoleon Complex is a condition where an individual feels inferior due to his height. Despite his accomplishments, and despite the respect he commands, Napoli feels everyone is mocking him. This is also the reason for stilts, to artificially increase his height a few extra feet. Even his clothes and cigars are meant to show power and prestige, in his eyes. His words are often demeaning and sarcastic, attempting to undermine others to increase his own perceived importance.

He demands praise, but finds all praise patronizing. It's a bitter cycle. Every accolade fails to satisfy, and only serves to increase his suspicion that his height makes him a failure in the eyes of others - despite their genuine respect for him.

This attitude has only served to drive people away from him, and make him bitterer still. There are very few people he feels he can trust, and he will meet betrayal with nothing short of blood.

His pride is his greatest weakness. The only time Napoli loses his composure is if he is openly mocked. He can become quite dangerous at this time. Napoli's pride is so strong that he would never accept an insanity plea, even though he is very much disturbed.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): No direct connection, though Phoenix enjoys his original chain of Pizza joints.

Brief Background:  Born of poor French and Italian parents, Napoli's early childhood was difficult. Since he's of rather short stature and never had a lot of money, he was often the subject of harsh ridicule.

But Napoli used this early ridicule as fuel for determination to succeed. By 18, he had started his own pizza joint. By 20, he was in control of a number of pizza shops around the city. Local vandalism was the cause of much contention for Napoli. He felt he had such an excellent start yet no one would recognize him for it. Beyond this point, his attitude would begina downward spiral. He'd start trying to increase his height and became a master stilt-walker. His other goal was to acquire power.

His business sense was enough to let him invest in several successful businesses and factories. He became a powerful figure in local business, but he wanted more. He began to associate with the Mob in order to gain more clout. He liked the idea of people fearing him.

In terms of the underground, Napoli had his first taste of blood. He had to shoot to defend himself on more than one occasion, and executed several people trying to harm his business or even reveal his criminal ties. This lead to the development of his spiked stilts. Each stilt has a detachable cover housing a large spike. This was used for self-defense in lieu of a gun, and for disposing of people in situations that he felt were personal.

"I wanted them to be crushed beneath the heel of one they never thought could even reach them. What an utterly detestable way to die. It fits them like a fine glove."

Recently, Napoli's lover of fifteen years left him. This was because of how increasingly bitter he becomes. She felt she was nothing more than a security blanket for him - there was no love left. Months later, she fell for one of his longtime workers, at one of his original pizza joints. He was a tall, muscular man ten years his junior. He couldn't see her real reason, it had to be this man's height.

He lured her into the nearby park under the guise of a letter form her lover, and crept up behind her and shifted his weight into his spiked stilt, piercing his lost love and ending it forever. He then proceeded to set his employee up for the fall. After all, wasn't Napoli  too short to hit her where the killing blow started, and wouldn't he lack the balance and force on his stilts? Though the murder weapon wasn't found, planted evidence implicated her lover.

"There is no greater offense than what she did. My confidant for so long, was she doing it just because of the prestige? Just because it was edgy to date someone as small as me? My last ounce of respect for people died the day she walked out that door. She deserved everything she got."

Character's Name: Wayne A. Komplis

Age: 36

Occupation: Detective

Brief Physical Description: Stands at 185 cm. Very large muscular man with an almost militaristic straight-backed posture. His appearance is usually incredibly meticulous, most notably his incredibly well-kept pair of sideburns.  Has a broad, somber face, and wavy, auburn hair.  The heart-badge on his hat is from his daughter, Lina.

Brief Personality Description: Wayne would like to think of himself as something of a paragon to the prim and proper.  Always with a comb and a lint remover in his front pocket, Wayne doesn't mind going out of his way to maintain an almost unsettling level of neatness in his life and presentation (which can be seen in his constant preening: Combing his sideburns, straightening out his shirt, etc.).  He's the type who considers any substantial show of emotion as a sign of weakness (not to mention it tends to mess up his hair too much for him to bother with it), and in result tries to be as to the point and detached as possible, usually hiding behind his hat whenever he can't hold back his emotions.  This coldness makes relationships hard for him and in fact hides what is actually an incredibly bad-tempered, jealous man.  When he snaps, a good idea would be to run.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable):  Worked with detective Gumshoe. Close friend to Damon Gant after 'helping' him with a few cases. Admired Gant for a good long while before that too, but in the end attempts to frame him for the murder of his wife. 

Brief Background: Wayne worked in the police force as an officer for a while before becoming detective.  He was partnered with Cassandra 'Casey' Filer, and, after two years, married her and had two children, Rani and Lina.  Wayne and Gant had something of a close relationship thanks to the job, which resulted in Damon Gant becoming a close family friend. Their relationship became strained after Wayne's family became more emotionally attached to Gant than to him.  Murders his wife after misconstruing a conversation she held with Gant that seemed to suggest her infidelity, and then frames Damon Gant for the murder of his wife, so jealousy-fueled he even used his own children to hide evidence for him.  He is discovered, however, in court and is sent to jail.

Fanart Category 1st Place!
 

Character's name: Sacra Lacrima

Age: 29

Occupation: judge

Brief Physical Description:  As seen in the picture, British, pure black hair, emerald green eyes, fair skin, about 188cm, fairly well built, though kind of  towards the lean but well built side. He wears the hat with chains behind it out of remembrance for Castitas and Laurus, his two sisters, who are not here anymore (this story will explain later). The coat is just personal preference, he prefer light  colors in general, and likes casual outfits, but always keeps the coat.

Brief Personality Description:  Sacra doesn't speak that much, he's more of the silent type, he listens, and always keep a slight smile on his face, maybe because he's had two younger siblings, he has this general gentle older brother attitude, his words are gentle and never out of place. But somehow, for some reason, everyone that sees his smiles can sense this deep-rooted sadness. Sacra has a love for classical music, always carries an ipod with him, most of the time when he's not interacting with people he's sitting in  a coffee shop with a book and earphones in his ears. Easy-going and gentle as he is, he can get truly scary when he's angry.

Connection to canon characters and brief background:  The man in the corner with brown hair is Bane, the young girl's face in the left corner is Laurus, who looks exactly the same as Castitas, both are Sacra's sisters. Bane, Sacra and Klavier were schoolmates, and good friends.  Sacra had become the youngest attorney in history to be selected as a judge. A murder case was brought before him, and, surprisingly enough, Bane was a suspect for murdering his own fiancée. the case seem pretty set and obvious, with Klavier  prosecuting, but right before the case was settled, Apollo, being the defense, found a loophole, which turned the whole case  around. But it did not only exonerate, but led the crime to be pinned onto Sacra instead, and as Sacra stepped down from the judge's spot and stood upon as the accused, he opened a pandora's box into the past, into a case that happened many years  ago.

Their story goes all the way back to Edgeworth's second case. One night, when Klavier was coming over, he "witnessed" a murder, Laurus was killed that night, and Castitas wounded up being the prime suspect, and the one brought to court.  Edgeworth, being who he was back then, fought tooth and nails to get Castitas convicted, and Klavier was called upon as a witness. Thinking that he saw Castitas commit the murder, Klavier chose to do what he thought was right, he testified against her, which led to the conviction, and Castitas being taken away. Sacra wanted to file appeals for Castitas, however, someone poisoned her a few days after she got into jail, and the killer was never caught.

Now, with this court procedure, new evidence had subsequently led to old evidence being discovered, and soon, this was more than just a murder of Bane's fiancée. It shed new light on what had occurred at Laurus' death. Eventually, the truth was uncovered.

After Castitas died, Bane and Klavier were there to comfort him, and just as he is eventually coming out of the sadness, one night, he went over to talk to Bane and saw something he shouldn't have seen. Decisive evidence which pinned the murder of Laurus on Bane. Then, everything clicked...Bane killed Laurus and framed Castitas. Sacra confronted Bane, who wounded him, took away the evidence, Without prove, Sacra went to the police, but no evidence was found, and no charges was ever brought.  As soon as this was all uncovered, the truth about Bane's fiancée's murder was also uncovered. Sacra was the murderer, he wanted Bane to know what Castitas must have felt, to be accused of a murder of a loved one, to suffer not only the pain but the humiliation and loss. Klavier was at a loss, he now knew he was wrong before when he testified against Castitas, and so was Edgeworth. But in order to finally bring Bane to justice and restore Castitas' name, Edgeworth entered into the court, and together, they painfully convicted Sacra of the murder, but also, finally, was able to convict Bane of a crime he committed a long time ago.

Klavier watched in pain as Sacra, one of his best friends, was taken away, but Sacra finally smiled, and this time, there was no sadness. He said it was all worth it, if it ended up bringing not only having Bane experience the pain he's conflicted, but also, bringing Bane to justice.

Fanart Category 2nd Place!

Character's Name: Sophia von Karma

Age: 36 (at the end of PW3)

Occupation: Judge

Brief Physical Description: A tall, slender woman with wavy strawberry blonde hair. She wears pince-nez spectacles, and has a mole on her right cheek. Her judicial outfit consists of a dark purple and blue frock coat, black blouse with a broad frilled collar, black skirt, and an optional crimson sash.

Brief Personality Description: Though she shares the same intellect and determination of the von Karma line, she was raised away from the overbearing influence of Manfred von Karma and therefore lacks the characteristic arrogance and obsessiveness of her father and his progenies. She is honest, professional and sharp-witted, but with a slightly mischievous streak. Though she no longer lives there, she fondly clings to elements of her English upbringing, including a penchant for tea, tennis and complaining

about the weather.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Older daughter of Manfred von Karma (apparently his having two daughters really is canon, as is the older one having a child of her own), and half-sister of Franziska von Karma.

Brief Background: Sophia was born in 1982 to her English mother. When she was three, her mother separated from Manfred von Karma and took her to live in England where she spent most of her life. She studied law, taking the von Karma name because of its highly respected reputation, became a prosecutor, then a QC at 27 and eventually a High Court judge at 32 (both records, as befits a von Karma). After hearing of her father's downfall, she visited the United States to see him, and eventually she decided to forge a career there, becoming a judge at the district criminal courts. Sophia is married and has a 7 year old daughter named Alina.

Additional notes: My fanart pieces are two mocked up "artbook" pages, made to mimic the style used in The Art of Gyakuten Saiban (yes, I even put in a fake gutter where the "book" won't lie flat against the scanner!). I imagined these being from an artbook to accompany a game where you get to play a judge (well, if a prosecutor can get his own game in the upcoming Gyakuten Kenji, why not a judge? "Gyakuten Saibanchou"!). To add to the effect, I've given her both an English name (Sophia von Karma) and a Japanese one (Karuma Satomi), attempting to follow the tradition of picking appropriate names for PW/GS characters ("Sophia" means "Wisdom" in Greek, while "Satomi" is composed of the kanji for "wise" and "beauty"). In line with her English upbringing, her judicial outfit seen on the first image is loosely based on the robes of a circuit judge in England and Wales (see http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/courtdress/annexd.htm), with a touch of von Karma-esque flounciness, of course!

Character's Name: Tristan ‘Gant’ Adagian

Age: 22

Occupation: Police Captain / former drummer of the Gavinners

Brief Physical Description: Tristan stands at 5’8” and while shorter than most of the other band members, he makes up for his muscular stature. His tan skin and contrasting blue tattoos often make him stand out, where as his sleek leather trousers and zipper vest help ‘shape’ his figure. What stands out more noticeably then his feline kinked brown and blue hair are his aquamarine eyes, which match perfectly to the tiny nose stud he has on his left nostril.

Brief Personality Description: The best way to describe Tristan’s personality is unpredictable.  He acts to get reactions out of people, whether it is positive or negative. Usually, he is very playful, attention hungry, and condescending towards others. However, his attitude towards his careers was always positive, perhaps even over achieving at times. Tristan has a mental fortitude problem, as he often likes to show himself as a strong individual, where in actuality, he needs a person to seek inner strength in to show it himself.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Damon Gant, Lana Skye, Ema Skye, Kristoph Gavin, Klavier Gavin, Daryan Crescend, Apollo Justice, Phoenix Wright

Brief Background: Tristan was born in 2005, where his parents were Lana Skye and Damon Gant. He was quickly taken from his mother, and for reasons of making him the sole successor of the Gant name, grew up not knowing she was related to him. His childhood was stressful, as his father expected a good deal out of him to be the ‘best’ there was. When Tristan turned eleven, his father was trialed and found guilty, it was then that he lost his first source of inner strength. While being raised by his close relatives, the stress did not dissipate, and perhaps even got worse as he had to live up to the greatness of his father.  He excelled in school and took the crime fighting path his family wished him to take. It was then he met Klavier Gavin, whose taste for music didn’t match the costs necessary. Tristan soon joined to get time to ‘relax’ from his other budding career, and while he was still young, was more than capable of both careers. Shortly after joining did Tristan meet Kristoph Gavin, and found his new source of inner strength to look up to. It wasn’t until his conviction did the newly promoted police captain find himself at a loss. Yet again he had lost his idol, and he knew that Phoenix Wright held a hand in it. It’s then that Tristan begins to find ways around Kristoph’s sentence in the end of the Misham case, and will do anything to see that he gets out one way or another.

Character's Name:  Leon Lazard

Age:  24  (same age as Phoenix Wright)

Occupation:  Defense Attorney (Evil)

Brief Physical Description:  5'11" tall, very lean and bendy.  Sallow complexion.  Oily black hair, long thin, curly goatee.  Small, beady green eyes set so far apart (behind bulbous glasses) they are nearly on opposite sides of his head.  Angular face, constantly oscillating from side to side, never looking at you straight on, typically with an insincere grin.  Wears tasteless dark-green leisure suits, brown-and-yellow checkered vest, and ostentatious gold watch and rings  His suit changes colors depending on his emotional state or when he changes his strategy.  Goatee flicks when he's excited or triumphant.  Angular joints and limbs, particularly in his fingers.

Brief Personality Description:  Sleek, sleazy, almost reptilian.  His defense of high-profile criminals has made him very wealthy.  Obscenely materialistic, his tastes in possessions and women are gaudy and repugnant.  The opposite of idealistic and honest Phoenix Wright, Lazard's bag of tricks include bribery, blackmail or intimidation of witnesses; hiding or forging evidence; insanity pleas; blaming video games(!); and even redirecting suspicion on the innocent.  His courtroom philosophy is "truth is relative," insisting to Miles Edgeworth that the only thing that matters is what people believe.  At times, he takes this to extremes, seemingly doubting objective reality even exists.  His ultimate downfall could come from getting too deep in that belief, losing the ability to distinguish between facts and his lies...

Connection to Canon Characters:  Miles Edgeworth's hated enemy; colleague and school-companion of Phoenix Wright.

Brief Background:  Leon Lazard went to college with Phoenix Wright and studied under the same mentor, but took the 'low road' of law.  Now, Leon Lazard (Lazard, Conda, Dactyl & Cohen Law Offices) has become one of the most notorious defense attorneys in the country, retained by underworld figures to safeguard their activities from the law.  Undefeated in the courtroom, he is reviled by prosecutors and police alike, and believed to be the reason why law enforcement stands helpless against organized crime, such as the Vasquez, Cadaverini, the Kitaki and the Rivales crime families.

Character's Name: Beaura “Beau” Strokes

Age: 29

Occupation: Owner of the White Strokes Memorial Art Gallery, also indulges in some light sculpture work

Brief Physical Description: Tall and slim. Looks somewhat malnourished with an airy disposition. Often wears her fiery locks down or trailed over her left shoulder. Wears dark “Lennonesque” sunglasses, even indoors. Often seen sporting a lime green vest and a “fishy” sarong, and decorated with beads and bangles whilst trying to reinvent the ‘60s.

Brief Personality Description: Tasteful and sophisticated, Beaura is as stylish as she is witty. However she can’t seem to hide the fact that she is a terrible flirt, probably caused by all the neglect from her husband. She means no harm by it and is often only joking about as many of her “targets” are much younger than she is. It is hard to anger this collected self-provider but once you cross the line you are sorry.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Defendant, one of Nick‘s clients. Enjoys playfully teasing him, but has no real interest.

Brief Background: Beaura winds up in court accused of murdering her husband, a businessman called Rex Laurell. It is well known that she had a lot of contempt for Rex and was often hurt by his refusal to understand or appreciate her artwork and, as the murder took place in her own gallery with one of her necklaces, she becomes the main suspect. However, Beau is deeply upset by her husband’s death and although she admits they didn’t agree on a lot of things she sincerely would never have hurt him.

Beaura was born in Versailles and moved to Japan with her father, White. Originally, she dreamed of being a Marine Biologist and studied for a degree in college, only to discover she had a talented eye for fine art and would follow in her father’s footsteps, later taking over his gallery and renaming it.

After she is acquitted of the crime (naturally) she reopens the gallery with an embarrassingly large statue dedicated to “the unstoppable crime-fighting-duo of Mr Phoenix Wright and Miss Maya Fey”!  Maya thought it was brilliant.

Character's Name: Lager “Pappy” O’Doul

Age: 55

Occupation: Bartender/ proprietor of Pappy’s Bar

Brief Physical Description: Pappy stands about 180 cm tall. He is a large Scottish beefy man with a gleaming bald spot who always wears a pair of “Beer-noculars” (a pair of real beer glasses attached to a sturdy frame), due to his terrible eyesight. Speaks with a Scottish accent sounding much like Sean Connery. Sports a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, black suspenders, tan apron with a stain of from a Bloody Mary (not blood!) and beer, blue jeans, and a belt clasp of his bar’s mascot “Mr. Happy Sunshine”.

Brief Personality Description: A rough-tumble man with a deep heart of gold but an inner need to always be right. When angered, he flexes his muscles and tends to ruin many of his white shirts. And since he’s a softy, he drinks his own tears collected from his glasses. He loves making people drunk at his bar because they always pay more. This causes mass mayhem at his bar when there are too many people around. BAR FIGHT!

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Often hires Naruhodo to play at his bar, which he ends up cleaning and waiting tables instead…like a real job. Ended up being a Witness on some attempted murder cases in his bar, thus meeting Housuke, Minuki, Akane…etc. Since the Borscht Bowl became a murder scene, Naruhodo had relocated his poker business to Pappy’s.

Brief Background: Born and raised in Scotland, O’Doul was forced to move to America by his parents when he was sixteen because he had a “sober problem”. So without any form of parental guidance, O’Doul grew up to be a heavy weight street boxer…but was never able to solve his “sober problem”. No matter how much his friends made him drink, the alcohol was like water to him. Even to this day, he doesn’t drink anything. “Doesn’t do me any good.” So when he was old enough, he became and entrepreneur and opened a bar to honor his parents’ wishes. He lost his eyesight when he was thirty due to a drunk with a knife. His eyes became so bad and his pay was so low that he fashioned his own glasses.

Character's Name: Ivory Crafte

Age: 26

Occupation: Prosecutor & Artist

Brief Physical Description: 160 cm in height, brown curly long hair and brown eyes. She carries around a bag of sculpting tools, and is always holding a small block of wood and a carving tool, even in court. She points with her carving tool.

Brief Personality Description: She is friendly to most people, but often a bit selfish. She is also an artist, specializing in sculptures. She couldn't think properly if she's not making sculptures, so the Judge had agreed to let her to do her artworks in court. She often carves a sculpture of the defense attorney she's facing in court, if she thinks they're good. She has a rather strong conviction for determining the defendant guilty. However, if she finds out later that the defendant is innocent, she doesn't mind losing. Or, if the verdict is out already, she would do her best to make it up by appealing for a re-trial, which she often gets because she's on good terms with the Judge. She doesn't care too much about her trial record. She is quite a scatterbrain, which leads people who know both her and Detective Gumshoe to think that scatterbrain blood runs in the family.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): A far relative of Detective Gumshoe (his cousin's wife's uncle's grand-daughter, but both of them don't remember the exact details). Idolizes Miles Edgeworth (although she couldn't remember his name nor his face) and Phoenix Wright.

Brief Background: Her parents were attorneys, but she never really planned to become an attorney. She originally planned to take up art majors while studying law, but was not accepted, so she took laws major instead, at the age of 18. She was not too determined until she watched the trial of 2-4. She watched that trial from the audience seat behind the prosecution's bench, so all she could remember of the attorneys were Phoenix's face and Edgeworth's back. Even so, she was forever inspired by the two, by Edgeworth's determination, and Phoenix's will to get the guilty party, whoever it is. And so, she decided to be a prosecutor, and only when she finally became one at the age of 25 that she was able to get the records of that trial and finally knowing the attorneys' names and faces.

After that, her new goal is to share her inspiration, by creating sculptures of Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth facing each other in court, and put them in an exhibition. But she wouldn't exhibit the work until she could find both of them and invite/force them to come. When she found out that Detective Gumshoe knew them all along, and all she needed to do was ask him, she cursed herself for not being able to remember their names. On another note, after successfully prosecuting a few cases, she made a sculpture of the Judge. To her surprise it made His Honour very happy. Ever since she’s on good terms with the Judge, which is a good thing when she needs to apply for a re-trial.

Character's Name: Lt. Warren Benny

Age: 34 (GS4 time)

Occupation: Lieutenant in the drug enforcement division of the LAPD

Brief Physical Description: Standing about 6'1" and weighing in at nearly 200lbs, referring to Benny as being a "large" fellow is a bit of an understatement. His hair is brassy-orange colour and often kept relatively short with slightly longer bangs. His eyes are naturally green, although one is a bit discoloured and has a bit of a blue tint to it due to an accident. The accident in question left him almost blinded in that eye (an expensive surgery corrected his vision for the most part, but he still requires glasses). There is a large, uneven scar beside his discoloured eye running from his forehead to the middle of his cheek as well.

He has a large, slightly crooked nose and high cheek-bones, drawing a good deal of attention to his face. He tries his best to keep his mouth closed when he smiles as his front teeth tend to stick out, giving him the appearance of an over-sized rabbit (which his fellow officers tease him endlessly about).

Broad-shouldered and scruffy-chinned, Benny is often seen wearing a short-sleeved collared shirt with a blue sweater vest and matching slacks. He wears a silver chain around his wrist which is actually a Medic Alert bracelet but he often keeps it turned the wrong way, attempting to mask the fact he's allergic to anything (he's allergic to bees!)

Brief Personality Description: Detective Benny is the definition of bright-eyed and bushy tailed.  Eager to please with a smile on his face, it's quite clear that he loves his job. Although he has a deep sense of justice, Benny is a man with few prejudices -- which is a great asset in his field. Very polite and an excellent mediator, it takes a lot to get Benny angry.

Often a target for the other officers teasing, Benny is good at taking things in stride with a smile. He knows they merely jest but he is able to taunt them right back. He is quite skilled with words and a fast thinker, allowing him to verbally defend himself whenever the need may arise. Although fully capable of defending himself physically, he is a pacifist and would much rather settle things with words.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Occasionally works alongside homicide on cases, so he has worked with Gumshoe in the past and currently works with Ema Skye (when the need arises). He knows Prosecutor Gavin but not on a personal level (he is a big fan of The Gavinners though!)

Brief Background: Growing up in an impoverished slum, a young Benny decided in his early teenage years that he wanted to clean up the area he lived in. Benny joined the force in May of 2013, shortly past his 21st birthday, right after completing his training at the police academy. Benny was part of the team of officers Edgeworth sent to rescue Maya during the state vs. Andrews trial. He was one of the officers left injured by de Killer (causing the scar on the side of his face). The assault caused a young officer Benny's glasses to break; the frame unhinging and glass shattering -- glass shrapnel cutting into his retina and leaving it heavily damaged. Not wanting to be forced into a desk job for the rest of his days on the force, Benny managed to come up with the money for surgery to repair the retinal damage for the most part.

Benny transferred into the drug enforcement division in 2019 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 2024. He was offered a promotion to Captain in 2025 but he turned it down as he still held a strong desire to stay on the beat near his old neighbourhood rather than focusing his attention on drug smuggling and working with International Affairs.

From April to October 2026, Benny was on sabbatical and spent some time in France. Despite spending such a length of time in the country, he cannot speak a word of French.

Character's Name:  Lance Galayton (Jack Toby Johns) He has an agency name that he uses and also the name he was born with. His last name in his agency name is supposed to resemble his son's stage name Galactica.

Age: 41

Occupation: Personal Travel Agent for  Magnifi Gramarye / Farmer

Brief Physical Description: His appearance can only be described as strange. At a glance it seems like he has a hard time choosing between dressing classy, or dressing like a country bumpkin. He wears two monocles, one may wonder why he doesn't just wear a pair of glasses instead.

Brief Personality Description:
-While speaking he talks in a very refined and educated way, but every now and again his country accent will come out.

-He is very strong because of his farmer profession.

-Sometimes he tends to get emotionally worked up just like his son.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Father to Maximillion Galactica (Billy Bob Johns)

Brief Background:  Lance runs a farm alongside his wife in the countryside, but his main job is being a Travel agent. Since Lance's son is a magician so it wasn't a big surprise that Lance came across Magnifi Graymare.  When Magnifi learned that Maximillion's father was a world famous travel agent he hired Lance right away, and then a week later Thalassa had the accident with Zak and Valant's practice performance.

Magnifi decided with that accident that he didn't want Zak or Valant anywhere near Thalassa ever again, so he arranged for Lance to arrange a place for her in Borginia and get her established there (getting her the small restaurant in the Republic of Borginia). Lance was even responsible for telling her that she has lost the majority of her memory and that the doctors said it would be best for her to regain the memory herself over time. In this time Magnifi has established to Zak and Valant that Thalassa had died and that there would be no further questions. With this he has Zak and Valant wrapped around his finger.

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Character's Name: Isaac Mallard

Age: 23

Occupation: Secret Services Agent / Ex-bassist for The Gavinners - (he is meant to show up in only one "episode" as a witness or a key character, so he's not one of those characters that show up in multiple episodes)

Brief Physical Description: Isaac is tall, with a lean/muscular build, and his most striking feature is his green feather-like Mohawk. He has four piercings on both ears, and two piercings on his eyebrow. After the band broke up, he on the job almost constantly so he wears a normal black suit with a bright green tie.

Brief Personality Description: He's a social and friendly person, despite his punkish look. In school, he was very active and received good marks in all his classes. Even back then he sported a very punkish look, but it didn't seem anyone noticed. Somewhat of a wallflower, no matter how hard to tried to be noticeable. When it comes to his talents and job, he's very prideful so he'll boast now and then about his bass-playing skills and his super-secret job that nobody is allowed to know about. His loyalty to keeping his job a secret may someday lead to his demise, since Klavier found out pretty quickly when recruiting a bassist for the Gavinners. But naturally, he didn't tell Isaac this.

Isaac has a sleeping disorder called Narcolepsy. His best friend Austin has to do a lot of things for him, mostly driving. Isaac is somewhat ashamed of his disorder and will try to cover it up by offering to drive (which is incredibly stupid of him, but his pride gets in the way of a lot of things).

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Bassist of the Gavinners, but he showed up to only a few of their practices due to his job. But he did well enough each time that Klavier forced himself to keep Isaac in the band albeit accompanied by many threats to kick him out. He isn't very close to either Klavier or Daryan. Daryan in particular, but they don't fight or anything to that extent.

Brief Background: Isaac grew up in a normal household like any other normal child, and was pretty average in everyway until he decided that he was tired of being normal and average. So, he changed his looks in hopes of gaining some attention. Despite his best efforts, that too went unnoticed, so he attempted other methods such as being more involved in school activities - which also didn't help too much, but he made plenty of friends through it. He met Austin through a music club (he was fond of music, especially rock music) and became good friends through... interesting means. Isaac had offered to drive Austin home one day, and fell asleep during his wait at a left turn (LA traffic is a nightmare, you know). Ever since, Austin drives for him in fear that Isaac will get into a really bad accident someday.

They auditioned together for the Gavinners, although Klavier was a little reluctant to keep Isaac due to his job. The fact that they were both interested in police work was purely coincidental. Honest.

Character's Name: Justine M. Craig

Age: 12

Occupation: Heiress , Witness

Brief Physical Description: Brown hair which curves outwards. She has a bead tied a strand of hair on each side of her face. People can see her honey hazel eyes very clearly too. Justine always wears an extremely puffy hat that equals the size of her head, and that matches her shirt. (she also other hats that match at least one of her outfits).  Also, she has a hard time keeping a straight face because it keeps her from being bored.

Brief Personality Description: Spunky, and is always finds something curious to ‘investigate’ in any room or place. With many corruptions around her, she still holds a sort of naive innocence…because her mother divorced with her father in order to (or attempt to) cut ties with him and his relatives. Still, Justine meets up with her grandfather at his restaurant on daily basis. She loves food as much as him. Also, like her mother (a defense attorney), Justine is bluntly straightforward and only speaks the truth, mainly because her mother taught her to be honest. She takes her mom’s words about honesty to heart so much that she may overdo it sometimes.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): On an ordinary day, Justine happened to cross a few streets in the same direction as Phoenix and Maya were walking, and commented on Maya’s outfit~. Justine got injured several times with attempted kidnaps and beatings in the past (but all the injuries and experiences were light; not enough to traumatize her) and was once hospitalized in Hotti Clinic (saw, but didn’t talk to the Clinic Director because she not hot enough, haha). 

Indirectly-ish: Her father was accused of murdering his dad, (her grandfather) because he was one people after Justine’s inheritance from grandfather. Miles Edgeworth was the prosecutor, which means he obviously won, whether or not the defendant is innocent. Her mother was the defense attorney for this case too. Justine had to be one of the witnesses because of her family (her dad)/relatives were the ones after her inheritance.

Brief Background: Her grandpa was a successful CEO for decades and was highly respected . He even opened his own restaurant because of his love for food. Because she was his only grandchild that he ever liked, he decides to give her his fortune when he dies. He puts his will/contract in a jack-in-the-box and gave Justine the hair clip with the key to it. Even since his decision, this triggered many conflicts between the adults. Later in the future (way way later), Justine finds out that her mother was the actual murderer, but with a twist. Her grandfather planned it with her mother in order to accuse someone else (not her dad). Justine was (and is still) too young to clearly understand her current position and thinks she’s living fairly happily with her worn-out mother.

Character's Name: Dr. Noa Laht

Age: 26 [In GS4]

Occupation: Coroner/ Pianist

Brief Physical Description: Short and fluffy white hair with black streaks and natural curls; built thin and short at about  5'7; grey eyes with glasses, one white eyebrow and one black eyebrow; pale skin with 4 piercings--3 in his ears and 1 in his bottom lip.  Rarely dresses in anything other than black and white or grays.

Brief Personality Description: Bitter about his height, his eyesight, his country of origin, his childhood, and pretty much everything around him Noa is the ultimate pessimist. Despite his dark outlook on life, he is very quiet and reserved, often mistaken for a polite person or completely overlooked all together. When he speaks, however, he is very blunt, to the point, and usually sarcastic as well. When it comes to his work, he is very dedicated and organized, perhaps even to the extent of being classified as a workaholic. He's a very secretive person and because of this, he seems to have no weaknesses. He claims that he's only lied twice in his life and that his forward honest is what makes people dislike him. 

Though he is Borginian, he refuses to speak the language or discuss the country. It seems he hates it more than anything.

Though never diagnosed officially, Noa has Dissociative Identity Disorder, meaning he has an alternate personality which he has no control over. This separate "self", who apparently calls itself 'Seth', is aware of Noa but Noa does not seem to be aware of him. Seth was born from the stress and hate of his counter-part's childhood and often takes Noa's place in situations of extreme stress. The revealing of this disorder occurs in his "final breakdown" on the witness stand. Seth is 'the wolf in sheep's clothing' and thus his personality is very aggressive, dangerous, and quick to anger. While it's true that Noa has only lied twice in his life, Seth is the one who does all the lying and thus, Noa is never aware of it. This leads to his breakdown, as he's certain he's telling the truth [from what he remembers] but the evidence clearly contradicts him and he is called out as a liar.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Is/was Keyboardist for the Gavinners [Garyuu Wave] and of all the members, he was closest to Daryan because Noa found him the least annoying. Even then, his relationships were always limited to strictly business or   acquaintance  and he rarely got close enough to anyone to call them a good friend.

Brief Background: Noa was born in Borginia, where children are encouraged to learn art or music from a very young age. His parents chose piano for him because it's one of the more popular musical directions in that country [See: Machi]. Noa was a extremely smart child and excelled at school and studied so often that he made little to no friends. However, at age 11, Noa was exiled to a neighboring nation called Espkopia. This country is basically the slummy, poor class extension of Borginia, where exiles and other "unwanteds" live. He never speaks about his reason for being exiled, but it appears to bring back unpleasant memories. While in Eskopia, he lived with a younger orphan and continued his education through self-study, testing out for a highly sought after scholarship provided by the Eskopian government when he was 17. This scholarship allowed him to study abroad at a rather prestigious college where he earned his PHD in a matter of years. Upon finishing college, he immigrated to the United States to get as further away from his country of origin. Here he found work at the coroner’s office and was eventually introduced to Klavier. After several short conversations and a rather awkward, but impressive, demonstration of skill, he was offered the position of keyboardist in a band that was barely a year old. He remained with both his work and the band until it's end, where he continued to work.

When Noa was young, he was constantly picked on and cruelly humiliated by a group of classmates everyday because he was such a 'black sheep'. Eventually he became fed up with the bitterness, stress, and embarrassment and Seth was created at age 11. His alter-ego was the one to take action against the group and each of them ended of dying mysteriously, all linked by the same 'poison' produced from a certain cocoon. Because of his age, and lack of decisive evidence, Noa was exiled rather than executed.

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Character's Name: Adriana Arguelles.

Age: 24

Occupation: Defense Attorney

Brief Physical Description: Very Dark Brown Hair and Very Dark Brown Eyes, she's 5'5'.

Brief Personality Description: She's kind of cheerful, a really nice girl and although easy to hang out, at the same time she can be quite attached to her friends and is very loyal to them. In court she's not a good one sadly. but altough tries to present evidence to take justice to the guilty party. and altough she has the tendency to play videogames and sleep.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Trained by Kristoph Gavin and acquaintance (she was a Witness) Friends with Apollo Justice, Klavier Gavin, Trucy Wright & Phoenix Wright.

Brief Background: She's from Mexico but by the danger that her parent though about that place she decide to live with her Aunt. By the time, she doesn't know why she felt guilt by leaving that place and been separated by her parent .When she was 18 she saw a murder that happened and she became a witness. The defendant was declared 'innocent' by Kristoph, and after that day she decide to be a Defense Attorney. When she became 21 she decided to study at Gavin Law Office and became close friends with his mentor (Kristoph). After the case when they arrest Kristoph, all the times she decide to visit him and sometimes bring something to him, and 2 or 3 days after the case she met with Apollo and his friends and became friends an sometimes she tells to Apollo some hints to help him on court.

Miscellaneous Fact: She adores plush dolls! (specially if there Lamb or Sheep dolls) and loves pork chips.

Character's Name: Paige Turner

Age: 20

Occupation: Student at Ivy University

Brief Physical Description: Paige is an average-sized girl with reddish hair, glasses and a permanent scowl.  She loves the colour pink, so she wears it all the time.

Brief Personality Description: Grumpy, snippy, and uncooperative. Just the type of person that Phoenix or Apollo usually has to cross-examine. When she doesn't want to talk to you, she won't and will start flipping through a book instead.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): A classmate of Wesley Stickler.

Brief Background: Paige is a real book-lover and would much rather read than talk to a "moron," as she puts it. Not much is known about her childhood, besides that it was pretty uneventful and that her mother was a librarian.

Character's Name: Kaz Yucahn

Age: 10 (GS2), 11 (GS3) - 18 (Apollo Justice time period)

Occupation: Elementary Student/Witness

Brief Physical Description: Kaz is 4"1 (around 136 cm) with lengthy, short light brown hair, bright blue eyes, fair skin, and scattered freckles. He is normally seen with a school uniform and khaki shorts that fall to his knees, and he carries a book bag around, always harboring a miniature Blue Badger key chain. He wears a navy police cap that's a bit too large for his head.

Brief Personality Description: Kaz is childish and energetic – the usual personality of children his age. However unlike most, he has an eager hunger for learning about law and investigation because of his uncle and his father. He is actually quite smarter than he looks, and always tries to stay optimistic when others are down in the dumps. To keep the hopeless running, he often bellows his family's motto, "You can do it!" (A pun on his last name.)

His innocent appearance is crushed if someone is pressuring him or discovers a secret he kept to himself – such as if someone is cross-examining him on the witness stand. Tears would come to his eyes, and he begins to get sensitive and emotional, very much unlike his normal personality.

Connection to canon character: nephew of the late Bruce Goodman and step-in partner of Phoenix Wright (like Ema Skye).

Brief Background: Kaz has been interested in detective work and the police for as long as he can remember, and for that he blames his uncle and father. His uncle, Bruce Goodman, was a detective, and his father was a mere police officer, and because of them he was often visiting the police station. He had seen Detective Gumshoe numerous times, and had actually become quite a fan of his (though in reality, Gumshoe doesn't actually live up to the hero Kaz imagines him to be). After his uncle dies in PW case 5, his father is accused of a murder that occurs in the police station. Kaz flees to Phoenix Wright's office since he had learned from the papers that he had been the defense attorney involved in Goodman's murder case. He acts as Phoenix's [first male] step-in partner (like Ema Skye), until the truth surfaces. It turns out that Kaz was actually a witness to the murder, and his father was only accused because Kaz had accidentally dropped the key to his office and a memo or two when he fell – turning suspicion to him. He had borrowed the key that night because he had been asked to pick up papers left in his office, and he caught a glimpse of two rowdy, dark figures fighting, with one collapsing on to the floor in a brief amount of minutes. Because of Phoenix's brilliant skills and help from everyone's testimony, his father is found innocent, and the true criminal is found guilty.

Character's Name:  Emerald Enigmar  (Nickname: Emi)

Age: 13

Occupation: Magician

Brief Physical Description:  Short for her age, 4'7, 139.70 cm. Has long brown hair in a braid.  Bangs cover her right eye.  Her eye color is green.  Her skin color is peach.

Brief Personality Description:  Emerald is a young girl who is fun and a pleasure to be around.  She is generous and has a great sense of humor.  At first she is timid and doesn't talk much.  But once you get to know her she opens up.  She is very smart but due to the fact that she is a bit lazy and a procrastinator her grades are normally C's ( B-'s at the highest).  She claims she's only smart when she wants to be.  Don't let her cute looks and innocent demeanor fool you, she has a dark side too.  She throws a tantrum whenever things don't go her way and it can go out of control.  Also, she is known to play pranks and is mischievous.   As a magician, her specialty is magic card tricks.  Overall, Emerald is a kind-hearted, happy girl that can make even the darkest and scariest places seem bright and cheerful.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable):  Trucy's cousin, Apollo's assistant along with Trucy.

Brief Background:  Emerald was born with her dad being Zak Gramarye's (unknown) brother.  Emerald's babysitter was Zak, so she was close to Trucy when she was younger.  But after Zak's brother died, Emerald's mom took her and moved away, separating the close cousins.  Emerald was very sad, she thought she would never see Trucy again.  Emerald was constantly asking her mother why they had to leave, but she never answered.  Even though she loved her mom, she disliked her for never answering her question.  As time passed and the worse news came to Emerald.  Her mother had been murdered while she was away at school.  The culprit was caught, but she had no one to stay with, so she stayed at an orphanage.  But when she was 12, she was adopted by a young man.  He wasn't exactly a dad she wanted though.  He was narcissistic, mean, and was rarely ever there to care for Emerald.  A year passed, and she couldn't take it anymore.  She went on the computer, trying to search someone she knows that's trustworthy.  That's when she came across a name.  A name so familiar to her...  Trucy Wright.  Of course, it didn't say Trucy Enigmar, but she had a feeling that it was her.  She packed without her "father" knowing and ran away to go to where Trucy lived.  She arrived at the Wright Anything Agency, finally reunited with Trucy.  Also, she got a job there too, being a magician and Apollo's assistant along with Trucy.  She was finally happy.  But she kept her dark past locked away in her heart...  Never speaking of it.

Character's Name: Alex Wilson

Age: 23

Occupation: Student

Brief Physical Description: 6'2", spiky red hair, black shirt with fire on it, blue shoes, and gray pants. Also wears a ring on his right ring finger (not visible in the picture).

Brief Personality Description: Smart and resourceful, yet can let his imagination get the better of him, and can get in some bad situations because of that. Can be very serious and determined at times, and always looking out for other people. He doesn't often show emotion, but does grieve over his younger sister's death. He also has trouble staying calm occasionally, and has once gone temporarily insane.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Gavin's witness in a Klavier Gavin Vs. Apollo Justice trial.

Brief Background: After witnessing his sister's alleged murderer escape, he was called in as the prosecution's witness three years ago. Just before a guilty verdict could be established, the defendant escaped. Alex has spent the last three years trying to find him, meanwhile studying law, as he wants to become a defense attorney.

Character's Name: Tera Chirop

Age: 26

Occupation: Prosecutor

Brief Physical Description: Short and curvy, dark skin and hair.  Pretty, and deceptively cuddly-looking.  Dresses like a vampire, or maybe a vampire hunter.  The metal heels on her boots serve a dual purpose.

Brief Personality Description: A smooth operator, who keeps things close to her (ample) chest.  Never ruffled, occasionally mocking people with a dry wit.  Makes obscure references to bad 80's horror movies.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): May be familiar with Edgeworth or Gumshoe from work, but isn't close with either of them.

Brief Background: Grew up idolizing assorted "creatures of the night" in horror movies, be they the hunter or the hunted.  As she grew up, realized that the real world doesn't work like the movies, and the real monsters wear the faces of men.  Decided in school that the best way to strike fear in criminals hearts was to see to it they were all locked up.

Character's Name:  Tyray Prince

Age:  21 (GS3 Mia’s first case)

Occupation:  Lawyer

Brief Physical Description:  Tall (6’1”), fit body, wears his signature white striped coat and feathered hat, with a pair of jeans.  Has a split moustache, blue eyes, and a short haircut, an earring in his right ear, and he never wears shorts.

Brief Personality Description:  Ty is very serious when he needs to be.  He enjoys life in the city.  He acts like he came from the ghetto.  He loves to party, but can get tough when he has to.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable):  Faced off against Manfred von Karma in court and won (the lost defeat of Manfred von Karma), Worked with Mia Fey on a big case.

Brief Background:  Ty's childhood was tough.  His father left him, and his mother died of doing drugs.  He grew up all alone on the dangerous streets of Compton, Los Angeles.  Ty loved to learn, and he spent most of his time at the library.  He had managed to skip 5 grades in school and graduate at 13 years old, becoming a lawyer at age 21.  He started his career alone, but worked with other lawyers.  Ty worked a case with Mia Fey, and faced off against Manfred von Karma.  That case cost Ty his left leg in a car accident, but he still won the case thanks to Mia Fey.  A year later, Ty returned to the courtroom with a prosthetic leg, and decided to stand up for the people of the ghetto who could not afford a big-time lawyer.

Character's Name: Ileana Inima   ( Asks everyone to call her Ina. )

Age: 16

Occupation: Studying Law and Arts.   ( Witness in the court )

Brief Physical Description:  Ina has a really weird-but-clever way to dress. There's no room to loose on her outfit! Everywhere she cans, she sticks all sort of things. That's how she ended up having a pencil attached to her scarf, a notepad stuck under her belt, her cell phone hanging on her skirt, or her camera's strap tied to her wrist. See, she likes to hide her stuff on herself, even if she always bring a small bag with her. This definitely makes a rather colorful and childish dressing. If you throw a closer glance, you can notice she wrote all sort of stuff on her own arms ... and even drew a watch. You might think she is completely crazy, and I won't blame you for that.

Brief Personality Description: As you may have noticed by her physical appearance ... Ina doesn't like to loose things. It's an obsession for her to bring everything important with her, wherever she goes. That's why everything is sort of... following her.  She also likes to collect anything that is important, or that could be. By this, I mean, of course, proof. Important, or not. If anything might be useful later, she'll pick it and throw it on her small bag. Subway tickets, important clues, totally non-useful stuff ... It goes to the bag. She is a huge collector!

Also, she might look mentally disturbed ... sometimes. Her personality is jumping from totally calm ... to totally hysterical!

She enjoys listening to music and gets easily influenced by television and games. Need proof ? She desperately wants to become an attorney. Why? Simply because her favorite game is about some prodigy attorney.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable):  No direct connection to canon characters, at least, that's how it seems ..

Brief Background: Ina came from Romania to Study Law and Art. Her will is to become an attorney, yet she hadn't decided which side to take! That's why she was pretty happy to appear in court for the first time as a witness: she was in the middle! Because, yes, she had been called to court as an eye-witness for a murder case: she happened to unintentionally knock-out the major suspect of serial killings ... before he was taken away by police, she tried to collect all the information she could gather. The day of the trial, as a WITNESS, it appeared that ... she raised .... objections ... against .... her very own testimony.... Claiming that the proof she had contradicts most of what she saw, so there was something wrong. She also said that both attorneys should be more attentive when she testifies. That case really got messed-up, but she thinks she made herself a good name in that trial!

Also, she studies Art and tries to draw a thriller-comic about what she saw in court.

Character Name: Aphrodite Sakura

Name Meaning: Aphrodite=goddess of love/beauty. Sakura=cherry blossom.

Character’s Nickname: Called Afro by her half-brothers

Age: 15

Occupation: prosecutor

Brief Physical Description: Aphrodite is stunningly beautiful. She has long blonde hair, which she usually wears straightened and loose. She has light, peach-colored skin, is slender, and has long arms and legs. She is about 5’8”. Her eyes are an unusual shade of deep purple, and she likes to wear clothes that accent them. On her thirteenth birthday, she got tattoos on her face and arms, as is typical for Caradian princesses. Aphrodite felt no need to remove them when she moved to America.

Aphrodite usually wears a light purple sleeveless minidress. The dress has a dark blue collar accented with pearls. She wears a pale blue belt with green trim. On her right hand, she wears a fingerless glove in the same shade of blue as her belt. She wears two pink wooden bangle bracelets on her left wrist. Aphrodite is never without her deep reddish brown boots. At first, she thought they were dull, so she wrapped red ribbons around them. Aphrodite wears a gold tiara with emerald studs on it, as she is still the Caradian crown princess.

Brief Personality Description: Aphrodite is, outwardly, very peppy and excitable. She is always either very happy or very sad. But even when she is sad, she is very dramatic about it.

Inside, Aphrodite is still deeply saddened by her mother’s death. She didn’t want anyone to comfort her about it, so she learned to keep her sad feelings in check. She never wanted anyone to worry about her.

Connection to Canon Characters: Detective Gumshoe is her dad, Maggey Byrde is her stepmom

Brief Background: Aphrodite’s mother was the crown princess of Caradia. Her mother and father (Gumshoe) met while her mother was traveling in the US. They married, but got divorced several years later. Some time after, Aphrodite was born. She was raised as a princess, thinking that the crown prince (her mother’s second husband, and Aphrodite’s stepdad) was her real father. Aphrodite was spoiled, and thus became dependant on others.

Aphrodite’s mother died when Aphrodite was 14. Aphrodite then learned that she had a different father. She was sent away to live with that father, having no idea who he was. When she arrived in the US by plane, she was horrified when a scruffy-looking man, followed by a petite woman pushing a double stroller, came up to her. The man introduced himself as Dick Gumshoe, her father. The woman was Maggey Byrde, his wife. Their twin boys were eighteen months old.

After a few months of being in complete and total shock and denial, Aphrodite finally accepted her new life. Her dad and stepmom were very surprised when she burst out of her room one day her cheerful self.

Soon after, Aphrodite heard about the famous Phoenix Wright. She decided that she wanted to meet him. She became a prosecutor, charming all the teachers at prosecuting school into giving her a badge after only one month of training.

Since Aphrodite had no training, she is the WORST prosecutor EVER. She always feels sorry for the defendant, and therefore makes no effort AT ALL to get a “Guilty” verdict. She has the ability to become a great prosecutor, but she doesn’t want to send people to jail or have them killed.

Because Aphrodite does not try to win cases, every defense attorney that wants to win takes cases that she prosecutes. When she loses the case (as she often does), she breaks out in tears, and can only be comforted by the defense.

Sometimes Aphrodite accidentally makes a good point during a trial. She then wins the case. Even when she wins a case, she cries. When she wins, she cries for the defendant. She once again needs to be comforted by the prosecutor.

Character's Name: Kyung Shin

Age: 26

Occupation: Doctor/ Medical Examiner.

Brief Physical Description: Kyung is a young Korean man with bleached orange hair, worn long in the back. He has bangs that swing in from the left side of his face. Due to his Korean background, Kyung has the slanted eye trait, his iris’ gray/black in color. He’s about five foot seven, and is normally seen wearing his white coat, showing his occupation. When not at work, you can often find him in a pair of jeans and a graphic t-shirt.

Brief Personality Description: Despite his name (Both ‘Kyung’ and ‘Shin’ mean respect), Kyung is far from the most respectful guy. Actually, he is blunt, sarcastic, and to top it all off, seemingly very egotistical.  However, he does mean well, and always tells the truth. Kyung never sugar-coats ANYTHING, leaving all to be known. However, he is very mysterious and protective when it comes to his own personal life, cunningly able to change the subject.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Dr. Shin has numerous encounters with Phoenix and prosecutors (Edgeworth, Franziska, etc.), as he is the one normally writing up the autopsy reports. He also interned under Godot’s doctor, and the two have often clashe- -Err, talked.

Brief Background: Kyung moved with his mother to America at age five, after his father left the family two years prior. Kyung’s mother dreamed of designing clothing, and taught her little boy to do so too, in hopes that together they would make a thriving business in their new country. (To this day, Kyung still makes most of his own clothes)

However, several years later, while Kyung was in college, his mother was brutally murdered, and later on his girlfriend died of a mysterious illness. These two events are what changed Kyung forever- He no longer feels like he can get close to people, but not only that, but he chose the path of a medical examiner, in secret hopes of helping other people going around with the same heart ache: Attempting to make it slightly easier for grieving families, knowing exactly what happened to their loved ones.

Character's Name:  Ivory Fortepian (Polish for ‘grand piano’)

Age: 23

Occupation:  Ivory is an apprentice for Ema Skye

Brief Physical Description: 5”3 with long turquoise hair and light brown eyes and glasses. Has a slightly curvier build. She wears a lucky red headband that she believes keeps her focused (she also has a minor panic attack anytime it’s removed without her knowledge i.e. stolen), she wears small reading glasses and wears fairly stylish clothes and carries around a small pink notepad.

Brief Personality Description: Ivory is very quiet and is easily flustered. She has a terrible memory, trails off her sentences and is extremely clumsy but despite all that she still works hard in order to become a great detective. She is very loyal, hardworking, and kind but becomes fierce when pushed off the edge. She also keeps a notepad with her in order to keep track of evidence and suspects so she won’t forget them later.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Ivory is Ema Skye’s apprentice.

Brief Background: Seven years ago Ivory’s twin sister Ebony was kidnapped after witnessing a murder by the Rivales Family, leaving Ivory alone for the first time. Since Ivory witnessed the kidnapping she assisted the police investigation which led to the two girls reuniting. Ever since that day Ivory has always been passionate about becoming a detective and helping people so they wouldn’t feel the same loneliness and fear that she felt when her sister had gone missing. She now works as Ema Skye’s apprentice and worships her like a god, listening and jotting down everything she says, adding her own two-cents here and there. She hopes to one day become a great detective in the missing persons department.

Character's Name: Cielo Ruffoni

Age: 19 (JFA)

Occupation: Prosecutor

Brief Physical Description: Tall and rather lanky. He has blonde hair to the back of his neck, and hazel eyes. He dresses formally, but often excessively. He also has Blue Tooth on his ear; perhaps he sleeps with it...

Brief Personality Description: Reflecting his wardrobe, very full of himself. He's very competitive, but isn't the very best.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): He comes from a family that considers themselves the "Italian counterparts of the von Karma family"(to the point that they emulate their pompous attire). Sadly, they have never been successful enough to bring any attention outside of Triests. Thus, the von Karmas have never even heard of them. He resorts to "stalking" Franziska in her career as he considers her his rival.

Brief Background:  Recently passing his bar exam (around case 2-2), he came to America after hearing of Franziska's multiple defeats in JFA in an attempt to beat Phoenix Wright and smother it in everyone's faces. Much to his dismay, he was never given a case against Phoenix while in LA. He in particular is known to answer phone calls in court via Blue Tooth or text witnesses in case things go awry in a testimony.

Character's Name: Jackie Love ("Jackie" as in Jackie Chan; "Love" references the flirtatious side of her personality. Also, the Chinese knots found on her dress, earrings, and other accessories are often used to symbolize love.)

Age: 24

Occupation: Prosecutor

Brief Physical Description: Hair-Blond, Eyes-Blue, Height-5'7"

Brief Personality Description: Having spent six years in China training in martial arts, Jackie Love possesses a basically calm, disciplined nature, however, this is often overshadowed by her stereotypical "blond" appearance and tendency to be a bit of a flirt. As a result, her colleagues generally distrust her despite her success as a prosecutor, but that does not stop a few heads from turning when she enters a room. While one might expect the strong attitude of a martial artist to be indifferent to such negative opinions, Jackie is sometimes frustrated by the lack of acceptance she feels and has an almost unhealthy drive to prove herself. She can become defensive and sometimes loses her objective in pursuit of a challenge. Some of her quirks in the courtroom include constantly digging in her disorganized tote bag for evidence and her habit of executing one of her powerful strikes when raising an objection, which sends splinters of the desk in front of her flying...much to many a judge's dismay. She is also fond of reciting Chinese proverbs that are relevant at the time.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): N/A

Brief Background: Jackie found the prosecutor's path after being attacked by a burglar in her home three years ago. Jackie fought and escaped with her life, but the thief was not convicted during his trial due to lack of evidence and a sloppy performance by the prosecution. Feeling she needed more than her martial arts to bring justice to the world, Jackie abandoned her master in China, despite his protests for her to be patient and continue her training, and set out to become a prosecutor to be sure no one else suffered her fate. Her master still seeks to return her to the warrior's way, but knows only her failure as a prosecutor will open her eyes to her impulsiveness.

Character's Name: Malai Alam

Age: 17

Occupation: Computer Programmer/Detective

Brief Physical Description: Built lean and short in stature. She has insanely long hair that she keeps in prim condition. (she claims it keeps her constantly charged with static electricity, and therefore her monocle computer always stays on) She's somewhat frail if taxing conditions are placed upon her (such as running for long periods of time) since most of her life she has spent with computers, and not outside playing/working out.

Brief Personality Description:  Malai is very eccentric. She has a weird taste to automatically mime everything she regards as cool. Some view this as cute, some others view this trait as just plain creepy. While she might be a little off kilter, she has a good soul underneath, and will try anything to find the truth for any cases presented to her.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): Lisa Basil (adoptive mother) Jake Marshall (Idol) Ema Skye (friend) Apollo Justice (rival)

Brief Background: Claims that she's the adopted daughter of Lisa Basil. She idols the Blue Screen CEO and works her hardest to impress Lisa. While it's unclear if Lisa has legally adopted her, she seems to go along with it and lets Malai have her way around the company and always lets her put her two cents in to any situation for the corporation. After the death of Glen Elg, Malai became interesting in crime investigation. (Lisa thinks it's to protect the employees of Blue Screen, while Malai's true motions are unclear) Upon becoming a partial detective at the Police Agency, Malai heard about the now Ex Detective Jake Marshall. Reading into the incidents surrounding him, she decided to copy his sence of style and mannerisms. (leading to much headaches from everyone yes?) Despite her odd behavior, she later became friends with Ema Skye once she joined the detective agency, and is the other person in the embassy who can stand Ema's constant griping about her misfortunes. (whether or not Malai really understands, or cares, is also unknown.)  Due to Ema's constant griping about Apollo and the others though, she doesn't have a high opinion of the new junior Attorney.

Character's Name: "Alejo Armando/Jodot"

Age:25

Occupation: Defense Attorney

Brief Physical Description: Somewhat tall, slightly dark skin, white hair. Metal "Eye Patch" over right eye. Left eye colored blue.

Brief Personality Description: Friendly, calm, and a "Lady's Man". He also likes to drink lots of soda. He treats the court system rather informally, and can be a tad rebellious at times.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): He's Godot's younger brother, and Apollo Justice's friend. He also does odd-jobs for Phoenix at the Agency (Research, Filing, and even some detective work).

Brief Background: Alejo was once an aspiring Forensics Scientist who helped his brother, Diego, receive many vital pieces of evidence to help put the right criminals behind bars. Shortly after his brother's "death", he himself was nearly killed by a hit man from a black market operation he had tried to break up a few months previous. The attempt was unsuccessful, but several bullets went through some of his vital areas, including his left eye, and he had to be taken into ER. His condition remained in stable, yet critical condition several months after Godot awoke. To prevent future attacks the clinic made sure that everyone, Godot included, kept Alejo's existence a secret. Alejo awoke himself several years later on the year 2023, where he would meet Phoenix Wright. Alejo calls himself "Jodot" (Ho-Doh) after his big brother, and has decided to defend the innocent (like his brother, before his "death") and become a defense attorney. (Note: his name in Spanish means "Defender".)

Name: Julius Blut (Last name is German for Blood)

Age: 24

Occupation: Model

Brief Physical Description: 6’9”, thin build but very muscular. VERY pale complexion and blue eyes. English in appearance. Has curly, waist-length silver hair, the bangs of which cover this right eye. He wears a white suit w/ tails, with silver accents. His cummerbund is black, as is his string tie. Also wears a white top hat, with a black hat band and white gloves.

Brief Personality Description: Normally flirty and effeminate. (Was mistaken for a woman at first by the Judge.) He tries to cover mistakes and lies with jokes, and usually fails. When angry or annoyed, he becomes very masculine and violent. He is easily offended when it comes to his gender.

He is actually quite insane. He’s very intelligent and calculating, and covers it up by acting the part of a blonde ditz. He can be outright cruel and take no qualms in shredding a person’s dignity, in fact, he rather enjoys making people miserable.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): The only defendant of Phoenix’s to date to actually be guilty. Prosecutor was Edgeworth.

Brief Background: Julius is a model, who was the prime suspect in the murder of his agent, Millicent Bysander. He ends up being defended by Phoenix is his case. Julius didn’t directly kill her, but drove her to suicide by his constant taunting and insulting. As a result, be can’t be charged for murder.

Most Memorable Quote: “I didn’t actually kill the bitch, she did that herself.”

Character's Name: Irene

Age: 20

Occupation: Collage Student (Working to become a Meteorologist)

Brief Physical Description: Irene is 5'4" and 115lbs. Her eyes are dark blue. She has long, red hair that is just a few inches above her elbows (she normally has it in a braid). Her skin is somewhat tanned, due to her time spent outside watching the sky.  She wears her old high school uniform, so she is constantly mistaken for a high school student.

Brief Personality Description: Irene is lighthearted, easygoing, and smarter than most people think she is. She always knows what she wants, and is confident in her abilities to get it. In terms of personal appearance and manners though, she is lazy, almost never brushing out her hair. She is almost never seen without a smile playing on her lips.

She has a habit of tapping her foot when she is nervous.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable): She is one of Apollo's clients after GS4.

Brief Background: A few days before her 20th birthday, Irene is charged with killing her parents. Her younger brother hired Apollo as her attorney. When they met her at the Detention center, she was very nervous, and could not stop tapping her foot.

In court, she still could not keep still, and kept on tapping. Apollo even called her on it a few times during her testimony. Thankfully, in the end they got her a 'Not Guilty' verdict. Sadly, they discovered her brother committed the crime and he was arrested shortly afterward. She has long since returned to her collage life.

 She is very grateful to Apollo and Trucy for their help, and every so often, she leaves something outside the doors as a token of appreciation.

Character's Name: Marianne Janvier

Age: 21

Occupation: Newbie Prosecutor

Brief Physical Description:  Marianne's about 168cm tall (5'5''), with her heels, she is 5'8'', which is quite tall; which allows her to "tower" over Apollo (laugh). She has dark brown hair with red and auburn highlights. She's also quite skinny so she's about 48-49kg in weight. Her eyes are bright amber, and no, its not contacts; she seems to be able sense and see people's emotions in colors. Her clothes are often contrasting colors and bear marks of the playing cards: spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs, at random parts of her clothing. Most of the time, when you see her, she will be holding 3 lollipops between her fingers, each with a white sugar-slate inside engraved with also, the symbols of the deck. In fact, the candy pops are so hard, that she uses them as weapons to throw and pin people to walls (laughs). Her clothing always contains frills to give an innocent, young girl feeling, but her face always gives her away when she smirks and points her finger.

Brief Personality Description: Marianne is quite a head-strong girl, and is quite relentless when it comes to court procedures and prosecuting. She is always the most competitive in court and is not hesitant when throwing ''honest'' comments at the judge. She aims to win all of her cases and will do anything in her power to achieve that goal, but rules are rules, she definitely despises people that make fake evidence, set witnesses before trials or any shady actions; she would rather study more and spend more time thinking that crossing over to the dark side. Marianne always puts on a tough appearance and not let anybody see through her. But on the real side, she is actually quite sensitive to many things, and she seems to have a soft spot for Phoenix Wright, when he was a lawyer and after when he became a piano player at the Borscht Club. Her most favorite thing to do, unknown to everyone else, is lying in her fluffy couch at home, eating bags and bags-full of candy, while playing with her tabby-cat, Butterscotch (because of the cat's golden-brown fur). One last thing, she absolutely adores Troupe Grammarye, the magic, the cards, the excitement, you know, you can probably see it from her clothes.

Connection to canon characters (if applicable):  Marianne is connected to quite a few characters. In order from first to last: Miles Edgeworth, Phoenix Wright, Franziska Von Karma, and Apollo Justice

Brief Background:  During one of Edgeworth's trip out of town to France, he discovered young Marianne on the streets at the age of 11, being able to read emotions and thoughts, visualizing them through colors and shapes. Edgeworth thought that she was a definite talent the Prosecutor office could surely use, and brought her back. So whenever she reads somebody's thoughts and it becomes clear to her, she would point her finger and shout, "I see it!", being able to read the opposing attorney's tactics and ways of thinking. She had been a little apprentice of Edgeworth for another year before the 5th case of GS1, where she first met Phoenix Wright when he paid a visit to Edgeworth's office. Because Phoenix's hair and the magatama he holds reminds her of candy, she had always had a soft spot for Phoenix; her determination would always be side-tracked towards his hair and magatama which makes her forget about everything (laugh).

Later on, when Franziska Von Karma came back to replace the missing Edgeworth after his "suicidal" note, she had been a model to Marianne; the main reason might be that Franziska was the only female in the prosecution department other than her, so they get along together quite well. She once tried to learn Franziska's famous ''foolishly foolish fools with foolishly foolish comments'' speech, she never really quite remember how many fools and foolishes there were in a sentence.

After both Edgeworth and Franziska had departed the country, she was left alone at the prosecution office, and since Phoenix was still the major attorney at work, she let Klavier do the job; she took a long vacation off and came back 7 years later. When she heard that Apollo Justice will be succeeding Phoenix, she was the first one to volunteer as the opposing prosecutor. She would switch between duties with Klavier and she had sworn to beat Apollo for concealed reasons. Apollo is the only person she can't read completely (mainly because of his, "I don't have a plan but here goes nothing!" way of thinking), and has lost to him in all of her cases. It gets her extremely frustrated and more fired up each time. And till now, their battle is still raging on.

Character's Name: Max Steele

Age: 22 (In GS 1-3), 29 (In GS 4)

Occupation:  Prosecutor, Defense Attorney (The Reason why he is both is explained below) and occasional waiter (for when cases are scarce)

Brief Physical Description: Max is 6'2"; he has a slim but athletic build, sharp features and an upright demeanor. His hair is medium length and grayish black, except for a mesh of white near his forehead (explained later). His eyes are grey mixed with purple and suffer from myopia, this results in Max wearing square glasses that tend to slide down his nose. His face is, for the most part, friendly and trustworthy, but switches to stern coldness when he enters court (it practically shows no emotion). He is considered handsome and has no trouble attracting women. Despite his slim frame, Max is in good physical condition and can easily hold his own in a fight (although he prefers to avoid violence as he could get hurt if he uses it). Lastly, Max always dresses in light grey suits with golden buttons (or so he claims), white shirts and a tie that varies in color according to his role (blue for defense attorney and red for prosecutor), his attorney badge is pinned over his left breast and he never takes it off (according to Max, it makes him feel important)

Brief Personality Description: As a person, Max shows a surprising contrast between his work personality and his usual personality. In everyday life, Max is a jovial fellow who never hesitates to laugh. He is emotional and frequently weeps at touching stories, or when someone doesn’t believe him (often in a comical fashion); he also tends to let his ego get the best of him during conversations. When this happens, his glasses fog over and he gains an “I’m such a genius” grin, this often leads to someone (usually Miles Edgeworth or his niece May) to sharply bring him back to earth (often by pointing out a flaw in whatever he was saying). All in all, Max is a fun person to be around and is a truly good and dependable ally (when he’s on the main character’s side).

However, this Max completely disappears once he enters the court. When he goes to work, Max becomes cold and focused, never letting a single hint of emotion bleed through his face. He lets his adversary present their case and then proceeds to coldly and meticulously pick it apart, using a balanced mix of rhetoric questions and (100% real) evidence. He is always formal with his adversary, but never misses a chance to add insult to injury (usually by questioning the opposing side’s readiness); however he doesn’t display bravado and always keeps a level head. When Max disproves or rejects the opposition’s claims, he pushes his glasses up to his eyes (the glasses are fogged over in these cases) and when he is about to present decisive evidence, he begins to chuckle (so as to unnerve his opponent). This courtroom personality and the way he objects (a sharp and clear objection that always stops people dead in their tracks) have earned him the moniker “The Heartless Attorney/Prosecutor”. (As well as the name “Mr. Moodswing from Trucy Wright)

Connection to canon characters (if applicable):  Max Steele attended the same law school as Phoenix Wright and they have been good friends since then (Max is one of the people who calls Phoenix “Nick”), with Max frequently popping in to visit Phoenix whenever he doesn’t have a case going, he has helped Phoenix on quite a few cases. However, Max has faced Phoenix in court numerous times, these confrontations have materialized in some of the toughest cases in Phoenix’s career (in fact, Max beat Phoenix quite frequently during mock trials in law school). Max is also on good terms with Maya Fey and usually joins her in moments of excitement (they are both fans of the Steel Samurai)

As of GS4, Max is still Phoenix’s friend and his personality (and appearance) has remained the same. He manifests a fondness for Apollo Justice and regularly helps him with his cases (Apollo has yet to face Max in Court); he has taken to calling Apollo “Young Justice” despite being only 7 years older than him. As previously mentioned, Trucy Wright calls Max “Mr. Moodswing” (because of how her father explained his courtroom shifts) and considers him to be somewhat of an uncle (albeit one who sometimes acts just as childish as she does). Also in GS4, it is revealed that he has a 13 year old niece called May Steele, who (in contrast to her uncle) is often serious and down to earth; in fact she has taken up the role of “straight man” to Max’s charac