History MagnificentBastard / VisualNovels

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'': [[AloofBigSister Aura Blackquill]] is the older sister of Simon, who deals with Robotics at the Cosmos Space Center. Having lost her lover Metis Cykes to the Phantom, and her brother to a false conviction, Aura loses faith in the courts and decides to take justice into her own hands by manipulating Apollo Justice and Chief Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth into having a retrial with the person she thought was responsible, Athena Cykes as the defendant, through a robot rebellion, having programmed several of her and Metis' robots into kidnapping several hostages, including Trucy Wright. Despite being proven wrong by Phoenix that Athena is the killer of Metis and Clay, her testimony about seeing the killer in the current case holding the lighter-gun in the opposite hand from where Athena's prints are, allows the protagonists to arrest the Phantom. She then gives herself up [[GracefulLoser gracefully]] and releases the hostages, while her brother is absolved, just like Aura wanted.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll'': [[ProfessionalKiller Shelly De Killer]] is a notorious assassin who always leaves a calling card so that the authorities do not suspect his clients, and he is discrete enough that few people ever knew what he looked like. Killing Juan Corrida on behalf of Matt Engarde, he kidnaps Maya and blackmails Phoenix into defending Engarde in court when his client's manager tampers with the crime scene to implicate him, and then shoots Franziska to remove her as prosecutor. He remotely testifies and frames Adrian Andrews as his client to exonerate Engarde. When Phoenix reveals that Engarde intends to blackmail him, De Killer, who values a trusting relationship with his clients, declares his intention to kill Engarde and releases Maya. Later hired by Simon Keyes to kill the president of Zheng Fa, he expertly infiltrates the president's guard detail and overpowers most of the bodyguards, only fleeing when the lead guard, Ethan Rooke, injures him. Learning that Rooke was killed, he demands that Edgeworth be allowed to investigate the murder of [[WorthyOpponent the man who bested him]]. Deducing that the president was an imposter and that Keyes lied about his identity, he aids Edgeworth in his investigation into his client's plot. When Edgeworth exposes Keyes, De Killer attempts to kill Keyes, but relents at the request of Sirhan Dogen and [[KarmaHoudini proceeds to evade Interpol's pursuit]]. Operating with [[AffablyEvil a charming demeanor]] and a strong code of honor, De Killer is a cunning and dangerous threat to his targets and any dishonest clients.

* ''VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2'': [[ProfessionalKiller Sirhan Dogen]] is the aformentioned blind assassin responsible for killing the former president of Zheng Fa, along with the primary supplier of the prison, having blackmailed the Warden Patricia Roland, into giving him and other prisoners anything they wanted by threatening her life. Standing up to De Killer to save his adopted son, outtwiting Edgeworth, and letting himself be arrested so he could get revenge on his enemies, Dogen and Keyes execute a masterful revenge plot to get every single one of their enemies convicted. When Keyes falls under suspicion for the murder, Dogen has his attack dog take the victim's body into the prison and removes the chisel to decrease suspicion on Keyes. When confronted later on about being the mastermind, Dogen [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts defeat]] and reveals that the mastermind is his "acolyte" whose life he saved as a child. Affable, deceptive, and cunning, Dogen got his desire of having a new cellmate in Keyes.

** [[AntiVillain Tahrust Inmee]] is a member of the Defiant Dragons and a high priest in khura'in. After finding out his wife murdered Rheel Nehmu out of self-defense he staged a plan to defend her by committing suicide pinning the blaming on Maya and the identity of Lady Kee'ra using the divination sense as an advantage thanks to the DDC Act. After Phoenix finds the entire truth about his death and the murder of Nehmu, Inmee confesses his crimes before bidding farewell to his wife in the Twilight Realm.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': [[Characters/DokiDokiLiteratureClubMonika Monika]] is the president of the Literature Club who gains MediumAwareness through her position of power. Unsatisfied with being the one girl whom the player is unable to romance, she takes matters into her own hands, manipulating the game's files to bring out the worst traits in the other girls to make them less appealing. When this doesn't work and the player reaches the end without spending time with her, she restarts the game with fewer girls, [[RealityWarper reworking the game mechanics]] so the player has no choice but to choose her. When she finally gets the player all to herself, she shows herself to be a perfectly decent being who's just desperate for real attention and genuinely wants to befriend the player. When her powers end up being used against her, she immediately restores her clubmates, having kept their files' backups, and swoops in to rescue the player if her successor attempts to abuse their power as club president as she did.

* VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: [[EvilBrit Ashley Graydon]] is a former telegraph operator turned very talented criminal who successfully carries out his crimes with little difficulty. Following a deal made with Magnus [=McGilded=], Graydon steals and conceals government secrets on custom music box disks created by his father to disguise the Morse code as just music. After a deal gone wrong with [=McGilded=] that results in his father's death, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Graydon seeks vengeance for his father's death and successfully has [=McGilded=] murdered, with no evidence tracing him to the crime]]. After avenging his father's death, Graydon moves on to the next part of his plan to retrieve both disks, repeatedly coming up with backup schemes whenever his previous ones go wrong. Planning everything with razor-sharp efficiency, Graydon proves that he is no one's pawn in their game of chess.

* VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney: [[EvilBrit Ashley Graydon]] is a former telegraph operator turned very talented criminal who successfully carries out his crimes with little difficulty. Following a deal made with Magnus McGilded, Graydon steals and conceals government secrets on custom music box disks created by his father to disguise the Morse code as just music. After a deal gone wrong with McGilded that results in his father's death, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Graydon seeks vengeance for his father's death and successfully has McGilded murdered, with no evidence tracing him to the crime]]. After avenging his father's death, Graydon moves on to the next part of his plan to retrieve both disks, repeatedly coming up with backup schemes whenever his previous ones go wrong. Planning everything with razor-sharp efficiency, Graydon proves that he is no one's pawn in their game of chess.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'': [[AntiVillain Tahrust Inmee]] is a member of the Defiant Dragons and a high priest in khura'in. After finding out his wife murdered Rheel Nehmu out of self-defense he staged a plan to defend her by committing suicide pinning the blaming on Maya and the identity of Lady Kee'ra using the divination sense as an advantage thanks to the DDC Act. After Phoenix finds the entire truth about his death and the murder of Nehmu, Inmee confesses his crimes before bidding farewell to his wife in the Twilight Realm.

* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'':
** Original game: Years before the events of the game, the nameless [[TheMole spy for the Cohdopian smuggling ring]] created the fake identity of a playful defense attorney named Calisto Yew, pretending to be the sister of a woman murdered by the smuggling ring. She acted as one of the three members of the group, Yatagarasu, who were investigating the smuggling ring, with intentions to sabotage the group from the inside. She sets up prosecutor Byrne Faraday to be accused of being the Yatagarasu by criminal, Mack Rell, before murdering them both, quickly placing suspicion on Detective Gumshoe when deduced that the two couldn't have killed each other. Even when Edgeworth reveals that she's the true murderer, the spy manages to trick Edgeworth into giving her the Yatagarasu's key, her true objective, before escaping arrest. Later creating the persona of Shih-na, an enigmatic right hand woman to Shi-Long Lang, the spy acted as a mole within Interpol, and leaked information to the smuggling ring. When [[BigBad Quercus Alba]] murders the traitorous Manny Coachen, the spy creates a fire in order for the two to move the corpse between embassies to create confusion of where the crime scene occured. After Shi-Long Lang saves her life from Tyrell Badd, the spy [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts defeat]] and out of gratitude, gives information to Edgeworth to help him discover the truth about the case.
** ''Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth 2'': [[ProfessionalKiller Sirhan Dogen]] is the aformentioned blind assassin responsible for killing the former president of Zheng Fa, along with the primary supplier of the prison, having blackmailed the Warden Patricia Roland, into giving him and other prisoners anything they wanted by threatening her life. Standing up to De Killer to save his adopted son, outtwiting Edgeworth, and letting himself be arrested so he could get revenge on his enemies, Dogen and Keyes execute a masterful revenge plot to get every single one of their enemies convicted. When Keyes falls under suspicion for the murder, Dogen has his attack dog take the victim's body into the prison and removes the chisel to decrease suspicion on Keyes. When confronted later on about being the mastermind, Dogen [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts defeat]] and reveals that the mastermind is his "acolyte" whose life he saved as a child. Affable, deceptive, and cunning, Dogen got his desire of having a new cellmate in Keyes.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'':
** Pierce Nichody is the seemingly helpful butler of the Sprocket Household. At first, he seems to only be executing the wishes of Sorin Sprocket's parents, it later turns out he's a surgeon, and had a hidden agenda. Wanting revenge on Sorin and his fiancée Ellen, for the loss of his fiancée, Nichody kicks up a framing plot that involved the usage of false time travel, Pierce organized a near perfect operation, to get both Sorin and Ellen confessing to the crime of murdering Dumas Gloomsbury, Pierce's co-conspirator. Despite insulting the judge and attorneys when cornered as well as bribing them with the company's wealth, Pierce still has a distinct kinder side to him in that he realizes albeit too late that [[TheLostLenore Selena]] would not have wanted him to take revenge and is a surprisingly helpful witness despite being the killer. After admitting his guilt, Pierce's [[TragicKeepsake pocketwatch]] begins to function once more, thus giving him a rather tragic arrest. He even refuses to talk unless directly questioned knowing very well of Phoenix's tactics.
** [[AntiVillain Tahrust Inmee]] is a member of the Defiant Dragon and a high priest in khura'in. After finding out his wife murdered Rheel Nehmu out of self-defense he staged a plan to defend her by committing suicide pinning the blaming on Maya and the identity of Lady Kee'ra using the divination sense as an advantage thanks to the DDC Act. After Phoenix finds the entire truth about his death and the murder of Nehmu, Inmee confesses his crimes before bidding farewell to his wife in the Twilight Realm.
* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney'': The Storyteller is the father of Espella who decides to take the bell with his friend Newman in an attempt to save the town only for the two to burn thanks to Newman's daughter Eve. He decides to make the story real after Espella was traumatized by the incident to prevent her from thinking she is the Great Witch Bezella. Using hypnosis ink and silver water to trick the town into believing he's making the story real. After revealing his fake death he lives in peace with his daughter and Eve after stopping the witch trials.

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** ''Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth 2'':
*** The nefarious yet seemingly-affable Simon Keyes, a circus animal trainer, poses as an innocent defendant while truly manipulating the entire game's events from the shadows. In the first two cases, Keyes sets up an assassination attempt on the president's body double; and convinces Miles Edgeworth to go against the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee (PIC) and gets Edgeworth to defend him for murder. Intercepting the correspondence between Sirhan Dogen and Horace Knightley, Keyes tricks the Prison Warden into killing his former friend. In the fourth case Keyes sets up the Chairman of the PIC to kill an attorney, then gets Miles--who has been stripped of his Prosecutor Badge--to defend the amnesiac Kay Faraday for the murder. Even when defeated by Miles in the end, Keyes congratulates his WorthyOpponent and ultimately succeeds in "taking care of" all of his own and Dogen's enemies.
*** [[ProfessionalKiller Sirhan Dogen]] is the aformentioned blind assassin responsible for killing the former president of Zheng Fa, along with the primary supplier of the prison, having blackmailed the Warden Patricia Roland, into giving him and other prisoners anything they wanted by threatening her life. Standing up to De Killer to save his adopted son, outtwiting Edgeworth, and letting himself be arrested so he could get revenge on his enemies, Dogen and Keyes execute a masterful revenge plot to get every single one of their enemies convicted. When Keyes falls under suspicion for the murder, Dogen has his attack dog take the victim's body into the prison and removes the chisel to decrease suspicion on Keyes. When confronted later on about being the mastermind, Dogen [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts defeat]] and reveals that the mastermind is his "acolyte" whose life he saved as a child. Affable, deceptive, and cunning, Dogen got his desire of having a new cellmate in Keyes.

** Pierce Nichody is the seemingly helpful butler of the Sprocket Household. At first, he seems to only be executing the wishes of Sorin Sprocket's parents, it later turns out he's a surgeon, and had a hidden agenda. Wanting revenge on Sorin and his fiancée Ellen, for the loss of his fiancée, Nichody kicks up a framing plot that involved the usage of false time travel, Pierce organized a near perfect operation, to get both Sorin and Ellen confessing to the crime of murdering Dumas Gloomsbury, Pierce's co-conspirator. Despite insulting the judge and attorneys when cornered as well as bribing them with the company's wealth, Pierce still has a distinct kinder side to him in that he realizes albeit too late that [[TheLostLenore Selena]] would not have wanted him to take revenge and is a surprisingly helpful witness despite being the killer. After admitting his guilt, Pierce's [[TragicKeepsake pocketwatch]] begins to function once more, thus giving him a rather tragic arrest. He even refuses to talk unless directly questioned knowing very well of Phoenix's tactics.

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->'''Simon Keyes''': I think I'll keep my objective a secret for now. Well then, I must be going. I hope you enjoy yourself, Mr. Edgeworth.\\
'''Miles Edgeworth''': Don't think you can get away with this.\\
'''Keyes''': Then come and get me! I'll be looking forward to it! That is... if you can bring me to justice. But I highly doubt that.
-->-- ''Gyakuten Kenji 2''

These are some of the most [[MagnificentBastard devious and charming]] characters to appear in VisualNovels:

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** Original game: Years before the events of the game, the nameless [[TheMole spy for the Cohdopian smuggling ring]] created the fake identity of a playful defense attorney named Calisto Yew, pretending to be the sister of a woman murdered by the smuggling ring. She acted as one of the three members of the group, Yatagarasu, who were investigating the smuggling ring, with intentions to sabotage the group from the inside. She sets up prosecutor Byrne Faraday to be accused of being the Yatagarasu by criminal, Mack Rell, before murdering them both, quickly placing suspicion on Detective Gumshoe when deduced that the two couldn’t have killed each other. Even when Edgeworth reveals that she’s the true murderer, the spy manages to trick Edgeworth into giving her the Yatagarasu’s key, her true objective, before escaping arrest. Later creating the persona of Shih-na, an enigmatic right hand woman to Shi-Long Lang, the spy acted as a mole within Interpol, and leaked information to the smuggling ring. When [[BigBad Quercus Alba]] murders the traitorous Manny Coachen, the spy creates a fire in order for the two to move the corpse between embassies to create confusion of where the crime scene occured. After Shi-Long Lang saves her life from Tyrell Badd, the spy [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts defeat]] and out of gratitude, gives information to Edgeworth to help him discover the truth about the case.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'': Pierce Nichody is the seemingly helpful butler of the Sprocket Household. At first, he seems to only be executing the wishes of Sorin Sprocket's parents, it later turns out he's a surgeon, and had a hidden agenda. Wanting revenge on Sorin and his fiancée Ellen, for the loss of his fiancée, Nichody kicks up a framing plot that involved the usage of false time travel, Pierce organized a near perfect operation, to get both Sorin and Ellen confessing to the crime of murdering Dumas Gloomsbury, Pierce's co-conspirator. Despite insulting the judge and attorneys when cornered as well as bribing them with the company's wealth, Pierce still has a distinct kinder side to him in that he realizes albeit too late that [[TheLostLenore Selena]] would not have wanted him to take revenge and is a surprisingly helpful witness despite being the killer. After admitting his guilt, Pierce's [[TragicKeepsake pocketwatch]] begins to function once more, thus giving him a rather tragic arrest. He even refuses to talk unless directly questioned knowing very well of Phoenix's tactics.

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*** [UnscrupulousHero Naomasa Ban]] is a [[IntrepidReporter notorious journalist]], known for being an elusive and dangerous blackmailer and informant, whose true goals is to use his web of info to help defeat and discover the truth of the vengeful spirits plaguing the world to prevent tragic deaths, like his [[OutlivingOnesOffspring own son's]], no matter what. Finding out that Akira is haunted by the dangerous spirit Kakuya, he [[CooperationGambit offers his and Rose's service to Akira]], defeating her in her own game to save Ami while extorting him for money. Showing great prowess in handling the dead with his quick thinking, rational mind, and fearlessness, Ban became essential for Akira in defeating the Screaming Author and Killer Peach, while teaching him how to battle the spirits better. After Akira saves Ami and seemingly puts and end to Kakuya's reign, Ban leaves him on good terms, continuing his quest to battle spirits for his continuous search for the truth.

** Featherine Augustus Aurora the Majestic Witch of Theatregoing, Drama and Spectating is the master of Bernkastel who's interest in the Cat Box of Rokkenjima cause her to orchestrate her mikos scheme. Soughing tales to relieve her never ending boredom, Featherine latest interest was the tale of the Golden Witch Beatrice, sending Bernkastel to uncover her many mysteries while in the shadows she tries solving it herself as her human form Ikuku Hachijo by deceiving Ange. Giving the Game Master role to Bernkastel and learning the truth, Featherine plans to share it to the world, steering Ange with her miko to unseal the Book of One Truth, while using her forces against those in her way including beating Lambdadelta herself. Fascinated by Ange and Battler’s resolve in the final battle against Bernkastel, Featherine decides to concede after they won her respect and defeated Bernkastel, satisfying her boredom and restoring the Golden Land and their allies as she promise before in the real world, sending a scatting attack to their offenders defending their honor before using her power to protect the Golden Land by making sure no one can interfere their tale again.
** Lambdadelta, the Witch of Certainty is the Witch Guardian of Beatrice, responsible for the creation of Beatrice's Game Board. Intrigue by Beatrice's magic system for the Rokkenjima massacre, Lambda decided to grant her powers as a Witch, giving her domain for her Game Board. Secretly using it to lure her lover Bernkastel, Lambda manipulated Battler and Ange to force an eternal draw with Bernkastel, only failing due to Beatrice giving up, and Lambda with Bernkastel force to usurp Beatrice, stealing the Game Master role. In charge, Lambda challenge Bernkastel and Battler to solve her game for her amusement, conceding the victory to Bernkastel until Battler manage to counter with his Golden Truth, handing him the Game Master role, leading to Beatrice's return and Bernkastel's humiliating loss against them. Siding with Battler and Ange in the final battle, Lambda used her blessings to support them, saving Will and Lion from Bern and taking her allies to Featherine's realm, risking her life against Bern and Featherine. Even after defeat, Lambda's certain willpower became the catalyst for Ange and Battler to defeat Bernkastel, and save the Golden Land.
** Dlanor A. Knox is the head inquisitor of the Eiserne Jungfrau, feared for her reputation as executioner and wielder of the "Knox's Ten Commandments". Nickname "Death Sentence Dlanor", Dlanor is dispatch to cases where she's expected to execute, cutting down anyone she sent against even her father. Hired by Bernkastel as Erika's furniture, Dlanor does her duty dilligenty with sheer ruthlessness, cutting those against Erika's false narrative to frame Natsuhi, with the Knox's Ten Commandments as her enforcer. Secretly disgusted by her masters use of the truths for their whim, she sets Battler secretly to find the Golden Truth to overcome them, forcing him in the spot, putting up him to debate against Erika and executing him when he fails. When he returns as she planned, Dlanor battles him to test his Golden Truth, ending in her defeat, satisfied with Battler's new power before returning to Erika's side and help execute her revenge to protect her. While a coldly ruthless inquisitor, Dlanor shows she's also a cunning and virtuous warrior who will uphold the honor of the truth no matter what.

** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'': The protagonist's true identity, [[PragmaticHero Masamune Kujou]], is a member of the Kujou Clan whose duty is to protect the world of living from spirits no matter the cost. Learning the family's ArchEnemy, [[SealedEvilInACan the evil spirit Mary]]'s seal is breaking and ready to unleash chaos upon the world, [[NecessarilyEvil Masamune decides to remove the seal himself]] to purify it so he can use it again to seal Mary once more, even knowing this would give Mary time to terrorize freely and kill many. When Mary was able to regain her full power before the seal was ready and cast the Death Mark on Masamune, realizing he'll soon his lose his identity and be helpless to her manipulation, prepared back-up plans to help himself after his memory loss, acquiring the assistance of the homeless man Banshee and leaving numerous hints to himself on defeating spirits to guide himself against Mary's tricks. Under the identity Kazuo Yashiki, he was able to slowly regain his memories back thanks to his prepared schemes, ultimately leading to Mary's defeat and stopping the Death Mark curse.
** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'': [[UnscrupulousHero Naomasa Ban]] is a [[IntrepidReporter notorious journalist]], known for being an elusive and dangerous blackmailer and informant, whose true goals is to use his web of info to help defeat and discover the truth of the vengeful spirits plaguing the world to prevent tragic deaths, like his [[OutlivingOnesOffspring own son's]], no matter what. Finding out that Akira is haunted by the dangerous spirit Kakuya, he [[CooperationGambit offers his and Rose's service to Akira]], defeating her in her own game to save Ami while extorting him for money. Showing great prowess in handling the dead with his quick thinking, rational mind, and fearlessness, Ban became essential for Akira in defeating the Screaming Author and Killer Peach, while teaching him how to battle the spirits better. After Akira saves Ami and seemingly puts and end to Kakuya's reign, Ban leaves him on good terms, continuing his quest to battle spirits for his continuous search for the truth.