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1Characters appearing in ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane''.
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3'''As this is a mystery-heavy game, all spoilers will be unmarked. You have been warned.'''
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7[[foldercontrol]]
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9! Main characters
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11[[folder:Tyrion Cuthbert]]
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13[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyrion.png]]
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15->''"Whoever you are, man, king or god... I won't let anyone stop me from reaching the truth."''
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17The protagonist. A 20-year-old defense attorney with a mysterious ability called the Eye of Horus, which allows him to read people's minds and perceive their true emotions occasionally. He was adopted by Ruby Tymora at a young age after his mother died.
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21* BrokenPedestal: Towards Ruby after case 4 for being willing to work with a mob boss to get a guilty client acquitted, working with said mob boss on countless other cases, and even telling the guy about Tyrion's Eyes of Horus—despite making a big production about keeping it secret. Though Tyrion eventually comes to terms with everything to work towards a Rebuilt Pedestal.
22* CrusadingLawyer: Tyrion is one of the few lawyers willing to defend commoners against the nobility for the sake of justice. He accepts Wallace's case pro bono, and in case 4 he takes over the prosecution for Aria because he knows the defendant is guilty.
23* DeathFakedForYou: Towards the end of case 5, Tyrion is revealed to have undergone a fake death, as part of Eris' scheme to trick Celeste into making a Blood Pact with her.
24* DivineParentage: Tyrion is descended from celestials on his mother's side and inherited the Eye of Horus from her. He also [[PowerGivesYouWings temporarily grows wings]] when awakening to his power in the Court of Azathoth.
25* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally collected and anti-violence, Tyrion punches Gavin in the face when he sees he's ransacking his old house.
26-->'''Tyrion:''' Get. The ''hell''. Away from my house.
27* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Tyrion plays chess as a hobby, and he's been playing it for so long that he's very, very good at it. His mentor Ruby prefers to play Shogi instead.
28* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Tyrion unexpectedly finds that he is able to communicate with Tracker, a dog, and presumes it's another perk of the Eye of Horus. Everyone else in the room questions how he's able to do it, but Laefe vouches that Tyrion has the ability through her own Familial Bond with Tracker.
29* StrongGirlSmartGuy: He's the brainy lawyer with a knack for deduction and chess while Celeste is his really strong bodyguard from Episode 2 onward.
30* {{Telepathy}}: Tyrion has a special ability called the "Eye of Horus", which can read people's surface-level thoughts and emotions. It's first introduced at the beginning of Case 1 when he reads the merchant's thoughts and realizes the merchant is trying to trick him about how much the apple juice is worth. At the climax of trials, Tyrion can use an upgraded version called "Empowered Eye", which can not only read thoughts, but also "project" images into a witness's mind to guide them to potentially revealing new information.
31[[/folder]]
32
33[[folder:Ruby Tymora]]
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35[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tymora.png]]
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37->''"That's when I realized that there ''was'' a way to make them pay. You didn't have to harm or kill anyone. You could just beat them at their own game. You could use the laws and rules ''they'' made against them.''"
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39Tyrion's mentor and mother figure. Infamously known as "The Hound of the Eyetaker" in some circles, there are several rumors saying she engages in shady practices like blackmail, extortion, and bribes to get not guilty verdicts.
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43* AmoralAttorney: The rumors about her are true. She works with mob boss The Eyetaker to level the playing field against the corrupt nobility who use their power to escape justice.
44* CurseCutShort: When she's reading the newspaper about the new crowned queen [[InterruptedByTheEnd at the end of the game]].
45-->'''Ruby:''' Whoever this new queen is, I bet she's just ''another'' rotten noble. Hmph... It says there's a picture of her on the next page. ...! Wait... WHAT THE ''FU''
46* CynicismCatalyst: Ruby used to be a more straightlaced, upstanding lawyer, until she was unable to acquit Tyrion's mother and save her from execution. After that, she decided to fight just as dirty as the corrupt nobles do.
47* MentorArchetype: She's Tyrion's boss, and also his guardian after the death of his mother.
48* WellIntentionedExtremist: She became an AmoralAttorney after failing to acquit Tyrion's mother. She partnered herself with [[TheDon The Eyetaker]] and thought she had to fight as dirty as the corrupt system she was facing.
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Celeste [=McCoy=]]]
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53[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/celeste_8.png]]
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55A young mercenary that meets Tyrion in Kornhaven. She's the defendant of Episode 1 and later becomes Tyrion's bodyguard.
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57Her Arcane Art is Transmutation.
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61* CuteBruiser: Celeste is cheerful and sweet, but also a seasoned mercenary who even hardened criminals are wary about fighting.
62* TheDreaded: Celeste is very renowned in her mercenary work as the Crimson Demon. When she steps into a room with dozens of other mercenaries who are then ordered to take her out, ''all of them hesitate at the sight of her'' (though Eris stops the standoff by asking to speak with her and Tyrion alone).
63* FakeAristocrat:
64** In case 2, Miriam assumes Celeste is a noble due to her being able to defend against an [[AnimatedArmor Arcane Construct]] along with assuming Tyrion is her servant. Since Miriam is classist, Tyrion prompts Celeste to [[SureLetsGoWithThat play along]] for information which leads to her pretending to be part of House Steelwind. Neither Aria nor Miriam are amused about it in court the following day.
65** She magically disguises herself as Aria in case 3 to get information from Lloyd von Sanctus.
66* GutFeeling: Celeste is very wary of Eris and eventually explains to Tyrion how despite years of mercenary work, Eris' aura is by far the most dangerous thing she's encountered. Given that Eris is a demon whose sole purpose is to make people suffer, Celeste's gut feeling is right on the mark.
67* InstantExpert: Celeste only knows one spell at the start of the visual novel due to her father's anti-magic bias but is able to learn a few more in the span of a few hours during case 2 which astonishes Aria. By case 3, she knows 7 spells which utterly impresses Rika who only knows 2 spells. Her quick mastery of magic is one of the clues that helps Tyrion figure out Celeste's draconic parentage.
68* MagicKnight: Celeste starts out as a sword-wielding mercenary with one spell that sharpens it, but over the course of the game she learns many more, like Detect Magic, Shape Liquid, or Mend Wounds.
69* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Crimson Demon, her mercenary nickname.
70* PluckyGirl: Celeste is depressed in Case 1 over her adoptive father's death and being suspected of his murder, but in cases 2 through 5, she's enthusiastic, cheerful, and friendly.
71* RedBaron: Celeste is known far and wide as the "Crimson Demon". After the last case, Tyrion's friend Rika suggests a new nickname (the Scaled Empress) that she likes much better.
72* {{Sidekick}}: After defending her in Case 1, she becomes Tyrion's sidekick for the remaining cases 2 through 5.
73* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Tyrion is the brainy lawyer with a knack for deduction and chess while Celeste is his really strong bodyguard from Episode 2 onward.
74* SuperStrength: Initially it's just vaguely ''implied'' that she has this through her feats, but the last case makes it clear that she's actually inhumanly strong due to her draconic heritage, with several scenes in the OnceMoreWithClarity flashback Tyrion has as he realizes it highlighting this.
75* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: The quickest and easiest way to get on Celeste's bad side is by trying to hurt Tyrion.
76[[/folder]]
77
78
79! Recurring characters
80
81[[folder:Orym White]]
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83[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orym_12.png]]
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85Commander of the Arcane Inquisition. He oversees the investigations for crimes involving magic. Initially distrustful of Tyrion, he comes to respect him as the game progresses.
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89* ByTheBookCop: He is scrupulous about performing his job properly, and he is initially distrustful of Tyrion because there are rumors that Tyrion's boss Ruby Tymora engaged in shady dealings in the past.
90* DoesNotLikeMagic: Orym hates magic and mages. He's frustrated that he can't arrest mages from the nobility (the vast majority of them), but finds solace in the fact he ''can'' arrest those from the commonfolk.
91-->'''Orym:''' All a mage has to do is wave their hands and say some magic nonsense. Then you suddenly have a dead body on the ground.
92* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When you first meet him, he's extremely gruff and hostile towards Celeste, establishing his KnightInSourArmor character and his dislike of mages who abuse their powers. Then, when you meet him again a few moments later in the jail, it's because he comes in while a member of the Kingsguard is being an ObstructiveBureaucrat and preventing you from reaching Celeste; he immediately chews them out and reminds them that Celeste is entitled to an attorney, establishing that he's a ByTheBookCop who insists on following procedure even for people he dislikes.
93* KnightInSourArmor: Commander Orym feels that he and the Inquisition are glorified lapdogs for the nobility and that Tyrion is just as crooked as his mentor is believed to be, but he's still committed to seeking justice and eventually warms up to Tyrion when he proves to be the same.
94[[/folder]]
95
96[[folder:Eris Illmater]]
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98[[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eris_25.png]]
99
100->''"I can't wait for the day... when I can see his eyes draped in agony."''
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102A student at the Imperial Academy, and Wallace's friend. She's actually the Empress of Discord, also known as the Lord of the Sixth Circle of hell. She also pretends to be the Eyetaker's daughter.
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104Her Arcane Art is Illusion.
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108* CannotTellALie: Demons are physically incapable of directly lying. However, they're capable of getting around this through use of ExactWords or simply [[LyingByOmission not revealing the whole truth]].
109* DaddysLittleVillain: Subverted. At first, she's revealed as the daughter of the Eyetaker, a notorious crime boss and is just as involved in his day-to-day operations such as pressing Ruby into making sure the heir to House Frega gets away with murder, but then it's revealed that she's not his real daughter at all, and was merely disguising herself as the real Eris, whom she already disposed of. However, during the game's end credits, we see her having a conversation with her real father, where she's whining about him "grounding" her from Wyverngarde.
110* DevilInPlainSight: Eris is ObviouslyEvil to the audience since her first appearance in Tyrion's dream has her declare her intent to crush him, the constant {{Ominous Visual Glitch}}es when dialog boxes are suddenly changed to her favor, and TheStinger of each case showing her involvement. In-universe, only Celeste feels unsettled by her and even then she stays civil because Tyrion considers her a friend. Eris being a powerful demon who manipulates memories justifies this behavior a fair amount.
111* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Eris, posing as an innocent high school girl, is actually an ancient demon who is the true mastermind behind several murder cases—both involving and ''not'' involving Tyrion.
112* DontYouDarePityMe: Eris towards Tyrion near the end of case 5. He pities her because, as a demon, she envies humanity's ability to choose between good and evil while she can only be evil, and is never even satisfied or fulfilled by the evil actions she performs. Eris responds by trying to kill him, for the first time in the entire game.
113* FourthWallObserver: Eris comments on much of the ''Ace Attorney'' aspects, such as how exciting the legal battles are or not having any special dialogue written for irrelevant evidence presented to her, which [[AudienceWhatAudience confuses Tyrion]]. In the last case she implicitly comments on the game as a whole by noting that what she's done is derivative but hoping that it has enough innovations to justify itself.
114* HopeCrusher: Her entire reason for being. Particularly towards Tyrion since he's a celestial being known as a Heavensborn, who Eris especially loves torturing.
115* IHaveManyNames: Eris also goes by the names Empress of Discord and Lord of the Sixth.
116* MeaningfulName: Eris is a DevilInPlainSight and shares her name with the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek goddess]] of strife and discord.
117* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Empress of Discord.
118* VerbalBackspace: She invokes this herself and seems to be able to cause it on those under her control; sometimes the screen will glitch out and replace what she or they were saying with something less incriminating.
119* VillainsNeverLie: Demons are unable to lie. Eris especially takes glee in making people suffer while making sure that everyone knows she's bound to tell the truth.
120* WrongContextMagic: As a Demon, Eris can make [[DealWithTheDevil Blood Contracts]] with humans and then use her ownership over them to MindControl them or edit their memories, which are feats that cannot be replicated with [[MagicAIsMagicA arcane magic]].
121[[/folder]]
122
123[[folder:Aster de Wyverngarde]]
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125[[quoteright:264:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aster_71.png]]
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127The elder prince of Wyverngarde, and then king in Episode 5.
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129His Arcane Art is Conjuration.
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133* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While his murder of corrupt lords is bad, his reasons for doing so make sense; the thing that is really treated as him crossing the line in-universe is his decision to use Aria for the murders, which would have destroyed her life. Worse, Aria was not only innocent and was one of the few good nobles, but was deeply in love with him - something his plan relied on to work.
134* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Aster lost his faith in straight-laced justice due to seeing his father compromising on similar ideals and contributing to Wyverngarde's corruption. He even calls Aria "stupid and naive" for wanting to change the system within the bounds of the law.
135* WellIntentionedExtremist: He masterminded the massacre in Episode 5 to weaken the Four Pillar Houses and consolidate all the remaining power behind him due to seeing all the suffering the commoners were facing at the hands of the nobility and feeling he had to take charge to fix the kingdom.
136[[/folder]]
137
138
139! The Four Pillars
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141!! House Frega
142
143[[folder:William Frega]]
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145[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/william_98.png]]
146
147->''"''Everyone ''can be bought."''
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149The ruling lord of House Frega until he's murdered in Episode 4. He has three daughters: Beatrice, Laefe, and Miriam.
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151His Arcane Art is Conjuration.
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155* AbusiveParents: Did his best to control every aspect of his daughter Beatrice's life. Looked for any excuse to prevent her from inheriting his banking empire, and he found it when she lost her sight due to an accident.
156* AssholeVictim: Described as a tyrant by his daughters, he failed to recognize Beatrice's impressive achievements in magic and even said that no woman would lead House Frega in his absence. He took advantage of Beatrice's gained blindness to control her even more. He even arranged the marriage of his daughter Laefe so House Frega would be led by a man. To top it all, he had plots against the Crown and House Steelwind.
157* KarmicDeath: Is killed by his own daughter, who he abused, controlled, and disempowered every chance he got.
158* StrawMisogynist: William was well known for being "a chauvinistic pig", in Aria's words. He desperately tried to have a son, but only got three daughters. It's safe to assume he would have kept trying if his wife hadn't died. He preferred to marry one of them to a rival house and have the husband lead House Frega rather than let his own daughter be in charge. This daughter, Laefe, isn't happy about it, obviously. William is depicted overall as a very nasty man that few people mourn.
159[[/folder]]
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161[[folder:Beatrice Frega]]
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163[[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beatrice_2.png]]
164
165->''"Our system is'' broken! ''The only way we can fix it is by burning it down from the inside! As long as King Olivier sits on the throne, this suffering will only continue!"''
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167William's firstborn daughter. She was supposed to marry Prince Aster, but she ran away from her home five years prior to the game. She's accused of murdering her father despite being completely blind.
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169Her Arcane Art is Illusion.
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173* BitchInSheepsClothing: Behaves cordially towards Tyrion on their first meeting, but her true character is revealed the closer he gets to proving she's guilty.
174* BlackmailBackfire: Beatrice had a folder detailing William's plots against the Crown and House Steelwind. If he didn't surrender all of House Frega's assets to her immediately, she would send this information to the right people, who would absolutely ruin him. Unfortunately for Beatrice, William thought that he could buy his way out of trouble if the information got out. Now, Lucio Steelwind wasn't a person that could be bribed, and she knew it, but William was so sheltered and naĂŻve that he didn't take the blackmail seriously. Instead, William decided to disinherit Beatrice on the spot for her insolence. Her own life depended on the inheritance, so she had to improvise and kill him before he could write a new will where she didn't receive any assets. In the end, however, the truth came out and not only was she convicted for murder, she lost the right to any inheritance per the Slayer Rule, and her soul can be claimed at any moment by the Empress of Discord because Beatrice failed to fulfill the terms of her DealWithTheDevil (claiming House Frega's assets). It could have been averted if Beatrice had simply sent the damning information to the right people without the blackmail.
175* BoomerangBigot: Hates nobles. Is the heir to House Frega, which is at the top of the noble caste.
176* BrokenAce: She's nothing short of a magical prodigy. [[SuperiorSuccessor She surpassed her father when she was only 13]], and was trying to invent a new spell at 18. Even Lucio Steelwind, the head of a rival noble house, respected her. Every character that knows Beatrice will tell you how absurdly powerful she is. However, she was psychologically abused by her father all her life, which led to her running away from her home, family, status, and studies. She later signs a [[DealWithTheDevil Blood Contract]] and is forced to commit {{Patricide}} in an attempt to save her own soul, but the truth comes out and she's convicted. Eris Illmater will probably claim her soul at some point in the future.
177* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: She's kept alive instead of killed by different people and for different reasons. Eris could claim her life as per the Blood Contract they made, but needs to use her in a convoluted plan to torture Tyrion. Then, after Eris is dispatched and the case is solved, Beatrice should be given the death penalty for murdering her father, but Tyrion and Celeste decide to keep her alive so they know when Eris returns.
178-->'''Beatrice:''' You're... ''using'' me like a canary in a coal mine?!
179* CrazyPrepared: She [[NearVillainVictory almost]] gets off scot-free because she prepared for the very unlikely scenario that ended up happening, and only gets caught thanks to a DeusExMachina. Beatrice used her demonic familiar, Marrunath, to murder her father. Marrunath is constantly hidden from everyone else thanks to the invisibility spell she casts on him every hour, so nobody even knows about his existence. Despite this, Tyrion manages to figure out through deduction and Celeste's Detect Magic spell (which can detect the usage of the invisibility spell) that Beatrice has a familiar. He has him testify, and finds out that demons can't lie. When it seems that it's going to be easy for Tyrion to prove his case, Beatrice steps in and has Marrunath confess to the crime. Then she asks him "Did I ''[[ExactWords order]]'' you to murder my father?", to which he answers "No, you did not". Which is technically true - she just told him he ''could'' murder the victim, knowing that he ''would''. She argues that familiars have their own agency and she's not to blame for the murder, except her Blood Contract with Marrunath explains the concept that he can't kill any human without her express permission. Of course, the contract is not in evidence, so Tyrion would have normally lost had his dead mother not suddenly communicated with him and taught him how to issue a Divine Edict to get a copy of the contract - something that not even Beatrice could have possibly predicted. And keep in mind, the only reason Beatrice was even a suspect in this case was because [[SpannerInTheWorks an unpredictable third party accidentally framed her]]. So she avoided directly ordering Marrunath in preparation for the extremely unlikely scenario that Marrunath was called to testify.
180-->'''Tyrion:''' ''(thinking to himself)'' She must have done something... Did she plan for this? She must have arranged things so that statement would be technically true.
181* DeadpanSnarker: Has a few moments of sass in case 5. For example, when Celeste gaslights Tyrion about her FreudianSlip, Beatrice looks down on him and says "If only you were ''always'' this easy to lie to."
182* DeathFakedForYou: By using the Feign Death spell (which temporarily stops the target's heart and breathing without killing them), she tricks Celeste into thinking Tyrion is dead in the prayer room.
183* DisinheritedChild: The cornerstone of the prosecution in Case 4 is that William Frega disinherited his daughter Beatrice on the night of his murder, giving her a motive. The youngest daughter, Miriam, testifies that the disinheritance happened 5 years ago, which if true would remove the motive. William did make the decision after speaking with Beatrice on the night of the murder. Beatrice killed him before he could update his will.
184* TheDogBitesBack: She kills her father, the man who abused her for the first 18 years of her life. Zigzagged in that revenge was not the reason for the murder - she only did it to avoid going to hell.
185* DontYouDarePityMe: In case 5, Tyrion tells Beatrice that he can still try to dispute the Blood Contract she has, and free her soul. She tells him that it would be next to impossible, as the document is airtight and has little room for interpretation.
186-->'''Tyrion:''' ...I'm sorry.
187-->'''Beatrice:''' ''(looking down on him)'' Don't be. You defeated me. I won't suffer your pity.
188* ForcedSleep: She uses the Sleep spell in Case 5 to render Pierce and Tyrion unconscious in the prayer room.
189* FriendlyEnemy: Despite being convicted by Tyrion, she shows no animosity towards him in Episode 5. Even he's surprised by how civil she is. She helps him learn more about heavensborn and the Theocracy of Lumina, and later on provides enough clues for him to figure out who's behind the massacre. The only times she shows any hint of opposition are 1) when he [[DontYouDarePityMe pities]] her and 2) when he doesn't believe her testimony.
190* HairTriggerTemper: According to Miriam, Beatrice used to be "far quicker to anger" before she ran away five years ago.
191-->'''Miriam:''' She looks so composed and calm now... It's like she's a totally different person.
192* HealingHands: As per her Spell Compendium, she can use Mend Wounds, even if she never does on-screen.
193* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Absolutely despises corrupt nobles like Garrick Pierce and Lloyd von Sanctus, but she herself became one of them in her attempt to seize control of House Frega and bring about change to Wyverngarde.
194* {{Invisibility}}: She uses this spell to keep Marrunath, her demonic familiar, hidden from view.
195* MasterOfIllusion: Tyrion calls her one. She has managed to master the Invisibility spell, which is so high-level that few mages ever get to learn it in their lifetime, and she's only 23 years old (she might have learned it even earlier). [[GameplayAndStorySegregation However]], the only other illusion spell she can cast is Illusory Disguise, which apparently is easy enough for non-illusionists like Wallace Nightgrave to learn. In fact, she knows more necromancy spells than illusion spells. Beatrice does milk Invisibility for all it's worth, though, using it to hide her demonic familiar from the world so people think she can't see anything due to her blindness ([[AnimalEyeSpy she can see through his eyes]]) and can't possibly have committed the crimes she's accused of (her familiar was the perpetrator, following her orders).
196* ObfuscatingDisability: Played with. She's completely blind because of an accident that happened some years ago, and this is used by the defense to argue that she couldn't have committed the murder she's accused of. ''However'', she can see through the eyes of her demonic familiar, who is always close to her and hidden from other people via an invisibility spell.
197* ProdigalHero: Beatrice thought she was the hero in one of these plots, but ended up being the villain. Born in one of the wealthiest families in Wyverngarde, she was [[AbusiveParents controlled by her father at every opportunity]], so she ran away five years prior to the game. Then she returned with the intention to oust him and take over the house, but her plan went horribly wrong and she felt the need to murder him before he could disinherit her. The truth comes out and she's imprisoned, though her sisters are free from their father's influence (but traumatized by the events).
198* PsychoticSmirk: One of her sprites has her looking down on the camera with malicious, shadowed eyes and a wide cat-like smile. [[https://youtu.be/Kxt514iwEOU?t=4062 See for yourself.]]
199* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: She was born in probably the wealthiest family in Wyverngarde, but recognizes the corruption of the nobility system. She wants to burn it down from the inside to help the commonfolk, which would include deposing the king, by seizing control of House Frega.
200* SuperiorSuccessor: Lucio says that Beatrice surpassed her father in terms of magical prowess when she was only 13 years old, and he believes she could have revolutionized the study of conjuration magic. Case in point: she was trying to invent a new spell formula at 18.
201* TookALevelInKindness: Behaves pretty abrasively towards Tyrion at the end of Episode 4, but come Episode 5 she's very cordial and doesn't wish him any harm.
202-->'''Beatrice:''' ''(smiling)'' You seem to be doing well, Mr. Cuthbert.\
203'''Tyrion:''' ...\
204'''Beatrice:''' ...Why are you looking at me like this?\
205'''Tyrion:''' ...Are you seriously not angry at me?\
206'''Beatrice:''' At this point, what would my rage accomplish? You defeated me despite my best efforts. I suppose [[VillainRespect I respect you for that]].
207* VillainRespect: Respects Tyrion for being able to convict her despite her best efforts.
208* VisionaryVillain: She realized that the nobility is rotten to the core, so she wants to seize control of House Frega's resources to burn the system from the inside and liberate Wyverngarde. Unfortunately for her, she didn't get anything thanks to the Slayer Rule.
209[[/folder]]
210
211[[folder:Laefe Frega]]
212
213[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laefe_7.png]]
214
215->''"I just...'' can't ''marry someone that I don't love."''
216
217William's middle daughter. She owns a dog {{familiar}} named Tracker.
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219Her Arcane Art is Conjuration.
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223* ArrangedMarriage: William Frega arranged the marriage of Laefe and Jaiden von Sanctus. House von Sanctus would be absorbed, but Jaiden would inherit all of the Frega estate and be the new head. Laefe never wanted to marry Jaiden, and after William's death she's no longer obligated to do it.
224* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Laefe is one of the nicest and truly good people in the game, and she has bright blonde hair. Compare with her blue-haired sisters who have qualities that bring them down in terms of likability and/or morality.
225* StrongFamilyResemblance: Inverted. She looks ''nothing'' like her sisters or her father. They have light blue hair and silver eyes, while she has blonde hair and green eyes.
226[[/folder]]
227
228[[folder:Miriam Frega]]
229
230[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miriam_64.png]]
231
232->''"I don't'' need ''friends.'' I'm ''a Frega, what need would I have for such things?"''
233
234William's youngest daughter. She studies in the Imperial Academy.
235
236Her Arcane Art is Conjuration.
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240* BreakTheHaughty: She's a spoiled, classist brat in her introduction, but after her father dies and her sister Beatrice is convicted for it, she spends most of her screentime sad. It doesn't help that she was blackmailed into committing perjury in favor of her guilty sister.
241* RedHerring: A lot of evidence in Case 2 initially points to her. However, Tyrion is immediately dubious of it, specifically noting that the OrgyOfEvidence makes no sense and would require (among other things) that she commit premeditated murder with her highly-recognizable family rapier and then leave it, ''still bloody'', where it would inevitably be found.
242[[/folder]]
243
244!! House Steelwind
245
246[[folder:Lucio Steelwind]]
247
248[[quoteright:294:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lucio_6.png]]
249
250The ruling lord of House Steelwind, and Grand General of Wyverngarde. Aria's father.
251
252His Arcane Art is Evocation.
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256* CoolOldGuy: Has a big axe and an eyepatch, almost kills Tyrion when they first meet, is the Grand General of Wyverngarde, makes for a competent prosecutor, and saves his daughter from a Blood Contract by ''killing the king himself''. He even asks for his own arrest!
257* DeathFakedForYou: Essentially what happens to him after the events of case 5. A public news story says that he, Aster, and Aster's father died in a demon attack, rather than the truth of him being arrested for killing Aster for brainwashing Aria into committing murder.
258* MagicKnight: He's proficient in both axes and evocation magic.
259* PapaWolf: Lucio will resort to extreme measures in order to protect his daughter. Aria is the puppet of King Aster thanks to a Blood Contract he tricked her into signing, and the only way to free her is if Aria or Aster dies. Lucio has his doubts because a kingdom without a king has a bleak future... but then Celeste is revealed to have a claim on the throne as well, so Lucio kills him on the spot even if it means he will spend the rest of his life in prison for regicide.
260[[/folder]]
261
262[[folder:Aria Steelwind]]
263
264[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aria_9.png]]
265
266A prosecutor and the heiress to House Steelwind. Lucio's daughter. She goes to court against Tyrion in most of his trials.
267
268Her Arcane Art is Evocation.
269
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271
272* BrainwashedAndCrazy: She's controlled like a puppet by Aster in Episode 5. Thanks to a Blood Contract he tricked her into signing, she's manipulated to murder Lloyd von Sanctus and Coraline Sibyl.
273* ClassyCane: Whenever she wants to emphasize her point, she takes out a fancy cane and slams it down by her side.
274* CrusadingLawyer: Despite first impressions, Aria is a prosecutor who wants the justice system to work and is willing to stand against other nobles instead of covering for them once Tyrion proves his case. In case 2, she orders the Inquisition to standby, but allows Tyrion to investigate because she knows he isn't susceptible to corruption from the nobility. In case 4, she's attacked en route to the trial, but still prosecutes until she collapses from her injuries and arranges for Tyrion to legally stand in for her.
275* FriendlyEnemy: Even moreso than is usual for prosecutors in the ''Ace Attorney'' series. As early as the second case, she trusts Tyrion and Celeste over her own staff, since she's recognized that they share her ideals, and gives specific orders that they're allowed to search a crime scene that she's forbidden to absolutely everyone else. By the end of the game she's Celeste's best friend.
276* HealingHands: As per her Spell Compendium, she can use Mend Wounds, even if she never does on-screen.
277* NonIdleRich: Aria is the heir to one of the wealthiest and most influential noble houses in Wyverngarde. She could twiddle her thumbs or go into a high position in the army like her father, but she's a prosecutor instead, a job that is considered "lowly" by noble standards. She's also single-handedly investigating a series of strange homicides where the perpetrators seem to have been manipulated into doing it.
278* NotSoStoic: Played for laughs when the usually unflappable Aria Steelwind dissolves into a blushing, stuttering mess whenever she's around Prince Aster. Takes a darker turn after case 5 when Tyrion is at first unable to detect any emotions from her, until she eventually breaks down in Celeste's arms over Aster's betrayal and her being duped by him.
279* PlayingWithFire: She can cast Fire Bolt, a fire ball that can be aimed towards a target. She uses it in Case 5 when she needs to drain the oxygen from the Common Room so von Sanctus suffocates.
280* TheRival: For most of the cases, she's the opposing prosecuting attorney.
281[[/folder]]
282
283!! House von Sanctus
284
285[[folder:Lloyd von Sanctus]]
286
287[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/von_sanctus_9.png]]
288
289The ruling lord of House von Sanctus. He owns the lands of Aurinax and von Sanctus Industries.
290
291His Arcane Art is Abjuration.
292
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294
295* AccidentalMurder: He didn't intend for someone to ''die'' during his sabotage of Dracogen's plant. That said, when it does happen he quickly decides to turn it to his own advantage.
296* AssholeVictim: A prime example of the nobility of Wyverngarde who looks down on commoners and believes they owe him. He was responsible for the death of Justin Waye but got off scot free thanks to his status. Also, he's so fixated on profit that he can't genuinely understand why Dracogen's employees would destroy their product if it meant they had a chance to save a man, even though it cost a small fortune to the company.
297* EvenEvilHasStandards: As awful as he is, he ''does'' try to save Justin's life by ordering the construct to catch him and pull him to safety.
298* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A large part of the reason he's caught is because he didn't expect that the vat of caustic chemicals he tossed the evidence into would be neutralized, at great expense, in a vain attempt to save the life of the worker he'd accidentally pushed in earlier. Even after he learns that it happened, he's in disbelief that they would do such a thing.
299* HealingHands: As per his Spell Compendium, he can use Mend Wounds, even if he never does on-screen.
300[[/folder]]
301
302[[folder:Jaiden von Sanctus]]
303
304Lloyd's son.
305
306----
307
308* ArrangedMarriage: William Frega arranged the marriage of his middle daughter Laefe and Jaiden. House von Sanctus would be absorbed, but Jaiden would inherit all of the Frega estate and be the new head. Laefe never wanted to marry Jaiden, and after William's death she's no longer obligated to do it.
309[[/folder]]
310
311!! House Sibyl
312
313[[folder:Coraline Sibyl]]
314
315[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sibyl_7.png]]
316
317The ruling lady of House Sibyl.
318
319Her Arcane Art is Divination.
320
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322
323* AssholeVictim: She's aware of the serious corruption in the legal system her house is responsible of, but does nothing about it. She justifies it by saying that the cosmic forces wanted it so, and that it's up to the commonfolk to try to improve the system by learning law. Tyrion is rightfully pissed about this and immediately ends his first and last conversation with her shortly before she's murdered.
324* CombatClairvoyance: She can cast the divination spell Foresight, which allows her to see a few seconds into the future. Wasn't of much use to her in her fight against Aria because, while she did foresee that Aria would attack her and thus protected herself with Stone Skin, she couldn't prevent Aria from paralyzing her with Hold Creature and throwing her into the lake.
325* DishingOutDirt: She can cast Stone Skin, a transmutation spell that creates a stone layer around the caster's body, protecting it from all physical trauma. She used it to defend herself from a murderous Aria. Unfortunately for her, Aria paralyzed her with Hold Creature and threw her to the lake below, making Sibyl sink and drown.
326* OlderThanTheyLook: Sibyl is 38 years old, but could pass for someone half her age.
327* WeHardlyKnewYe: She only appears in one scene before she's murdered.
328[[/folder]]
329
330
331! Lower Nobility
332
333[[folder:Garrick Pierce]]
334
335[[quoteright:291:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pierce_48.png]]
336
337Ruling lord of House Pierce, which owns Kornhaven and its land.
338
339His Arcane Art is Transmutation.
340
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342
343* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He kills himself rather than be murdered as part of a demon's scheme, which is the main reason Eris' plans fail.
344* BlackmailBackfire: Pierce tries to blackmail Aster by threatening to reveal Celeste's parentage and demands to have his execution lifted. This leads to Aster setting him up as a target and his subsequent demise.
345* DeathByIrony: Pierce is killed via an ice blade to the torso, the same way he killed Flinhart. This is used to implicate Celeste as a revenge killing, but it's subverted as Pierce killed himself.
346* SpannerInTheWorks: When Celeste hesitates to murder him, his [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled decision to kill himself]] is what really causes Eris' plans to derail. Most of her actions for the rest of Case 5 are focused on covering this fact up.
347[[/folder]]
348
349[[folder:Harold Haroldson]]
350
351[[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harold_on_the_stand.png]]
352 [[caption-width-right:262:Rare instance of Harold without Eugene on his shoulder.]]
353
354A historian, and owner of Haroldson's Hall of History. He has a monkey {{familiar}} named Eugene.
355
356His Arcane Art is Transmutation.
357
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359
360* RepetitiveName: '''Harold''' '''Harold'''son. Lampshaded in-universe in that he constantly tells people to call him by his first name, even if they ''did''.
361* SheepInSheepsClothing: He seems to be a nice man at first, but the Eye of Horus reveals pretty rude thoughts about Tyrion. Turns out those thoughts belonged to Eugene, not Harold.
362[[/folder]]
363
364[[folder:Lazarick Asclepius]]
365
366[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asclepius_7.png]]
367
368Ruling lord of House Asclepius, which specializes in necromancy magic.
369
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371
372* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: He couldn't be anything other than a necromancer, based on his looks. Even though he's 27 years old, he has silver hair. He has a purple mark under his right eye, and his left is covered by a piece of black fabric. He's wearing a mostly black tunic with cyan accents and one small skull on each shoulder.
373* DarkIsNotEvil: While he's a necromancer and dresses the part, his study of necromancy is entirely focused on its healing applications, and he's never presented as anything but helpful and well-intentioned, including recognizing Wallace's talents despite his being a commoner and taking him under his wing.
374* MeaningfulName: Both his names reference his status as the world's greatest healer; "Lazarick" is based on Lazarus, who was revived from the dead in Literature/TheBible, while Asclepius was the Greco-Roman god of medicine.
375* SuperDoc: He's the best magical healer in the entire world, even capable of bringing the dead back to life provided he gets there in time.
376[[/folder]]
377
378
379
380! Imperial Academy Staff
381
382[[folder:Theodore Redmond]]
383
384[[quoteright:293:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redmond_5.png]]
385
386The elderly headmaster of the Imperial Academy.
387
388His Arcane Art is Illusion.
389
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391
392* SympatheticMurderer: Under his watch, the Imperial Academy has become more egalitarian and open to teaching non-nobles; since they agree with his ideological outlook and recognize harm removing him would do (given that he's likely to be replaced with someone much worse), nobody on Tyrion's side is happy with having to prove he committed murder.
393* WellIntentionedExtremist: He felt he had to kill Bellwether to ensure the commonfolk still had a place at the academy rather than allow her to kick them all out.
394[[/folder]]
395
396[[folder:Catherine Bellwether]]
397
398[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bellwether.png]]
399
400A professor teaching in the Imperial Academy. She's infamous among staff and students alike for her unlikable demeanor.
401
402Her Arcane Art is Illusion.
403
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405
406* AssholeVictim: She was a professor at the Imperial Academy who routinely bullied faculty and students alike, especially those belonging to the commonfolk like Wallace. She was planning to take the job of Headmaster Redmond and replace the academy staff with arcane constructs. It's no wonder no one mourns her.
407* {{Jerkass}}: Her most defining trait. Nobody got along well with her. She was specially unpleasant towards students belonging to the commonfolk, like Wallace.
408-->'''Bellwether:''' ...Wallace.\
409'''Wallace:''' Y-y-y-y-yes?!\
410'''Bellwether:''' How am I supposed to understand you when you're stuttering?!\
411'''Wallace:''' Yes, Professor Bellwether!\
412'''Bellwether:''' Straighten out your uniform and fix that ''awful'' hair. You look like a street urchin. ...But I suppose it's unreasonable to expect anything more.
413* WeHardlyKnewYe: She only appears in one scene before she's murdered.
414[[/folder]]
415
416[[folder:Valentina Ianus]]
417
418[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valentina_93.png]]
419
420A member of the kitchen staff. Has an identical twin, Valerie.
421
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423
424* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Valentina and Valerie are identical twins. The only way you can differentiate them is that Valentina is usually cheerful while Valerie is usually more standoffish. The former has a big smile and eyes wide open while the latter doesn't smile and has half-closed eyes. They take advantage of this to fool the Inquisition and hide the fact that Valerie is a mage.
425* RedOniBlueOni: She's chipper while Valerie is collected and standoffish.
426[[/folder]]
427
428[[folder:Valerie Ianus]]
429
430[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valerie_82.png]]
431
432A member of the kitchen staff. Has an identical twin, Valentina. She's secretly a mage with the ability to use Mend Wounds.
433
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435
436* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Valentina and Valerie are identical twins. The only way you can differentiate them is that Valentina is usually cheerful while Valerie is usually more standoffish. The former has a big smile and eyes wide open while the latter doesn't smile and has half-closed eyes. They take advantage of this to fool the Inquisition and hide the fact that Valerie is a mage.
437* HealingHands: She can use the spell Mend Wounds, which she casts on Bellwether. It didn't work because she was already dead.
438* RedOniBlueOni: She's collected and standoffish while Valentina is chipper.
439[[/folder]]
440
441
442! Aurinax characters
443
444[[folder:Mosourika "Rika" Tudor]]
445
446[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rika_57.png]]
447
448Owner of a café in Aurinax, and childhood friend of Tyrion's.
449
450Her Arcane Art is Evocation.
451
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453
454* {{Chuunibyou}}: Rika enjoys dramatically playing herself up as the Dark Lord of Aurinax for fun and wears a [[RobeAndWizardHat pointy wizard hat to boot]]. She reveals that Tyrion was a bit chunni as a child as well.
455[[/folder]]
456
457[[folder:Justin Waye]]
458
459The victim of Episode 3. He was a worker in Dracogen's refinery who fell into a tank filled with evocation magic. He used to hang out with delinquents, and had a debt to the Eyetaker, but was trying to reform.
460
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462
463* TheGhost: Unlike all the other victims in the game, we never meet him or get his picture.
464* MeaningfulName: In true ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fashion, his name reflects the fact that he literally just died because he was in the way.
465* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He died because he came back to return the gold he had stolen from his employer. If he hadn't had a change of heart, he wouldn't have fallen to his death.
466[[/folder]]
467
468
469! Familiars
470
471[[folder:Eugene Haroldson]]
472
473[[quoteright:262:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eugene_smart.png]]
474
475Harold Haroldson's pet monkey.
476
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478
479* RedHerring: There's a lot of clues pointing to him, and he actually *did* sneak into the victim's room, but he's not the culprit.
480* ScaryShinyGlasses: He has a sprite where he looks sideways as he lifts his glasses, which glow.
481* UpliftedAnimal: As a familiar, this comes with the territory to some extent, but he uses a magical artifact to uplift himself further, making him smarter than most humans.
482[[/folder]]
483
484[[folder:Tracker]]
485
486[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tracker_4.png]]
487Laefe's pet dog.
488
489----
490
491* EvilDetectingDog: Tracker barks non-stop at Eris as soon as he sees her though she brushes it off as [[AnimalsHateHim animals not liking her]]. Once revealed to be a demon, she comments on how animals have been able to sense her true form.
492[[/folder]]
493
494[[folder:Marrunath]]
495
496[[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marrunath.png]]
497
498Beatrice's demonic familiar, granted to her by the Blood Contract she signed.
499
500----
501
502* CannotTellALie: Demons are physically incapable of directly lying. However, they're capable of getting around this through use of ExactWords or simply [[LyingByOmission not revealing the whole truth]].
503[[/folder]]
504
505
506
507! Other characters
508
509[[folder:Flinhart [=McCoy=]]]
510
511[[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flinhart.png]]
512
513Celeste's adoptive father, and the victim of Episode 1. He wants to depose King Olivier, and has been rallying a revolutionary group for decades.
514
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516
517* CynicismCatalyst: Flinhart developed a grudge against mages and magic in general because he used to be friends with Garrick Pierce as a child, but one day, Garrick started practicing magic without the presence of an instructor. Flinhart and Garrick found out why an instructor is necessary the hard way, because Garrick lost control of his magic and accidentally killed Effie, Flinhart's sister.
518* LaResistance: He's been rallying people against King Olivier for the last few decades.
519[[/folder]]
520
521[[folder:The judge]]
522
523[[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_judge_3.png]]
524
525An old man overseeing most of Tyrion's trials.
526
527----
528
529* ScaryShinyGlasses: Whenever the judge slams his gavel down to restore order to the courtroom, the animation that plays shows his glasses with a "shiny" effect that briefly obscures his eyes.
530* SternOldJudge: For most of the game, trials are presided over by a judge with gray hair and glasses, who is competent at his job and keeps trials running smoothly. The only case he doesn't preside over is Case 5, which has a different judge due to extremely unusual circumstances.
531[[/folder]]
532
533[[folder:The Eyetaker]]
534
535[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eyetaker.png]]
536
537A notorious mob boss with bases all around Wyverngarde. Cooperates with Ruby Tymora and Beatrice Frega, who despise the corrupt nobility like he does, to further his grand plans. Justin Waye owed him money.
538
539----
540
541* IHaveManyNames: He's gone by many names over the years, but his favorite has always been The Eyetaker. His true name is Jon Leiran.
542* TheUnfought: While he's built up as a major threat over the course of the story, he's unceremoniously killed by Eris at the end of Case 4 (which Tyrion only learns in Case 5); outside of his one attempt to recruit Tyrion, which happens entirely in dialog, you never really get a chance to confront him.
543* VisionaryVillain: He has (undisclosed) lofty plans to change Wyverngarde, and for that he needs Tymora's legal know-how, Tyrion's Eye of Horus, and Beatrice's money/influence. He dies before he can materialize any of it.
544* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After using him as a pawn for a while, Eris unceremoniously decides he's no longer useful and sics a crowd of people on him at the end of Case 4.
545[[/folder]]
546
547[[folder:Frey Cuthbert]]
548
549Tyrion's dead mother, hailing from the Theocracy of Lumina. She was executed for a crime when he was a kid, making him an orphan. Ruby Tymora was her defense attorney. Tyrion inherited the Eye of Horus from her.
550
551----
552
553* DeusExMachina: Somehow communicates with Tyrion in Episode 4 to teach him how to issue a Divine Edict and help him win an otherwise unwinnable case.
554* PosthumousCharacter: We only learn about her long after her death. Somehow, she manages to briefly talk to Tyrion in Episode 4.
555[[/folder]]
556
557[[folder:Remus Virgilae]]
558
559[[quoteright:295:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/virgilae.png]]
560
561Royal Advisor to King Olivier and his family. He's actually Rathallion, the Scaled Lord.
562
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564
565* AGodIAmNot: He tries to tell this to his church's high priest, but it doesn't stick.
566* BigGood: To the kingdom as a whole, as their draconic patron and deity.
567* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Played for laughs at the end of the game, with him telling Celeste he wants to have a "talk" with Tyrion, to her chagrin.
568* GodWasMyCopilot: Although his disguised form is only introduced in Case 5, and his status as the Scaled Lord is revealed shortly afterwards, he still qualifies as this for a short while in-universe and in a much broader sense for the kingdom as a whole, since it turns out that (known only to a few people) the dragon worshiped by most of the population has been serving as advisor to the king all along.
569[[/folder]]

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