History VisualNovel / TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane

"Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane is a visual novel inspired by the Ace Attorney series. You play as a defense attorney who practices law in a world of fantasy and wizards. You must defend clients accused of various crimes committed using magic and use the rules of magic to prove them innocent. However, the system is corrupt to its core and manipulated by the aristocracy. Will you acquit your innocent clients in light of that? Or will you fall before a corrupt judicial system?"

* WarmupBoss: The Case 1 culprit, [[spoiler:Garrick Pierce]], goes down more easily than future culprits, as befitting the culprit of the first case. He did use an unusual trick to hide how he killed the victim [[spoiler:because he magically shaped liquid into a weapon instead of using an actual weapon]], but once you figure out the trick, he goes down pretty easily.

* StarterVillain: The Case 1 culprit, [[spoiler:Garrick Pierce]], is your first major challenge in the game. He used an unusual trick to hide the murder weapon, [[spoiler:because he didn't use a weapon, he used a spell to shape liquid into a weapon]], but once you figure out the trick, he goes down more easily than future culprits.

* VoicedGrunting: Most lines in the game are not voiced, but "Objections" are voiced, Celeste's "Reperio Arcanum" chant to detect magic is voiced, and whenever Tyrion casts [[spoiler:Empowered Eye]], his voiced line is "None can remain concealed!"

* JustSoStory: The kingdom of Wyverngarde has a story explaining how the current social order came to be, and you learn this origin story at the beginning of Case 2: long ago, the kingdom of Wyverngarde was in the middle of a brutal war, and it was losing. The people prayed to Bahamut, the god of dragons, for salvation, and in answer to their prayers, Rathallion the Scaled Lord granted the gift of magic to a group of heroes fighting on the front lines. Those heroes then overtook their enemies and won the war, and they then founded the "noble houses" of the present day. This is meant to explain why Wyverngarde is divided into nobility and commoners and why (usually) only nobles can perform magic.

* OriginStory: The kingdom of Wyverngarde has one that also functions as a JustSoStory explaining how the current social order came to be, and you learn this origin story at the beginning of Case 2: long ago, the kingdom of Wyverngarde was in the middle of a brutal war, and it was losing. The people prayed to Bahamut, the god of dragons, for salvation, and in answer to their prayers, Rathallion the Scaled Lord granted the gift of magic to a group of heroes fighting on the front lines. Those heroes then overtook their enemies and won the war, and they then founded the "noble houses" of the present day. This is meant to explain why Wyverngarde is divided into nobility and commoners and why (usually) only nobles can perform magic.

* HiredGuns: Hired swordswoman in this case, but Celeste [=McCoy=] works as a mercenary to earn a living.

* CynicismCatalyst: Flinheart McCoy, the victim of Case 1, developed a grudge against mages and magic in general because [[spoiler: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]].

* {{Telepathy}}: The protagonist Tyrion Cuthbert 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 Tyrion read's the merchant's thoughts and realizes the merchant is trying to trick him about how much the apple juice is worth. [[spoiler: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.]]

* 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. [[spoiler:The only case he doesn't preside over is Case 5, which has a different judge due to extremely unusual circumstances.]]

* MentorArchetype: Ruby Tymora is Tyrion's boss, [[spoiler:and also unofficially adopted him after the death of his mother]].

* StandardFantasySetting: The story takes place in a kingdom called Wyverngarde, a LowFantasy setting, as it's a human kingdom where magic is only practiced by a minority of the population.

* {{Sidekick}}: After defending Celeste [=McCoy=], a mercenary and the defendant of Case 1, she becomes Tyrion's sidekick for the remaining cases 2 through 5.

* {{Sidekick}}: After defending Celeste McCoy, a mercenary and the defendant of Case 1, she becomes Tyrion's sidekick for the remaining cases 2 through 5.

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