The Fey clan is a family of spirit mediums who are directly descended from Ami Fey. These mediums are known to utilize the Kurain Channeling Technique to call spirits, and have passed down this power through the Kurain School of Channeling. They are mostly situated in Kurain Village. ADVERTISEMENT History According to legend, the Fey family was originally a family known for its service to the gods. The Kurain tradition started long ago with Ami Fey, who migrated from Khura'in to Japan. Ami had the ability to channel spirits, a trait that is exclusive to descendants of the Holy Mother. Ami was so revered by the Fey family that, upon her death, her soul was supposedly sealed within an urn with her name on it. This Sacred Urn became the most precious treasure of Kurain Village, with the people of the Fey clan believing that their spiritual powers would last only as long as her soul remained inside. When the clan moved to the United States, it became very influential in its new home. Government politicians and other high-ranking officers began to rely on or support the Fey spirit mediums in order to help them reach their political goals, including the Atishon family. However, this prestigious reputation would become tarnished by the DL-6 Incident wherein the Master at the time, Misty Fey, was accused of being a fraud, leading to her disappearance for 17 years. The clan's reputation began to recover after the case was finally closed 15 years later. Despite this, however, many members left to live their lives in the city, ultimately leaving Pearl and Maya as the only mediums left in the village. ADVERTISEMENT Kurain Channeling Technique Main article: Kurain Channeling Technique Family structure As only the women in the clan are able to inherit the Kurain Channeling Technique, the clan structure is very matriarchal; male Feys are rarely ever mentioned, and no information on their role in the society has ever been given other than that they usually work outside the village. As such, marriages in the clan usually fail, and daughters of the Fey clan generally take on the Fey matronym. Well-known female members of the Fey clan are also generally referred to using the title "Mystic", including the Master, e.g. Mystic Misty and people who have been away from Kurain Village for over 20 years are considered dead for all intents and purposes; for example, even if Misty had not died beforehand, Maya would have eventually inherited the title of Master due to her prolonged disappearance. The clan is governed by a Master, who is usually the eldest daughter of the previous Master, and the Master's family is referred to as the main family. The other daughters and sons form what are known as branch families that are forever deemed inferior to, and must serve, the main family regardless of circumstances. This arrangement has led to tension within the village and a long history of violent usurpations, with at least one instance of a branch family forcibly assuming power by wiping out the previous main family. Thus, one branch family exists at Hazakura Temple whose duty is to protect the main family. The eldest daughter usually becomes the next Master by default, as she typically possesses greater spiritual power. However, if another daughter becomes more spiritually powerful than the eldest, as was the case with Morgan and Misty, she is deemed more worthy and assumes the title instead. These instances can be shameful for the eldest daughter, as this demotes her lineage to that of a branch family. Another notable exception is Mia, who left the village and allowed Maya to assume the role of heir to the title. ADVERTISEMENT Clothing The Fey clan has various kimono dress styles depending on an individual's role in the clan, with the general design of said kimonos having a much shorter hem than is traditional. Usually, the torso and the sleeves are colored two different shades of purple, though notably Morgan Fey had a more elaborate kimono design. In the case of Maya and Pearl, the torso is of the lighter shade, whereas in others the torso is of the darker shade. Each Fey has her own hairstyle, which almost always involves a braid or beads, although notably Mia Fey neither braided her hair nor had beads in it, even while she lived in Kurain Village. Clan members typically possess their own magatama, which is worn around the neck and the color of which varies with the owner. Even Feys who leave the village have been known to continue to wear a magatama, such as Mia, who wore hers even after becoming a lawyer and she continued to do so until her death. Magatamas can also be charged with spiritual energy, causing them to glow and allowing the wearer to detect and break Psyche-Locks, even if they possess no spiritual abilities themselves. Each Fey member also wears orbs on their magatama necklaces, which represent her training progress; Iris has only two, Pearl and Maya each have four (although Maya eventually gains two more by the time Wright meets her in Khura'in), and Bikini apparently wears many, although hers are obstructed from view by her clothing.[1] The shrine maidens of Hazakura Temple wear white demon-warding hoods that go down to the upper arms. Additionally, their necklaces are adorned by large, red flower-like designs in addition to the usual orbs and magatama. They also wear handless gloves that cover their lower arms. ADVERTISEMENT Known members Fey Family The known members of the Fey clan. At the turn of the 21st century, the Master of the Technique was Misty Fey, who went missing after the DL-6 Incident. She had an elder sister, Morgan Fey, who tried twice to usurp the main family by framing and then trying to get Misty's younger daughter Maya Fey killed. Misty's elder daughter Mia Fey abandoned the society, choosing not to compete with Maya for the title of Master and to pursue a law career instead. Morgan also has three daughters: Dahlia Hawthorne, Iris and Pearl Fey. Bikini is a member of Hazakura Temple's branch family. Defense attorney Phoenix Wright has had significant relationships with many of the Fey clan's members. Mia was his mentor, and Maya was his co-counsel and investigative partner. Maya and Pearl often channeled Mia's spirit to give Wright advice. Wright met Dahlia Hawthorne during his university years and developed a romantic relationship with her twin sister Iris, who posed as Hawthorne, and he was soon caught up in a murder because of the true Dahlia Hawthorne. He was later reunited with Iris under her true identity, and met Bikini at Hazakura Temple, which set off another murder plot. Other affiliates and friends of Wright, such as Adrian Andrews, Dick Gumshoe, Franziska von Karma, Miles Edgeworth, and Godot know about the Fey clan and the spiritual power of its members. ADVERTISEMENT Gameplay role In the original Phoenix Wright game trilogy, the Fey clan (particularly Maya) plays a major role in the story. Many episodes involve Maya or Pearl channeling Mia to help Wright, although there also are several cases that are notably Fey-centric: Turnabout Sisters (Mia is murdered, the Kurain Channeling Technique is introduced, and Maya becomes Wright's assistant) Turnabout Goodbyes (backstory to the DL-6 Incident and Misty's disappearance, as well Maya leaving to continue her spirit medium training) Reunion, and Turnabout (first appearance of Kurain Village, introduction of Morgan, Pearl, the Sacred Urn, and various pieces of backstory about the family and the relationships between members) The Stolen Turnabout (a special exhibit of Kurain treasures at Lordly Tailor and the theft of the Sacred Urn) Bridge to the Turnabout (the death of Misty Fey, Dahlia Hawthorne and Iris revealed to be Feys, addtitonal Fey family backstory, and Maya becoming the new Master at the resolution). ADVERTISEMENT In the anime In the Ace Attorney anime adaptation, it is generally forbidden to leave Kurain Village without relinquishing one's place in the Kurain School. The only exception is the head of the main family and her future successors going to a special beach once a year for the Dedication Ceremony. The clan is also forbidden from involving themselves with outsiders, regardless of the circumstances. This custom has been toned down over the years as the clan had let outsiders in and some have left the village every now and then. Maya Fey is the Master of the Kurain Channeling Technique and, subsequently, the head of the Fey clan. A close friend of defense attorney Phoenix Wright, she was his primary assistant for the majority of his career between the years 2016 and 2019, mainly by participating in his investigations and serving as his co-counsel during trials. She has also frequently ended up as Wright's client, with the most known trials out of any client in the history of the Wright Anything Agency. ADVERTISEMENT Early life Caught in the act Maya and Mia caught in the act. Maya Fey was born into a prominent family of spirit mediums and lived in Kurain Village, the home of most of the Fey family, for most of her life. Her father died when she was young. Maya was once caught trying to piece together the Sacred Urn of Ami Fey with her older sister Mia after they accidentally broke it. A picture was taken of the event and placed in the Kurain Talisman, which their mother Misty Fey held at the time. She kept this talisman until the day she died, so she could always keep her daughters close to her heart. When Maya was two years old, her mother left the village in shame because of the DL-6 Incident. Her older sister Mia took it upon herself to find out what had happened to their mother and left Kurain Village; Maya was left in the care of her aunt Morgan and the rest of the village. Mia had also left the village to avoid having to fight Maya for the title of the Master of Kurain, should her mother be found dead or not turn up for 20 years. Although Mia had left the village, she remained in contact with her younger sister over the following years, and Maya was even entrusted with safekeeping important evidence for cases Mia was investigating. Maya was told that if she ever needed a lawyer, she was to call Marvin Grossberg, Mia's old boss. ADVERTISEMENT Mia's death Main article: Turnabout Sisters Screenshot-mayacrying Maya finds her sister's body. On September 5, 2016, at 9:27 a.m., Maya received a call on her cell phone from her sister, Mia, regarding the safekeeping of some evidence. However, when she arrived at Mia's office, she found her sister's dead body. Almost immediately, she was charged with Mia's murder. Maya and Phoenix Wright and Maya forming the Wright & Co. Law Offices while Mia's spirit looks on. Phoenix Wright, who had worked as Mia's understudy, defended Maya in court against the undefeated prosecutor Miles Edgeworth. However, first, he was told to find Grossberg and get him to defend Maya. Mia's old boss was being blackmailed by the true culprit of Mia's murder, so he refused the case. The murder was later pinned on Wright himself. He was nearly convicted, but Maya channeled Mia into her body, who proceeded to help Wright prove that another person had killed her. After the trial, she appointed herself as Wright's assistant at the newly formed Wright & Co. Law Offices. From then on, Maya would use her psychic powers to channel Mia's spirit to help Wright when he needed it, though her powers were weak at first and she was able to summon Mia only for short periods at a time. ADVERTISEMENT Early cases with Wright Main articles: Turnabout Samurai & Turnabout Goodbyes Maya Fey Mugshot Maya as Wright's assistant. Wright's first case with Maya concerned the murder of Jack Hammer. During their investigation, Maya met the director for The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo, Sal Manella, who was inspired by Maya's Kurain acolyte dress and created concepts for his next show, The Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo. Her summoning of Mia also allowed Wright to get on a fanboy's good side. Wright's next case had substantial involvement in the DL-6 Incident, which had caused Maya's mother to disappear from society and had drastically altered the life of the victim's son and Wright's client, Miles Edgeworth. Maya, who had not been keeping up with her training recently, was distraught that she could no longer contact Mia for help. During a seemingly hopeless cross-examination, the ruthless Prosecutor Manfred von Karma attempted to declare Wright's persistence in contempt of court for wasting the court's time. However, Maya suddenly tried to get more information out of the witness, causing her to be arrested in contempt of court instead of Wright and allowing Wright to find a major contradiction in the witness's testimony. Edgeworth later gave Maya the money needed to bail her out of jail. Wright and Maya later visited another witness, an old boat caretaker. He had a parrot, and Maya's playing with the parrot caused it to reveal that the old man was involved in the DL-6 Incident. The next day, Wright and Maya confronted von Karma in the Criminal Affairs Department's evidence room; fearing what would happen if Wright got access to all of the DL-6 information, von Karma used a stun gun on both of them. However, Maya had managed to grab a crucial piece of evidence: a bullet fired during the DL-6 Incident. This piece of evidence allowed Wright to implicate von Karma as the real killer in the DL-6 Incident. Byemaya Maya says goodbye to Wright at the train station. Maya felt that she was useless to Wright without her channeling abilities, so she left to catch a train back to Kurain Village after leaving a note for him to explain her actions. However, Wright caught up to her before she boarded her train and insisted that the case would have been lost without her help; she, after all, had been the one to grab the bullet that finally put von Karma away. Wright's kind words made the young spirit medium feel better, but she decided that she would still head back to the village to resume her training as a spirit medium. She promised to return someday. ADVERTISEMENT Return from Kurain Village Another accusation Main article: Reunion, and Turnabout Nick and Maya Detention Maya finds herself in the detention center once again. Six months later, Dr. Turner Grey contacted Maya to request her services in channeling the spirit of Mimi Miney, a nurse who had supposedly been killed in a car crash after a major malpractice incident at Grey's clinic. Maya would only agree to do this if Phoenix Wright attended the summoning. After a visit from Dr. Grey at Wright & Co. Law Offices with an explanation of the lawyer's status as the medium's condition, the two headed out for Kurain Village. At Kurain, they met Maya, and she and Grey prepared for the summoning with Morgan Fey. However, Morgan was conspiring with Mimi Miney, who was actually alive and posing as her sister Ini Miney, to kill Grey and frame Maya for the murder, both to prevent Maya from failing to channel Mimi and exposing her, as well as to unseat Maya as the Master and replace her with Morgan's daughter, Pearl Fey. Mimi knocked Maya unconscious and hid her, then killed Grey during the channeling and posed as Maya when Wright heard the murder and burst into the chamber. Morgan told him to leave and call the police to clean up all of the evidence. Thus, Maya was set up as the prime suspect. In jail, Maya gave Wright her magatama and told him that she had a dream during the channeling. Pearl later powered the magatama to allow Wright to see people's secrets in the form of Psyche-Locks. Sisters Reunited Sisters reunited. In court, with the help of Pearl channeling Mia, Wright deduced that Ini Miney had killed Grey and was really Mimi. Maya, who had not been able to reunite with Mia before because she had always been the one channeling her, finally got the chance to meet her big sister again. ADVERTISEMENT More cases Main articles: The Lost Turnabout & Turnabout Big Top Three months later, Wright was involved in another case, but the killer knocked him out, causing him to get amnesia. Maya visited the courtroom to be his co-counsel and was surprised that Wright could not remember her. Nevertheless, Wright regained most of his memory by the time the not guilty verdict was passed. Three months after that, Maya involved Wright in another case surrounding Berry Big Circus, which they had visited the night before. The ringmaster had been murdered, and magician Max Galactica was the suspect. During this time, Maya found out that Edgeworth had disappeared during her absence, which was why Manfred von Karma's daughter, Franziska von Karma, was prosecuting against Wright. Acting as his co-counsel again, Maya suggested in court that the murder weapon was being hidden, and Wright figured out where it was, exposing the real killer. Kidnapping Main article: Farewell, My Turnabout In March 2018, Maya attended the third annual Hero of Heroes Grand Prix at Gatewater Imperial Hotel with Wright and Pearl. After the ceremonies had ended, a bellboy informed Maya that she had received a phone call and he quickly proceeded to escort her to the main lobby. However, the bellboy was actually an assassin, Shelly de Killer, who kidnapped Maya and held her in a wine cellar. Meanwhile, news had broken that one of the heroes had been murdered, and Wright received a call from de Killer, demanding that he get an acquittal for the accused, Matt Engarde, in exchange for Maya's life. In the wine cellar, Maya wrote to Mia and channeled her so that Mia could assure Wright that Maya was safe, albeit very hungry. She also tried to escape, to no avail. Through his investigation, Wright began to figure out that although Engarde had not actually committed the murder, he had hired de Killer to do the deed. Confronting Engarde led only to complete affirmation of his suspicions as Engarde revealed his true self: a sociopath who was indeed responsible for the victim's death. Wright told Edgeworth, who was prosecuting the case, about all that had happened, including the kidnapping. De Killer contacted Wright again during the conversation, but the sound of a cat Engarde owned gave away de Killer's location: Engarde's mansion. Wright and Edgeworth rushed to Engarde's house, but de Killer had already taken Maya somewhere else. However, she had written to Wright, telling him not to worry about her and to give Engarde the verdict he deserved. Detective Dick Gumshoe was dispatched with a police force to hunt down de Killer and retrieve Maya while Wright and Edgeworth stalled for time during the trial. Although the rescue effort was fruitless at first, Maya was able to channel Mia, who was able to gather enough clues about her whereabouts to relay to the rescue team after being channeled by Pearl in the courtroom. However, by the time they arrived at the location, de Killer had already escaped with Maya. Bighug Reunited with Nick and Pearl. However, Wright could not stall any longer, and a not guilty verdict was imminent. Wright was tormented; although getting such a verdict would save Maya, an innocent witness would be condemned in Engarde's place. Just in time, Franziska von Karma burst in with a few items de Killer had left behind, including a videotape that Engarde had used to record the murder. Wright used this to convince de Killer, who was testifying remotely via radio, that Engarde was planning to blackmail him. A furious de Killer immediately broke his contract with Engarde and swore bloody vengeance on him. Terrified, Engarde accepted a guilty verdict to avoid de Killer's wrath. Maya was soon reunited with Wright, Edgeworth, and Pearl. They went off to dinner to celebrate. Pearl then booked a room in the hotel that was reserved for honeymooners. ADVERTISEMENT Last cases with Wright Main articles: The Stolen Turnabout & Recipe for Turnabout Maya, Pearl, and Ami Pearl and Maya with the Sacred Urn. In October of the same year, the Kurain Sacred Urn, which was said to carry the soul of Ami Fey, was set to be displayed at an exhibit at Lordly Tailor. However, the urn was stolen, the fifth heist of "Mask☆DeMasque." Gumshoe soon caught someone who claimed to have been the thief, Ron DeLite, but he claimed he had lost it. Nonetheless, Wright offered to defend him in court, much to Maya's dismay. Still, Maya assisted Wright in court against a mysterious prosecutor who called himself Godot. Wright got his not-guilty verdict by showing that detective Luke Atmey was Mask☆DeMasque all along, but then DeLite was accused of a murder, and Wright defended DeLite again against Godot. He determined that Atmey had actually wanted to be convicted for the theft, preventing him from prosecution for the murder he had committed. Maya channeled Mia, which unnerved Godot for reasons unknown at the time. Godot agreed with Mia to make Atmey testify about DeLite, which exposed a fatal contradiction proving he was the killer. Two months later, Wright took a case in which an imposter had posed as him and gotten a guilty verdict. Gumshoe requested an appeal, and Wright investigated the crime. He and Maya went to the scene of the crime, a restaurant called Trés Bien; while trying to talk to the owner, Jean Armstrong, Armstrong excitedly dragged Maya to his kitchen to be a waitress. When Wright found Maya in a waitress dress, and she asked how she looked, he suggested that she stop being a spirit medium. Later, he encountered a witness who visited the restaurant only to look at the waitresses. He brought Maya to him to get him to talk, but he was not interested; he was, however, interested in Mia when Maya channeled her. They eventually found the imposter, loan shark Furio Tigre, and with Gumshoe's help, they narrowly escaped his wrath. Wright showed in court that Tigre was the real killer. ADVERTISEMENT Attempt on her life Main article: Bridge to the Turnabout Prior to her arrest and incarceration, Morgan Fey had left a note for Pearl, telling her to summon Dahlia Hawthorne "for the good of the Fey clan." In jail, she met Hawthorne and concocted a plan to kill Maya. Around the time of the restaurant murder case, Hawthorne was executed for a murder she had committed. A month later, Pearl visited Morgan, and Morgan told her about the note she had written and that it was time to put the plan into action. Godot used his prosecutor status to overhear the conversation and to find Misty Fey to help him nullify the plan. A month after the restaurant murder case, Maya and Pearl discovered Hazakura Temple via a magazine and tried to convince Wright to take them there. At first, he was not interested, but then he saw a picture of one of the nuns that resembled a past girlfriend of his, Dahlia Hawthorne. At the temple, they met the two nuns there, Bikini and Iris (the nun Wright had seen earlier), and Maya signed up for the "Special Course", a rigorous training exercise in which she would be locked in a cold room and sit on a block of ice for hours while she chanted a spell 30,000 times and ice-cold water fell over her. Misty was also there as her new identity of children's book author Elise Deauxnim, carrying a sword-cane. After a dinner feast, Maya traveled to the Inner Temple to begin the Special Course. In the middle of the night, the plot to kill Maya unfolded. Pearl tried to summon Hawthorne but failed; Misty had channeled her ahead of time, to prevent Pearl from becoming involved. Hawthorne approached Maya, pretending to be Iris, and attacked her in the temple garden with a knife. Hearing her cries for help, Godot drew the blade of Misty's sword-cane and vengefully stabbed Hawthorne. Hawthorne swung her knife at Godot, knocking off his visor and wounding him near his eyes. She then wrote Maya's name on a lantern in the garden before Misty died from the wound. Maya subsequently passed out. When Maya woke up, she found herself inside the Inner Temple. Fearful for her life, she wrote to Mia for help and channeled her. Mia told her to lock herself in the Special Course training room and channel Hawthorne there to prevent anyone else from channeling her, adding an assurance that Wright would save her in the end. Later, Bikini and Wright discovered that Deauxnim had been murdered. Fearful for Maya, Wright tried to cross the bridge leading to the Inner Temple, but lightning had ignited the bridge, which broke under his feet; he fell into the river and caught a severe cold, but suffered no major injuries. Thus, passage to the Inner Temple was cut off for over a day. The case brought several people together to work to save Maya and solve the case. Edgeworth heard of the incident and returned from abroad to check up on Wright (due to Butz making the ordeal seem worse than it actually was), who gave him his attorney's badge so that Edgeworth could defend Iris in court until Wright recovered. Edgeworth set up Franziska von Karma as the prosecutor, and the two of them stalled the trial until Wright was fit to participate; von Karma would later assist in the investigation after Godot took over the prosecution. Gumshoe and the Los Angeles police department conducted their own investigation as well. GyakutenSaiban3-558 The exorcism. Iris was called to unlock the training room, but Hawthorne switched places with her under cover of an earthquake. Hawthorne then posed as Iris and tried to implicate Maya as the killer in court. However, Wright exposed the contradictions in her testimony and figured out her true identity. Hawthorne was still convinced that Maya had killed herself in guilt for killing her mother, but the geography of the area made that impossible; Wright concluded that Maya had channeled Hawthorne. Mia taunted Hawthorne, saying that Hawthorne would never succeed as long as she was called on to help Maya, while Wright cited Hawthorne's numerous botched crimes, saying that this was just another one. Distressed over her endless failures, Hawthorne left Maya's body, who then collapsed. After a recess, during which she learned of Elise Deauxnim and Godot's true identities, Maya recovered and was called to testify. However, she wanted to protect the one who had saved her life and lied about the events of the murder. Wright knew her too well not to catch her lies, though, and he quickly implicated Godot as the killer. Wright endured Godot's taunts that he'd never be half the lawyer Mia was and concluded that Hawthorne had cut Godot under his visor, marking him as the killer. Defeated, Godot finally admitted to all of his motives; he had been a defense lawyer, Diego Armando, working in the same law firm in which Mia had worked, and they had dated. He had been poisoned by Hawthorne shortly after a case he helped Mia handle, and for the next five years, he had been in a coma. When he had woken up, Mia had already been killed, and he had vowed to protect Maya in her name. Though his actions seemed to indicate that he was motivated more by revenge and the desire to "save" Maya than a desire to protect her wellbeing in itself, Maya told Godot that she believed that he had been really trying to save her. Iris was subsequently declared not guilty. Maya, Wright, Edgeworth, and von Karma celebrated the victory, with Wright puzzled as to why Maya was acting so happy after being brutally attacked and losing her mother. With the help of Edgeworth, he realized that she was staying strong for Pearl, who had unwittingly played a large role in causing the entire calamity to occur. Pearl, however, was wracked with guilt and ran away to the Inner Temple; Wright and Maya followed her there, and Maya reassured Pearl, telling her that she was grateful that she had so many people to help her at a time of dire need and great danger. Sometime later, Wright, Maya, and Pearl properly took the Special Course together. Maya prepared to accept the added responsibilities she had as the Master of Kurain as well as Wright's assistant. Meanwhile, Pearl discovered an Ultra Course, which she secretly reserved for Wright and Maya. ADVERTISEMENT Interim Phoenixcameohdremix At Gatewater Land. Gk2cameohdremix Near the Global Studios filming lot. A month after her mother's death, Maya went on a trip to Gatewater Land with Wright and Pearl. Whilst there, the trio went on a row-boat ride together, possibly to fulfill an earlier promise made by Wright. Unbeknownst to the trio, Edgeworth was also in the theme park, although he was there investigating a kidnapping. About one month later, Wright and Maya visited the Bigg Building. Edgeworth was once again investigating a murder nearby, but once again both groups were unaware of each other's presence. Maya then went back to Kurain Village for more training, and was not present or even mentioned during the trial that cost Wright his job, or even in the following weeks. Wright rarely mentioned her but revealed that a "kid" he knows regularly sent him videotape recordings of the Samurai metaseries when he was in the hospital after a car accident. Maya traveled to the Kingdom of Khura'in to complete her training sometime before the end of America's "dark age of the law." In December 2027, she sent Pearl to check up on Wright. Along with her little cousin, Maya also sent a handwritten letter (complete with a crude drawing of Wright) to her old friend, as she was in the middle of a difficult part of her training at that point and couldn't visit herself. However, she had heard about some of his recent exploits, although some details (such as that he had held a trial in the middle of an exploding courtroom) were a bit inaccurate. Wright found Pearl in his office just as he was at a loss during his investigation to clear Athena Cykes of murder charges, having returned to his office to think. Wright realized that this was the first time he had been alone in his office for a long time. However, upon reading Maya's letter, Wright immediately felt better, and with Pearl's help, he resumed his investigation and eventually won the case. ADVERTISEMENT Training in Khura'in Main article: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice Maya Fey Portrait AA6 Portrait version of her original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice key art. Maya's training continued in Khura'in, with Ahlbi Ur'gaid as her tour guide. She formed a strong bond with the boy, with Ur'gaid looking up to her like an older sister. Discovering that spirit channeling was an ability supposedly only possessed by the Khura'inese royal family of the country, Maya decided to keep quiet about her own abilities so as to not offend the locals. ADVERTISEMENT Accused of a double murder Main article: The Rite of Turnabout Fonsarramalmelmayaphoto With the Inmees and Puhray Zeh'lot during the Feast of Blessings. During the final rites of her training, Maya was given the task of participating in a ceremony known as the Rite of Purification alongside head priest Tahrust Inmee, as his wife Beh'leeb Inmee was pregnant and thus could not fulfill the traditional role of Lady Kee'ra. On the day of the ritual, Maya managed to meet with Wright before it was to be held that night. Maya was subsequently brought up to the Inner Sanctum atop Mt. Poniponi to commence the ritual but was overcome by a bout of drowsiness and fainted. By the time Maya woke up, Tahrust had been murdered, and she once again found herself a murder suspect. Wright took up her case, for which Maya acted as his co-counsel, but despite their best efforts they were unable to prove her innocence and were both sentenced to death under the country's Defense Culpability Act, whereby defense attorneys receive the same punishment as their clients if they fail. However, before their sentence could be carried out, the discovery of another dead body was announced, namely that of Tahrust's disciple Puhray Zeh'lot. Maya's sentence was thus put on hold while Zeh'lot's death was investigated. Wright's subsequent investigation proved that Zeh'lot's name was a pseudonym for "Rheel Neh'mu," a member of the Khura'inese secret police tasked with hunting down, arresting, and killing members of the rebel group known as the "Defiant Dragons." Wright suspected Tahrust as Neh'mu's killer since the priest had been identified as a rebel the day before. In order to secure Tahrust's testimony, Maya agreed to channel Tahrust's spirit. Wright went on to unravel Tahrust's testimony and prove that Tahrust's death had been a suicide. Beh'leeb admitted to accidentally killing Neh'mu in self-defense, thereby acquitting Maya. ADVERTISEMENT Used for blackmail Main article: Turnabout Revolution Drukmaya Watching helplessly as Dhurke Sahdmadhi dies. Sometime after her trial, Maya was kidnapped by Khura'in's Justice Minister, Inga Karkhuul Khura'in, with her safety being used to force Phoenix Wright to help Paul Atishon obtain the Holy Mother relic known as the Founder's Orb. Although Dhurke Sahdmadhi attempted to rescue her, he ended up getting shot three times before scaring Inga away. Maya, pleading for him not to die, was given two tasks by the dying Sahdmadhi: one was to channel him so that he could break her free of her bindings, and the second was to travel to the United States and channel him in order to allow him to see and talk to his adopted son, Apollo Justice, one final time. Maya was also told to keep Sahdmadhi's death a secret from Justice. After the members of the Wright Anything Agency and Miles Edgeworth traveled to the Kingdom of Khura'in, Sahdmadhi, still being channeled by Maya, was forced from her body by Amara Sigatar Khura'in, and she was taken to the hospital to recuperate. She later testified in the ensuing trial about Inga Karkhuul Khura'in's murder after Justice called her to the stand, believing her to have channeled Inga's spirit. Maya disagreed with his conjecture but was unable to admit to the truth due to her promise to Sahdmadhi. However, Justice eventually figured out that Sahdmadhi had been dead all that time and fell into despair. Maya informed Justice of Sahdmadhi's final moments, encouraging him not to give up. Justice went on to prove that Queen Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in was the true culprit behind Inga's murder, thereby clearing Dhurke's name. ADVERTISEMENT Return to the United States Main article: Turnabout Time Traveler Ema, Maya and Athena With Ema Skye and Athena Cykes at Ellen Wyatt's wedding. After Inga Karkhuul Khura'in's murder trial, Maya returned to Kurain Village when the incident was resolved, ready to assume the responsibilities of being the village's new Master. Four months after her return to the United States, Maya once again assisted Wright with a murder case investigation, just as she had done years before. Wright and Maya eventually proved the innocence of the defendant, Ellen Wyatt, and were invited to her wedding reception with Sorin Sprocket. However, after Larry Butz inadvertently caught the bridal bouquet Wyatt tossed, an enraged Maya joined the equally furious Athena Cykes and Ema Skye in chasing him down. ADVERTISEMENT Personality Maya Fey LOOK, A LADDER! Phoenix Wright THAT'S A "STEP"-LADDER. So? What's the difference? You need to stop judging things based on narrow-minded cultural assumptions, Nick! MAYA FEY Turnabout Samurai R-RIGHT... SORRY. (THIS GIRL IS OUT THERE!) Maya28 Mugshot in 2028. Maya is spunky, perky, excitable, and outgoing. She exudes a childlike personality, being both impulsively curious and easily confused. She often acts without thinking things through, tries to touch strange objects without restraint, and goes on tangents that quickly stop making sense. During her time as Phoenix Wright's assistant, these qualities caused him to question her sanity on several occasions. She was very enthusiastic about Wright's job, having picked out many of the clients for him to represent in court, although she would often do so before consulting him first. This aspect of her personality has more or less stayed the same with age, though she has apparently become more patient, listening to Ahlbi Ur'gaid's tour guide explanations for up to an hour. Maya also has a very voracious appetite. She has a particular fondness for hamburgers and miso ramen noodles, and enjoys pepper on her hamburgers. She and Wright would frequent Eldoon's Noodles, which Guy Eldoon's father ran at the time. Many of Maya's tangents are based on hamburgers, and she has joked that she has four stomachs: one for burgers, one for steak, one for sweets, and one for other foods. She also likes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Despite her childish and seemingly naïve nature, Maya has demonstrated wisdom through many grueling trials. She is stubborn and persistent, looking out for those she cares about and holding out hope despite overwhelming long odds. Her tenacity, optimism, and loyalty to those she cares about have been important, sometimes even critical, to Wright's successes in court. She consistently puts others before herself, reminding Wright to fight for justice even when her own life was at stake, and staying strong for Pearl despite having witnessed her own long-lost mother's death, putting Pearl's pain over indirectly causing it before her own grief. This wisdom has come out more explicitly with age, for instance when giving advice to Rayfa Padma Khura'in. Compared to her younger years, she also displays greater courtroom proficiency and confidence, able to assist Wright without channeling her sister. Maya is a huge fan of the Samurai franchise including The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo, The Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo, The Nickel Samurai, and The Zappy Samurai: Electric Bugaboo. ADVERTISEMENT Name Japanese - Mayoi Ayasato (綾里 真宵): The name was created for its aesthetic and has no intended connection to Maya as a character, something that Shu Takumi was initially unsure about.[1] "Mayoi" (真宵) is written with the characters for "true" and "evening". "Ayasato" (綾里) is written with the characters for "twill" and "village". English - Maya Fey: "Maya" was likely chosen because it closely resembles her Japanese name. Coincidentally, it also matches the Maya civilization, which is referenced in the name of the character Dzibilchaltunchunchucmil and a scene involving him in the Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney chapter The Last Inquisitor. "Fey" comes from the word "fey" which can mean "magical", "fairy-like", "strange", "otherworldly", or "spellbound", in reference to her family's otherworldly abilities. It may also refer to Morgan le Fay, the sorceress from the legend of King Arthur. ADVERTISEMENT Unofficial Brazilian Portuguese - Alice Sato:[2] "Alice" means "of noble quality", "of noble lineage"; which goes back to her main family lineage, as well as her being the next Master in the family. She, her sister, and her mother were given similar names to maintain a graphic approach, similar to what happens with western names. Additionally, her name in the translation follows a pattern of naming main family members with "A" as their initial instead of "M". "Sato" is a common Japanese surname in Brazil, as well as being an abbreviation of the original Japanese surname (Ayasato). Vietnamese - Phan Huyền Mây:[3] "Phan" is a surname that sounds similar to "Fey". "Huyền" in "huyền bí" (Mysterious or Mystic) reflects the Fey clan mystic ability of channeling. "Mây" literally means "cloud" to reflect her "cloud-headed" personality. If typing in "telex" (a Vietnamese typing code to add notation), Mây is actually Maya without any correction. Russian - Maya Asato (Fan-translation by Dant):[4] A simple adaptation of the Japanese name. ADVERTISEMENT Development Design Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice Trés Bien waitress (Recipe for Turnabout) Trés Bien waitress (Recipe for Turnabout) Wedding outfit (Turnabout Time Traveler) Wedding outfit (Turnabout Time Traveler) Maya has long black hair with straight bangs on the front and partially tied up in a bun with a purple band, with the rest of her hair either draped over the front of her shoulders and decorated with purple large beads near the end, or tied up in the back with another purple band. In some artwork, it is portrayed as being as long enough to reach her upper thighs or hips. She has retained this hairstyle for most of her in-game appearances. Her eyes are portrayed as blue, though earlier artwork portrays them as black or brown. In the anime they are dark grey (like Phoenix's) with pink in the bottom of the iris. As a teen she has an average height, while as an adult in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, she is much taller and has a more mature build, similar to Mia. She also wears light makeup as well. Maya's clothing is similar to the traditional outfits worn by Japanese spirit mediums, consisting of a kimono, dark-colored wooden sandals, and a necklace with a magatama and several orbs, although the design of the kimono was modified, making the hem much shorter than is traditional.[5] The sandals are similar to geta, albeit more rounded, giving them a similar appearance to other types of sandals. The kimono and thong strap on the sandals are both purple, as are a pair of beads used to tie up part of her hair. Her outfit remained mostly the same in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, albeit with the addition of a short white shawl around her shoulders along with a hood, and a longer hem that reaches her ankles. After the first game, Maya's outfit was seen on other acolytes of the Fey clan, most prominently Pearl Fey. The number of orbs on the necklaces of Fey clan members represents how far along in their training they are. In the original Ace Attorney trilogy, Maya wore four, the same as Pearl, but by the time of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, this was increased to six.[5] Like many of the Fey clan, Maya wears a magatama on said necklace, with hers being a dull gold or orange in color. During her brief stint at Trés Bien during Recipe for Turnabout, Maya wears the waitress uniform of an orange dress with a red bow and white frills, brown pumps, a frilly headpiece, and an apron tied around her waist. Her wedding outfit at the end of Turnabout Time Traveler consists of a purple kimono with flowered hairpiece. ADVERTISEMENT Role history Maya was originally going to be an assistant in Mia's office, training to become a lawyer. However, the producers decided that Wright had too many allies, so the writers came up with the idea of using spirit channeling to combine two of Wright's allies into one, introducing Maya in the second case of the game as a murder suspect. Maya is introduced in a similar manner in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, appearing in the second case again as the defendant. It was Maya and Wright who started off the recurring ladder vs. stepladder joke, in which the main character and his assistant argue about the difference between a ladder and a stepladder. A similar exchange has occurred in all Ace Attorney games to date. Localizations and adaptations Maya's frequenting of Eldoon's noodle stand makes more sense in the Japanese version, as Maya's favorite food was ramen in the original language version of the games.[6] The English localization of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice pokes fun at this by having Maya voice her desire to get a bowl of ramen with a burger on top in The Rite of Turnabout. In the live-action film adaptation, Maya is shown to be an adept pianist and was previously portrayed playing the instrument on the cover art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Turnabout Tunes. ADVERTISEMENT Miscellaneous Maya was the first playable character other than Wright in the Ace Attorney series, as she is controlled briefly during Farewell, My Turnabout. With four instances in three episodes over three games, Maya has been officially tried for murder more times than any other Ace Attorney character to date (for the murder of Mia Fey in Turnabout Sisters, Turner Grey in Reunion, and Turnabout, and Tahrust Inmee and Rheel Neh'mu in The Rite of Turnabout). In addition, in each episode, what is currently the Wright Anything Agency has had a different name, as it was the Fey & Co. Law Offices in Turnabout Sisters, Wright & Co. Law Offices in Reunion, and Turnabout, and the Wright Anything Agency in The Rite of Turnabout. Her record increases to six instances in four episodes over four games, if the the crossover game Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is included, as she is accused of killing Newton Belduke and Hershel Layton in The Golden Court. Excluding the original Japan-only original Game Boy Advance release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Maya has never been the assistant in any of the main series' final cases; she was away training in Rise from the Ashes, kidnapped in Farewell, My Turnabout, trapped and then a witness in Bridge to the Turnabout, not even mentioned in Turnabout Succession, appeared only via a letter in Turnabout for Tomorrow, and was kidnapped and then a witness in Turnabout Revolution. However, it should be noted that, in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, she is the assistant in Turnabout Time Traveler, a special episode that takes place after the events of the last case. ADVERTISEMENT Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Maya appears in the fighting game Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as some of Phoenix Wright's attacks and also as one of his Level 1 Hyper Combos, in which she runs forward whilst flailing her arms wildly with a barrage of punches that pushes Wright's opponent back. She also appears during Wright's intro to hand him his papers and reappears if Wright wins to shower him in confetti.[7] When the player chooses an alternative costume for Wright, Maya's color scheme also changes. Like Wright, her color schemes are references to other characters, namely Mia Fey, Franziska von Karma, Maggey Byrde (or Maya herself in the Trés Bien waitress uniform), Kay Faraday, and Lynne from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. Each character in the game was also given a downloadable costume that more extensively changes the character's appearance. For Wright, this is his "Feenie" outfit from his time at college, while Maya's corresponding color scheme appears to be based on Iris's outfit. ADVERTISEMENT Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Main article: Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney When Wright was sent on an exchange to London by the Legal League of Attorneys, Maya accompanied him. However, no sooner had Wright successfully cleared the mysterious schoolgirl Espella Cantabella of assault than the two were transported to the mysterious town of Labyrinthia via a book their defendant had left behind. Once there, both Maya and Wright were brainwashed into believing they had worked at a bakery in the town for the past five years. It was here that they met Cantabella once again, although they had no memory of their previous meeting. It was also at the bakery where Maya and Wright would meet Hershel Layton and Luke Triton, who had also been transported to Labyrinthia. Maya continued to assist Wright when Cantabella asked him to defend her in court on charges of murder and being a witch after she was accused of burning two thugs who had attempted to mug her (during which time both Wright and Maya regained their memories). After clearing her name, Maya and Wright then decided to team up with Layton and Triton to solve the mystery behind Labyrinthia. However, it didn't take long for Maya to get herself into trouble; whilst investigating the death of an alchemist that had occurred three months prior, she found herself under suspicion after Layton was apparently transformed into a gold statue by the Great Witch Bezella. Although Wright was able to prove Maya's innocence, Cantabella then admitted to being the "Great Witch Bezella" in an attempt to stop any more people being executed as witches; if Bezella were killed, then there would be no more need for witch trials as she was the source of all witches. However, while freeing Cantabella from the cage that would be dropped into the flames below, Maya ended up switching places with her and, in the confusion, was dropped into the fire pit and seemingly killed. In reality, Maya was dropped through a secret trapdoor at the bottom of the pit and transported to a dark forest outside of Labyrinthia inhabited by "Shades," who were people who had previously been tried as witches and taken to the forest through the same trapdoor with all knowledge of their previous existence erased. Maya eventually reunited with Layton (whose "death" had also been an elaborate trick) and discovered a series of ancient ruins hidden on the outskirts of the woods. After later reuniting with Wright, Triton, and Cantabella, the group explored the ruins further to try and uncover Labyrinthia's secrets. When Cantabella came under the accusation of murdering her father, the Storyteller, Maya once again assisted Wright in the ensuing witch trial. With additional assistance from Layton, Triton, and the Storyteller himself, who had used trickery to escape death, it was finally revealed that Labyrinthia was, in fact, an artificial town created by the Storyteller in an attempt to assure his daughter that she was not a witch, having believed herself to be possessed by Bezella after causing a disaster known as "The Legendary Fire" years prior as a young child. After revealing the true culprit to both the Storyteller's "murder" and the Legendary Fire, Cantabella was finally cleared of all charges, and Layton, Triton, Wright, and Maya left the town to return to their old lives. ADVERTISEMENT Other media Near the end of the episode "Remote Island Syndrome Part 2" of the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, the mannerisms of a few of the characters mirror those of the sprites of some Ace Attorney characters. The scene in question is when Haruhi Suzumiya confronts the other characters with the truth about a "murder" that had taken place. Mikuru Asahina performs the same head bow with her hands together that Maya often does. The scene can be viewed subbed here or dubbed here. Maya appears as an Oni character in Onimusha Soul, a social strategy RPG for online browsers and smartphones developed by Capcom and only released in Japan. Franziska von Karma and Kay Faraday also appear in the game. Maya and Wright are a playable solo unit in Project X Zone 2. As part of the plot, Morrigan Aensland energizes Maya's magatama with spiritual energy, allowing the pair to fight on an equal footing alongside the other characters in the game. The character Susie from Deltarune was designed right after Toby Fox had played Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for the first time. She was "essentially like Maya Fey" at first, but eventually "transformed into something totally different".[8] References Ash (2017-04-17). "15th Anniversary Gyakuten Saiban Special Talk Session: Gyakuten Saiban Up Until Now, And In The Future - Takumi Shū X Yamazaki Takeshi X Eshiro Motohide (2017)". Gyakuten Saiban Library. Retrieved 2023-06-16. "Nomes - Jacutem Sabão". Advogados de Primeira. Retrieved on 2022-03-21. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cwV6WToQx5SPVZlYmDJCRkarVoAWasXhnXkk9iwYqQo/edit#gid=42187026 https://gamecom.neocities.org/Ace_Attorney/Translations/DS_Sudebnyy_povorot_1/ (2009). "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney". UDON. ISBN 1-897376-19-7. Comic 2 from the Gyakuten Saiban Guidebook. UMvC3: Phoenix Wright officially revealed. Accessed on 2011-10-13. Brian (2019-02-17). "Deltarune creator on the game’s origins, progress update, and more" Nintendo Everything Retrieved 2025-03-01. Mia Fey was a defense attorney known for her undying belief in her clients. She started out at Grossberg Law Offices, then eventually created her own criminal defense law firm, Fey & Co. Law Offices. She was Phoenix Wright's boss and mentor, and she left her firm to him after her death at the hands of Redd White. Her younger sister Maya served as Wright's assistant during his law career, and would sometimes use her spirit channeling abilities to allow Mia to assist Wright. ADVERTISEMENT Early life Caught in the act Maya & Mia caught in the act. Mia was born into a prominent family of spirit mediums called the Fey clan. She grew up witnessing the rivalry between her mother, Misty Fey, and her aunt, Morgan Fey, who was next in line to be the Master of Kurain Village. Eventually, Misty usurped her older sister's position by way of her superior ability in the Kurain Channeling Technique. Mia did not want to have such enmity with her own little sister Maya, preferring a close sibling relationship. One day, she was caught trying to piece together the Sacred Urn of Ami Fey with Maya. A picture was taken of the event and placed inside the Kurain Talisman, which Misty wore as the Master. On December 28, 2001, defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth was fatally shot while unconscious in an elevator with his son Miles and a court bailiff named Yanni Yogi. Lacking in clues, the police resorted to having Misty Fey channel the victim, who pointed to Yogi as the killer. However, Yogi was found not criminally responsible in court. This incident disgraced the Kurain tradition, and Misty, having been deemed a fraud, disappeared. Years later, Mia left the village and forsook her position as heir in order to become a lawyer and find out what had really happened during that incident. It was also rumored that she did not want to fight her sister for the position of Master like their mother and aunt had. Mia left Maya under Morgan's care, along with Morgan's own daughter Pearl. Despite seemingly abandoning the life of a spirit medium, Mia continued to wear a magatama until her death. While in law school, during a class she audited, Mia befriended Lana Skye, who would later become a police detective and then the Chief Prosecutor. After graduating, Mia became a defense attorney working under Marvin Grossberg. Eventually, by holding an audience with the dead, she learned that Grossberg had sold information about her mother's involvement in the DL-6 Incident to Redd White, who had subsequently leaked the information to the press.[1] ADVERTISEMENT Law career First case Main article: Turnabout Beginnings Mia's first case was to defend the escaped convict Terry Fawles from the charge of the murder of Police Sergeant Valerie Hawthorne. Mia's co-counsel for the trial was Grossberg's best lawyer at the time, Diego Armando. The prosecutor for the trial, Miles Edgeworth, happened to be the son of Gregory Edgeworth, and was new to the court system as well. During the course of the trial, Mia managed to prove that the alleged eyewitness "Melissa Foster" was actually called Dahlia Hawthorne, and tried to prove that she was the real killer. However, Fawles took the stand and committed suicide by drinking a vial of poison. The case emotionally scarred Mia, and she did not take another case for over a year. Meanwhile, she and Armando became a couple[2], and Armando began investigating Dahlia Hawthorne. Unfortunately, while Armando interviewed Dahlia, the latter slipped some poison into his coffee. Armando survived the attempt on his life, but fell into a coma. ADVERTISEMENT Second case Main article: Turnabout Memories Mia eventually returned to the courtroom, taking the case of a university student named Phoenix Wright, who was charged with the murder of a fellow student, Doug Swallow. She had taken the case because she had suspected the existence of a connection between it and Armando's poisoning. Mia was able to get Wright an acquittal by proving that Dahlia Hawthorne had killed Swallow to cover up the fact that she had poisoned Armando. Her defense shattered the confidence of the prosecutor, Winston Payne, leaving him a lesser man after the case. Marvin Grossberg remarked on her refusal to give up on her client, even when everyone else had. Hawthorne was later convicted and sentenced to death for her crime. Later years Bridge to the Turnabout ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE WORLD OF LAW, AS I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE. Over the next three years, Mia established her own law firm and hired her former client, Phoenix Wright. She also gathered information on Redd White and the DL-6 Incident, uncovering an entire career of blackmail and names of people White had blackmailed over the years. She enlisted Maya's help to safeguard evidence on more than one occasion, and told her to contact Grossberg if she ever needed a lawyer. After Wright passed the bar exam, Mia stood by his side in his first case, in which he represented Larry Butz for the charge of murdering Cindy Stone. ADVERTISEMENT Death Main article: Turnabout Sisters Screenshot-miadead The death of Mia Fey. One month after Wright's first trial, Redd White learned about Mia's investigation of him. He visited the Fey & Co. Law Offices and killed her with a clock shaped like "The Thinker", in which Mia had been hiding legal documentation against White. As Mia lay dying, White took some of her blood and wrote "Maya" on a receipt for a lamp which Mia had bought the day before. April May, an accomplice to White, "witnessed" the crime from her room at the Gatewater Hotel and called the police. Detective Dick Gumshoe discovered Maya and Wright at the scene and arrested the former for the murder. Screenshot-mayacrying Maya grieving over her sister's body. Wright took Maya's case and took on April May and prosecutor Miles Edgeworth in court, exposing May as an accomplice. Wright investigated further, eventually learning of Mia's investigation of White, and then confronted him, only to have White use the connections from his blackmailing to get Wright arrested as Mia's killer. White then stood in court as a witness to the murder, and he and Edgeworth backed Wright into a corner, causing the rookie lawyer to lose all hope. However, Maya channeled Mia to help Wright, which initially caused him to faint in shock. Maya and Phoenix Wright and Maya forming Wright & Co. Law Offices while Mia's spirit looks on. Mia told Wright that he had already won, and she instructed him to look at the other side of the blood-stained lamp receipt. The date on the receipt refuted White's claim that he had seen the associated lamp before Mia's murder. Edgeworth persisted and asked the judge to postpone the trial for further investigation. In response, Mia had Wright read out a list of White's blackmail victims and threatened to release the list to the press, forcing White to confess to the crime. ADVERTISEMENT Posthumous mentor Channeled by Maya Main articles: Turnabout Samurai & Turnabout Goodbyes Mia had Maya assist in Wright's investigations to support the law firm that he had inherited from her, partly so that Mia could continue to help the fledgling attorney. During Wright's investigation into the murder of Global Studios star Jack Hammer, he came across Cody Hackins, who, although he had witnessed the murder, refused to talk. To get around this, Mia used her charm to persuade Hackins to tell them what he knew. This information, along with Mia's help in the courtroom, helped to lead to the acquittal of Wright's client, Will Powers. Wright's next case had him defend Edgeworth and take on the fearsome Manfred von Karma. Maya became unable to channel Mia, which shook her self-confidence, but Wright was able to win the case without his mentor. However, Edgeworth suddenly confessed to being the killer in the DL-6 Incident. Another trial was hurriedly prepared, and Wright took on Edgeworth's defense against von Karma. Wright had noticed that there was a bullet hole other than the one on the victim, but no other bullet had been found on the scene. When the situation seemed completely hopeless, Wright began to see glimpses of Mia, who reminded him to think outside the box. Wright deduced that the killer had been shot shortly before the murder, and he implicated von Karma himself. Despite the veteran prosecutor's best efforts, Wright was able to solidify his case and close the books on the DL-6 Incident once and for all. ADVERTISEMENT Channeled by Pearl Main article: Reunion, and Turnabout Reunion, and Turnabout HER CLOTHES ARE A BIT SMALL... Mia in Detention Mia being channeled by an incarcerated Maya. Half a year after the second DL-6 trial, a doctor for whom Maya was performing a channeling was murdered, and Wright found himself representing her in court once again. Mia assured Wright that Maya was innocent, because Maya had a dream during the channeling, which would have been impossible had the channeling actually taken place. However, Mia was reluctant to tell Wright more about the case because of her aunt Morgan's possible involvement in the murder. Pearl took on the role of channeling Mia as Wright faced off against Manfred von Karma's equally ruthless daughter, Franziska. At one point, Franziska illegally revealed a secret photo that she had taken of Wright and Mia talking, solely to demonstrate the existence of the Kurain Channeling Technique without making a formal argument. Sisters Reunited The Fey sisters, reunited. Later that day, Wright met Mia in Maya's body again and proceeded to figure out Mia's secret and break her three Psyche-Locks. Wright eventually learned that, while "Ini Miney" had committed the actual murder, it was with the help of Morgan Fey, who wanted Maya out of the picture so that Pearl could take the Master's seat. This drove Wright to ask Pearl to serve the channeling role again, to spare her the pain of watching her mother being indicted. After Wright and Mia revealed Miney and Morgan's plot and Maya's innocence, a tearful Maya was finally able to see her elder sister again, and the two shared a loving embrace. ADVERTISEMENT Maya's kidnapping Main article: Farewell, My Turnabout After the ceremony of the Hero of Heroes Grand Prix, an assassin, Shelly de Killer, kidnapped Maya and used her to blackmail Wright into fighting for Matt Engarde's acquittal in the Juan Corrida murder trial. To his dismay, Wright found that Engarde had hired de Killer to kill Corrida. Wright told Gumshoe and Edgeworth about his predicament, and both of them put the resources of the police department to work to confront de Killer at Engarde Mansion. However, the assassin managed to escape with his captive. Maya and Pearl communicated with each other by channeling Mia. This was used to help Gumshoe with the search while Wright and Edgeworth tried to stall the trial until de Killer was found. Engarde had instructed de Killer to retrieve a videotape from his mansion, which he failed to do. This videotape was brought to court, and Wright told de Killer by transceiver that the videotape showed the murder, which Engarde had been planning to use as insurance, and possibly for blackmail. Feeling betrayed, the kidnapper broke his contract with Engarde and made him his next target. Engarde was thus forced to accept a guilty verdict, and Maya was freed and soon reunited with Wright and Pearl. ADVERTISEMENT The mysterious Godot Main articles: The Stolen Turnabout & Recipe for Turnabout 3-3 Mia Fey A channeled Mia in the Trés Bien waitress outfit. Months later, Wright took on Ron DeLite's case against Prosecutor Godot, who wanted revenge on Wright for some reason that he refused to disclose. He questioned his ability to prove DeLite's innocence of the murder of Kane Bullard, but Mia's voice reminded him to trust in his client's innocence. When the judge called for an end to Luke Atmey's cross-examination, a channeled Mia objected and asked for Godot's permission for the defense to continue, to which he consented. Mia had recognized Godot as Diego Armando, awoken from his coma. With Mia's timely intervention, Wright was able to prove DeLite's innocence. Mia was channeled again when Wright was investigating the death of Glen Elg at the Trés Bien restaurant. A witness to the crime, Victor Kudo, was being uncooperative, but Wright figured out that Kudo only visited the restaurant to look at the waitresses there. Wright fetched Maya, who had been shanghaied into a short stint as a waitress at the restaurant, but Kudo remarked that she was too young to be attractive to him. Mia, on the other hand, charmed the old man into giving them the information that they needed, including the restaurant owner's habit of stealing. Wright went on to face Godot in court again and win. ADVERTISEMENT A legacy passed on Main article: Bridge to the Turnabout Bridge to the Turnabout I THINK ONE DAY, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND, TOO. PHOENIX, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ONE THING... YOU WERE AS GOOD OUT THERE TODAY AS ANY DEFENSE LAWYER COULD EVER HOPE TO BE. THERE'S NOTHING MORE YOU CAN LEARN FROM ME. [...] YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING I WASN'T ABLE TO. I OWE YOU A GREAT DEAL. ...THANK YOU. [...] I'M SURE WE'LL MEET AGAIN... SOMEDAY... PHOENIX. Later on, Maya was pulled into another usurpation plot by Morgan. This plan involved channeling Dahlia Hawthorne, who had been executed a month prior, to kill Maya. However, Godot appeared and "killed" Hawthorne before she could finish Maya off. Maya next found herself inside the Training Hall and wrote to Mia for help. Mia told her to lock herself inside the inner room of the Training Hall, then channel Hawthorne to avoid having her channeled by someone else. These events led to the discovery of the corpse of Mia's long-lost mother Misty Fey at Hazakura Temple. It turned out that Misty had channeled Hawthorne to prevent Pearl from doing so and unknowingly carrying out her mother's plan. Iris, a temple nun who happened to be Hawthorne's twin sister, was charged for the murder, and Wright took her case. Maya was eventually freed from her prison, though she was channeling Hawthorne at the time. The scheming spirit pretended to be Iris and stood in court to frame Maya for the murder, much to the surprise of both Wright and Godot. Hawthorne was eventually found out, but she continued to believe that Maya had committed suicide after killing her own mother. Unfortunately for her, with Mia's help, Wright deduced what Maya had really done. Mia taunted her old nemesis on the irony of being so close as to be literally inside Maya's body the whole time. She continued that Hawthorne would always be a failure, a punishment that even death couldn't let her avoid, causing Hawthorne to leave Maya's body in anguish. Godot then requested that Mia leave Wright to fend for himself and prove his worthiness as her successor. During the recess, Mia met her sister in the medical office and told her what she knew, including Elise Deauxnim and Godot's true identities. In the end, Wright defeated Godot, who revealed that he had blamed Wright for Mia's death. However, he had seen Mia's spirit in her successor, causing him to admit that he had really blamed himself all along. After the trial, Mia thanked Wright for saving Armando and said that he had learned everything that she could teach him. She then left, saying that perhaps they would meet again. ADVERTISEMENT Personality & legacy Turnabout Memories WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL TRUST WITH THE CLIENT? PERHAPS IT IS WE VETERAN LAWYERS WHO HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THIS. Mia Fey (Trilogy) Mia Fey in 2016. Mia Fey could be described as clever and quick-thinking, contributing to her success as a lawyer. She was particularly known for her bluffing tactics and determination, stubbornly trying to find a way necessary to get the information that she needed to obtain control of her trials. She would take even the most hopeless cases if she felt that the accused was innocent, and never stopped believing in her clients, even when they had stopped believing in themselves. Her boss at the start of her career, Marvin Grossberg, noted that these qualities were lacking even in veteran lawyers. Mia was also known for her intimidating gestures, especially one in which she confidently smiled and flipped her hair. Mia Fey was very diligent and determined in her legal studies as well. Before her first case, for example, she spent all night watching and studying court procedure videos. She also kept many law books in her office along with meticulous records of various cases and evidence. Wright does not appear to have inherited these character traits, as although he has kept his mentor's law books, they "make his head hurt" and once dropped a book on his foot, making his foot hurt as well. Mia was a well-known name in the world of law up until her death, as even Miles Edgeworth was said to respect her abilities in the courtroom. Marvin Grossberg commented that Gregory Edgeworth was one of the greatest lawyers around, and that only Mia could match his abilities in court. Wright would come to adopt many of Mia's ideals and tactics to great effect during his own law career, and pass them on to his own protégés. Mia's method of providing guidance to Wright was by trying to get him to solve things for himself by asking him questions and pointing out flaws in his case that a prosecutor would exploit. Despite being relatively level-headed and mature, Mia did show a couple of personality quirks. She had a problem with names, calling Phoenix Wright "Wry" and Larry Butz "Harry". She also kept an office plant named Charley, which she considers the office mascot and which was still being taken care of by Wright in 2028. Mia has attracted the attention of a number of male admirers, including Dick Gumshoe and Larry Butz. Even when being channeled after death, Victor Kudo and even young Cody Hackins were enamored with her. Just a photograph was enough to trigger an interest from "Director Hotti" and Luke Atmey. Mia bears many similarities to fellow law school alumnus Lana Skye. Both have younger sisters who have helped Wright in his cases, and both wear scarves tied round the neck in a similar fashion. ADVERTISEMENT Name Japanese - Chihiro Ayasato (綾里 千尋): "Chihiro" (千尋) can mean "great depth", or "a thousand fathoms". Shu Takumi describes her name as being a pun, with the kanji together meaning "a thousand questions", as in "If I have to ask him 1000 times, I will!" The second kanji (尋, hiro) is also the first in "cross examination" (尋問, jimon). "Ayasato" (綾里) is written with the characters for "twill" and "village". The reading of (綾, aya) refers more broadly to cloth with full woven patterns such as twill or damask. It is possibly a reference to those fabrics being perceived as old-fashioned; alternatively, it could be chosen for its homophone (怪, kai) which means "mysterious" or "suspicious". Taken together, it could be emphasizing the traditional and occult elements of her heritage. English - Mia Fey: "Mia" is a pet form of "Maria", which is itself the Latin equivalent of "Mary". "Mary" is originally from the Hebrew for "bitterness". This could be a reference to her unpleasant death. Other possible meanings include: "rebelliousness" and "beloved-child". Her sister's given name, "Maya", is also a pet form of "Maria". "Mia" is also an anagram of "Ami", as in Ami Fey, the founder of the Fey clan. Additionally, her name shares the same letters as the acronym "MIA", which stands for "missing in action". "Mia" is also a pet form of "Amalia", "Amelia", and "Emilia". "Amalia" and "Amelia" both come from the Germanic word "amal", meaning "work" or "industrious" (which would fit with Mia's hard-working attitude, particularly with respect to uncovering the truth behind her mother's disappearance), and "Emilia" is believed to originate from the Latin word "aemulus", which means "to rival", "to excel", or "to emulate" (which could all fit her formidable abilities as a defense attorney). "Fey" comes from the word "fey" which can mean "magical", "fairy-like", "strange", "otherworldly" or "spellbound", in reference to her family's otherworldly abilities. An archaic meaning is "doomed to die". It may also come from Morgan le Fay, the sorceress from the legend of King Arthur. ADVERTISEMENT Unofficial Brazilian Portuguese - Aline Sato: [3] "Aline" means "noble" and "protector", and references her position in the Fey clan and her job as a defense attorney. Additionally, her name in the translation follows a pattern of naming main family members with "A" as their initial instead of "M". "Sato" is a common Japanese surname in Brazil, and means "village", "homeland", it also an abbreviation of her Japanese surname (Ayasato). Vietnamese - Phan Huyền Mi:[4] "Phan" has similar pronunciation to "Fey". "Huyền" comes from "huyền bí" which means "mysterious" or "mystical," inspired by her Japanese name "Ayasato." "Mi" is simplified from her English name "Mia." Russian - Mia Asato (Fan-translation by Dant):[5] A simple adaptation of the Japanese name. ADVERTISEMENT Development Mia typically wears a black blazer-dress suit, a tan scarf, a black crop-top, white heeled loafers, white round earrings, and her attorney's badge pinned to her lapel. She also dons a purple magatama around her neck. Her younger self has a slightly different suit design (which also lacks the crop-top), different bangs, and a smaller bust size. Originally, Turnabout Sisters was to be the first case in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, but this was changed to enable Mia to interact with Wright more as his mentor before her death. Mia was originally not meant to be Wright's mentor, but this was changed at the suggestion of character designer Kumiko Suekane.[6] The design theme for Mia was that she was a "glamorous, beautiful big sister type". Mia's death was used to explore Maya's medium abilities.[7] The mole on Mia's chin, along with her much larger bust size, serve to identify when Maya or Pearl are channeling her. Interestingly, she changes her fringe when being channeled by Maya so it bears a resemblance to her hair as a newbie defense attorney. Also, whenever she is being channeled by Pearl, her arms always obscure her cleavage, likely in an effort to keep Pearl's small clothes from exposing her chest. For Mia's design as a newbie defense attorney in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations, she was made to look more youthful by pulling her bangs down in front of her brow and slightly reducing the size of her breasts. Many of her motions were made to resemble Wright's, to show the strong effect she had on her protégé.[7] Although it is not explicitly stated that Mia Fey won all of her completed trials, Takumi at least considered this to be true when considering how Turnabout Beginnings would be resolved. A trial in which both sides would go on to undefeated careers could only end in one way.[8] ADVERTISEMENT Other media Mia Fey, Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth and Franziska von Karma all appear as cards in SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS. In Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Wright has a number of alternative costumes he can wear, the color schemes of which are all references to other characters. Maya Fey appears as some of Wright's attacks and her costume also changes depending on the one Wright is wearing. One of the choices for Wright is based on the color scheme of Miles Edgeworth's outfit, while Maya's corresponding color scheme is based on the clothing worn by Mia while alive. References Mia: "'I have tarnished the Fey name.' Leaving only these words, my mother vanished. I was determined to find the ones who had made my mother blame herself in this way. Using the E.S.P. that runs in my family, I held an audience with the dead. Finally, the names of two men surfaced. One was Marvin Grossberg, a lawyer who sold my mother's information for riches. The other was the man who sold that information to the press." Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Capcom. Episode: Turnabout Sisters (in English). 2005. Grossberg: It seems I've arrived just in the nick of time. I found the police report on that incident in your newspaper clipping! Mia: Thank you so much! This is exactly what I was hoping for! Grossberg: You'd better take a good look at it... It... err... details how you came to lose your boyfriend. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations. Capcom. Episode: Turnabout Memories (in English). 2008. "Nomes - Jacutem Sabão". Advogados de Primeira. Retrieved on 2022-03-21. Bảng giải nghĩa tên tiếng Việt của 3 phần Trilogy - Ace Attorney Vietnam Localizer https://gamecom.neocities.org/Ace_Attorney/Translations/DS_Sudebnyy_povorot_1/ Ash (2016-07-08). Turnabout Interview 1 - Suekane Kumiko (2005). Gyakuten Saiban Library. Retrieved 2022-02-02. (2009). "The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney". UDON. ISBN 1-897376-19-7. Ash (2016-11-10). Gyakuten Saiban 3 Blog Entry 12: Turnabout Beginnings (2004). Gyakuten Saiban Library. Retrieved 2022-05-30.