Phoenix Wright

Apollo Justice - apprentice, coworker

Athena Cykes - apprentice, coworker

Franziska von Karma - coworkers, frenemy

Klavier Gavin - coworker

Justine Courtney - coworker, superior

Dahlia Hawthorne - exfling

Kristoph Gavin - enemies, coworker

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Phoenix Wright is a well-known defense attorney with a strong sense of justice and determined to protect his defendant (if they are innocent) in court and reveal the true culprit of the crime. He is the step-father of Trucy Wright, adopting her after her biological father went missing. He is the mentor of Athena Cykes and Apollo Justice. He and Miles Edgeworth only recently started dating.

## Background

### The beginnings

Phoenix became a defense attorney under the guidance of Mia Fey, but one day he found her dead body in her own office, with someone crying at her side. He didn't knew then that she was Maya Fey, the victim's sister and his future best friend. After Maya's arrest he was determined to defend her in court and find out who truly murdered Mia. In the court he was facing against Miles Edgeworth, his once childhood friend and now-turned rival. While in courtroom, Phoenix was at a stopping point, then Maya summoned her dead sister's spirit so she could aid Phoenix in finally making the true murderer confess his guilt. After the case Maya became Nick's assistant.

Months later, after Nick saw at news that Miles Edgeworth was accused of the murder of Robert Hammond, he decided to defend his future boyfriend. In court he faced the legendary prosecutor and Miles' mentor and adoptive father, Manfred von Karma, obsessed with keeping his 40-years perfect court win record. During Wright's investigation the awful truth was uncovered, not only Manfred sabotaged evidence, he was the true culprit of the crime, bringing Robert Hammond and his true murderer at the same place, he also planned to frame Edgeworth but that wasn't all. At the end of the trial it was found out that Manfred was the true murder of Miles' father, Gregory Edgeworth. After Manfred was declared guilty Miles left a letter stating: "Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth chooses death.". This gravely affected Phoenix.

### The Fey plot

During the case of Dr. Grey's murder, Maya Fey was accused as the culprit, considered to be the only person, except the victim in the room. Phoenix was defending Maya, and with the help of Maya's little cousin: Pearl Fey, and his newly acquired magatama got deeper into the investigation, revealing the true culprit and their accomplice (Morgan Fey).

### Defending the guilty

After "Hero of Heroes Grand Prix" event, television star Juan Corrida was killed, his murderer, an assassin named Shelly de Killer, kidnapped Maya Fey and forced Wright to defend Matt Engarde, who was accused of the crime. During the ensuing case, Miles Edgeworth returned from what turned out to be an overseas trip, and Wright gave him a cold welcome. De Killer later non-fatally shot Franziska outside of the court just before the trial, forcing Miles to take her place, opposing Wright in court. Phoenix came to the conclusion that Matt has hired de Killer to assassinate Juan, this revelation broke him as he realized he was in a no-win situation: if he kept defending Matt he would release a guilty person out the court, making someone innocent to face the sentence, but if he turned against Shelly's demands he would loose Maya, after telling Miles about this, he tasked the police in finding Maya as he and Wright stalled the verdict as much as they could. This allowed detective Gumshoe to find a incriminating video-tape Matt left behind, the video-tape was a recording of Shelly murdering Juan Corrida, he planned to use it in case de Killer turned against him, however Gumshoe found himself stuck in an accident. As Wright came to the awful decision, of no longer being able to stall and having to choose either to keep defending Engarde or to not, making him go trough a breakdown this however as intrerupted by Franziska entering the courtroom, still wounded, with the videotape to present as evidence. This made de Killer realize Matt broke their agreement and released Maya. Matt Engarde recognized his guilt out of fear for hat Shelly would do to him.

### Dahlia's revenge

In a murder case including Phoenix being accused of a murder and Dahlia Hawthorne being a witness, Mia Fey defended him. Though at the beginning, Phoenix was opposed to Mia's theory that it was Dahlia, trough further evidence show by Mia he finally came to the conclusion and he heartbreakingly accepted the fact. In the end Dahlia was sentenced to death penalty.

But that was not the end of her. Years later, she came back as a vengeful spirit, and enacted a plan to gather Maya Fey and Phoenix at Hazakura temple, for Maya could presumably train but everything went wrong after Elise Deauxnim's stabbing with the temple's Shichishito. Nun Bikini, who was working at the temple testified seeing Iris, Dahlia Hawthorne's twin sister, stabbing her. At the same time both Maya and Pearls went missing. Further into the investigation, Phoenix fell down hanging bridge, being forced to stay in bed, after being visited by Miles he gave him both his magatma and his attorney badge to defend Iris in court for one day, before he came back and finished the case by revealing that Dahlia was behind everything, forcing her to give up, and leave the posesed person.