Niamh Wood

Niamh Wood is a character that appears in *Runaway Killers*, *Trinity of Justice*, *Golden Future of Law*, *The Returning Past*, *Mask of Deceit*, *​Beginning of the End, Virtual Despair, Justice and Truth* and *From The Darkness Within*. She is a prosecutor student who stands in court as a co-counsel, however she will take cases on her own on rare occasions. She is also the heiress to the organization known as the Council of Six, a series of judges that her father was the founder of, although she has no interest in running the organisation.

 Friends: James Devine (love interest), Chrysalis Starr (friend and classmate),
 Leitmotif: Niamh Wood ~ I'll Do My Best (Official Name: Lynne - A Targeted Redhead from *Ghost Trick*), Reminiscing - An Inner Demon (Official Name: Emma's Theme from *Pokemon X and Pokemon Y*)

# Appearance

Wood has chest-long dark strawberry blonde hair with blue eyes and purple glasses. Her clothing has, however, changed several times over the course of the stories. In *Runaway Killers*, she wore the traditional uniform for her boarding school which included a blue jumper with the school emblem, green tie, white shirt and black trousers. Later on, whilst serving her prison sentence, she wore a blue and white striped t-shirt with black trousers.

Her design changed dramatically in *Trinity of Justice* onwards. She wears a purple jacket draped over her shoulders like a cape over a black and white checked shirt. She wears black jeans, black leather gloves and purple sneakers. The two most noticeable changes are her silver locket around her neck and the fact that she covers her left eye with her hair to cover up a single knife scar over her left eye.

In *Virtual Despair*, a prequel to the series, Wood wears a turquoise t-shirt under a red jacket. A turquoise headband decorated her hair. She wore a pearl necklace around her neck, which had been a present from her cousin Zach. She wore a black leather skater skirt and knee-length black boots.

In *Beginning of the End*, when she becomes a fully-fledged prosecutor, she changes her appearance yet again. Her hair still covers her scarred left eye, but is tied into two long braids instead of falling over her shoulders. She wears a black jacket on which she wears her new prosecutor's badge over a black collard white shirt and dark blue tie. She wears a dark blue pleated skirt and knee high black socks with white ankle boots. Around the top half of her legs and arms she wears pouches which contain Genocide Jack's scissors, which she keeps covered up by her skirt and sleeves.

# Personality

When around her family and close friends, Wood is a bubbly young girl who loves to keep the ones she cares about safe. She can be quite timid at times, however, often showing a weaker side of herself, causing her to be vulnerable without realizing it. This side of her is rarely shown, as Wood attempts to keep her emotions under control at all times. She is, however, quite distant and nervous towards strangers. Wood also finds it quite difficult to interpret other people's emotions.

When it comes to prosecuting, Wood is not very confident in her abilities. She spends the evening before a trial writing down her opening statement and rehearsing it several times to make sure that she does not mess up in the middle of the trial. When investigating a case, anxiety of the trial may hit her suddenly and cause her to flee from her current location and hide somewhere until she calms down. She may have confidence bursts in the middle of a trial, but this does not last for long. Wood is much more confident in court when she is prosecuting alongside someone such as Ghastly and will often take over the trial by interrupting the other prosecutor in explaining, presenting evidence and calling a witness.

Underneath all of this, however, Wood has become quite paranoid over her biggest and darkest secret; her split personalities, specifically the serial killer known as Genocide Jack, also known as Nevada. Wood is always panicking about someone discovering the secret behind Genocide Jack's identity, fearing that she will be abandoned, rejected and even arrested because of it. Her fear is so great that Black Psyche-Locks have formed themselves around her soul over her secret.

# History

## Before the Story

Wood was born into a rich family, her father being a millionaire and a member of the Council of Six, a series of judges. She lived a normal life with her mother, as her father was busy most of the time. On one October 22, Alianna was singing her favourite lullaby to her three year old daughter before an assassin from the Shinokage broke in and killed her. This was the last in the string of murders that became known as the ZR-8 Incident, also known as the Fortnight of Murder. Wood, despite being just three years old at the time, appeared as a witness in the trial. The trial was disrupted when the Shinokage interrupted the trial and launched an attack, kidnapping the defendant in the case.

After the trial was over, Robin thought it was too dangerous to keep Wood with him. He requested that his sister-in-law, Harriet, take care of her. Wood thus lived with her aunt Harriet and her cousin Zachary. Wood and Zachary grew incredibly close right off the bat, acting more like siblings than cousins. Harriet would often inform Robin of what the children got up to, calming his worries over Wood being alone. Throughout the year, Harriet had been growing weaker, and was eventually diagnosed as terminally ill. She became too weak to take care of the children. Hearing this news, Robin put a large sum of money into sending Wood and Zachary to Ashbrooke Boarding School, one of the best boarding schools in the country, while Harriet was sent to hospital for treatment.

Wood and Zachary grew even closer during their school years and quickly made lots of friends. Once every month, they got special permission from the school to visit Harriet in hospital. Over the years, Harriet seemed to be getting stronger and recovering from the illness, which gave her son and niece hope that she would be strong and fit again. Fate, however, had other ideas: mere months afterwards, the children hear the news that Harriet passed away. This enrages Zachary: he loses his cheerful nature and turns aggressive and violent, lashing out at anyone and anything. It often took Wood's words to calm him down.

On one occasion, Zach had locked himself in his room for so long that Wood was worried and decided to check up on him. She found the door unlocked, with nothing in the room apart from a letter on Zach's bed. This letter turned out to be a suicide note. Wood broke down thinking that her brother figure had also passed away, causing her personality to flip: she became a calm and quiet student, quite unlike her previous self. Wood kept the suicide note close to her at all times and told all the other students that Zach had merely run away from the school and was missing. However, she was oblivious to the real truth: Zach had actually been kidnapped by the Shinokage and had been held as their prisoner.

## Runaway Killers

**The Electrifying Turnabout**, the third case in the book, takes place a year after Zach's kidnapping. Wood discovered that the suicide note had gone missing and was sent into a panic. No matter how much the school staff searched for the note, they couldn't find it. This was because a student named Jordan Tucker had already taken the note. Upon reading it, he contacted Robin and offered to send him the contents of the note. However, Wood overheard this conversation and planned to meet Jordan to get the note back. The two met up in a classroom and began to argue. Wood became so angry at Jordan for taking the note, causing her split personality to finally kick in. Upon gaining control, the personality attacks Jordan, stealing the knife Jordan had on him and attacked him with it. While Jordan was dazed, the personality pushed him into a nearby computer, electrocuting him to death.

The personality acts like Wood throughout the case, so it is difficult to say when the personality was present. However, it is clear that the personality had control on the final day of the investigation, where she drugged canon characters Phoenix Wright and Mia Fey, and during the final day of the trial, and was there when she was arrested for the murder.

In the fourth case, **Turnabout Interrogation**, Wood's behavior had changed drastically so that it is highly likely that the personality was present during the entirety of the case, still under the guise of Wood and appeared as a witness in the trial when she witnessed the death of police officer Oscar Patrollin.

In case five, **Turnabout of the Runaway Killers**, Wood's point of view mostly consists of entries in her journal that she had written. These entries would mostly describe how much she hated the prison and her impatience to leave.

Wright visits Wood in the detention center to talk more about the earlier day. Wood comments on canon character Maya Fey's absence, but quickly turns her attention to canon character Miles Edgeworth and is introduced to him. Wright then uses the Magatama to break Wood's Psyche-Locks about the killer. Wood was unable to say anything because the killer had blackmail on her: specifically, Zach's aforementioned suicide note. The killer had stolen it and ordered her to testify against the defendant Steven Mitchell if she wanted it back. Wood thought she had no choice and agreed.

Wright eventually broke Wood's Psyche-Locks and Wood tells him what she recalls about the killer. Edgeworth asks if Maya was the killer, to which Wood hastily disagreed. According to Wood's account, the killer's hair 'was a different colour, and not as long'. Wood left the visitor's room after saying goodbye to Wright, but was immediately attacked by Amber Fey afterwards, leaving her unconscious. Her scream attracted Wright and Edgeworth onto the scene, and the two sent for help.

Wood woke up in hospital and suffered from amnesia, unable to recall anything about herself. Her psychologist, Aurora Cyanide, gave her the blue journal she wrote her daily accounts in. Upon reading through the journal, Wood's memory slowly came back to her, although she didn't tell anyone of this development. This was because she was promised a new life with an adoptive family if she didn't recover from her amnesia. Thus, she still pretended to be an amnesiac.

Wright, upon reading the latest entry in Wood's journal, figured out that Wood's amnesia was faked and confronted her about it. Wood admitted that her amnesia was a lie and confessed to her reasons for faking it.

Wood then appeared in the epilogue along with Cyanide and Joshua Cannon, and signed off the story.

## Trinity of Justice

Wood is the only character in this story to appear in every case. In case one, **Turnabout Railway**, she is suspected of murdering Interpol agent Michael Sled. She meets up again with Edgeworth and canon character Dick Gumshoe, but also meets canon characters Kay Faraday, Raymond Shields and Shi-Long Lang. With the help of Edgeworth, her innocence is proven and train attendant Panik Artier is arrested for the murder. This case also vaguely introduces an assassination organization.

In case two, **Ye Olde Turnabout**, Wood heard about the murder in Wintermarble Village, a small town in the wintry mountains, and decided to investigate. She enters the village, with the assistance of Shields, and discovers that her boarding school friends are also in the village. After arguing with Kyle Young, the student that was accused of Tucker's murder, Wood leaves the hotel to calm down, where she meets James Francis Devine, a teenage boy who lives in the village. The two quickly became friends, despite Wood calling James' flirtatious personality 'gross'. Not long afterwards, Angelica, Faraday and Jeff Wasntme were kidnapped by the Shinokage, a group of assassins, and held in an underground dungeon. While Edgeworth, Shields and Bridget Anahita confronted the group, James discovered the passage to the underground dungeon and he, Kyle and Wood saved Angelica and Wasntme from their prison. Although the Shinokage got away, Wood gained a new suspicion that she had something to do with them.

In case three, **Turnabout Backstabber**, Wood is at her home when she hears the news that a murder occurred at Rivera and Co. Criminal Defense Offices, the suspect of the crime being James. She attempts to call James, but Gumshoe ends up picking up the call, as James' mobile was in police custody. Despite the detective ordering her to stay at home, Wood rushes over to the scene to once again encounter Edgeworth, Gumshoe, Faraday, Anahita and Shields, but also meets canon characters Justine Courtney and Sebastian Debeste, along with the victim's assistant Severa Punnishant. Wood immediately suspects Punnishant of being the killer, and tells Edgeworth about her suspicions. The Shinokage, having successfully gathered everyone they needed in one place, broke into the law firm. Leading the charge was a female assassin, one who had posed as a train attendant in **Turnabout Railway**. Punnishant admits to being the murderer as the assassins promised her money and fame. This, however, was a lie: the head assassin betrays and kills Punnishant, calling the teen 'on obstacle'. After the group escape, Edgeworth asks Wood about the ZR-8 Incident, to which she denies knowing anything about. This causes five Black Psyche-Locks to appear, showing that she does indeed have an unknown secret over the case.

Case four, **A Turnabout to the Past**, is a flashback to the trial of the ZR-8 Incident 11 years prior to the events of *Trinity of Justice*. Emily Rivera, the victim of **Turnabout Backstabber**, was the lawyer for the case, while her younger brother Alejandro Rivera was the prosecutor. She was requested to defend Ellie Appleton on the charge of being the Shinokage, who the police thought was a single person at the time. The first witness Alejandro presented was Robin Wood, the 14th victim's husband and the leader of the Council of Six. Robin testified that he, along with his secretary Aurora, were heading to his office when he heard a child crying from inside. He broke down the door and found his wife lying there, dead, with a knife in her throat. Sat upon his desk was his three year old daughter. Emily calls Wood to the stand and uses her 'testimony' to prove that Ellie wasn't the killer when Anahita bursts into the courtroom, announcing that an attack was going to be launched. A large group of Shinokage members, along with their leader, enter the courtroom and indeed attack everyone inside.

Case five, **A Turnabout in the Shadows**, begins with Wood inviting James along to go to the Council of Six Headquarters, where she was requested to visit via anonymous letter. When James pointed out that the letter lacked such key details, Wood began the question the letter's legitimacy. The Shinokage leader's son, Equinox Emsthorpe, appeared and warned them not to follow the letter's instructions, that only danger and death awaited them. Wood ignored the masked man's warning, calling him 'cryptic', and dragged James along to the headquarters anyway. Upon their arrival they were immediately attacked by the Shinokage and drugged, making them fall unconscious. Wood was taken away to her father's office. When she woke up, she finds Robin locked in the same room, unaware that Robin is her father. The Shinokage's leader, Augustus Emsthorpe, enters the room and announces that his ultimate goal was to kill Wood. Robin intervenes and attempts to hold off Emsthorpe, only to receive a fatal injury. Emsthorpe corners Wood and brings a knife down on her, striking her left eye and permanently blinding it. Emsthorpe makes another attempt, but is shot by Robin before he can kill Wood. Robin gives Wood a silver locket that belonged to her mother, also passing away shortly after. After reading a letter explaining the truth behind her past, Wood decided to become a prosecutor, as inspired by Edgeworth.

In the epilogue Wood announced that she is set to meet the Chief Prosecutor, but quickly panics over the event.

## Golden Future of Law

Wood, like many other characters, only appears in case five **Turnabout Paradox**. When Wood hears that Ghastly and Sora discovered a body in the Prosecutor's Office, she immediately rushes over to investigate the scene and identify the victim. Upon hearing that Anton Burke was arrested for the murder, Wood and Ghastly leave to find a lawyer for him, turning to Morix Law Offices. The group of lawyers are in awe at how Wood is so similar to an employee in the office, Niamh Tenniswood. Despite Ghastly's several attempts to drop the subject, Wood grew extremely agitated at her 'body double'. Tenniswood agrees to take Anton's case and leaves the office to investigate the crime, along with Chrysalis Starr and Yuri Rinko. Wood takes the trio to the crime scene and leaves shortly after to check up on Anton at the detention center. When she arrived, Polly and Ghastly were already present. Polly decided that Wood was going to prosecute the case, this time on her own. Despite being nervous and unsure about the decision, Wood agrees to taking the case. In the middle of Anton's trial, Wood breaks down after not being able to prove a possible motive. Polly requests a recess and begins to yell at Wood for such behavior. In the depths of her mind, Wood could her a voice in her head talking to her, unaware that it was in fact her hidden split personality. The personality switches in and acts like Wood for the rest of the case. Wood later wakes up in her subconscious, seemingly chained down. She formally meets her split personality for the first time, noting several changes in her appearance. Wood is unconscious for the rest of the case until the ending, where she collapses upon returning to normal. She asks the other characters what happened, but nobody told her, afraid of her reaction.

Wood appears in the epilogue, wondering why nobody will tell her what happened and comments on how Polly has been 'glaring' at her ever since.

## The Returning Past

In case one, **The Well Deserved Turnabout**, Wood and James are leaving class after a school announcement. Instead of following the announcement's instructions and going home, Wood follows the trail of police officers entering the school. Upon meeting Detective Toby Erikson, she lies that she is the prosecutor assigned to the case and asks to see the crime scene. When she sees the knife that stabbed the victim, her aichmophobia causes her to pass out. She wakes up several minutes later, this time confronted by Polly. Polly lectures her on her lie, saying that anyone can see she isn't a real prosecutor. Polly asks Wood about what she was doing at the time of the crime, to which Wood hesitantly complies. While Polly is talking to the defense team (Tenniswood and Yuri), Wood slips away to visit the defendant Leon Wakuta. Wood asks Leon if he committed the crime. He replies that he didn't and Wood leaves the detention center. Wood does not show up for the rest of the case.

In case two, **Turnabout Vows**, Wood is invited to a wedding by her childhood friend Angelica Haruka. While the ceremony is taking place, the bride, Kayleigh Braide, is stricken with pain and collapses. Wood calls the police and, upon returning, learns that Kayleigh has been poisoned. The police arrive and conduct their investigation, with Angelica being the main suspect. The groom and Angelica's older brother Johnathon attempts to intervene, but is ignored and his younger sister is arrested. Wood demands to be taken to Morix Law Offices, to request a defense lawyer for her friend. Lily Shield and Chrysalis are waiting in the office when Wood bursts in begging for their help, saying that she was always told to go to Morix Law Offices if she needed a lawyer. It is never stated who told her this, but it was most likely Ghastly who told her. Lily agrees to take the case, with Chrysalis being the defense assistant. Wood becomes Prosecutor Vito Cruz's co-counsel, to help find the truth of the case. In the second day of investigation, Toby asks to meet Wood and tells her about a mysterious guest at the wedding called Claire Harpman. Wood recognizes the Harpman name from the ZR-8 Incident, as Travis Harpman was one of the victims. On the final day of the trial, the witness, Mikan Kisutmi, becomes aggressive after being accused of the murder and accuses Wood. Mikan insists that Wood is 'nothing more than a serial killer' and that the RW-0 Incident was proof of this. Wood panics upon hearing that case name, as she kept the case a secret. Eventually, Mikan was arrested for the murder, but the media heard about the accusations against Wood and began to investigate behind the scenes.

In case three, **Turnabout Heir**, Detective Rocerous Amm arrests Wood on the charge of murder. Ghastly immediately objects to the arrest, but Amm arrests Wood anyway. Ghastly requests that Cotoli Morix defend Wood in court, to which Cotoli agrees. Cotoli speaks to Wood about the crime, seeing three red Psyche-Locks regarding the victim. In court, Cotoli, with the assistance of witness Lawrence Cavendish, held off the verdict for one more day. Upon further investigating, Cotoli discovers a pair of gloves hidden at the crime scene. Cotoli concludes that the gloves were used by the real killer, thus decisive evidence of the killer's identity. Amm found Cotoli in the room and attacked the lawyer with a taser. In court the next day, when Amm had been called back to the witness stand, he attempted to pin the murder on previous witness Lappie Elltone. Prosecutor Taniem Soreth-Spees reminded him that the objective was to have Wood arrested. The court heard this, however, and concluded that Amm was the real killer, with Soreth-Spees as his accomplice, and they were both arrested for the crime. In the conclusion of the case, Cavendish gives Wood a purple Magatama, telling her that it once belonged to her mother, assuring her that her mother would want her to have it. Wood, at the time, had no idea what the Magatama did, but kept it anyway.

In case four, **The Reopened Turnabout**, Wood receives a letter telling her to go to the Chief Prosecutor's office at a certain time, such letter apparently signed in the name of Ghastly. Wood was too suspicious to go on her own and asked James to go with her, to which he agreed. When they arrived, they were attacked by Amm, who had escaped from prison. James was knocked unconscious, while Amm used Ghastly's knife to attack Wood in the most vulnerable area: her left eye. The attack caused her wound to reopen and start bleeding madly. Amm finished the job by stabbing Wood in the stomach, also with Ghastly's knife. Because of this, Ghastly was arrested for the crime. Chrysalis inform Cotoli and Tenniswood that Ghastly had been accused of the crimes. The duo take on his defense, willing to prove him innocent. Meanwhile, Sora was staying in the hospital to keep an eye on Wood, constantly worried about the girl's condition. In her comatose state, Wood had a flashback of the ZR-8 Incident. James also visited Wood, properly introducing himself to Sora. James notices the Magatama that Wood gripped in her hand, with Sora commenting on how she didn't know Wood had a Magatama. In court, Detective Scott Hunter testified about the police's conclusions about the crime, which Tenniswood disproves. Afterwards, James takes the stand and tells the court about Wood's request. He recalled what he could about the culprit and, although it wasn't much, court was adjourned for one more day. After the trial, James apologized for not being able to help, although Ghastly quickly dismisses the apology. At this time, Wood has a second flashback during her coma. This dream, however, was of three years prior: of the school trip she and her friends went on during her time at Ashbrooke. Wood eventually wakes up from her coma and learns that Ghastly was arrested for the crime from James. In the trial the next day, Wood escapes from the hospital to testify in court, determined to prove Ghastly's innocence. Her testimony passed a not-guilty verdict and the two, along with Sora, celebrated the victory.

In case five, **The Two-Faced Turnabout**, Wood discovers a threatening note in Ghastly's office. She is extremely alarmed by the note, so much so that the shock caused her to pass out, her split personality Nevada taking her place. Wood is conscious for the first half of the case, but Nevada takes over during the recess of the first trial day. Upon Wood's return, she is at last told of what Nevada is and what she has done, past and present. Wood is horrified and attempts to run away, but the kind words of her parents calmed her down, although she wasn't fully comfortable with the idea at that time.

Wood appeared in the epilogue alongside Vera Stanhope and Aiden Healy. Aiden is hiding from Wood, calling her 'Miss Jack'. This is a reference to Nevada's given nickname, Genocide Jack.

## Mask of Deceit

Case one, **The Scholarly Turnabout**, opens with Wood cleaning Ghastly's office. The TV in the background announces a murder at her old boarding school, the victim Elaine Wyatt being an acquaintance of hers. She immediately leaves to investigate, but is stopped by Polly. Wood manages to persuade Polly to let her investigate the case, but is told that she is 'out of that door' if she fails the case. Wood hesitantly agrees to the deal and meets with the defendant Jeff Wasntme. After confirming Jeff's innocence, Wood leaves to investigate the crime scene. Wood next appears speaking on the phone near the crime scene. Her dialogue suggests that she was speaking to Ghastly. Wood directs Tenniswood and Yuri to the witness Stuart Andrews, where they question him about what he saw and the three of them determine that he is lying. In the first court session, Wood calls Mukuro to the witness stand to testify about the crime. Wood later calls Stuart to the stand and asks him to tell the court what he saw. Stuart testified that he witnessed an argument between the defendant and victim, but Tenniswood managed to prove that he was lying. Stuart admits that the real killer blackmailed him and another day for investigation was granted. In the investigation, Mukuro and Wood search for the weapon used to blackmail Stuart when Wood comes across a knife. Wood passes out upon seeing the knife and Nevada takes her place upon waking up. Wood regains consciousness later when Mukuro removed her from the crime scene. Later, a police office informs Wood that a vital clue was found, such clue being a golden mask. A file was also missing from one of the office's filing cabinets, this file being Wood's. It was deduced that the thief known as the Masked Gentleman stole the file and left behind his iconic mask. When the defense team is questioning Robert Carey about the murder, Wood asks that she question him privately. She asked him details about the Masked Gentleman. The next day in court, Wood summoned Carey to the witness stand to testify on what he witnessed. After much arguing between defense and prosecution, Carey admitted to the murder and was taken away, yelling a cryptic message to Wood before he was. Wood was thinking over these words after the trial before being picked up from the courthouse by Ghastly.

In case two, **Turnabout Lockdown**, Wood assists Roberto Shield in prosecuting the case of Dana Caputo for the murder of Gene Rochester. Wood and Roberto were investigating the crime scene when they came across a woman who simply called herself D. D advises the two prosecutors to stay out of the way of her investigation. When Lily and Chrysalis arrive at the crime scene, Wood's courtroom anxiety acts up and causes her to leave the scene, claiming that she is going to search for witnesses. After her sudden departure, she runs into D again and learns that the latter is a member of Interpol. After once again being asked to stay out of the agent's way, Wood lost her temper, but quickly backed down when threatened with arrest. At the trial the next day, Roberto gave Wood the opportunity to deliver the opening statement, calling it 'gaining experience'. She called the detective in charge of the investigation, Vera Stanhope, to testify about the crime before calling a second witness, a prison inmate by the name of Mondo Owada (Danganronpa inspired). Owada testified that he saw the body lying in a corridor of the prison, but Lily soon proved him wrong, saying that the victim was discovered in an interrogation room and deduced that Owada mistook the unconscious defendant for the victim. Owada grows agitated upon thinking about the killer and pulls out a knife in his anger. As a result of this, Wood's aichmophobia took over and caused her to collapse, triggering Nevada's appearance. Wood regained consciousness later in the day, finding herself with Lily and Chrysalis when she was supposed to be investigating with Roberto. She panicked upon learning that they had met Genocide Jack, but Chrysalis quickly reassured her that no harm had been done. Roberto burst onto the scene to warn them that the Masked Gentleman had arrived and the four rushed to the gates of the prison. Wood confronted the thief about his actions in the previous case, only to receive a cryptic hint that the Masked Gentleman knew of her before the thief disappeared into thin air. Wood was later greeted by Iona Horowitz, a prison guard like the defendant and victim, who claimed to have seen the murder and wished to testify. The next day, Wood went with the defendant Dana Caputo to the defendant lobby to warn Lily and Chrysalis about Horowitz before sneezing, with Genocide Jack gaining control once again and prosecuting in Wood's place for the remainder of the case.

Wood appeared briefly in case three **The Defensive Turnabout**. She found James at the Prosecutor's Office, who had obviously been crying. After a little persuasion, James told her about his tragic past: how his father had mysteriously disappeared six years prior, his older brother Albert leaving home to search for him and his mother passing away from the grief of it all. James eventually decided to investigate the crime scene one more time and try to assist the defense with the case, which Wood encouraged him to do. But before he left, Wood quickly kissed him on the cheek before running away, embarrassed by her own actions.

Wood prosecuted the case of Peko Pekoyama in case four **Turnabout Business**. She takes the case alongside prosecutor Amy Kalles, who was Chrysalis under an alias. After travelling to the crime scene, an information gathering company by the name of GatherLaw Incorporated, Wood discovers that she has more family members than she originally thought: her uncle, aunt and two cousins proved that a part of her biological family was still alive. She and 'Amy' believed that Peko was innocent and thus set out to prove that in the trial.

In the final case, **Turnabout Regrets**,

## Justice and Truth

Wood first appears as a witness in case one, **Turnabout Argument**. She testifies in the case of Anton while he was accused of the attempted murder of Polly. When questioned on the crime scene, Wood grows nervous while thinking about the knife. She hides this fact from the court, but places her hand over her left eye. It is highly likely that she was thinking of the RW-0 Incident. Her testimony proves Anton's innocence.

In case two, **Turnabout A Cappella**, Wood is the prosecution's co-counsel. She first appears when she decided to take Sam Shine and Jaden Mill-Foys into questioning. Sky Amaya comments that they're letting a kid help with the investigation, at which Wood grows extremely agitated. While yelling about not being a child, Detective Vera Stanhope suggests that Wood hurry along into questioning the witnesses. She stands in court next to Prosecutor Ryan Aura, often interrupting him in presenting evidence or introducing a witness. In the second day of investigation, she runs into Chrysalis. Chrysalis had discovered some blood stains with the help of luminol when she encountered Wood, who was holding a piece of paper that would later turn out to be the victim's medical report. The next day, Brittany Belle is found guilty of the murder.

## No Boundaries

Wood only makes a short appearance in *No Boundaries*. She interrupts a conversation between Chrysalis and Anton on the school bus, unaware that said conversation was important to the latter two. She eventually took the hint and left. Wood is briefly mentioned later on when Polly is having multiple conversations on the phone, mentioning a killer drugging her. Anton thought to himself that 'it certainly wasn't about Niamh'.

## From the Darkness Within

Wood appears as the prosecution's co-counsel in this case. Alongside her are Nevada's four pet hamsters, dubbed The Four Dark Devas of Destruction. At the beginning of the trial, dressed in tutus and top hats, the hamsters danced and entertained the court. Throughout the trial the hamsters would deliver the evidence to the judge or to the defense.

# Execution

**Hopeful Inaugural Parade**

Wood sits on a vehicle and answers people’s cheers in the middle of a huge, gorgeous parade. In the next moment, Monokuma pops up resembling an assassin and attempts to kill her with a shot through the heart, but the program glitches and the gun is jammed, allowing Wood to pass by unharmed. Frustrated, Monokuma jumps forward and kicks the vehicle onto it's side, making Wood fall off. She stands and runs, escaping the execution alive.

This is the only 'failed' execution in *Virtual Despair*.

# Relationships

## The Other Quintet Members

Wood has always disliked Nevada. Since they share the same body, Wood could be blamed for Nevada's murderous actions, even though Ghastly has always assured her that he can use his position as Chief Prosecutor to prevent this. Wood is often worried for the mental health of Nicoletta and hates the way that she is so obsessed with people such as James. Wood is aware that Nova is a representation of her fear of being discovered and greatly dislikes the 'royal' personality. On the other hand, Wood has no problems with Nalani.

## Sora Lin

Even before becoming Sora's adopted daughter, Wood highly respected Sora and loved her bubbly personality. Upon first joining the Prosecutor's Office, Wood made quick friends with Sora. Wood never openly called Sora a friend, but still thought of her that way and liked to hang around with her when she had no jobs to do. Wood and Sora can relate quite a bit as both have multiple personalities and had their mothers killed in front of them.

## Ghastly Bespoke

Out of all prosecutors at the district, Wood looked up to Ghastly most of all. She often told him about her life at home, while she still lived with her first adoptive family, despite wanting to keep such details a secret. Because of Ghastly's easy going personality, she began to trust him fairly quickly and even once openly referred to him as 'friend', despite it being a slip of the tongue. Ghastly often forgets about Wood's aichmophobia, so there are a lot of situations where Wood falls unconscious and Ghastly remains unaware as to why.

## James Devine

Wood and James have been incredibly close friends ever since they first met in **Ye Olde Turnabout.** Their friendship was off to a rocky start in **Ye Olde Turnabout**, but they quickly grew closer over the course of *Trinity of Justice*. James finally admitted his feelings for Wood in **Turnabout Romance**, the first case of *Beginning of the End*, and Wood returned those feelings and the two began an official relationship.

## Mukuro Erikson

Wood and Mukuro had actually met before the events of *The Returning Past*, although neither girl remembers it. They were first introduced to each other because their fathers were good friends. They met at a young age, Wood being two years old at the time while Mukuro was four. They would not meet again for many years, even working alongside each other in **The Two-Faced Turnabout**.

# Quotes

-"My name's Niamh Wood, the Ultimate Prosecuting Prodigy! What about you?!" *(to Niamh Tenniswood)*

-"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! Why do you have the same name as me?! What is this?!" *(to Niamh Tenniswood)*

-"B-But, sir! Aren't you just a little bit concerned?!" *(to Ghastly Bespoke)*

-"Y-Yeah. We're- I mean, I'm ready."

-"Who else am I gonna go to, the Chief Prosecutor?" *(to James Devine)*

# Trivia

-Wood has Black-Psyche Locks regarding the ZR-8 and RW-0 Incidents. She hides a deep fear of the potential damage assassins could do, since her family have been a major targets since she was just three years old. She also has Black Psyche-Locks about Genocide Jack, as she is terrified about anyone finding out the serial killer's true identity and being shunned for it.

-Wood is actually semi-blind, only being able to see out of her right eye. This explains her left eye being a pure white colour instead of blue. Just like her eye, however, Wood likes to keep her semi-blindness a secret, with only her family and closest friends knowing about it.

-Wood has a crippling case of aichmophobia, which is the fear of knives and other sharp objects. She developed this fear during RW-0. Wood will panic upon seeing a knife, becoming short of breath and beginning to tremble. In more serious cases, Wood will start screaming in fear and even faint if the situation goes too far.

-Wood has dissociative identity disorder, meaning she has multiple personalities and has done the ZR-8 Incident. She can switch between her personalities in two different ways. Upon sneezing, she loses consciousness and another personality takes over. Wood also specifically switches to Nevada when collapsing upon seeing a knife.