Simon Blackquill

"Simon Blackquill"

- ...............Hmph. ......Enough jabbering. Get on with it, already.

Simon Blackquill  is a prosecutor who has been ordered to stand in court despite technically serving a murder sentence. He was the suspect in the UR-1 Incident, and uses psychological manipulation techniques to his advantage. His animal companion, a hawk named Taka, perches on his shoulder  and harasses Apollo Justice to prevent him from using his bracelet. During The Monstrous Turnabout', Blackquill broke his shackles, causing everyone in the courtroom to panic. Afterwards, Blackquill spits out the feather in his mouth and "slices" it using his index finger in front of Apollo's face to scare him. He continues to do this to the defense to get their attention. (Blackquill's "slicing" ability is usefully applied later on in Turnabout For Tomorrow to reveal that Bobby Fulbright shows no reaction to a face wound, indicating the detective to be Phantom in disguise.)

Personality
Blackquill is a calm and collected man who likes to use sword duel analogies. He also has a dark sense of humor which he shows occasionally.

Name

 * His Japanese surname is possibly a play on the word "yugami" (歪み), which means "a warp/distortion".


 * His Japanese given name means "swiftness".


 * His English given name "Simon" comes from the Classical Hebrew "שִׁמְעוֹן" (shim'ón), meaning "hearkening" or "he has heard".
 * The name "Simon" may come from the famous psychology author George K. Simon who published the book "In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People" that deals with manipulation.


 * "Blackquill" is a combination of "black" (dark colors being prominent in his character design) and "quill" (a writing implement made from the molted flight feather of a bird).

Development

 * Blackquill has the unique interjection "Silence!" which he uses in court. In the Japanese version, this is "Dama ri nā!"（黙りなァ！）