Lamiroir

Lamiroir is a famous singer from Borginia and a witness in the murder of her bodyguard. She is particularly famous for the song The Guitar's Serenade. Her real name is Thalassa Gramarye, and she is the daughter of renowned magician Magnifi Gramarye. She was a magician's assistant from Troupe Gramarye, which included Magnifi's pupils Zak Gramarye and Valant Gramarye. Like all of Magnifi's descendants, she can utilize special-alloy bracelets to "perceive" subtle nervous habits. During a magic show rehearsal, she was accidentally shot. She lost her sight and her memory, and she came to live in Borginia.

Early life and children
When Thalassa Gramarye was young, she left Troupe Gramarye to marry another performer, having a son with him. A year later, her husband was killed on stage; she gave her son one of her bracelets and left him to return to the Troupe. (What became of her son prior to his court debut is unknown.) She then married one of the members of the troupe, Zak Gramarye. They had a daughter together.

Accident
A few years later, during a rehearsal of "Zak & Valant's Quick-Draw Shootem", which required the use of prop pistols, Thalassa was shot. Her father quickly took charge to cover up the accident, to protect the Gramarye name. Zak and Valant believed Thalassa to be dead. However, she survived and ended up in the small European nation of Borginia. She lost her memory and her sight from the trauma, and to make her living, she began singing in a small restaurant, calling herself "Lamiroir". She was accompanied by a young piano player, Machi Tobaye, who would pretend to be the blind member of the duo to preserve Lamiroir's image. Lamiroir stayed in Borginia until she was discovered for her talent, and she toured the world.

Witness to murder

 * Main article: Turnabout Serenade

One day, Klavier Gavin visited Borginia and found Lamiroir. Moved by her singing, he invited her to sing in one of his concerts. She starred in a solo act, accompanied by Gavin on guitar and Tobaye on piano, singing The Guitar's Serenade, which she had written with Gavin. However, the Lamiroir on stage was actually Valant Gramarye, who was assisting with a disappearing act, while the real Lamiroir crawled through the air ducts toward a platform on which she was to reappear after her "disappearance". However, during this act, she ended up witnessing her bodyguard's murder.

Tobaye was tried for the murder, represented by Lamiroir's son Apollo Justice, who also had Lamiroir's daughter Trucy Wright assisting him. Lamiroir gave her testimony, and then someone spoke, and Lamiroir suddenly recognized the voice of the killer: Daryan Crescend.

After court was adjourned, Crescend attacked Lamiroir in the Sunshine Coliseum, in an attempt to prevent her from testifying further, but this was a fruitless endeavor. Phoenix Wright visited her during her subsequent hospitalization and suggested that she have an eye operation, but she feared what she would find out about her past life if she went through with the operation. Crescend was eventually exposed as Tobaye agreed to testify about his cooperation with Crescend to smuggle a Borginian cocoon.

After witnessing Justice's defense of her, Lamiroir decided to go through with the eye operation and recovered her memory and her sight. Justice and Trucy still had no idea that they had seen their mother.

Jury

 * Main article: Turnabout Succession

Lamiroir participated in the first trial for the Jurist System, a revival of the jury trial system, as "Jurist No. 6". The jury unanimously declared the defendant innocent after Phoenix Wright revealed a long and complicated background behind the case implicating someone else as the real killer. The case turned out to involve many people, including Troupe Gramarye.

Thalassa Gramarye thanked Wright for all he had done, including allowing her to see her children and adopting Trucy. Phoenix asked whether she would reveal herself to them, and she replied that she would wait for the right moment.

Name



 * "Lamiroir" comes from the phrase "le miroir", which means "the mirror" in French. "La" is probably used instead of "le" because of Lamiroir's gender.


 * Thalassa is the name of a sea goddess in Greek Mythology. This fits with her son Apollo Justice's name.


 * "Gramarye" is an old word referring to cult magic, similar to "grimoire", a book of magic.


 * Yuumi (優海) contains the kanji of "sea" (海) and Arumajiki (或真敷) means "unworthy".


 * Arumajiki could be based off of "aru" meaning "there is" and "majiki", possibly meaning "magic".


 * In Borginian, Lamiroir means "goddess of song", "the Siren" and "mirror".

Development

 * The design on her face mask is a hiragana "ra" (ら).


 * Like the other members of Troupe Gramarye (while she was still part of the group), Thalassa's cape is held in place by a brooch in the shape of a suit in a deck of cards. In Thalassa's case, this is diamonds. A diamond brooch can be seen on the dress she wears.