Magnifi Gramarye

Magnifi Gramarye is a vital figure to the past in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. He was the founding member of Troupe Gramarye, a group of stage magicians using his techniques.

Name
Magnifi comes from "magnificent." Gramarye means "cult magic."

Background
Ten years before the game. Three years before his death. Magnifi's students--Zak Gramarye, Valant Gramarye, and his daughter, Thalassa Gramarye--were involved in an accident when the latter was shot with a prop pistol by one of the two men. Magnifi helped cover the incident for the sake of the Gramarye name.

Three years later, Magnifi was hospitalized because he had liver cancer. He wrote letters to his disciples, telling them to bring pistols and "shoot a forehead." Zak came first and shot the forehead of a clown doll, waking his mentor up in the process. Magnifi was so proud of him, that he gave Zak all the rights to his magic. After the first student left, Valant showed up next, but it was too late. Magnifi woke up telling him that he failed. After Valant left the room he heard a gunshot; his master had just killed himself!