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| Amelie Fenn |
| ... Hi, Di-Jun. Sorry -- President Wang. It's me. Amelie. I know it's been a while... I... saw on the news that you were visiting this country soon. And I didn't know whether I should get in touch at all, but... in the end I decided I had to. |
Amelie Fenn was a diplomat working for the American embassy in Zheng Fa who later worked for the Happy Family Home orphanage. She was the birth mother of Shaun Fenn.
Presidential relations[]
Amelie met Zheng Fa's President Di-Jun Wang as part of her job. In their first meeting, the president gave her a bouquet of lion lilies. This ultimately resulted in a relationship that led to her becoming pregnant with their child. After that, she left her job and returned to the United States. She had secured a new job at the Happy Family Home by the time she gave birth to her son, whom she named Shaun.
The meeting that never was[]
| Amelie Fenn |
| You see, I... I had a baby. A beautiful little boy. ...Your beautiful little boy. I'm sorry, that's... That's pretty much all I wanted to tell you... Oh, except... I called him Shaun. "Shaun Fenn"... It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? And... also that... I'll be at the orphanage on the evening of the ninth. I'll be waiting in the front yard. I thought... you could meet him if you like. Even if it's only just this once.. I know you're... a very busy man, but... Anyway, that's where we'll be... Goodbye. |
Amelie sent a message to Wang telling him about their son's birth. She told him to meet her at the Happy Family Home on February 9, 2007. This message was stored in a Taurusaurus toy that doubled as an audio recording device. The president made it to the appointed place, but Amelie had noticed someone stalking her and decided to cancel their meeting.
One of President Wang's body doubles had learned about Amelie and the meeting and used this opportunity to have the president assassinated so that he could take his place. However, a photographer named Alf Aldown witnessed the body being taken away and sent a phone message to his girlfriend about it, mistaking it for a kidnapping. The body double killed Aldown and decided to stage a kidnapping to fit with the message. The presidential imposter stayed away from Amelie, knowing that the existence of her son was a threat to the cover-up that he had engineered.
The secret revealed[]
Amelie died seven years later, and her cousin Verity Gavèlle adopted Shaun. The secret relationship with Di-Jun Wang, and thus the fact that he had been replaced by a double, remained hidden for five years after that until the body double was killed in April 2019. This helped to set off a chain of events leading to Miles Edgeworth discovering the truth behind the "kidnapping." Shaun then contemplated murdering Bodhidharma Kanis, the man who murdered his father 12 years ago, but understanding that this would only cause further pain to his friends and adoptive mother, relented. Later, Shaun bought three lion lilies, one for his adoptive mother and two in his birth parents' memory.
Personality[]
Amelie Fenn's love of children led her to her job at Happy Family Home. She had such a close relationship with her cousin Verity Gavèlle that the pair viewed each other almost as sisters.
Name[]
- Japanese/English - Ami Aizawa (相沢 アミ) / Amelie Fenn:
- Her English surname seems to come from the word "Fen", a type of wetland. This is roughly analogous to "Aizawa" (her Japanese surname), which literally translates as "fellow swamp."
- Her English given name "Amelie" is a French name meaning "industrious" or "hardworking".
- French - Amélie Maraud:
- Her French surname seems to come from the word "maurad", meaning "rogue" or "rascal". Additionally, the surname sounds like "marais" meaning "swamp", referencing her Japanese name.
Unofficial[]
- English - Amy Marsh:
- Her name in the unofficial English fan translation patch for Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit is "Amy Marsh," with "Marsh" possibly being a reference to her Japanese surname.