Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane is the first game in the Attorney of the Arcane series. It was released on 24 Jun, 2023 on Steam. The game is split into 5 main chapters. The game and the series is inspired by the Ace Attorney series.
Plot[]
Do note: These are merely summaries, intended for documenting surface only details of the chapters, but they still contain heavy spoilers.
Chapter 1 : The Coldhearted Aristocrat - The first chapter introduces Tyrion Cuthbert and focuses on Tyrion's arrival to the kingdom of Wyverngarde. Tyrion along with his mentor and adoptive mother, Ruby Tymora, arrive at a local tavern/inn for a meeting Ruby had with Flinhart McCoy Tyrion is left alone as Ruby leaves for the meeting with Flinhart and gets to meet Celeste McCoy shortly afterwards. The victim in this case is Celeste's father, Flinhart McCoy, with his murderer being Garrick Pierce, although this is revealed to the player at the chapter's start through a cut scene.
Chapter 2 : The Walking Dead - The second chapter takes place in the exclusive Wyverngarde Academy, an academy for studying the Arcane Arts, with Celeste now following Tyrion as his bodyguard. The chapter starts in the academy's library, with Tyrion and Ruby Tymora trying to learn more about the abilities and the origin of a mysterious power Tyrion possesses, the Eye of Horus, although his research falls flat as there is not a mention of it. Shortly afterwards, the cast is introduced for the first time to the main antagonist of the game, Eris Illmater, who claims to be a student of illusion magic, she is accompanied by Wallace Nightgrave, the accused defendant of the case and a student of necromancy magic, which is a forbidden art to practice. Afterwards, the victim is also introduced, with that being Professor Catherine Bellwether. The main incident officially starts with the academy going into lock down under the headmaster's orders. The crime scene is claimed to be Lecture Hall B, but this was falsified by the culprit. The culprit in this case is the academy's headmaster, Theodore Redmond, this is revealed as a plot twist. This chapter also introduces Arcane Constructs, which appear multiple times throughout the game.
Chapter 3 : The Origin of Horus -
Chapter 4 : Severed Ties -
Chapter 5 : Attorney of the Arcane -
Chapter | Defendant | Victim(s) | Culprit(s) |
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1 : The Coldhearted Aristocrat | Celeste McCoy | Flinhart McCoy | Garrick Pierce |
2 : The Walking Dead | Wallace Nightgrave | Catherine Bellwether | Theodore Redmond |
3 : The Origin of Horus | Stefanic Dracogen | Justin Waye | Lloyd von Sanctus |
4 : Severed Ties | Beatrice Frega (Prosecuted Against) | William Frega | Beatrice Frega |
5 : Attorney of the Arcane | Aria Steelwind | Coraline Sibyl, Garrick Pierce, Lloyd von Sanctus | Eris Illmater, Aster de Wyverngarde |