Emmy Altava

"I'm dead serious."

- Emmy threatening to slit Luke's neck with an icicle. "Uncle Leon is all I have in this world!"

- Emmy crossing the Despair Event Horizon. Emmy Altava is the true tertriary antagonist of the Professor Layton prequel series, and later secondary antagonist in the Azran Legacy. She is a double-agent for Targent, and Leon Bronev's adopted niece.

Story
Past

Not much is known about Emmy's past, apart from the fact her entire family is dead. Somehow, she ended up working for Targent, and was asked by Bronev to spy on Professor Layton, and report how well Layton would work if he became a member. She goes to Gressenheller University, and gets a job as his assistant there.

The Last Specter, The Eternal Diva, and the Miracle Mask

For the next three entries in the series, she serves as the tritagonist, and a powerful ally to Professor Layton. During this time, she secretly reports his progress to Bronev, who is impressed by his son's abilities.

The Azran Legacy

Emmy serves in the Azran Legacy as the hidden secondary antagonist. She mostly seems on the Professor's side, not showing any signs of violence. After Targent fail to get the key back in the Froenburg ruins, she suddenly grabs an icicle, and takes Luke hostage. She revealed, to Layton's surprise, that she had been a double-agent for Targent the entire time. She then reveals that her entire family is dead, and Bronev is her only family that's left. After getting further through the ruins, she reflects upon herself, and feels bad for betraying the people who she had gotten to known for three years. She lets Luke go, and claims to Bronev he had hurt himself. Once the Professor and Luke get to the bottom of the ruins, she is with Bronev when he has Aurora sacrificed to awaken the Legacy. She is horrified, but at the same time, could have prevented it. After the ruins are lifted out of the mountains, and the Azran Dolls are released, she is one of the five people, along with Layton, Descole, Bronev, and Luke to give their lives to stop the apocalypse. She, along with them, is brought back to life by Aurora, who starts to distentegrate, and dies, much to everyone's dismay. A while later, she resigns as Layton's assistant, due to feeling guilty, and embraces Layton in a hug before leaving. She tells him she might come back when she feels worthy of being his assistant again. She is last seen in the credits, walking in an unknown and empty location.