| “ | Did you all just come here to stand around speculatin? If so, there's a quiet cell in the dungeon which has just become vacant... You can speculate all you want in there. | „ |
| ~ Darklaw/The Great Witch. |
Hig Inquisitor Darklaw (true name: Eve Belduke) is one of the main antagonists in Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. She was the High Inquisitor of Labyrinthia, where she worked to rid the town of witches. She was also the only person normally able to meet directly with the town's "creator", the mysterious Story Teller.
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Backstory
Eve was the daughter of Newton Belduke, and was the childhood friend of Espella Cantabella. After a terrible fire killed the entire population of their town, she was forced to change her name to Darklaw in order to hide the truth about the incident from Cantabella, and aid her friend's father, Arthur Cantabella (the Story Teller), in fabricating a new town called Labyrinthia to seal Espellas memories, as she thought she was responsible for the fire, while actually it was Eve's fault.
When her father committed suicide because of the lie behind the town she wanted revenge against the Storyteller, so she decided to lure Professor Layton to Labytrinthia to reveal the truth about Labyrinthia.
Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney
She was first seen as the Great Witch, chasing a vehicle with a group of witches that was driven by Carmini Accidenti, who accompanied Espella, while driving through the streets of London. The Great Witch flew past them and brought two statues in front of them to life, causing the car to fly on top of a tree. The Great Witch was about to capture Espella, until Scotland Yard arrived at the scene.
Later, after Espella met Professor Layton at his office, the Great Witch appeared and flew away with Espella. While investigating the tower bridge, they see a cloaked figure who disappeared after they noticed it. There, they found Espella and rescued her. But as soon as they did, the witches appeared. Espella ran with Professor Layton as they were being chased, but stopped as the Great Witch appeared in front of them. The Great Witch removed Espella's cloak from her, but was shocked to see that it was actually Luke in disguise as the real one escaped on a moving boat. Furious, she warned Professor Layton and Luke about the dangers that they put themselves in, involving Espella, telling them that they've walked into the "middle of the story." She then disappeared. Professor Layton and Luke planned on meeting Espella at the port and give her back the back that she had with her. Suddenly, the book started to shake and open by itself, revealing a page with a picture of Professor Layton and Luke. Then the book teleported the two of them inside of it.
She was later seen at a courthouse in London for Espella's trial about the incident at the boat that she was on. There, she met Phoenix Wright and Maya, telling them that she's a teacher from Owl Coot University. As Ace Attorney cleared Espella of her name, Darklaw congratulated him and left with Espella. Maya noticed that Espella dropped her book and decided to look at it. Just then, the book started to flip its pages on its own, revealing a page about Phoenix Wright and Maya, thus teleporting them inside the book as well.
During the parade of Labrynthia, Darklaw was giving the storyteller's recently written story to its residence, where she noticed Professor Layton and Luke among the crowd. The story that she handed stated that a girl will be trialed for using witchcraft to burn two men alive.
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