[Damon Gant's Profile]
"Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody."
GENERAL
[Name:] Damon Gant
[Age:] 67
[Birthday:] August 12th, 1951. This makes him a Leo and a Rabbit.
[Gender:] Male
[Marital Status:] Married, with children! The fifth grandkid's actually due in a week!
...I wasn't being serious just now, son.
(Single, unmarried.)
[Sexuality:] If you think Gant is a sexual creature, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.
[Occupation:] Inmate. Former district Chief of Police.
[Ladder Preference:] It's not in what you call it; it's in how it's used.
CONNECTIONS
[Family:] None still living!
[Friends:] Due to his jovial nature, Gant has befriended many an influential person in the past. Many have now publically renounced him, but a few have hung on-and hey, there's always the potential to make more pals along the way!
The Judge: Good friends fight from time to time, right? It ain't impossible to patch things up with ol Udgey. They had a good, long relationship that extended to treating each other to lunch at "that place," buying each other rounds, and even hazarding songs at karaoke (perhaps to everyone else's horror after they'd gotten a few drinks in themselves).
[Enemies:]
Jake Marshall: Good for nothing scum. The one who just wouldn't quit poking around about SL-9 and had to mess things up. Gant holds him as the main person responsible for his downfall-not those two kids behind the attorney's benches. His worst mistake was to demote Marshall instead of just firing him; perhaps he enjoyed seeing the man wallow about a bit too much.
Quercus Alba: They've encountered each other a few times in the past. No matter what the occasion, Alba always had his ambassador's status protecting his head. Flash forward to current-day and... guess which news headline is Gant's #1 favorite clipping of the month? (And if an Alba does pop into the ol' local prison, guess who Gant is looking forward to meeting again?)
[Other:]
Miles Edgeworth: Worthy reminds Gant of his younger self. Detesting criminals, determined to catch them no matter what the cost-he hasn't had the time to keep up with how the boy's been doing these last few years, but he firmly believes what he said to the man last will come into fruition one day.
Phoenix Wright: Ah, Wrighto. A nuisance through the entire State v. Skye ordeal. But hey, did you see how he just waltzed into the Chief of Police's office, broke into a locked safe without a warrant, then hid and presented the illegal evidence to the court on a technicality? Boy's got potential!
Angel Starr: He didn't think much of having to have her fired after SL-9. He didn't think much of her afterwards, either-as persistent as she was, she still played right into his hands even after stumbling onto that whole underground parking lot fiasco during Lana's trial. No hard feelings, eh?
Lana Skye: A capable woman, but with far too many distractions to be truly effective at her job. Gant merely... showed her her priorities, and directed them to their best use. By creating a puppet, he lost a partner... but hey, you gotta face it-she made one heck of a puppet, didn't she?
Ema Skye: He didn't bat an eye at using her for his purposes during SL-9. He never did like kids, and when the opportunity arises, you're supposed to take it.
Manfred von Karma: The man never could take a joke, but he and Gant had a working relationship, an understanding of each other. One would catch the criminal, the other would put him away; they moved efficiently under this system for decades. If there was one thing Gant faulted Manfred for, it was his total lack of care of the bigger picture-namely, anything beyond that "perfect record" of his. Why, the prosecutor didn't give a damn about what happened outside of the courtroom at all! Gant was a little upset to have the dynamic messed up after State v. Edgeworth. He wasn't particularly sad when Old Man Karma got the ol noose, though.
Dick Gumshoe, Head Detective, and all the rest: Ah, they weren't really competent, but he never did expect them to be, anyway. Since the courthouse is still standing today, that means something's still going right... right?
[General personality:]
Deceptive and facetious, Gant enjoys projecting a larger-than-life image of himself. To most people he comes off as a most magnanimous, jovial man-one always knowledgeable, good humored and composed, albeit somewhat loud and comical. To some degree, this projection is the truth-Gant is indeed a natural-born leader, and possesses the strength and intelligence to back it up.
Contrary to his image, though, Gant remembers slights and files them away for future use. He also has an incredibly violent temper, which has gotten him into trouble more than once. Most importantly, he is a careful man, incredibly private, and disinclined to share his true thoughts or feelings with anyone else. He lies on a regular basis, and is incredibly talented at doing so.
Back when he was in a position of authority in the police department, he preached the motto "Be tough on crime and tough on people." Those who worked under him quickly came to know his high expectations and incredibly strict work ethic; he has punished slatterns and misfits through long, deafening organ-playing sessions. As far as anyone can tell, he does actually genuinely hate criminals and crime-though the balance between this hatred and his narcissistic need for control is as of yet unknown.
Gant enjoys keeping people on their toes. He also enjoys being the center of attention, though more often than not he's also carefully watching others to uncover whatever sort of weakness or vulnerability he can use to his best advantage. He has expensive, extravagant, loud tastes.
Gant regularly inquires on whether or not others have been swimming lately; it's unknown whether or not he actually partook of the sport himself. Of course, he has no access to a pool anymore, now that he's in prison-he still does keep incredibly fit for a man in his late 60s, though.
Oh, and he's a despotic egomaniacal cold-blooded murderer who can and has killed, blackmailed and generally ruined lives without compunctions. Oh ho ho ho!
[Appearance:]
Standing at roughly 6'1, or 165 cm, Gant looms over most people in the Ace Attorney world. He uses this height to his advantage, wearing a painfully orange suit paired with red tie, black dress shirt and black leather gloves. He has salt and pepper hair, a lock of which dangles down in a jagged thunderbolt manner to his large green eyes. Oh, and add in a pair of pink tinted glasses to finish the ensemble.
He's extraordinarily fit for a man his age-why, just two years ago he was able to impale a man on a broken knife!
[Background:]
Damon Gant was born to a rather ordinary working-class family in inner-city L.A. His mother juggled two waitressing jobs to make ends meet; his father was an actor who more often was found working as a clerk at the local grocery store. At some point in his preteen years a younger sister joined the equation, but she was sickly and died in childhood of an illness the family could ill afford to manage.
Little of interest can be mentioned of Gant's youth. Growing up where he did, he got into a fair number of fights; he also witnessed a good number of crimes and injustices. From a young age, Gant began trying to put a stop to many of them. Schoolyard-level encounters over bullying and harassment eventually turned to street-level encounters over much the same, and it wasn't his strength but also his wits that enabled him to pull through-often by the skin of his teeth.
Eventually entering college through scholarship, Gant didn't allow himself to be distracted from his studies with the passing of his parents, one after the other. Soon after graduation, he opted to take the police officer examinations and became a member of the LAPD.
On the force, Gant quickly gained a reputation as an amazing investigator and quickly rose up in the ranks as a result. For being able to solve even the most difficult of cases, he even earned the nickname of the "Crime Computer."
Fast forward forty or so years-- somewhere along the way rumors began circulating about his incredible magnetism, his ability to attract the most incredible evidence in the cases he'd handled. No one, however, ever dared to confront him about it.
In 2012, as Vice-Head of Criminal Affairs, Gant was paired with newly promoted senior detective Lana Skye. Together-though it was by no means necessary at his level-they worked the crime scenes, cracking through cases in a blazingly fast manner.
And then came the Joe Darke case-SL-9. Aka "clusterfuck of information." If you want to endure a lengthy headache, bug me for further details.
Jumping ahead two more years: at the end of State v. Skye, Gant admitted to his crimes. When it came time to his own trial, he pled guilty without a fight. He's been in maximum security since then, sitting back and watching the show unfold.
GENERAL
[Name:] Damon Gant
[Age:] 67
[Birthday:] August 12th, 1951. This makes him a Leo and a Rabbit.
[Gender:] Male
[Marital Status:] Married, with children! The fifth grandkid's actually due in a week!
...I wasn't being serious just now, son.
(Single, unmarried.)
[Sexuality:] If you think Gant is a sexual creature, you are sorely, sorely mistaken.
[Occupation:] Inmate. Former district Chief of Police.
[Ladder Preference:] It's not in what you call it; it's in how it's used.
CONNECTIONS
[Family:] None still living!
[Friends:] Due to his jovial nature, Gant has befriended many an influential person in the past. Many have now publically renounced him, but a few have hung on-and hey, there's always the potential to make more pals along the way!
The Judge: Good friends fight from time to time, right? It ain't impossible to patch things up with ol Udgey. They had a good, long relationship that extended to treating each other to lunch at "that place," buying each other rounds, and even hazarding songs at karaoke (perhaps to everyone else's horror after they'd gotten a few drinks in themselves).
[Enemies:]
Jake Marshall: Good for nothing scum. The one who just wouldn't quit poking around about SL-9 and had to mess things up. Gant holds him as the main person responsible for his downfall-not those two kids behind the attorney's benches. His worst mistake was to demote Marshall instead of just firing him; perhaps he enjoyed seeing the man wallow about a bit too much.
Quercus Alba: They've encountered each other a few times in the past. No matter what the occasion, Alba always had his ambassador's status protecting his head. Flash forward to current-day and... guess which news headline is Gant's #1 favorite clipping of the month? (And if an Alba does pop into the ol' local prison, guess who Gant is looking forward to meeting again?)
[Other:]
Miles Edgeworth: Worthy reminds Gant of his younger self. Detesting criminals, determined to catch them no matter what the cost-he hasn't had the time to keep up with how the boy's been doing these last few years, but he firmly believes what he said to the man last will come into fruition one day.
Phoenix Wright: Ah, Wrighto. A nuisance through the entire State v. Skye ordeal. But hey, did you see how he just waltzed into the Chief of Police's office, broke into a locked safe without a warrant, then hid and presented the illegal evidence to the court on a technicality? Boy's got potential!
Angel Starr: He didn't think much of having to have her fired after SL-9. He didn't think much of her afterwards, either-as persistent as she was, she still played right into his hands even after stumbling onto that whole underground parking lot fiasco during Lana's trial. No hard feelings, eh?
Lana Skye: A capable woman, but with far too many distractions to be truly effective at her job. Gant merely... showed her her priorities, and directed them to their best use. By creating a puppet, he lost a partner... but hey, you gotta face it-she made one heck of a puppet, didn't she?
Ema Skye: He didn't bat an eye at using her for his purposes during SL-9. He never did like kids, and when the opportunity arises, you're supposed to take it.
Manfred von Karma: The man never could take a joke, but he and Gant had a working relationship, an understanding of each other. One would catch the criminal, the other would put him away; they moved efficiently under this system for decades. If there was one thing Gant faulted Manfred for, it was his total lack of care of the bigger picture-namely, anything beyond that "perfect record" of his. Why, the prosecutor didn't give a damn about what happened outside of the courtroom at all! Gant was a little upset to have the dynamic messed up after State v. Edgeworth. He wasn't particularly sad when Old Man Karma got the ol noose, though.
Dick Gumshoe, Head Detective, and all the rest: Ah, they weren't really competent, but he never did expect them to be, anyway. Since the courthouse is still standing today, that means something's still going right... right?
[General personality:]
Deceptive and facetious, Gant enjoys projecting a larger-than-life image of himself. To most people he comes off as a most magnanimous, jovial man-one always knowledgeable, good humored and composed, albeit somewhat loud and comical. To some degree, this projection is the truth-Gant is indeed a natural-born leader, and possesses the strength and intelligence to back it up.
Contrary to his image, though, Gant remembers slights and files them away for future use. He also has an incredibly violent temper, which has gotten him into trouble more than once. Most importantly, he is a careful man, incredibly private, and disinclined to share his true thoughts or feelings with anyone else. He lies on a regular basis, and is incredibly talented at doing so.
Back when he was in a position of authority in the police department, he preached the motto "Be tough on crime and tough on people." Those who worked under him quickly came to know his high expectations and incredibly strict work ethic; he has punished slatterns and misfits through long, deafening organ-playing sessions. As far as anyone can tell, he does actually genuinely hate criminals and crime-though the balance between this hatred and his narcissistic need for control is as of yet unknown.
Gant enjoys keeping people on their toes. He also enjoys being the center of attention, though more often than not he's also carefully watching others to uncover whatever sort of weakness or vulnerability he can use to his best advantage. He has expensive, extravagant, loud tastes.
Gant regularly inquires on whether or not others have been swimming lately; it's unknown whether or not he actually partook of the sport himself. Of course, he has no access to a pool anymore, now that he's in prison-he still does keep incredibly fit for a man in his late 60s, though.
Oh, and he's a despotic egomaniacal cold-blooded murderer who can and has killed, blackmailed and generally ruined lives without compunctions. Oh ho ho ho!
[Appearance:]
Standing at roughly 6'1, or 165 cm, Gant looms over most people in the Ace Attorney world. He uses this height to his advantage, wearing a painfully orange suit paired with red tie, black dress shirt and black leather gloves. He has salt and pepper hair, a lock of which dangles down in a jagged thunderbolt manner to his large green eyes. Oh, and add in a pair of pink tinted glasses to finish the ensemble.
He's extraordinarily fit for a man his age-why, just two years ago he was able to impale a man on a broken knife!
[Background:]
Damon Gant was born to a rather ordinary working-class family in inner-city L.A. His mother juggled two waitressing jobs to make ends meet; his father was an actor who more often was found working as a clerk at the local grocery store. At some point in his preteen years a younger sister joined the equation, but she was sickly and died in childhood of an illness the family could ill afford to manage.
Little of interest can be mentioned of Gant's youth. Growing up where he did, he got into a fair number of fights; he also witnessed a good number of crimes and injustices. From a young age, Gant began trying to put a stop to many of them. Schoolyard-level encounters over bullying and harassment eventually turned to street-level encounters over much the same, and it wasn't his strength but also his wits that enabled him to pull through-often by the skin of his teeth.
Eventually entering college through scholarship, Gant didn't allow himself to be distracted from his studies with the passing of his parents, one after the other. Soon after graduation, he opted to take the police officer examinations and became a member of the LAPD.
On the force, Gant quickly gained a reputation as an amazing investigator and quickly rose up in the ranks as a result. For being able to solve even the most difficult of cases, he even earned the nickname of the "Crime Computer."
Fast forward forty or so years-- somewhere along the way rumors began circulating about his incredible magnetism, his ability to attract the most incredible evidence in the cases he'd handled. No one, however, ever dared to confront him about it.
In 2012, as Vice-Head of Criminal Affairs, Gant was paired with newly promoted senior detective Lana Skye. Together-though it was by no means necessary at his level-they worked the crime scenes, cracking through cases in a blazingly fast manner.
And then came the Joe Darke case-SL-9. Aka "clusterfuck of information." If you want to endure a lengthy headache, bug me for further details.
Jumping ahead two more years: at the end of State v. Skye, Gant admitted to his crimes. When it came time to his own trial, he pled guilty without a fight. He's been in maximum security since then, sitting back and watching the show unfold.