Markus Parkly

Markus Parkly is a Veteran Prosecutor and the son of the late Elias and Julia Parkly, the grandson of Mathias and Erin Parkly, and the older half-brother of Emily Russell. He travelled to Europe to study law and became a Prosecutor at the age of 20. He is also the husband of Melissa Parkly and the father of Lilly Parkly.

Early Life
Markus Parkly was born to Elias and Julia Parkly, the former of which started a tech company a few years after his son was born. This led his parents to ultimately ignore him and 'treat him like a burden'. Although they didn't necessarily hate Markus, Markus admitted that he felt like he wasn't part of the family. He also admitted the only times he really felt happy was when he was with his Aunt, Uncle, his cousin Zoey, and his grandparents. However, he chalked up his parents neglectful and distant behaviour as the stress of their work, and he hoped that they still secretly loved him.

School Incident
At some point when Markus was 11 years old, there was an aggressive Bank Robbery taking place near his school, which led to a lockdown. After the situation was resolved, students were to be picked up, due to the area being unsafe. However, Markus's parents never arrived. The boy cried for hours for his parents to come rescue him, but they never did, which eventually led the school to contact child protective services, who then got into contact with Markus's grandfather.

When Markus learnt the reason why did they not arrive to pick him up, (which was them being at a partying and not caring enough to pick up their son) Markus developed an immense hatred for his parents, never wanting to see them again. From then on, he lived with his grandparents.

Meeting Daniel Radcliff
At one point, Parkly travelled to Europe in order to study law and become a Prosecutor. He joined the industrious Themis Legal Academy, where he met his best friend Daniel Radcliff. According to Parkly, when the two first met, Radcliff was cried out of nervousness due to the fact that the institution seemed so large and imposing. Markus helped him through this and the two began to bond and became best friends.

At one point, the two stopped talking as much after Mathias Parkly (Markus' Grandfather) passed away a few weeks before Markus' became a Prosecutor. He and his grandmother mourned for awhile, before Parkly decided to get back on his feet and continue what his grandfather strived to accomplish; finding the truth.

Personality
Markus is generally a friendly, outgoing person. He is very caring towards his friends and would do anything to protect them.

Deep inside however, he is angry with his parents for abandoning him and exhibits a deep hatred for them. He is also quite cynical to certain people, due to the experience of the robbery near his school when he was a child.

He also experiences a level of self-doubt at certain times, as at one point he believed himself to be the cause of Emma Lori's near death (although it was eventually revealed that she was never in any real danger.) He sometimes feels like that he's just a 'scared little boy' chasing after the legacy of his grandfather.

Despite this, he is a determined person, and with the proper encouragement and courage, fights to pursue the truth no matter what the cost.

Trivia

 * A gag in A New World Of Turnabouts has him accused of being unfaithful to Maya by Pearl Fey and accused of dating underage girls by Maya Fey. This is due to the fact that Markus is uncannily identical to Phoenix Wright, although the two have no actual relationship. The fact that they look completely alike is a coincidence.