Iris

Sister Iris Hawthorne is a shrine maiden at Hazakura Temple who was put on trial for the murder of her aunt, Misty Fey. Although she is of Fey lineage, she has no known spiritual powers, much like her twin sister, Dahlia Hawthorne. Iris assisted Hawthorne with some of her crimes, even to the point of dating an unsuspecting Phoenix Wright in the guise of her sister while he was at university.

Iris has long black hair that is normally held back by two braids that are tied together. She wears a purple kimono and a magenta ribbon-like obi. Each member of the Fey clan wears orbs on necklaces, which represent her training's progress. Presumably due to her inexperience and lack of spiritual abilities, Iris only has two.

Iris was born to the then-upcoming Master of the Fey clan, Morgan Fey, and a wealthy jeweler. When Morgan's sister Misty became the Master instead, Iris's father was very displeased, as the Master had great political influence. Eventually, after the credibility of the Kurain Channeling Technique hit rock bottom, he left with Iris and her twin sister Dahlia. He remarried with another woman who already had a daughter, Valerie Hawthorne, from a previous marriage. Believing that two girls were enough, and partly due to Dahlia's suggestion, their father sent Iris to Hazakura Temple, where the head nun, Sister Bikini, raised her.

Iris apologized to Wright and revealed that she was the "Dahlia" that he had dated, and that she had begun to develop genuine feelings for him during this time. Upon knowing this, Wright admitted that Iris was truly the person he thought "Dahlia" was; after Dahlia's execution, Wright had all but lost faith in her, but now realized he had been involved with a good person for those eight months. Iris tearfully thanked him.

Later, Wright, Pearl, and the others visited Iris in the detention center, much to her delight. Wright showed some lingering feelings for her (he had his eyes on her the whole time), but Pearl slapped him for what she saw as disloyalty to Maya, giving him a nosebleed, which, in turn, caused Iris to show concern.

Iris was wrapped up in a plot to murder Maya by Morgan. Iris would play the role of backup. During the visit to Hazakura Temple, Wright had accompanied Maya and Pearl in order to investigate Iris's uncanny resemblance to Dahlia after seeing her in the Oh! Cult! magazine. Although she claimed otherwise, Iris let slip that she already knew who Wright was, but could not bring herself to admit the truth to him.

As a result of circumstance, Misty was forced to summon Dahlia so that Pearl could not. Before Dahlia could kill Maya, Godot impaled Dahlia with Misty's sword-cane, killing Misty in the process. Godot contacted Iris on her cellphone, engaging her help in covering up the crime scene. Iris helped Godot transport Misty's corpse over the Eagle River chasm, moved the body to Hazakura Temple's courtyard, and plunged the Shichishito into it to obfuscate the murder wound, then she placed the handle in the Ami Fey statue's hand. Bikini witnessed this, leading to Iris being arrested for Misty's murder.

In court, Dahlia, pretending to be Iris, tried to implicate Maya as the killer by admitting to being her accomplice. Wright eventually figured out that she was Dahlia, however. When Iris was rescued alone from the Sacred Cavern, Wright almost believed Dahlia's account about Maya's disappearance, but later deduced that Dahlia was actually being channeled by Maya. Overcome with fury for her failure to kill Maya, Dahlia left Maya's body. The real Iris returned to the courtroom and revealed to Wright what had really happened, but was protective of the identity of who had instructed her. She was eventually declared not guilty after Wright exposed Godot as the killer. However, she would still be tried for her actions as an accomplice due to her involvement in covering up the murder.

Iris apologized to Wright and revealed that she was the "Dahlia" that he had dated, and that she had begun to develop genuine feelings for him during this time. Upon knowing this, Wright admitted that Iris was truly the person he thought "Dahlia" was; after Dahlia's execution, Wright had all but lost faith in her, but now realized he had been involved with a good person for those eight months. Iris tearfully thanked him.

Later, Wright, Pearl, and the others visited Iris in the detention center, much to her delight. Wright showed some lingering feelings for her (he had his eyes on her the whole time), but Pearl slapped him for what she saw as disloyalty to Maya, giving him a nosebleed, which, in turn, caused Iris to show concern.

In many ways, Iris is what Dahlia merely pretended to be. She is meek and polite to a fault, and has been manipulated multiple times into haphazardly assisting in various crimes, mostly by her twin sister and once by Godot. She tends to see good in people, even showing pity for and defending Dahlia despite her crimes. In contrast, she is very denigrating of herself, being quick to shoulder all of the blame for the misfortunes brought about by the schemes that she helped with, despite being only an accomplice. In fact, she blames herself all the more for failing in various ways in her role as accomplice, believing that she lacks the self-confidence and enduring persistence of her sister, and that things would have at least worked out had the crimes been carried out without a hitch.

As a result of dating Wright while pretending to be Dahlia, Iris developed genuine feelings for him, to the point of wanting to protect him from her sister at any cost, even if it meant Dahlia's life or her own. After Doug Swallow's murder, Iris felt guilty about "betraying" Dahlia and deceiving Wright. Iris continued to nurture her affection for Wright, but was hesitant to reveal them when they finally reunited due to her own feelings of guilt. In the end, Wright managed to convince her that she was not a bad person.

Iris is also easily embarrassed and intimidated, such as when Larry Butz "blackmailed" her as an act of "love", and remained ignorant as to his true intentions until Edgeworth explained. This caused her to blush even while inside the detention center and about to stand trial for murder.

Iris' 25 years old, and is 155cm tall.