MAEL STRONGHART
THE BASICS
NAME: mael stronghart
AGE: in his 50s
SPECIES: human
GENDER: male / he / him
OCCUPATION: lord chief justice of the british empire (present) prosecutor (previous)
HEIGHT: 6'5’’ / 196cm
HAIR: platinum blonde / white
EYES: pale blue (verging on white)
FACECLAIM: cillian murphy
BIOGRAPHY
mael stronghart then started to bring a 'curse' upon barok van zieks not too long after the professor killings. in his desire to create a world of order and safety for the people of london, he created a secret organization that would kill those that managed to escape guilty verdicts. the public, believing it to be a true curse, called it 'the grim reaper', or 'the death bringer'. the first of them was chalan musgrave, head of a criminal organization in a trial that barok headed. musgrave threatened the jury and was crushed by a concrete block under a construction site three days after; rumors began to spread that this "death bringer" was actually klint's ghost attached to barok, bringing down justice where the latter could not. these rumors were spread by stronghart, as he knew barok would cling to that moniker to hold onto something of his brother's.
stronghart involved people like tobias gregson, who would carefully investigate the targets and come up with the best way to eliminate them. asa shinn, london's most notorious assassin, was the primary assassin. john wilson was involved as well, he changed the autopsy records of those killed by the reaper, courtney, with her surname now sithe, took his place after wilson was invited overseas. gregson and wilson only accepted doing as stronghart says on the condition that barok would not be held responsible for the reaper killings. barok eventually took a five year leave of absence as he was unable to bear the burden and pressure that came with being labelled as the reaper, only coming back when ryunosuke naruhodo came to london.
THE ABOVE IS THE TIMELINE I BY DEFAULT WILL BE WRITING MAEL IN. ANYTHING PAST THIS WILL BE WRITTEN ONLY IN PLOTTED THREADS.
mael stronghart began to realize being lord chief justice wasn’t enough to fulfill his desires of an orderly, crime-free london. there was an international scientific investigation symposium coming soon, which would give him the opportunity to become attorney general, and he knew he had to get the job no matter what. but to do that, he would need to cut off a few loose ends regarding his past: those of detective gregson and dr. wilson specifically, as they were the only remaining individuals that knew the truth about klint's false autopsy. to do this, he blackmailed seishirou jigoku with the truth of genshin's death, and created a "target switch" assassin program. using the recently established anglo-japanese treaty of friendship and navigation that allowed criminals in a foreign country to be extradited to their consulate, england and japan would switch assassins. however, the exchange went awry due to both assassins being compromised, and thus stronghart used jigoku himself instead to eliminate the remaining loose ends. althoug shinn successfully killed wilson, genshin's son kazuma asogi was supposedly killed before he could make it to england.
after naruhodo replaced kazuma as exchange student, he and susato mikotoba went to mael stronghart. the lord chief justice reluctantly agreed to this replacement, but first naruhodo had to prove himself. stronghart decided to have him defend magnus mcgilded since no one else wanted to defend him. naruhodo was successful against his trial with barok van zieks, but mcgilded died shortly afterwards in a fire. this was the first death of one barok had prosecuted that wasn't orchestrated by stronghart.
because of his impressive win, mael stronghart declared naruhodo a bona fide defence attorney. he also had a new client for him, a man named soseki natsume, then he introduced naruhodo and susato to tobias gregson. mael stronghart received a telegram from yujin mikotoba requesting his daughter to come back to japan. naruhodo was banned from practicing law due to leaking an important government secret that was about an assassin exchange program (still unknown to anyone orchestrated by stronghart.)
six months later, kazuma asogi made it to england on a cargo ship. with no memories and identification, he was taken to scotland yard, where he ended up meeting stronghart. impressed by asogi's knowledge of law, stronghart decided to have him train under barok van zieks to become a prosecutor. stronghart also raised naruhodo's ban, being impressed that although he was only a substitute, he was taking his research very seriously.
still believing kazuma to be dead, seishirou contacted stronghart saying he was coming to the international scientific investigation symposium, and planned to kill gregson himself. remembering jigoku was prosecuted by barok for smashing a witness stand, he got the idea to lure gregson by sending him on a fake "death bringer" mission. stronghart sent kazuma with him as the assassin, though in truth he was to kill gregson. despite kazuma quitting after hearing the truth about his father, jigoku managed to kill gregson.
jigoku intended to frame gregson's accomplice, "hugh boone," for the crime by throwing off the time of death and changing the crime scene. however, it was barok who ended up discovering the body, and was subsequently arrested. the idea that the feared prosecutor killed the legendary inspector put all eyes on scotland yard, and the symposium was delayed as a result. with this setback to becoming attorney general, stronghart deemed it necessary to end the trial as soon as possible. he appointed asogi as the attorney, and ordered maria gorey to hide any information in the autopsy that would arouse suspicion. however, naruhodo was able to deduce the time of death could have been thrown off, and after connections to the professor case were revealed, the trial was suspended until the next day. stronghart finally decided that in order to get the results he wanted, he would have to take over as judge.
although stronghart repeatedly tried to end the trial as quick as possible, it became clear that in order to find the truth, jigoku would have to testify. having been found escaping aboard the ss barrablock by herlock sholmes and yujin mikotoba, it would take until the next day for him to return to england, and the proceedings were once again halted for the day. the following day, details about the assassin exchange came to light, and jigoku was found to be the one behind gregson's murder.
following this, kazuma attempted to continue the trial in order to convict barok as the mastermind behind the assassination exchange, his reasoning being that gregson had revealed klint van zieks's autopsy had been forged 10 years earlier. however, barok and naruhodo quickly realized the mastermind was in fact stronghart, who handled the "professor" case beforehand. stronghart attempted to quickly end the trial to avoid further questioning, but was pressured to proceed by the people in the gallery, thanks to the intervention of sholmes.
it was soon revealed that it was not genshin, but instead klint, who had acted as the professor, and that stronghart had bargained with genshin so that klint's will remained secret and the law of england was protected. stronghart admitted to these claims, as well as being the head of the organization behind the reaper killings. however, naruhodo discovered klint's will inside karuma, revealing stronghart to be the man behind the professor as well, and had ordered the killings of most of klint's victims.
despite the accusations, stronghart had one more trick up his sleeve: since there was no proof that he acted directly, stronghart could not be tried for his crimes. furthermore, he appealed to the gallery that if any of his actions from the past 10 years became public, it would spell an end of order in england. yet his final plan was soon dashed, as sholmes appeared through hologram and revealed he had been broadcasting the trial to the queen from the very start. it was then decreed that stronghart was to lose all of his powers, and be tried for his crimes publicly. his efforts the past 10 years destroyed, and his path to attorney general crumbling, stronghart collapsed at the judge's podium while the scale behind him broke off and intensely burned "guilty," and stronghart was subsequently arrested.
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