As a result of drinking the poisoned cup, Armando fell into a coma. The poison damaged his central nervous system, caused extreme damage to his eyes, and turned the hair on his head white. Five years later, Armando miraculously woke up to the smell of coffee.
Armando blamed Fey's understudy, Phoenix Wright, for her death, and resolved to protect her sister Maya. He became a prosecutor to test Wright's worthiness to succeed her, as well as to gain privileges to spy on Morgan Fey, whom he knew had tried to frame Maya for murder before and perhaps would attempt to kill or otherwise harm her again.
Fearing that the lawyer was on to her, Hawthorne slipped a special poison into his cup of coffee. As a result of drinking the poisoned cup, Armando fell into a coma. The poison damaged his central nervous system, caused extreme damage to his eyes, and turned the hair on his head white.
Godot has no known relatives and his closest friend would be said to be Mia. The two appeared quite close and were presumed to have dated. Godot does describe himself as "taken" in one cases in the game.
As stated, Godot, whilst living his life as Diego, was a defense attorney. He worked at Grossberg & Co. Law Firm alongside Mia, and presumably Hammond. After recovering from his coma he started to work for the Prosecution Office, although only in order to face against Phoenix Wright in court.
A lawyer is someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets. — Turnabout Beginnings. Godot was originally Diego Armando, a senior defense lawyer working at Grossberg Law Offices. He had spiky black hair and wore a red dress-shirt with a black tie.
As Diego Armando, his color scheme is an inversion of Godot: he has a red shirt with a black tie. One consistent feature between the two personas are two ring earrings in his left earlobe.
Some of his "rules" resembled a chivalric code with hard gender roles, and he was fond of referring to women by pet names, such as calling Mia "kitten".
Upon awakening, however, he learned that Mia Fey had been murdered two years prior by Redd White, CEO of the blackmailing company, Bluecorp. Furthermore, Dahlia Hawthorne had already been brought to justice. Armando blamed Fey's understudy, Phoenix Wright, for her death, and resolved to protect her sister Maya. He became a prosecutor to test Wright's worthiness to succeed her, as well as to gain privileges to spy on Morgan Fey, whom he knew had tried to frame Maya for murder before and perhaps would attempt to kill or otherwise harm her again. He began wearing a special visor over his eyes that enabled him to see, although it was limited in that he could not see red on a white background. Considering his old self to have "died", he took on the new name "Godot".
Godot was more concerned with demeaning and taunting Wright, even occasionally throwing his full coffee cup at the defense attorney's head in court. He tried to make Wright feel the guilt that he felt, using Ron DeLite's murder accusation and Pearl's inadvertent role in Morgan's murderous plan to make his point.