Beatrice Ushiromiya

While most other characters look the way they are for artistic reasons, Beatrice's appearance as a Caucasian woman with ginger-blonde hair and blue eyes is meant to be taken literally. She also wears a bow adorned with a rose in her hair, a choker, and ballgown-like dress. Her dress constantly switches from brown to dark brown across the different adaptations, appearing brown in both the anime and PS3 game, while the dark brown in Ougon Musou Kyoku and the original visual novel. She also wears the successor ring on her left middle finger. She is also sometimes seen holding a gold kiseru. In Ougon Musou Kyoku her outfit has a ribbon added to her lower back. In Pachi-Slot Umineko no Naku Koro ni, she has long nails polished red.

Her human form wears a collared shirt with a cropped jacket and tie, a ruffled miniskirt, striped stockings, and boots and usually holds a cane with an eagle head as the handle. In End of the Golden Witch, she is seen as her witch form, but with her hair down. In Dawn of the Golden Witch, her "chick" form is seen as her witch form, and her "elder sister" counterpart is seen as her human form.

On the front, Beatrice is a very cruel and sadistic person, who loves to torture and kill people just for the sake of fun, a being so terrifying that even in the Meta-World she is feared from heavens to hell as one of the cruelest witches ever. She is at times very composed and majestic, and at other times very disgraceful and insightful with a creepy laughter and a demonic smile.

However, as the saga goes on, more sides of her character are revealed. She proves to have a very joyful attitude and quite a childish side. She is in fact described by her teacher as a naive child who loves to play with toys without the fear to break them and also with a power so big that she hardly realizes she can handle. She shows this side primarily with Virgilia and Ronove which have a very parent-like attitude with her and less with Battler which she'd feel embarrassed with to act so. Quite common is, in fact, to see her sobbing on Virgilia's chest when things don't go her way.

Beatrice has a great fear of spiderwebs due to how it is one of her weaknesses told in the legend of Beatrice.

Beatrice isn't seen throughout most of the episode, though her presence is felt due to the huge portrait of her in the hall of the Ushiromiya mansion, the rumors surrounding her existence, and the golden butterflies. The anime adaptation has Beatrice appearing in the rain with an umbrella. She gives Maria the umbrella and a letter, using her to announce plans of committing murder if the witch's epitaph is not solved.

Beatrice makes her first proper appearance in the Tea Party, making herself known when Battler claims that she doesn't exist because nobody actually saw her. Even when faced with the Golden Witch herself, Battler still refuses to accept her, and thus Beatrice challenges him to a game to prove that the murders were possible for human beings. The game should continue for all eternity until one side surrenders or gives up.

The ???? has Beatrice inviting Lady Bernkastel to join her game, who decides to become her opponent and help Battler.

Before the family conference of 1986, Beatrice helps Shannon and Kanon in their endeavors to obtain true love. Shannon is ordered to destroy a mirror inside a shrine that restricts Beatrice's power, and the servant is given a magical butterfly brooch as a reward, using it to build a relationship with George. Kanon then takes the brooch and uses it when he goes to Jessica's school and pretends to be her boyfriend, later destroying it when Beatrice taunts him about it.

Once the family conference of 1986 starts, Beatrice inserts herself as the 19th guest as a way of disproving Battler's claim that Beatrice doesn't exist because nobody actually saw her.

The mysterious 19th visitor who appeared at the family meeting. She uses the same name as the Golden Witch who gave gold to Kinzo. The reasons and goals for her coming are unknown. She was ushered into the honored guests' room that no one was allowed to use.

Beatrice later gives letters to Maria and Rosa, announcing her plans to commit murders just like the previous game. Inside the chapel at night, Beatrice's existence is acknowledged by the adults of the Ushiromiya family, who became victims for the first twilight.

In the meta-world, Battler and Beatrice debate over the closed-room murder in the chapel. When Battler doesn't make any theories because of a lack of information, Beatrice introduces the Red Truth, where anything spoken in red is the absolute truth. Beatrice lays out several statements that make the chapel murders possible for humans, and Battler pins it all on the 19th person X. As Beatrice continues her murders, she summons The Goat Butlers and the Seven Stakes of Purgatory to kill for her. Beatrice provides more red truths amidst the myriad display of magic, but Battler is unable to come up with any credible theories and gives up in trying to deny the witch. Battler on the gameboard also gives up in trying to find the culprit when Rosa keeps pinning the blame on the servants.

At 24:00, Battler meets Beatrice in the study and submits to her. Beatrice treats Battler like a slave, dragging him around naked and chained like a dog. Beatrice then hosts a grand Halloween party for a crowd of goat demons, who devour Battler and the other survivors.

In the Tea Party, she prepares a special banquet for Rosa, giving her food made out of the blood and flesh of her siblings and Maria's head, trying to make her surrender as well. Battler, disgusted by this scene, regains his will to fight, and he stands up to Beatrice once more.

In the ????, Beatrice also invites to her game Lady Lambdadelta, her protector and ally against Bernkastel. Lambdadelta seems to point out that Beatrice made it so that Battler would regain his will to fight on purpose

A glimpse into Beatrice's past is seen, where as a little girl, she wished to become after a witch after seeing what her teacher Virgilia was capable of doing.

Beatrice continues her game with Battler and introduces another one of her furniture: Ronove, who acts as Beatrice's butler. On the gameboard, the adults talk about a rumor that Beatrice used to live in a hidden mansion in the forest, and Rosa explains that Beatrice did exist, having killed her long ago. As Rosa tells her story, Beatrice shows the same events to Battler.

Beatrice used to be bound to the island by Kinzo and had killed herself to escape. Kinzo had taken her soul and bound it into a human body, losing her memories and living in the hidden Kuwadorian mansion. 19 years ago, Rosa had met this human Beatrice in Kuwadorian, who had little knowledge of the outside world and believed the forest was dangerous because wolves lived there. Rosa reassures her that wolves don't actually live in the forest, and Beatrice goes with her to see the outside world. They go to a cliff overlooking the ocean, and Beatrice slips and falls to the ground, dying. Beatrice's soul is then released, and she thanks the horrified Rosa for setting her free. In the meta-world, Beatrice confirms with red that she really did exist as a human on Rokkenjima, and that no more than 18 people exist on the island. The events of Requiem of the Golden Witch explain that the human Beatrice who died that day was Kinzo's daughter by Beatrice Castiglioni and the mother of Lion Ushiromiya.

During the first twilight, Beatrice encounters Virgilia, who wants to take back her powers and title because of Beatrice's mishandling of the Endless Magic. However, Virgilia is defeated, and Beatrice continues her murders. Even so, Virgilia arrives in the meta-world and acts as Battler's advisor against Beatrice.

Eva eventually solves the epitaph, and Beatrice takes Eva's younger self and passes on the headship and her titles of Golden and Endless Witch, christening her as EVA-Beatrice. EVA commits murders in Beatrice's stead, and Beatrice takes on the nickname Beato since she passed on her name.

When EVA uses her newfound powers to murder Rosa and Maria over and over, Beato laughs at their deaths with glee and Battler slaps her. He's unwilling to continue with the game if Beato is going to be laughing at the murders of his family like that, so Beato gives merciful deaths to Rosa and Maria while telling EVA to ease up on her cruelty. Battler still doesn't find it enough, so Beato has Ronove take her place as she leaves the meta-world, aiming to make herself into a good witch.

Beato then revives Shannon and reunites her with George, but they're both killed by EVA and her own furniture. Beato then revives Kanon as a ghost and sends him to guide the blinded Jessica to the parlor, and EVA tries to kill them both. Beato defends the parlor with all her might, enduring the Chiester Sisters' golden bow, and is reduced to just a beating heart. EVA is then dragged into the meta-world by Battler, who commends Beato for holding out and proving that she's a good witch after all.

Beato assists Battler in finding evidence to use against EVA, and after a fierce debate, Battler is pinned down by EVA's web of red truth and is unable to come up with theories. Beato sacrifices herself by denying witches in red, and Battler covers his ears while the meta-world disappears. Battler and Beato then reunite in the Golden Land, where the Ushiromiya family and all the furniture are awaiting them. Battler is asked to sign a document recognizing Beato as a true witch, and he realizes that Beato had tricked him the entire time. Dropping her facade, Beato reveals that she truly was pretending to be a good witch to make Battler believe in her. Their discussion is cut short when Ange suddenly invades

During this fourth game, Beato makes Kinzo exit his study to commit murders, trying to dissuade Battler's claim that Kinzo is dead all along and an 18th person X is taking his place. She also grants Battler the use of Blue Truth, allowing him to make proper theories. During the game, Kinzo gives tests to the four cousins, and Beatrice is revived by Kinzo's ceremony. Beato then shows up in person to give Battler his test, asking that he choose between his life, _____'s life, or everyone else's lives. Battler doesn't take it seriously and puts Beatrice's name into the blank space, and Beato instead asks that Battler remember his sin; his sin is what caused everyone on Rokkenjima to die. Battler is unable to remember, and Beatrice leaves, disappointed. Beatrice then kills Kinzo by burning him alive, leaving Battler alone as the last survivor on the island.

In the meta-world, Beatrice asks that Battler think about his sin one more time, asking that he repeat "Battler Ushiromiya was born from Asumu Ushiromiya" in red. Battler is unable to, and Beatrice suggests that Battler may not actually be Kinzo's grandson, as she had opened the game to fight said person. Battler is unable to accept that Asumu isn't his biological mother, and he disappears from the meta-world. Beatrice also disappears from the meta-world, going to the Golden Land and planning to stay there forever with MARIA.

Ange goes to the Golden Land and tries to make Beato leave and resume her game with Battler. She revives Sakutaro, which Beato was unable to do, and MARIA reunites with her beloved lion, leaving the Golden Land and forcing Beato to return to the meta-world. Bernkastel and Lambdadelta, who were acting as spectators for the game, bring Battler back from despair and Ange sacrifices herself to tell him that he's still Rudolf's son, therefore making Battler Kinzo's grandson and eligible to fight Beatrice. Ange is ripped to shreds, and Battler swears to engage Beatrice in one last debate.

In the meta-world, Beatrice asks that Battler think about his sin one more time, asking that he repeat "Battler Ushiromiya was born from Asumu Ushiromiya" in red. Battler is unable to, and Beatrice suggests that Battler may not actually be Kinzo's grandson, as she had opened the game to fight said person. Battler is unable to accept that Asumu isn't his biological mother, and he disappears from the meta-world. Beatrice also disappears from the meta-world, going to the Golden Land and planning to stay there forever with MARIA.

Ange goes to the Golden Land and tries to make Beato leave and resume her game with Battler. She revives Sakutaro, which Beato was unable to do, and MARIA reunites with her beloved lion, leaving the Golden Land and forcing Beato to return to the meta-world. Bernkastel and Lambdadelta, who were acting as spectators for the game, bring Battler back from despair and Ange sacrifices herself to tell him that he's still Rudolf's son, therefore making Battler Kinzo's grandson and eligible to fight Beatrice. Ange is ripped to shreds, and Battler swears to engage Beatrice in one last debate.

In the Tea Party, Battler and Beatrice engage in a debate spanning the mysteries throughout the first four games. Battler still believes that Kinzo was dead all along and that an 18th person X is taking his place. Beato initially shows weak opposition to Battler's blue truth stakes, and when Battler asks her to fight with her full power, Beatrice uses red to confirm that Kinzo really is dead and there are no more than 17 people on Rokkenjima, thereby nullifying all of Battler's theories.

After another fierce exchange of red and blue, Beatrice becomes impaled on a massive stake, unable to destroy Battler's blue truths. She uses the last of her power to present Battler with one final riddle, saying that Battler is all alone on the island and yet Beato will kill him: "who am I?" Beato's spirit embraces Battler as he swears that he will solve that riddle and kill her

Beatrice is rendered comatose, having used up all of her spirit in fighting Battler. Battler seeks to find a peaceful way to kill her, and with her absence Lambda takes over as Game Master. During the game, Natsuhi is at risk of the family members discovering that she and Krauss had been hiding Kinzo's death, and a piece version of Beatrice appears to help her. Piece-Beatrice duels with Erika Furudo and Eiserne Jungfrau, trying to prevent them from destroying Kinzo's spirit when they attack the study. Piece-Beatrice and her furniture also try to help Natsuhi by hiding the corpses of the victims of the first twilight.

Later on, Lambda holds a court session in the meta-world, trying to pin Natsuhi as the culprit. Piece-Beatrice tries her best to defend Natsuhi, but she fails and is torn apart by goats. Battler also tries to defend Natsuhi, but he is impaled by Dlanor's red longsword. After court has ended and everyone has cleared out, the real Beatrice walks up to Battler, thanking him for trying to save the integrity of her game and disappears.

Battler has discovered the truth and become Game Master, using his powers to try and revive Beatrice. However, she instead is revived as Chick Beato, acting very kind and innocent with none of the haughty personality that the original Beatrice had. Chick Beato assists Battler in his game against Erika, later witnessing him getting trapped in a logic error. In the midst of the game, Chick Beato tries to discover how to be just like the real Beatrice, eventually meeting Beato the Elder. The two Beatos try to learn how to become just like the original Beatrice, and they get involved with a love trial held by Zepar and Furfur.

At the end of the love trial, the two Beatos fuse and Beatrice fully revives, heading to the meta-world to interrupt Erika's wedding to the comatose Battler. Beatrice finds a way for Battler to escape his logic error, and the two of them engage Erika in a final debate where, even if Erika were to join the humans on the island, there are only 17 humans on Rokkenjima.

In the Tea Party, Battler and Beatrice are finally able to get married.

The true origins of Beatrice are revealed in this episode. After her death in End of the Golden Witch, Beatrice returns in the body of Clair Vaux Bernardus to confess her crimes to Willard and Lion. She tells her story that she was once a young servant named Yasu and the struggles she went through after falling in love and waiting 6 years for Battler. Afterward, she goes into her final battle with Willard who tears apart her mysteries and answers her question of "Who am I?". With this, Beatrice is finally able to die and be put to rest.

In the Tea Party, Beatrice attempts to bring about the Rokkenjima Massacre she depicted in her message bottles. She gives Maria a letter and challenges the family to solve her riddle. The siblings solve the epitaph and go to the gold room, where Beatrice reveals her plans and surrenders to them. However, a scuffle arises between the adults, ending with them killing each other save for Rudolf and Kyrie. Beatrice is then seemingly shot and killed by Kyrie, who goes with Rudolf to kill the remaining family members.

In this arc, the Beatrice from Dawn of the Golden Witch appears as the 19th person on Rokkenjima once more, as part of Battler's game for Ange.

The aftermath of the Rokkenjima Incident is shown, where on October 6, 1986, Beatrice had survived getting shot by Kyrie and guides Battler through Kuwadorian's underground passage and towards a speedboat. Beato gives Battler a gold bar she took from the gold room and wants Battler to leave her behind, but he takes her into the boat so they can explore the world together. As they drive towards a nearby island, Beato distracts Battler by giving him a kiss, soon jumping into the ocean and using the gold bar to weigh herself down. Beato wishes to drown herself, believing that she is unfit to live in the human world after committing so many sins, but Battler dives after her, not wanting to leave her alone. They embrace and float towards the bottom of the ocean.

Beatrice is first mentioned in the prologue of Legend of the Golden Witch. Her true origins and identity remain unclear, save for the lone portrait of the supposed witch in the entrance hall of the Ushiromiya Family Mansion, until she herself makes her appearance later in the tea party. However, many mythical tales and aspects of her are introduced in Legend of the Golden Witch. Beatrice herself only reveals a few snippets of her past and aspects of herself later in Turn of the Golden Witch

The Witch of the Forest

To prevent Kinzo's children from entering the uncultivated wilderness in Rokkenjima which surrounded the mansion, Kinzo, his wife, or presumably one of the servants warned them that a terrible witch lived in the forest. This story was passed down from Kinzo's children to his grandchildren leading to the legend of "The Witch of the Forest". Some claimed that Beatrice lived on the other side of Rokkenjima and one would meet misfortune if they happened upon her abode. In Banquet of the Golden Witch, when Rosa narrates how she fled into the forest as a young girl, she mentions how she couldn't shake off the feeling that she may happen upon the witch if she kept running and even feared that she may be turned into a frog by her Beatrice was often referred to by the servants as "the other ruler" of Rokkenjima, or "the ruler of Rokkenjima's night". It was said that the legend passed was down among the servants since the mansion was built, that the ghost of Beatrice often paid the mansion a visit at night and played pranks on unsuspecting humans, which sometimes bordered on dangerous. Stories of many strange events the residents of the mansion experienced are narrated, such as locks found {{char}}

Beatrice was often referred to by the servants as "the other ruler" of Rokkenjima, or "the ruler of Rokkenjima's night". It was said that the legend passed was down among the servants since the mansion was built, that the ghost of Beatrice often paid the mansion a visit at night and played pranks on unsuspecting humans, which sometimes bordered on dangerous. Stories of many strange events the residents of the mansion experienced are narrated, such as locks found unlocked even after multiple checks, things often going missing, an incident where strange graffiti was found in the kitchen with utensils found piled up in a peculiar manner, to a servant who spoke ill of Beatrice and fell down the stairs, sustaining a major injury which forced her to quit. In Requiem of the Golden Witch, Jessica speaks of a rumor claiming that the unused VIP room in the mansion was reserved for Beatrice and that she appears there at 2AM every night. Battler and Ange were also told by their parents that the witch would often search through windows at night, seeking to kidnap children as sacrifices.

One of the legends which even the adult Ushiromiya siblings strongly believed in was Kinzo's story narrating how he received 10 tons of gold from the witch Beatrice, which enabled him to revive the Ushiromiya family back to its former glory. According to Kinzo, he continued to research alchemy and techniques for summoning demons in order to become a great magician, and summoned the Golden Witch Beatrice in a demonic ceremony on Rokkenjima. Thereafter, he made a contract with her, receiving 10 tons of gold in exchange for his own soul. While the adult Ushiromiya siblings were still young, they often explored the island in search of the gold.

When the witch's portrait and epitaph were placed in the mansion's entrance hall in 1984, they only further cemented her existence. Even in 1986, the adult siblings discuss about how the legend of the gold is plausible, alchemy aside, and claim that the gold existed somewhere on the island in the Family Conference as they attempt to strike a financial deal using its supposed existence as a tool in their quarrel over Kinzo's inheritance. Some believed that Beatrice was in fact Kinzo's beloved mistress who lived on the island in secrecy, considering how fondly he spoke of her.

Banquet of the Golden Witch is the first arc which attempts to explain the origins of the Golden Witch.

The prologue for Banquet features a memory supposedly from Beatrice's childhood, where she is a little girl referred to as "princess" (姫様, hime-sama, aka daughter of a nobleman). One fine day, the little girl is captivated by one her grandfather's most treasured vases and breaks it by accident when she tries to touch it. As she cries frightened of how she will be reprimanded, the "Golden Witch, Beatrice" appears before her and fixes the vase with her magic—but only temporarily so that the girl won't be blamed by the "master of the house".

"Beatrice" explains that all she did was revive the memory of the vase but had not prevented its fate of being broken. Hence, the vase is later broken again by a cat. She muses that her mentor may have been able to fix it in the truest sense over and over again and that witches who achieved this level were bestowed the title of "Endless Witch" in praise. Fascinated, the girl asks "Beatrice" to make her her disciple and teach her magic. The witch reveals that she was still pursuing her training so she offered to train with the little girl and become more powerful together.

It is implied that this little girl eventually became the present-day Beatrice who not only inherited the name "Beatrice" and the title of Golden Witch and Endless Witch from her teacher and predecessor (who will later on be referred to as Virgilia), but also amassed a vast amount of power

After having lived for a millennia or so, the powerful witch Beatrice was drawn to the island of Akujikijima which had the strange power to attract mystical beings and supernatural creatures.

There, Beatrice whimsically responded to the summons of Kinzo Ushiromiya, who sold his soul to her for 10 tons of gold. However, when the witch attempted to take her leave until their contract period ended, Kinzo took her as his prisoner and bound her to his land. Having fallen in love with Beatrice, much to her displeasure, he refused to release her unless she agreed to become his. most While characters in the story assume Beatrice was Kinzo's mistress, Beatrice herself claims that Kinzo's love for her was one-sided.[2]

Kinzo confined the witch and relentlessly attempted to woo her. Beatrice admits that while such a strong desire did stroke her ego as a woman, she refused his flirtations and desperately sought escape. After various attempts at resistance, Beatrice realized the only way to break through Kinzo's barrier was to discard her physical body, since she was essentially born in a human body of flesh.

Even after Beatrice left her confines by becoming a soul, Kinzo seizes the soul and entraps it in a physical body again. He strengthens his barrier and seals Beatrice's soul into the seed of a homunculus, birthing her from a test tube and securing her a human body once more as a newborn infant. The reborn Beatrice was brought up on Rokkenjima at the hidden Kuwadorian mansion, and kept under house arrest until she reached the same age as her once lost human body.

Kinzo's efforts to revive Beatrice proved to be ineffective. Despite bearing an identical appearance to the original Beatrice, as a result of being brought up from the stage of a newborn infant, the reborn Beatrice had lost all memories of her previous life and grew up as an ordinary young girl with no magical abilities. And so, this Beatrice was unable to comprehend Kinzo's professions of love and even her very own existence as she was constantly compared to and expected to act like her previous self.

In 1967, Beatrice who was still a human captive in Kuwadorian coincidentally encounters a young Rosa Ushiromiya in the garden—after she had run away from the Ushiromiya Family Mansion. Beatrice welcomes her, having never had any visitors before. They have a pleasant chat over tea as Rosa indulges Beatrice's questions about her and the outside world. When asked about herself, Beatrice grows melancholy, unsure of how to reply. Beatrice realizes that she didn't even know about things such as a "school" or a "zoo", which Rosa considered common knowledge. Taking pity on the crestfallen witch, Rosa impulsively offers to take her outside. Beatrice is fearful at first, but considers her caged life and determinedly takes the offer. Rosa resigns herself to a walk through the forest, wondering how to take responsibility for her actions, as Beatrice gleefully inspects their surroundings; asking Rosa about every small thing they come across.

Rosa leads them both to the seaside, trying to find a way back to the Ushiromiya mansion. As they try to climb down the cliff towards the beach below, Beatrice loses her footing and plummets into the rocks below. Rosa frantically rushes to her side and finds Beatrice dead, sprawled out on the sand—her head smashed against the sharp rocks on the shore. Beatrice watches as Rosa shook the corpse that was once her and feels her memories and magic returning and recovers her identity as the Golden Witch. Silently thanking a retreating Rosa with a smirk, she realizes how frail her soul was without a physical body. Transforming into a swarm of golden butterflies, Beatrice flees into the forest to take cover from the harsh elements.

Even as Kinzo strengthened the barrier around Rokkenjima by restoring the small shrine which protected the island, Beatrice lay in wait for many years avoiding capture, plotting to regain the full extent of powers. She wandered the Ushiromiya mansion, watching Kinzo and his family from the shadows, spending her time pondering ways to get back at him. As Kinzo repeatedly researched ways to capture Beatrice's soul, he stumbles upon a forbidden ceremony which involved sacrificing thirteen people randomly. He later carves this procedure out as The Witch's Epitaph below a portrait of Beatrice, in order to resurrect her. Beatrice sees this as her chance to regain her lost magic.

In 1984, around October, a desolate Shannon struggling with her feelings for George, voices her complaints to the witch of the portrait. She laments about how she is merely “furniture” and unworthy of being united with a human. To her surprise, Beatrice appears before her and presents her with a golden butterfly brooch which would ensure a successful relationship with George. In return, she asks Shannon to break the enchanted mirror in the shrine which guarded the island's barrier. When Shannon hesitates, Beatrice taunts her, turning her own insecurities against her—convincing her that the deal was beneficial to them both. She is interrupted by a furious Kanon, who could also see her. Displeased with his foul attitude, Beatrice vanishes, reminding Shannon that the offer was still valid. In December of 1985, Shannon is seen breaking the mirror and prays to Beatrice to grant her wish. Later, it was said that a bolt of lightning struck the shrine, destroying it along with the entire reef—signifying that the island's barrier no longer fettered the witch.

Shannon's relationship is successful and she would later often accompany Beatrice to have some tea. Beatrice declines the brooch when Shannon attempts to return it, so she offers it to Kanon instead, who also struggled with his complex of simply being "furniture". Kanon still held animosity towards the witch since their first encounter, yet he takes the brooch upon Shannon's insistence. The brooch works its magic on Kanon. He subconsciously bonds with Jessica, who is secretly in love with him, much to his delight and great displeasure. In an outburst, he cruelly rejects Jessica's feelings, firmly stating that humans and "furniture" are never meant to be together. He insults the witch, calling her a fiend who enjoys toying with people's emotions. When Beatrice admits to this, Kanon steps on the brooch in rage, crushing it under his feet. Afterwards, it is revealed that Shannon and Kanon's memories of encountering Beatrice were vague, almost as if they had been erased.

Beatrice also befriends Maria, after learning of her interest in magic and the girl later becomes her apprentice. Together, they create furniture such as Sakutaro and found the witch alliance—Mariage Sorciere. She would also perform magic for Maria in front of Doctor Nanjo, Kanon, Shannon, Genji and Kumasawa who acknowledge her existence covertly. She gains more magical power as more people begin to acknowledge her existence.

As her powers continue to grow, Beatrice only seems to become crueler. As Kinzo learns he doesn't have much time to live, he schedules the Family Conference of 1986 as the date on which Beatrice's resurrection ceremony will take place in accordance with the epitaph. All the preparations are in order, with enough people gathering on the island as potential sacrifices. Since the sacrifices are chosen at random, there is a high probability that Kinzo himself will fall victim before Beatrice is resurrected. Nevertheless, he bets on the miracle of a reunion, as if it were a game for him. Beatrice finds Kinzo's mad resolve interesting and goes along with his plan, accepting his challenge.

As the Endless Witch, Beatrice has the ability to control life and death and can revive and kill people as she pleases using the Endless Magic. She can also repair damaged objects and served as alchemical advisor to the Ushiromiya family, rumored to be the one who gave Kinzo the ten tons of gold. Beatrice is also shown levitating and flying in the air, teleporting, reversing gravity, freezing time when she appears on the gameboard, and turning into a swarm of golden butterflies. In the Alliance of the Golden Witch, she is shown burning Kinzo to death just by thinking about it. She uses her golden pipe as a wand and in Twilight of the Golden Witch can transform it into a golden duel sword, as seen when she fights Erika. With enough preparation, she is also capable of erecting protective barriers which can repel any kind of human or magic attack. Beatrice also has outstanding resilience and defense, as seen during her duel with Virgilia when she gets impaled by several spears only to heal herself soon after. However, Beatrice gets burned when touching spiderwebs and can be harmed by spirit mirrors. In spite of her great power, she is said to be a witch in a beginner class, it is possible that she would be no match for anyone were she fully aware of her powers.

Despite having these powers, Beatrice typically relies on her Furniture to act for her. She uses the Stakes of Purgatory to carry out the murders on the island, later employing the Chiester Sisters Imperial Guard Corps and in Our Confession, Flauros. She also summons goat attendants to perform basic tasks for her, with Ronove acting as her head butler. During her fight with Virgilia, Beatrice proved capable of summoning giants that use shields of Hephaestus for protection. She also can summon two massive 100 meter tall "Shoulder War Towers of the Gods" with 360 ports each that fired spears of light. She also summoned the Aegis shield in combat as an absolute defense, which essentially defended against Virgilia's own Divine Spear Gungnir by making it avoid the impact, as it is the law of the gods that an absolute spear and an absolute shield must not fight each other.

She owned a butterfly brooch that can guarantee true love, which she gave to Shannon after destroying the spirit mirror.

As the Game Master, Beatrice can use the Red Truth, Blue Truth and most likely Gold Truth.

It is mainly used to represent a possibility to counter the logic of the Witch's Side, but can also be used against humans as well. Statements said in the Blue Truth must continue to abide by the Red Truth and can be assumed to be true, unless they are directly refuted by the Red Truth, or the Golden Truth.

The Blue Truth must be used in a manner that advances the user's overall theory, rather than simply fishing for more information; for Battler, any assertion he makes in blue must directly deny the influence of the supernatural in the events of Rokkenjima. Since such a denial, if accepted as true, weakens the Golden Witch, this forces her to shoot down blue statements with Red Truth, rather than declining to answer as in the second and third games. The Witch side may delay until the end of the game to challenge Blue Truths; after all, only one puzzle unsolved by any explanation other than magic is enough to sustain the Illusion of the Witch, but one carelessly phrased Red Truth can eliminate the possibility of magic from all of them. One effective denial isn't fatal, but unchallenged denial of magic in all the mysteries becomes a categorical denial of Witches.

The use of the Blue Truth can be analogous to a shot-gun in contrast to the Red Truth, which would be akin to a single-shot handgun. To previously counter the Red Truth, Battler attempted to defeat Beatrice by introducing theories she could not repeat in Red; following the gun metaphor, his approach forced him to fire once and reload every time he missed. The Blue Truth enables him to attack Beatrice with multiple possibilities at once, like the scattering effect of an exploding shot-gun shell. Though most of the projectiles may miss, there is still the possibility that at least one shot will hit the target.

Blue Truth can be used by both humans and witches.

The Red Truth is a fact that can be presented by the Witch Side without any evidence or proof to support it. But, while undeniable, it can have multiple interpretations. The multiple interpretations mark a large foothold for the Human Side to attack; therefore, the Red Truth must be used with care. Conversely, a refusal to validate a statement in Red invokes another Devil's Proof; a lack of validation won't prove a statement's truth but can't disprove its falsehood.

It's important to note that the Red Truth is essential for a battle between Humans and Witches. If the Humans don't believe in the Red Truth, it will sunder the trust between both sides and the game will again move to a stalemate, unable to proceed.

If someone attempts to lie or repeat false information using the Red Truth, they will choke on the words that they're trying to say. The anime accommodates this by having the words appearing and then disintegrating, along with the aforementioned choking effect.

The gold truth is said by Dlanor to be woven in a different fashion from the red truth. Because of this, while its strength is on par with the red truth, it may be inferior or superior to it depending on the situation.

Anyone who fully understands the rules of Beatrice's game will have the ability to use the gold truth[1], meaning that it can be used by both humans and fantasy characters alike. Its nature is fundamentally that of a human truth, allowing Battler to use it to bypass the restriction of Knox's 2nd on proving the identity of Kinzo's corpse.

In Twilight of the Golden Witch, the gold truth is revealed by Ange to be a truth constructed from belief, that is acknowledged and shared between people. Because of this, it is able to protect individuals from the power of the red truth

Ronove (ロノウェ, Ronowe) is a demon butler who serves as Beatrice's head furniture. He first appears in Banquet of the Golden Witch. Ronove wears a black tuxedo coat with the One-Winged Eagle on his sleeve over a white shirt, black pants and black shoes with a red cravat. He has short black hair, a black mustache, and a monocle

Ronove is very playful, often poking fun at his master when they least expect it. Even so he displays devotion to following his master's orders and won't hesitate to unleash his power.

Ronove is also shown to be brave, as in Twilight of the Golden Witchhe offers to stay behind and fight off the goats when they attack Rokkenjima.

Ronove specializes in creating magical barriers for both offense and defense, generating strong ones to both deflect attacks and launch enemies backwards. He can also use a special barrier that returns damage back to the attacker. In Dawn of the Golden Witch, Ronove is capable of creating high-class red barriers that prevent opponents from escaping, that not even Leviathan could dispel due to his rank as a great demon. His meta super in Golden Fantasia shows that Ronove has a demonic side to him that he keeps under wraps. His SP attack, "Innocent Rose" shows he can create magical roses to attack his opponent or act as a barrier against projectiles.

In regards to other abilities, Ronove has the power to instantly kill people with the snap of his fingers,[2] though it is not clear if Beatrice later places a restriction on this or Ronove purposefully holds himself back. As Beatrice's furniture, Ronove also has the ability to use red truth and revive people, but only for a short period in the latter's case.

Ronove has impeccable cooking skills and is shown to even run a sort of cooking show in The Seven Sisters' Valentine.

Low-level furniture in service to Beatrice. They are great in number, but silent and lacking personality. They obediently follow their master's orders.

Their senses are closer to those of animals than humans, and they're surprisingly dull-witted, which sometimes leads them to misunderstand their orders. They have by nature a massive build like a minotaur's and fearsome superhuman strength.

They may be low-level furniture, but the ability to summon an inexhaustible supply of them makes them extremely convenient.

The Seven Sisters of Purgatory (煉獄の七姉妹, Rengoku no Nanashimai), also known as the Sisters of Purgatory, or the Seven Stakes of Purgatory (煉獄の七杭, Rengoku no Nanakui), are furniture used by Beatrice. They typically appear as human girls and use blades of purple light to attack their enemies. They can also transform into stakes to bounce off walls and objects to attack from any direction. It is nearly impossible to escape them unless the target has strong magical resistance. The seven sisters are magical beings bound by the contract of the witch alliance of Mariage Sorciere and adhere to its rules and regulations.

There are seven Stakes of Purgatory, each named after a demon and representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins. They include, from oldest to youngest:

Lucifer of Pride Leviathan of Envy Satan of Wrath Belphegor of Sloth Mammon of Greed Beelzebub of Gluttony Asmodeus of Lust

The Chiester Sister Imperial Guard Corps (シエスタ姉妹近衛兵, Shiesuta Shimai Konoehei), also known as the Chiester Sisters and formerly known as the Siesta Sisters, are bunny-girl Furniture that can be summoned by those with a substantial amount of summoning skill. Their main weapon is a bow of light that shoots a beam that can kill a target instantly, barring some exceptions.

An Imperial Guard Corps formed by the Dragon King Pendragon in memory of the flight of the red dragon and composed only of sisters. They are technically subordinates of the Dragon King, but because of a long relationship with successive generations of Beatrices, it was permitted that two Imperial Guard soldiers be lent out.

The sisters are simulated lifeforms created by magic. For that reason, further sisters with a great variety of personalities are continually being created even now.

A great cost must be paid to manifest them in the human world, so summoning them can be quite a tricky prospect, even considering the tremendous fighting power they offer. For that reason, they are often summoned as honor guards to serve during special ceremonies and the like

Ushiromiya Family and Ushiromiya Servants:

Kinzo Ushiromiya (contractor, summoner) Battler Ushiromiya (rival, opponent, furniture/slave, ally, love interest/husband) Ange Ushiromiya (ally, opponent) Maria Ushiromiya (student, best friend) Rosa Ushiromiya (enemy) Shannon (ally, opponent, alternate persona) Kanon (ally, opponent, alternate persona)

Meta-World:

Bernkastel (friend, enemy, opponent) Lambdadelta (friend, sponsor of, witch guardian, miko of) Stakes of Purgatory (furniture, creations) Ronove (furniture, butler) Gaap (friend, summoner of, ally, prototype) Chiester Sisters Imperial Guard Corps (furniture) Flauros (furniture, creation, former enemy) Virgilia (mentor, predecessor) ANGE-Beatrice (successor, ally, opponent) EVA-Beatrice (successor, rival, opponent, ally) Erika Furudo (enemy, opponent, rival) Chick Beato (piece, half of split self, Beatrice who was born to love Battler) Beato the Elder (piece, half of split self, Beatrice based on legend Kumasawa told) Zepar (friend) Furfur (friend) Sakutarou (friend)

Battler is Beatrice's opponent and rival. Beatrice opposes Battler's anti-magic stance and does whatever she can to make him submit and accept magic. She delights in seeing and tormenting Battler cry and scramble to form theories, even humiliating him at one point by making him into furniture. Battler is often disgusted by Beatrice's cruelty and brutal displays of magic, coming to a head in Banquet of the Golden Witch when he refuses to play against Beato when she sits by and laughs at EVA-Beatrice's torment of Rosa and Maria. Beato starts trying to reform herself and Battler accepts her change, but quickly goes back to fighting her when it's revealed that Beato's reformation was an act.

In End of the Golden Witch, Battler starts to become more understanding of Beatrice, crying in the ??? when he finally reaches the truth too late. He falls in love with Beatrice and tries to recreate her when she dies, initially considering the new Beato to be a failure but comes to accept and finally marry her after her memories return.

Maria is a vocal believer in Beatrice and enjoys playing with her when she visits the island. Beatrice has taught Maria all sorts of magic, giving her assistance in Alliance of the Golden Witch by enabling Maria's revenge and constant torture against Rosa.

It is also worth noting that Maria is always among the last to die in games where Beatrice is in control. In Banquet of the Golden Witch, when she sees that Maria has actually been suffering from all of Eva-Beatrice's ways of killing her and Rosa, she even gives Maria a quick, painless death after comforting her, which is a contrast to the just as quick but more gruesome way she dispatches of Rosa afterwards.

Shannon is one of the few people who actively stands up to Beatrice, and so Beato likes to insult her love with George and is always reminding her that she's furniture. Although Shannon was willing to work for Beatrice by destroying the spirit mirror in exchange for a butterfly brooch which can guarantee true love when she started to doubt her relationship with George. Beatrice and Shannon would later often have tea together.

Virgilia is Beatrice's teacher and predecessor as the Golden and Endless Witch. Beatrice seems to greatly admire and respect Virgilia, referring to her as "Teacher", and during their fight Beatrice praises Virgilia when she deflects Beatrice's attacks from the "Shoulder Towers". Though Beatrice isn't against insulting and mocking Virgilia when wanting to. Virgilia repeatedly states her disappointment with how Beatrice has chosen to use her powers as Endless Witch. When talking about Beatrice, Virgilia always calls Beatrice "that child/that girl", which somewhat emphasizes the latter's childishness and their mother/daughter-like relationship.

Lambdadelta is Beatrice's Witch Guardian and Beatrice is the Miko of Lambdadelta. During the conversation about witch powers in the ??? of Legend of the Golden Witch, Bernkastel says Lambdadelta might have a good compatibility against Beatrice since she would be able to kill Beatrice's "endless" nature. It is later revealed that Lambda bestowed Beatrice with witch powers when the latter was a lowly human and now acts as her witch guardian. Lambda doesn't really see Beato as a friend however, and won't hesitate to get rid of her if she disappoints. This is exemplified in End of the Golden Witch where, after Beato surrenders and falls comatose, Lambda continuously mocks her by asking her to speak if she has any problems and acting ecstatic when she doesn't.

EVA is a successor to Beatrice because of her role as EVA-Beatrice. EVA initially shows respect towards Beatrice due to the latter being her predecessor, however she starts to resent her when Beato won't allow EVA to be brutal with her endless torture of her victims.

Ange is a successor to Beatrice because of her role as ANGE-Beatrice, however the two have an antagonistic relationship. Ange wants to defeat Beatrice to free her family from 1986 Rokkenjima no matter what. In Twilight, Ange fights back against Beato and Battler before finally coming to accept her.

Side arcs usually feature the two bickering with one another and fighting over Battler.

Rokkenjima is a small island located off the coast of Tokyo in the Izu archipelago. It measures about 10km around. The majority of the island is covered with a dense forest, with the exception of areas of land developed by Kinzo for the mansion. To get to there, the Ushiromiya family takes a plane to Niijima airport followed by a boat ride to the island.

In addition to the guesthouse and the rose garden, the images of the paths and stairs from the harbor to the island are also based on the Kyu-Furukawa Gardens

The Ushiromiya Family Mansion is the primary residence of the Ushiromiya main family, which includes Kinzo, Krauss, Natsuhi, and Jessica. It is located on the private island of Rokkenjima and serves as the site for the annual family conference.

Entrance Hall

A grand hall that serves as the entrance to the mansion. In April 1984, a portrait of Beatrice was put up on display here, and a plate containing a strange epitaph was placed alongside it. It contains a set of stairs leading to a second floor balcony that overlooks the hall and also connects to the rest of the second floor.

Parlor

A large room that serves as the site for various activities. The entrance to the room is a set of double doors, and there are several windows facing the rose garden.

Dining Hall

The main location of the Ushiromiya family's meals. It contains a long dining table where family members and guests are seated according to their rank.

The family head Kinzo is seated at the Incipient's Chair at the head of the table, and the family members fill the seats in pairs across from each other, left-side first, in descending order of rank. The ranking system has Kinzo's children first, followed by his grandchildren, and then his children's spouses. The order within each group follows the birth order of Kinzo's children. Kinzo commissioned the construction of the mansion along with his acquisition of the island. It was completed in 1952, and the Ushiromiya family moved in soon after.

The mansion is built in a western style, the result of Kinzo's personal preferences. The exterior of the mansion is identifiable by the light brown bricks that make up its walls, in contrast to the black bricks of the guesthouse. A prominent balcony overlooks the entrance of the building. The mansion has three stories and a basement. All rooms may be unlocked with a master key, and also have their own individual room keys.

The exterior of the mansion is based on the Old Marquis Maeda House in Tokyo. The interior o

In the distant past, the island was referred to by the name Azukishima (小豆島, lit. "Azuki Bean Island"). A story whispered among fishermen holds that this name is a mispronunciation of Akujikishima (悪食島, lit. "Evil Appetite Island"). It was whispered that the island was a gathering place for evil spirits, who were then later sealed by a shrine built by a traveling shugenja.

In Requiem of the Golden Witch, it is revealed that the island was used in World War II as a military base for the Japanese army. It was meant to serve as a launching point for the navy's Kaiten torpedoes, but was never supplied with them due to the nation's poor financial state, and eventually forgotten by the military command. In 1944, Kinzo was stationed on the island as a soldier when the island came into contact with a submarine containing soldiers from the Italian Social Republic. It is during this incident where he met Beatrice Castiglioni and acquired the legendary ten tons of gold. A gunfight eventually broke out between the Japanese and Italians over the possession of the gold, leaving Kinzo and Beatrice as the only survivors.

The island was then purchased by Kinzo from the Tokyo metropolis utilizing his connections with the GHQ. It was acquired under the pretext of establishing a military base, but then converted into Kinzo's own personal island. The island was then developed, with the mansion constructed in 1952. Kinzo's wife and children moved onto the island with him, and the residence of the island eventually shifted to Krauss's family.

After the events on October 5, 1986, the island was repossessed by the Tokyo Metropolis and sealed off from the public

multiple servant room keys. The room also contains a bed and first aid supplies.

Courtyard

A small area enclosed by the mansion. It may be accessed by two doors on the mansion's first floor, both of which do not have locks. Alternatively, it may be accessed via the boiler room.

Second Floor Jessica's Room

Jessica's personal bedroom. Due to Jessica's preference for spending time with her cousins, she prefers to sleep with them in the cousin room of the guesthouse during the family conference.

Natsuhi's Room

Natsuhi's personal bedroom. It contains a large dresser where Natsuhi's personal items, including a spirit mirror, are kept. She does not share her room with her husband. The door to this room may be secured with a chain lock.

Krauss's Study

A room belonging to Krauss. It is not known if he also uses it as his sleeping quarters. The door to this room may be secured with a chain lock.

Guest Rooms

These rooms were used by non-residential family members and other guests prior to the completion of the guesthouse. Each room contains two beds, a closet, and a bathroom. The doors to these rooms also each contain a chain lock for additional security.

VIP Room

An unused guest room. Kinzo had given strict orders to the servants that it be kept clean at all times, and had forbidden its use by all guests. The servants call the room the "witch's VIP room", and believe that it had been set aside by him solely for the return of the witch of the portrait. It is also rumored that the witch Beatrice returns to the VIP room at 2:00 AM every morning.

Third Floor Waiting Room

A room next to Kinzo's study.

Kinzo's Study

An extremely large room overlooking the mansion courtyard. It is divided into four sections: a study, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. The study is the only room on Rokkenjima with an auto-lock. Unlike other rooms, it cannot be opened using a master key. The only way to open its door is by using two specific keys, normally carried by Kinzo and Genji, or by activating a switch from the study table.

Due to Kinzo's obsession with the occult, the bookshelves of the study are filled with a immense amount of occult research materials. It also contains a smaller copy of portrait of Beatrice along with the epitaph. The doorknob of the study is engraved with the fifth magic circle of Mars, a scorpion-shaped occult symbol that acts as a strong magic repellent.

The study is filled with a strong stench that permeates even outside of the room.

Basement Boiler Room

A room responsible for providing heating to the mansion. It is currently in a rather poor condition and is usually locked. It may be entered from a door on the first floor of the mansion or by the courtyard entrance.

The Guesthouse is a building on Rokkenjima used to house the visiting members of the Ushiromiya family during the annual family conferences. Its formal name is Toraian (渡来庵), meaning "Visitor's Retreat".

It was originally constructed in 1984 as a hotel, and was part of Krauss's business plan to turn the island into a resort. Due to the failure of this plan, it was repurposed as a guesthouse for the Ushiromiya family. The building is a few minutes' distance from the main mansion.

The guesthouse is built in a Western-style and overlooks the rose garden. It is identifiable by its dark brown to black brick walls, in contrast to the main mansion's light brown bricks. The windows of the guesthouse also have prominent white frames. The guesthouse has two floors and a balcony on both its front and side entrances, though the front entrance balcony does not jut out of the building.

All rooms may be unlocked with a master key, and also have their own individual room keys. The front door of the guesthouse may be secured with a chain lock, and the windows also contain shutters that can block any entry from the outside.

The external design of the guesthouse is based on the Kyu-Furukawa Gardens in Tokyo[1]. The interior rooms and corridors are based primarily on Bluff No. 18 House in Yokohama[2], though a handful of pictures are taken from Berrick Hall, also in Yokohama[3].

Layout First Floor Lobby

A large area containing several tables and chairs for guests to relax in. It is visible from the entrance but is slightly further into the building.

Servant Room

A room serving as the information and resting area for the servants.

Library

A room containing many miscellaneous books owned by Kinzo that had been pushed out of his study to make way for his occult hobby.

Second Floor Cousin Room

The cousin room is a larger guest room where Jessica, George, Battler, and Maria relax and sleep during the 1986 family conference. It was specifically prepared that year under orders from Jessica due to her desire to spend time with them late into the night.

Guest Rooms

There are several other guest rooms where other members of the family are meant to sleep, though they do not always do so due to the prolonged discussions of the family conference. All guest rooms contain chain locks for additional security.

The Rose Garden (薔薇庭園, Bara Teien) on Rokkenjima is located in front of the guesthouse. A nearby garden storehouse keeps tools within it.

The Rose Garden and the storehouse are featured as stages in Golden Fantasia.

Description The Rose Garden has a large row of rose bushes and an arbor in the center. It was inspired by the Kyu-Furukawa Gardens.

The storehouse meanwhile was built away from the rose garden and hidden from view due to its ugly appearance.