History Characters / UminekoWhenTheyCryWitches

* LonersAreFreaks: Unlike Lambda, a sociable witch who counts many friends among the infernal elite, Bernkastel reacts awkwardly to friendly overtures and her social circle doesn't extend beyond [[spoiler:Featherine]], Erika, and Lambda herself, each of whom she has a [[EvilMentor twisted]] [[BadBoss relationship]] [[TheMasochismTango with]]. When Bern tries to confirm [[spoiler:Lamba's double-cross]] in EP8, she whips open her phonebook, ponders why she has no numbers saved, then remembers that she has no friends.

Also known as the Golden Witch and the Endless Witch, she is the main antagonist of the series and stands by the "magic" side, claiming that all the murders were done by magic. She claims to have given Kinzo all of his wealth, and so when the family is gathered, she issues them a challenge: find the gold that Kinzo hid in the Ushiromiya estate or else she would collect it, with their lives as interest. She then further forces Battler to replay those days in a game with her. She tells him a story of how she murdered them using magic, and he needs to disprove her story.

-> See Characters/UminekoWhenTheyCryBeatrice for tropes on her.

* MeaningfulName: There is a bit of speculation on her name (Featherine>Feather>Ha>Hanyū).

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: They function much like Lovecraftian Gods in the sense of being powerful abstract deities who legitimately seem to treat their horrific {{Deadly Game}}s as just that -- games which they play for amusement, with no real hard feelings towards any of their victims. When not killing the Rokkenjima residents, they are perfectly capable of being civil with them, and even witches who acted as bitter enemies to each other and tried to kill each other during a game can go back to being the best of friends after. Since boredom is literally toxic to them, they have to amuse themselves or they will die, and Bernkastel suggests at one point that witches acting so sadistic during games is them intentionally playing the part of a villain as a role, just like they can play the part of a hero in a different game.

* AllWitchesHaveCats: She has hundreds of cats as her minions, although it's suggested that they technically belong to Featherine [[spoiler: (to whom Bern is also a cat too.)]]

* DirtyCoward: She makes it known that she loves games that she can win. When it seems she CAN'T win, expect her to bail from the game rather than stay around to witness her own defeat. This is shown most clearly in EP 6 where she prematurely leaves the duel between Beato and Erika when it becomes clear that Erika is done for (which would reflect badly on Bern since Erika is her piece), and [[spoiler: the climax of EP 8, where she frantically tries to run away from the golden eagle that ANGE has created to devour her.]] In a way, she is also a coward for forever running away from boredom and turning her back to the truth of her own past, which [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Erika feels a little disdainful towards her about.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When invited to party with Battler, she's notably bewildered by Battler's [[spoiler: willingness to forgive Beatrice, Erika, and Bernkastel herself.]] She likes ''winning'' and Battler's carefree attitude towards opponents startles her. [[spoiler: While she briefly seems to enjoy and admire this trait, she ultimately [[IgnoredEpiphany follows through on her plan to destroy Battler's happy ending]].]]

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Bernkastel, HopeCrusher extrordinaire and [[RedBaron The Cruelest Witch]] is absolutely terrified of [[spoiler: Featherine.]] It helps considering [[AlmightyJanitor her]] [[RetiredMonster status]].

* {{Narcissist}}: Best reflected through Erika, who is Bern's self-insert that is good at everything she sets out to do and upstages everyone around her, all while also kissing Bern's ass at every opportunity. It's also telling that [[spoiler: the only person she loves is Lambdadelta, who holds nothing back in displaying her affection for Bern.]]

* PetTheDog: The manga has Bern [[spoiler: actually display remorse for condemning Erika to oblivion because she lost on her behalf, with Battler realizing her pride is preventing her from being honest with herself on how she regrets that decision.]]

* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler: Battler spends a good portion of [=EP8=] trying to get Bernkastel to undergo a HeelFaceTurn and become friends with everyone else. He fails ''miserably''.]]

* AffablyEvil: Quite charming and likable for a seemingly evil witch who enjoys sadistic games and ruining the lives of others for her own amusement. Also, in contrast to [[spoiler: Bernkastel]], her friendly moments are entirely genuine.

* {{Expy}}: Her character closely resembles Satoko from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', with her trickster personality, her NoblewomansLaugh and her relationship with Bernkastel, Rika's {{Expy}}. [[spoiler: ''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu'' confirms that she began her existence as Satoko's witch self.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: In [=EP8=], although it's later clarified to be just one stop in a perpetual HeelFaceRevolingDoor.]]

* WhatIf: Lambdadelta's game is revealed to be a major one, due to the fact it contradicts as to what's driving the entire plot. [[spoiler: Lambda has it set up so that the epitaph is solved almost immediately by the detectives and not potential culprits, not only does it not adhere to the standard rules of Beatrice's normal games, but it also does not adhere to what Sayo would normally do. Instead of using the Epitaph to decide her fate and the fate of the Ushiromiyas, Sayo instead uses it as a cover in order to settle her grudge with Natsuhi. It blatantly ignores Sayo's entire point of her game with Battler. Lambda's Sayo isn't motivated by sorrow like normal and is instead motivated by pure unbridled hatred of Natsuhi that even makes her forget Battler's sin.]] In the end this turns Lambda's game from a normal whoduunit to a rather jarring version of SpotTheImposter.

* AttentionWhore: Wanting to impose herself at all costs as the true culprit of Rokkenjima Massacre and also embodying Eva's dissatisfied ego, Eva-Beatrice always tries to put all the attention of the public and readers on her.

* CainAndAbel: All the slaughterhouse that she combines in [=EP3=], starting from the torture physically and psychologically Rosa, make her a perfect Cain. [[spoiler: However, in [=EP8=] everything is subverted when it turns out that she probably did what she did only to prevent her niece Ange discover that in reality the Cain among the 4 siblings is her father Rudolf.]]

* EvilAunt: [[spoiler: She represents the way in which Ange sees Eva in the guilty role of the massacre.]]

* ImaginaryFriend: She was this to Eva, according to [=EP3=].

* ItsAllAboutMe: In Episode 3 she tortures and massacres the whole family (including [[BlackWidow her husband]] and [[OffingTheOffspring son]]), simply because they are all guilty of preventing her from having every single gold bar to herself. When she replaces Beatrice for the execution of the murders, she quickly comes to see herself as a witch better than her predecessor, to the point of replacing Beatrice's self-portrait with hers. The rest of her antagonistic actions towards her predecessor are all dictated by the fact that she can't stand being held back and reprimanded.

* KarmicDeath: In the third arc she's finally punished for all her evil deeds by being [[spoiler: almost]] totally eradicated and erased by Red Truth. In [=EP4=] she is killed by Mammon (while assuming Eva's form) after she had belittled and teased Ange and Maria by destroying the latter's diary through Kasumi. And in [=EP6=] she is killed by her son George as retribution for taking complete control of his life.

* LiteralSplitPersonality: Sort of. She is an AnthropomorphicPersonification of a side of Eva's personality.

* SoProudOfYou:[[spoiler: Hearing Battler's heartfelt speech at not mocking the identities and motives of witches causes Piece to think her job was worth it, if only to see how much her son had grown.]]

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: It's not that she's become a particularly good person in ''Golden Fantasia'', but her sadism and sociopathic callousness towards the lives and feelings of others feel much LighterAndSofter compared to the depths they go to in the original story, where she is a truly horrific HopeCrusher.
** As noted under PetTheDog, the [=EP8=] manga shows her as holding some actual remorse for what she did to Erika after [=EP6=], whereas in the game she couldn't care less and only brings Erika back because Battler won't accept her challenge otherwise.

* CatchphraseInsult: Those she looks down on are called “gerokasu” (pukespittle).

* EvilSoundsDeep: Creator/YukariTamura gives Bernkastel the same deep voice she used for [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rika's]] true self. [[spoiler:While she doesn't start as antagonistic, once Bernkastel gets the chance to get her hands dirty she shows why she's known as "The Cruelest Witch".]]

* PetTheDog: In a rare, fleeting moment of AdaptationalNiceGuy, the manga has Bern [[spoiler: actually display remorse for condemning Erika to oblivion because she lost on her behalf, with Battler realizing her pride is preventing her from being honest with herself on how she regrets that decision.]]

* PsychoticSmirk: [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md5ni1tf7o1rf7jtbo1_400.jpg U mad?]]

* NoblewomansLaugh: Although sadly absent in the anime.

* ForWantOfANail: She states in advance that her game will torment Ange. [[spoiler:It portrays an alternate reality where Asumu remained as Rudolf's wife, which averts Batter and Shannon's detached relationship and ultimately, the Rokkenjima massacre, while Kyrie and Ange would never be recognized as proper members of the Ushiromiya family. Ange even briefly feels that her mere birth messed up the family's future.]]

* AffectionateNickname:
** Beato, of course. Given to her by Battler in the manga, but in the visual novels she asks him to call her this.
** When talking about her, Virgilia always calls Beatrice "that child/that girl", which somewhat emphasises the latter's childishness and their mother/daughter-like relationship.
* AlchemyIsMagic: Claims to have procured the gold through alchemy and claims to be Kinzo's alchemical counsellor.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: There's no doubt that Beatrice is a powerful and cunning Witch, but for all the effort she puts into it, once the other Witches get more active in the later episodes it becomes clear that ''their'' power and cunning '''widely''' surpasses hers.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Especially during Episodes 3 and 4, where she's still Battler's enemy but her true motives have started surfacing.
* AngstComa: In [=EP5=], [[spoiler:Beatrice is left in a catatonic state as a result of losing her will to keep fighting against Battler. After Battler loses against Dlanor, Beatrice finally gives up on him finding her truth and disappears.]]
* AnnoyingLaugh: At least for Battler. And [[ServileSnarker Ronove]].
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Her whole speech is old fashioned, which lends to her image as an elegant witch who has lived a thousand years. She's notable for using [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns the archaic feminine pronoun "warawa" for herself]], and addresses others with "sonata". However, there are a few times where she slips into cruder, masculine Japanese like Jessica.
* AntiVillain: After all of her antics in and out of the FaceHeelRevolvingDoor, her character evolves into this. [[spoiler:[=EP5=] reveals she was never evil to begin with and the entire time she was acting as a StealthMentor to help Battler reach the truth.]]
* ArtEvolution:
** In her first anime appearance she has a statuesque, obviously supernatural beauty; once showing that is out of the way she quickly becomes [[GenericCuteness cute in the same art style as everyone else]] over the course of a couple episodes.
** A similar thing happens in the manga, where Kei Natsumi draws her with a "cuter" and less agressive appearance as her behavior progressively changes.
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
** She mocks Battler cruely throughout the different Games, but she does genuine care for him, creating a party for him when Ronove told her he was unresponsive and lying in the ground sulking.
** Quiet antagonist to Virgilia too, but she clearly sees her as a mother-figure running to her whenever wrong happens and even bought her a gift for White Day, even if it's making fun of her age.
* BadSamaritan: She helped Shannon and George to get together only to enjoy the inevitable failure of their relationship, and tried the same thing with Kanon and Jessica. [[spoiler:But as it turns out in the sixth game, this is really a metaphor for Sayo Yasuda's conflict over being in love with both George and Jessica.]]
* TheBaroness: The Sexpot type. She's very attractive and her sadism makes the dominatrix aspect very apparent. Her rivalry with Battler has romantic undertones that only increase as the story goes on.
* BattleCouple: With [[spoiler:Battler]].
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: There are times Beatrice is cut and mutiliated, but never loses her beauty from the injuries.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: She fakes a HeelFaceTurn in Episode 3 as part of an elaborate gambit to prevail over Battler, but in subsequent episodes it becomes clear that the feelings that were invoked during this ordeal were genuine and she ultimately has a real HeelFaceTurn.]]
* BerserkButton: Shannon asserting her humanity really seems to set her off for some reason. [[spoiler:She's basically trying to crush her own self-esteem.]]
* BigBad: She sets herself up as this at the end of Episode 1. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss The truth is a bit more complicated.]]]]
* BlatantLies: "I cannot lie or deceive. All my emotions show up on my face." Uh-huh.
* BlessedWithSuck: An endless witch has the ability to restore anything, creating eternal happiness. But that eternal happiness leads to eternal boredom, which Beatrice can't stand.
* BloodKnight: If given the chance to go violent, Beatrice is usually the first to go for it, delightfully fighting her mentor in a witch duel in Episode 4 and Erika in Episode 6 and 8, in a quickdraw mystery game and then a swash buckling pirate fight.
* BodyBackupDrive: [[spoiler:In Episode 5, Beatrice dies after finally giving up on Battler finding the truth. She's brought back in the next arc when Battler creates a new body for her, with (eventually) the same memories and personality.]]
* BreakTheHaughty:
** In the 3rd Tea Party, after Beatrice mocks Lambdadelta one time too many. The manga makes a point in getting Beato off her big horses in that scene, with Lambda splashing hot tea on her face, forcing her to kneel down and threatening her while she trembles in terror, before starting to forcibly erase Beato's witch form. We're talking about Beatrice here, who at this point was the troll-in-chief and fearsome witch of the series, being bluntly reminded by Lambda that a Witch of the Senate is not to be trifled with.
** Bernkastel/Erika's whole scheme in Episode 5 leads to this against Beatrice [[spoiler:or more specifically, the piece who is representing Beatrice during the game while Meta!Beatrice is comatose. The Beatrice of this game is meant to protect Natsuhi and help her maintain Kinzo's death secret. Bernkastel then has Erika compose a theory that not only completely denies Beatrice's existence as a witch, but frames Natsuhi for the murders. Piece!Beatrice is sentenced to be DevouredByTheHorde of goats, Battler tries to save her but only gets utterly defeated by Dlanor and Beatrice finally loses it when Battler states he doesn't remember their promise. By the end of the trial, Piece!Beatrice is reduced to a sobbing mess, LaughingMad as she tells Dlanor to kill her already and begs Battler to die with her.]]
* BrokenBird: It's revealed that the sweet personality Chick Beatrice displays is actually how Beatrice was like 1000 years ago before she went through all her trauma that turned her into the cruel person she is now. [[spoiler:This trauma is actually Battler's sin and her living "1000" years is actually symbolism for how long the six years Sayo Yasuda spent waiting for him felt.]]
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: She's very strongly associated with these. In the manga it's explained that when a character is able to see golden butterflies on a gameboard, [[spoiler:it means he either is an accomplice or is about to die]].
* CameBackWrong: In Episode 6, sort of. The Beatrice Battler creates has none of the real Beatrice's memories.
* CardCarryingVillain: In the first arc nobody really knew who murdered all the people on the island. Then Beatrice burst in to announce that, yes, she did it and is damn proud of it. Did we mention she's a lying liar who lies a lot?
* CatchPhrase: "Omoshiroi! Jitsu ni omoshiroi!" (Interesting, really interesting!)
* TheChessmaster: It's her job as the Game Master to come up with both a plan for the culprit and a fantasy narrative to cover it.
* ClassyCane: When wearing her casual outfit in the gameboard, Beatrice carries a cane that resembles the golden eagle of the Ushiromiya symbol.
* ClingyJealousGirl: In Episode 8, she isn't pleased by [[{{Lust}} Asmodeus]] trying to flirt with Battler.
* ComplexityAddiction: Derives from her (and Kinzo's) definition of magic.
* CompositeCharacter: An in-universe version of the trope. [[spoiler:Beatrice as a whole is a mixture of the ghosts legends surrounding Rokkenjima, the rumor surrounding Kinzo's secret lover, and the real Beatrice's identities. In [=EP7=] it's shown how Sayo Yasuda started with a simple idea of Beatrice being a trickster ghost and ended with the product of knowing the stories behind the real Beatrices, her grandmother who gave the Italian gold to Kinzo and her mother who was kept in Kuwadorian and [[ParentalIncest was also Kinzo's lover]].]]
* ConfusionFu: During the first Episodes, she ''really'' likes to toy with Battler when he's trying to think.
* CriminalMindGames: Her gruesome displays on the gameboards, and the very fact she creates the gameboards in the Meta World.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:In the fourth arc, when she gives up on Battler ever realizing the truth.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: She struck a deal with Lambadelta before the game, having her be her sponsor and giving her territory for the Golden Land and Game Board in the Meta-World in exchange for weaving endless tales of slaughter to lure Bernkanstel in an endless lope.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it in [=EP4=] after [[spoiler:Battler fails to remember his sin]]. It goes to the point that [[spoiler:Beatrice tries to abandon the game and live with Maria in the Golden Land. However, Ange ruins things for her by "resurrecting" Sakutaro and Beatrice is forced to fight against Battler one more time, where she lets Battler's Blue Truths pierce through her. As a result, she becomes an EmptyShell and finally, thinking Battler is dead and won't return, dies moments before Battler finally reaches the truth.]]
* {{Determinator}}: In [=EP3=], Beatrice won't allow Eva-Beatrice to interrupt Jessica and Kanon's short reunion. Not even getting stabbed in the heart by the Chiesters several times and getting her body blown up makes her give up, going as far as to keep protecting Jessica and Kanon even when there's only her heart left. However, this is subverted since [[spoiler:all that was part of an act to get Battler to acknowledge her]] and in [=EP4=] [[spoiler:she gives up on Battler being able to reach her truth and later lets herself die]].
* {{Deuteragonist}}: More evident in ''Chiru'', but with hindsight you can also see her this way in the first four arcs. It progressively becomes very clear that Beatrice is just as much the main character of the story as Battler is. The entire mystery is about understanding who she is, where she comes from and what her motivations are.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:From [=EP5=] onward, it's clear that she isn't the real BigBad of the story, especially since Bernkastel has taken up the position.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Her cruelty especially towards Rosa as shown in EP 2 tea party is explained as such: She's the daughter of Beatrice [[spoiler: II]] whom Rosa met as a schoolgirl and accidentally and indirectly caused her [[spoiler: death.]] Beatrice also dislikes the way Rosa treats Maria, a fellow witch and dear friend. Ironically, Rosa feels a deep and constant remorse for the real Beatrice's death, which is part of why hearing the witch's name is so painful to her.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [=EP3=]'s Tea Party reveals Beatrice's game is only meant to help her guardian Lambdadelta keep Bernkastel around for eternity. Lambdadelta knows Beatrice may have different intentions, so she warns Beatrice that she can take away her power if she does something that threatens keep the game going forever. [[spoiler:In fact, Beatrice's real agenda all along was to lose against Battler so he could find out her true identity. When Beatrice gives up on it, Lambdadelta takes over the game board.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:At the end of Episode 8, Beatrice jumps into the sea because she feels she won't be accepted by anyone and won't be able to fit in the world outside of Rokkenjima. Battler decides to go down with her since all of the murders happened because of him. Although the final outcome of the scene can be interpreted in many ways in the VN, the manga confirms this is how Beatrice's original self Sayo Yasuda died in the real world; "Battler" indeed died with her, but his physical body survived and became Tooya Hachijo.]]
* EmptyShell: In [=EP5=], [[spoiler:she does ''nothing'', since she gave up on trying to make Battler understand her and her truth. She just sits there like a motionless doll until she finally lets herself die.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: It says a lot that ''Beatrice'' is disgusted with [[AbusiveMom Rosa's treatment of Maria]] but as you notice in episode 8 and think about it, [[spoiler: Rosa was the one who accidentally let Beatrice II, Sayo's mother die and she also sees Kinzo's cruelty inside Rosa,]] for these reasons, she does hold a larger grudge towards Rosa than all the others parents beyond Natsuhi. However, she still steps in when Eva-Beatrice takes her [[CruelAndUnusualDeath "fun"]] with Rosa [[TheManyDeathsOfYou too far]] after Battler slaps her and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scolds her badly]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In [=EP3=], Beatrice doesn't really understand why Battler blew up at her after she made him watch how Eva-Beatrice brutally tortured and murdered Rosa and Maria over and over again. Beatrice saw it as nothing but an amusing spectacle and she thought there was nothing wrong with what Eva-Beatrice was doing to Rosa and Maria because they can be revived no matter how many times they are killed. [[spoiler:Subverted since she's well aware that what she's doing is wrong, but it's all part of her StealthMentor facade. Virgilia even confirms that she doesn't actually enjoy murdering Battler's family over and over.]]
* EvilLaughter: The VN has "*cackle* *cackle* " and ahaha.wav; the anime has Creator/SayakaOhara starting great and getting better every episode.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Creator/SayakaOhara put a lot of effort into giving Beatrice a very low and powerful voice befitting of a magnificent, evil witch.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In [=EP5=], Beatrice lets her hair down for the whole EP because [[spoiler:she now can't even fix her hair. Or move, or eat, or speak... Virgilia is even combing her hair for her.]]
* ExpositoryPronoun: Occasionally switches from the second person pronoun "sonata" (polite and archaic) to the rude "omae" when she drops the elegant facade. She also switches from the archaic feminine pronoun "warawa" to the more contemporary and gender-neutral "watashi" when [[spoiler:she drops the evil witch act and resurfaces as Sayo Yasuda]].
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: And she revels in it. [[spoiler:Though in [=EP6=] and beyond, she is a {{Face}}.]]
* FangsAreEvil: Her little fangs are a lot less [[CuteLittleFangs cute]] than the ones other cast members have.
* FauxAffablyEvil: At first, anyway. [[CharacterDevelopment Then the ship tease and moe-moe start showing up.]]
* FlowerMotifs: She wears a rose in her hair.
* FreudianExcuse: It's complicated but yes, she has one. Perhaps even several. Understanding it is actually one of the main parts of the mystery.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: The fact that she asks Battler to call her Beato early on is a hint in itself. In the manga, Battler just starts to use that name on his own, though.
--> '''Beatrice''': ''Those close to me call me "Beato".''
* FullNameBasis: With "Ushiromiya Battler" − sorry, "Ushiromiya Battleeeeer" −, when she is in full {{Troll}} mode.
* GenerationXerox: Her relationship with Battler plays this theme hard. [[spoiler:Their relationship at several points is meant to parallel Kinzo's relationship with Sayo's grandmother and mother. [=EP7=] reveals Kinzo looked almost identical to Battler when he first met the first Beatrice. Although, Battler and Beatrice do manage to eventually work things out and end up HappilyMarried, while Kinzo's love for his Beatrice turned into a sick obsession that led him to rape his own daughter.]]
* GiantPoofySleeves: Her PimpedOutDress has puffs on and just below the shoulders.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She loves Sakutaro the stuff animal of Maria that she even used her magic to turn him alive, which she cuddles whenever she can.
* GloveSlap: In [=EP6=], she throws a glove when she challenges [[spoiler:Erika]] to a duel for [[spoiler:Battler's hand in marriage]].
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: She carries around a long pipe, similar to an Evil Cigarette Holder.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:In [=EP5=], she gives Battler (who is supposedly dead at the time) a TearfulSmile right before she finally allows herself to die.]]
* GoThroughMe: She does this in [=EP3=] to [[spoiler:prevent Eva-Beatrice from interrupting Jessica and Kanon's reunion]]. She keeps doing it even when [[spoiler:there's only her heart left]].
* GratuitousEnglish: '''[[IncomingHam KONGURAAAAAAATULEEEEISHOOOOOOONS!! AAAAANDO HAAAWAAAYUUU?? AM FAIIIN SENKYUUUU!!]]'''
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:She marries Battler at the end of [=EP6=]. They look very happy together in [=EP8=].]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: In Episode 4 (and 8), her elegant, tea-drinking witch image takes a hard blow when she calls Battler over the phone while very obviously drunk on wine. Also note that [[spoiler:she's 19 years old, so technically underage in Japan.]]
* HeelRealization: Subverted. A large part of Episode 3 focuses on Beatrice realizing how cruelly she has been abusing her powers until that point. [[spoiler:She reforms, eventually even helping the Ushiromiya side of the game board, and ends up denying witches to have Battler win the game, causing her own demise. At the very end of the episode, all of this is revealed to only be an act to get Battler to voluntarily recognize the existence of witches. Although this gets zig-zagged in the following episodes, as it turns out the Heel Realization ''was'' genuine and her revelation of it all being an act was so that the game between her and Battler can continue so that he can reach the truth.]]
* HellishPupils: Her eyes are drawn with slitted pupils in the Episode 4 manga.
* HerosMuse: Rather like the lady from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' who she was named after, [[spoiler:Beatrice was designed by Sayo Yasuda to be the ideal woman for Battler. Her game is actually meant to be a quest for Battler to understand her heart while she plays the role of StealthMentor.]]
* HiddenHeartOfGold: [=EP5=] confirms that, while Beatrice is mischievous by nature, [[spoiler:her sadistic behaviour in the first four arcs was an act as part of her being a StealthMentor towards Battler.]]
* HotBlooded: A penchant to go full ham whenever she has to fight whether it's Battler, Erika, or Dlanor, loudly boasting arguments and magic against her foe. [[spoiler: She's also the first to go full blooded when her deceit is expose in Episode 8, leading the Golden Land inhabitants against Featherine's army in the Battle for the Golden Land.
-->''"If you wish to enter with your shoes on, then let us give you a proper welcome! In other words, to put it elegantly... WASH YOU FACE IN MISO SOOOOOOOOUPPPP!!!"''
* HotWitch: She looks very good for a thousand years old witch. Invoked, since [[spoiler:Sayo Yasuda modeled Beatrice's appearance on Battler's ideal woman]].
* HumanizingTears: In the ending of [=EP4=], she pretty much gives up on the game and lets Battler's Blue Truths [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pierce through her]]. While in unbearable pain, Beatrice breaks down in tears and desperately begs Battler to uncover her truth to end her suffering. This is one of the first moments where Battler and the reader first get the true sense that Beatrice isn't the monstrous witch she pretends to be.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Or at least I just want someone to understand me. [[spoiler:Battler eventually does, but too late.]]
* ImageSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP896Z370Oo Chain]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70klHdh8l8o Golden Nocturne]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNYr80-2vc Epilogue]].
* ImaginaryFriend: In [=EP1=] she's treated like this to an extent in regards to Maria. [[spoiler:In [=EP7=] it's shown that from an anti-fantasy perspective, she really was a sort of imaginary friend to her.]] In the fifth arc, [[spoiler:she also became Natsuhi's imaginary friend, along with her furniture]].
* ImmortalImmaturity: While she can act the part of a dignified witch who's lived for a thousand years, a lot of the time she's very childish. [[spoiler:Justified since later on it's revealed that she isn't even close to a thousand years old; she's actually 19.]]
* ImmuneToBullets: As Natsuhi found out the hard way. However, it's subverted in later chapters which reveal that, when they actually ''do'' get hit, magical beings are ''especially'' susceptible to man-made weapons such as guns. [[spoiler:The manga reveals that Natsuhi's gun wasn't even loaded during her duel with Beatrice, since Sayo Yasuda removed the bullets beforehand.]]
* InsultOfEndearment: Whenever Battler does something dumb, she loves to call him incompotent or pathetic in a playful manner.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Maria, as Beatrice is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 1000+ years old]], [[spoiler:actually 19]].
* InvisibleToNormals: According to [=EP2=], no one in the island can see her besides Shannon and Kanon, unless she allows them to see her.
* JackassGenie: In the second Tea Party, Beatrice is apparently willing to literally bring to life Rosa's old and numerous murderous thoughts, dreams and desires against [[BigBrotherBully her older siblings for ruining her whole childhood]] by trying to sympathize with her situation, only to cruelly taunt and torture her by forcing her (with the help of goats) to feed with their blood and their flesh. The icing on her cake is also feeding her with Maria's head as a dessert, based on the fact that, according to Beatrice herself, Rosa hates and blame even her own daughter for ruining her life.
* KillerGameMaster: From [=EP1=] [[spoiler:to [=EP4=]. Subverted twice however: first because she can revive whoever she kills thanks to her Endless powers, and second because [[TricksterMentor she isn't actually trying to kill anyone from Rokkenjima]]]].
* KneelBeforeZod: Loves to do this in the first two Episodes.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A graceful witch with power over life and death as an Endless Witch as well as powerful summons.
* LargeHam: "Let's start torturing each other, USHIROMIYA BATTORAAAAAAAAA!!!" Ohara was ''definitely'' enjoying herself.
* LaughablyEvil: At least in the anime. More tragic in the novels and manga.
* LegacyCharacter: The name Beatrice and the titles Endless Witch and Golden Witch were passed down to her from Virgilia, her mentor and the former Beatrice. [[spoiler:Actually, Sayo Yasuda based Beatrice on the ghost legends surrounding Rokkenjima and the stories behind the real Beatrices. Her portrait is based either on Beatrice Castiglioni, Kinzo's mistress or Beatrice Ushiromiya, their daughter, more heavily implied to be on the latter.]]
* LegacyImmortality: [[spoiler:Even though Beatrice claims to be 1000 years old, the details of her "past" are really borrowed from the lives of Sayo Yasuda's mother and grandmother, who were both named Beatrice.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: Several, most notably ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofk8ff5mbU Organ Opusculum No. 600,000,000 in C minor]]''.
* LemonyNarrator: In the first Tea Party, the narration constantly mocks [[AgentScully Battler]] for being stupid and irrational − while at the same time praising the "wise" [[AgentMulder Maria]]. Interestingly, more than a funny gag, it is actually the first hint that the third-person narration is ''not'' objective.
* LethalChef: "Half a day was spent in spectacular violence that would have shocked the culinary world."
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Shannon's light. [[spoiler:However, this is really representative of the different aspects of Sayo Yasuda.]]
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Actually [[GoodIsNotNice Light Is Not Nice]].]]
* LiteralSplitPersonality: In the sixth arc, [[spoiler:this is the way she CameBackWrong]]. Chick Beatrice and Beato the Elder represent a different part of Beatrice; Chick Beatrice is what Beatrice was originally like while Beato the Elder embodies the aspects of the Golden Witch.
* LoveHurts: It hurts so much that 6 years can feel like a thousand.
* LovingBully: A grossly exaggerated example. Beatrice brutally murders Battler and his family and traps him in a game where he undergoes endless suffering until he acknowledges her as a witch. In some way, her behavior is comparable to a schoolgirl trying to get attention from her crush by messing with him. [[spoiler:[=EP5=] reveals she does indeed love Battler and she's playing the role of StealthMentor with the hopes he reaches her truth. Battler realizes her merciless torture was her twisted way of expressing her feelings for him.]]
* MagicWand: Her pipe functions as this. It can turn into a sword too.
* MaleGaze: In her special graphics in the [=PS3=] port, her dress has curiously ''a lot'' more cleavage than in her sprites.
* ManipulativeBitch: In Episode 3, she makes Battler think she learned the wrong of her ways and reformed to trick him into acknowledging witches. [[spoiler:She actually has to force herself to be this to push Battler into reaching for the truth]].
* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: [[spoiler:She's one of quite a few people inside Sayo Yasuda, along with Shannon and Kanon, though this is a mundane example since they're all "characters" Sayo Yasuda created and not real people.]]
* TheMcCoy: Among Shannon, Kanon and herself, Beatrice is obviously the most emotionally-driven one with her sadistic and hammy nature. She coerces them into giving in to their emotions and desire for love, only to rejoice in the unavoidable failure of their romances. [[spoiler:Beatrice represents Sayo Yasuda's strong and aggressive side, as well as her most destructive and dangerous emotions.]]
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:She dies in Episode 5 just after Battler had finally figured out she was playing the StealthMentor role for him.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:To Maria and Rosa in the third arc.]]
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: This is the reason why one of Beatrice's weaknesses is said to be mirrors. [[spoiler:Namely because Sayo Yasuda hates them, since mirrors remind her that she's not really a powerful, elegant witch like she pretends to be in order to cope with her low self-esteem.]]
* MoreHeroThanThou: In Episode 5, her piece self decides to fight [[spoiler:Erika and Dlanor]] herself rather than expose Gaap to danger.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She suffers a minor one in the beginning of Episode 3, where her foiled attempt to fool Battler has her believe he's lost hope... only to find he's all fine and well. [[spoiler: She has much more serious ones, though. In that same episode, she seems to feel genuine remorse over Battler's rage toward her even though she never truly intended on changing her ways as a result. She feels horrible guilt from conceiving the murder plots as Sayo Yasuda, as can be seen in ''Confession of the Golden Witch''. The Episode 8 Manga also shows her crying horribly when Ange screams out all of her despair that magic can't help her or make her life better, as Beatrice knows all too well the same issues and furthermore realizes she's indirectly made Ange step onto the same suicidal path that she has.]]
* MultilayerFacade: Her actual identity is so complicated that there have been flow charts made in order to clarify it.
* MultipleChoicePast: Whether you take the fantasy or mystery perspective. [[spoiler:It's all but stated outright that the mystery perspective is her true past.]]
* NoblewomansLaugh: Often. In the anime it comes across as a harsh braying. Ronove lampshades its inelegance, to her complete lack of concern.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: During the second tea party, Beatrice forces Rosa to eat parts of her family's bodies. [[GratuitousEnglish ETT'S]] [[MemeticMutation PAAFEKUTO!]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: Episode 3 implies she sees nothing wrong with what she's been doing because in the end she always fixes what she breaks. [[spoiler:Subverted since she actually knows exactly what's she doing, and Virgilia even confirms in red that she didn't enjoy murdering Battler's family over and over again.]]
* OneToMillionToOne: She can transform into golden butterflies.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Beatrice's name is treated as a title, and indeed, when Eva-Beatrice becomes the new Endless Witch, Beatrice claims that she is now "nameless." Battler then gives her the nickname "Beato" to use, which has been used for her more often than not since.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: To Battler.
* ParentalSubstitute: She has shades of this with Maria in the first half of the story. The affection she shows towards her is in stark contrast with her cruelty during her games, [[AbusiveParents or with Rosa's treatment of Maria.]]
* PetTheDog:
** Her relationship with Maria. She acts as a mentor/imaginary friend figure to Maria, who is always among the last to die in games where she is in control. [[spoiler: In Arc 3 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 MercyKill after comforting her, which is a contrast to the just as quick but more gruesome way she dispatches of Rosa afterwards.]]
** Also to [[spoiler:Natsuhi]] in Arc 5, although [[spoiler:that Beato was a result of Natsuhi's delusions]].
* PimpedOutDress: A floor-length black dress with a hoop skirt, wide sleeves, a bow on the front and a matching choker.
* PrimAndProperBun: Subverted; she wears her hair in a bun, but she'll only act prim and proper when she feels it'll lend well to her "elegant thousand-year-old witch" image. Most of the time she's more sadistic and mischievous.
* ProudBeauty: She loves to boast her bewitching beauty to Battler, bragging her lovely hair, her massive busom, and adorable yet elegant physique and face, daring Battler to try touching her knowing he won't. [[spoiler: It's a representation of what Sayo wants to be.]]
* PsychopathicWomanchild: An explanation to her behavior given in [=EP3=]. Virgilia describes her 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 realises she can handle. She apparently sees nothing wrong with brutally murdering people over and over again because she can revive them any time she wants. [[spoiler:Subverted once we find out more about her real self and motivations.]]
* APupilOfMineUntilSheTurnedToEvil: Virgilia repeatedly states her disappointment with how Beatrice has chosen to use her powers as Endless Witch. [[spoiler:This parallels how Kumasawa, the one who introduced Sayo Yasuda into mystery novels, might have ended up giving Sayo the source of her ideas about how to carry out the murders.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She looks like a young woman, but is actually 1000 years old. [[spoiler:Subverted; she's actually only [[ArcNumber 19]].]]
* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: [[spoiler:She claims to be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld to pass as a legendary witch even though she's 19 years old, and was made a witch only for a few days.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:In the magic ending, Beatrice is convinced she can't atone for her sins by living on and commits suicide by jumping into the sea.]]
* ReducedToDust: [[spoiler:In Episode 5, she finally gives up on Battler finding the truth and allows herself to die, leaving nothing but a mountain of sand behind.]]
* ReformedButNotTamed: [[spoiler: After she's returned at the end of EP 6 and is a full-on good guy, she never loses her edge and is still prone to acting like an arrogant, cackling sadist complete with SlasherSmile expressions.]]
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Like several other characters in the series, Beatrice derives her name from Dante's ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''.
* SarcasticDevotee: Loves to jab her love ones, but does truly love them as family or lover, [[spoiler: something she retained from her human life Sayo who was mischeavous.]]
* {{Sadist}}: She finds endless enjoyment in brutally murdering Battler's family over and over again. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed her sadistic behaviour was only an act.]]
* SayMyName: [[{{Troll}} U-shi-ro-mi-ya]] '''[[ChewingTheScenery BWAAATORAAAAAAAAA!!!]]'''
* SealedEvilInACan: She claims Kinzo bound her to the grounds of Rokkenjima and sealed a great part of her magical power. [[spoiler:Subverted. Not only is Kinzo dead, making him unable to have summoned her in the first place, but not even Beatrice herself qualifies for this trope.]]
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: According to her, the Beatrice of 1967 was a "homunculus" that Kinzo trapped her soul inside. Considering what is later revealed in [=EP7=], [[UnreliableExpositor this most likely isn't true]].
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Due to exposed shoulder blades on her dress.
* ShipperWithAnAgenda: She helped Shannon in her romance with George so she could enjoy to see their relationship inevitably fail. She tried to do the same with Kanon and Jessica, but he didn't fall into her trap. [[spoiler:Of course, this was all a big metaphor for the conflict within Sayo Yasuda's heart.]]
* SilentScapegoat: [[spoiler:She was taking the blame for killing Battler's family to push him towards finding the truth. Battler figured it out too late. Poor Beatrice.]]
* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: She goes on a rant about this in [=EP2=]:
-->'''Beatrice:''' Love is lust and can't be measured without sleeping together. Men are flies and maggots that get caught in your female scent and gather around you. Do you still not understand that at your age?? You'll despair after that glasses man behind you gazes at you even once with dark lust. You'll lose heart, be shocked, dumbfounded, stupefied, and it's all useless isn't it, Shannon?? ...That's enough, stop talking, furniture. Furniture, furniture, furniture! Who do you think you are talking like that, showing off this fraud that love is beautiful, when really it's [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment filthy filth]]. Don't people become adults when they realize that?
* SlasherSmile: Complete with [[FangsAreEvil fangs]]. Exaggerated in [[NightmareFuel creepiness]] in the [=PS3=] remake of the game.
%%* SmokingIsCool
* SophisticatedAsHell: In Episode 7, she describes her own speech style as "a mix of formality and rudeness". And indeed, she often goes into a Jessica-ish speech when screaming.
* SorryThatImDying: [[spoiler:In [=EP5=], she apologizes to Battler before finally giving up and dying. Made infinitely worse in that Battler wakes up after having solved the mystery ''just in time to see her die''.]]
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: [[spoiler:Combined with ShesBack in Episode 6, Beatrice blows down the doors of the chapel, announces her big return and challenges Erika to a duel to take Battler back.]]
-->''"Erikaaaa!!! I'm here to celebraaaaaate!!!"''
* StealthMentor: [[spoiler:Revealed to be the case in [=EP5=], towards Battler. The whole reason she was playing her "game" with him was so he could realize who she was and what his "sin of six years ago" was.]]
* SuicideBySea: [[spoiler:She does this in the magic ending, by throwing herself into the sea after deciding she can't live on to atone for her sins. The manga confirms this is how Beatrice's original self Sayo Yasuda died in the real world.]]
* SurpassedTheTeacher: In her battle against Virgilia in [=EP3=], Beatrice defeats her teacher in her very first move, but revived her for a while to make the fight a little longer and have some more fun.
* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler:With Shannon and Kanon, as the conversations between all three of them represent Sayo Yasuda's inner conflicts.]]
* TearfulSmile: She does this at least once before [[spoiler:her death]] in [=EP5=], upon the "Who... am I?" question to Battler in [=EP4=] in the anime, and a couple of other times besides in the manga. There's a reason for it each time.
* ThemeSerialKiller: Her murders go according to the epitaph.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:In the magic ending Beatrice, thinking she can't live on to atone for her sins, throws herself into the sea. Battler soon follows her and they drown together. It's eventually made clear in the manga that this was the moment Beatrice's original self Sayo Yasuda died and "Battler" died trying to save her to then become Tooya Hachijo.]]
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: In Episode 6 once she [[marries Battler]], Beatrice is more happy then she ever could be having drop most of her sarcasm with genuine happiness.
* TragicHeroine: [[spoiler:As Sayo Yasuda, she played a big part in the Rokkenjima tragedy. In the Meta World, though, her goal is to help Battler reach and accept the truth about what happened]].
* {{Troll}}: Very much so towards Battler during their confrontations, and she's [[MemeticTroll become infamous for it in the fandom]]. [[spoiler:At least until her true HeelFaceTurn, though even then she has elements of TheGadfly. And though she may be the best known of the witches for her trolling, she's nowhere near as cruel as Bernkastel.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: A complicated example exaggerated to the extreme. Beatrice horribly tortures Battler mentally and physically by repeatedly murdering him and his family in gruesome ways. She also mocks him for being too incompetent to come up with logical explanations to deny magic. However, she's not doing it because she hates him; she actually likes Battler as her rival and wants to have a fun game with him. In [=EP3=], she starts acting soft and cute when she seems to have seen the error of her ways. While it was part of an act to trick Battler, her dere-dere moments are genuine from the fourth arc onwards. [[spoiler:In [=EP5=], it's revealed all her cruelty towards Battler was her playing StealthMentor so he could reach her truth. Once Battler knows this, he calls Beatrice a 'tsundora' and concludes her antagonism was her way of encouraging him to win their game.]] She plays it more straightforward in the TIPS in which she gets ShipTease with Battler.
* TsurimeEyes: Reflecting her sadistic nature.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:Actually three aliases. She, Shannon and Kanon are all the same person, created as personas of Sayo Yasuda.]]
* UnreliableExpositor: Not only is her [[UnreliableNarrator narration]] unreliable, but much of what she reveals to Battler in the first four arcs is not exactly truthful, and later arcs outright contradict some things she says.
* UnreliableNarrator: The main narrator of anything that happens outside of Battler's view is Beatrice, and she eventually lets him know ouright that anything that is not in red text is not necessarily true.
* UnseenNoMore: During the entire Episode 1, Beatrice's name is constantly spoken, but she is an ominous, invisible presence whose existence is uncertain. She appears only halfway through the Tea Party, when you expect it the least.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to the flashback at the beginning of Episode 3, Beatrice was once a very sweet and innocent little girl who wanted to become a witch so she could achieve eternal happiness, after she was inspired by seeing Virgilia repair a broken vase with magic. She got what she wanted, but with that eternal happiness comes eternal boredom that she can only get rid of by abusing her powers to kill and revive people in sick ways. [[spoiler:While this flashback was really just a heavily idealized memory of Kumasawa getting Sayo Yasuda out of trouble for breaking the vase by saying a cat did it, it still foreshadows how Sayo really was a sweet kid, but some traumatic revelations and having a lonely, almost friendless life drove her to do some rather questionable things.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: From Shannon in Episode 2. ''Twice.'' While she can play Kanon like a harp, it turns out Shannon isn't quite as docile once she understands that Beatrice is a BadSamaritan. During their second encounter near the end of the arc, the Witch [[{{Angrish}} ends up spewing incoherent words and insults in rapid-fire.]] [[spoiler:Of course, since Beatrice and Shannon are both alter egos of Sayo Yasuda, both scenes are highly symbolic of Sayo's self-loathing.]]
* VillainousBSOD: In Episode 4, she challenges Battler to confess his sin from six years ago. Battler assumes that it's leaving the family, but is completely clueless when she insists that there's something else he did wrong, and gets mad when she implies that her murders are indirectly his fault. Once it become clear that she's not getting her answer, the once gleefully drunk witch goes completely sullen and refuses to continue playing with him, intending to leave their game hanging forever. When Battler doesn't accept this, she pushes ''him'' into a HeroicBSOD by using carefully placed red truths to convince him that [[spoiler:he's not really related to the Ushiromiyas. Her condition gets [[AngstComa even]] [[DeathByDespair worse]] by Episode 5.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: According to legend, Beatrice can be rendered powerless through spider webs or mirrors. [[spoiler:The spider webs are drawn from Kumasawa's stories about the youkai people believed would haunt the islands, and the mirrors are symbolic of how much Sayo Yasuda hates them due to her low self-esteem.]]
%%* WickedCultured
* WomanChild: In the third game, when she asks Virigilia for advice, she sounds less like a dignified witch and more like a little girl throwing a tantrum. When she gets rejected by Battler in Tsubasa Chronicles for destroying the Stakes' White Day, she latches on to Virgili crying how unfair she doesn't get to be happy in White Day and tries to throw the blame on Lucifer or Battler.
* WorthyOpponent: To Battler.
* ZeroApprovalGambit: [[spoiler:She ''wants'' Battler to hate her to keep him struggling to find the truth (with the goal of denying her existance).]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She erases herself so that Battler and Ange won't have to acknowledge a future where almost everyone lives HappilyEverAfter because Asumu took Kyrie's place as an Ushiromiya and Ange remained as an illegitamate child, and that Asumu would torment Ange with this future because of [[SinsOfOurFathers her grudge towards Kyrie stealing her family after she died]].]]

* MagicWand: Her pipe functions as this.

* WomanChild: In the third game, when she asks Virigilia for advice, she sounds less like a dignified witch and more like a little girl throwing a tantrum.

* {{Bokukko}}: At least in her character song, she refers to herself with 'boku'. Which is again another connection to Rika.

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Lambda's red. In the first half of the series at least.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Her more malicious aspects are considerably toned down in the anime.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Toward Bernkastel. [[spoiler:At least until Arc 5, when Lambda and Bern drop the act that they are mortal enemies]].]]

* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Bern's blue. But in Chiru, it turns out Bern is [[SoreLoser much]] [[HairTriggerTemper redder]] than her.

* GenerationXerox: Her relationship with [[spoiler:Battler]] plays this theme hard.
* TheGhost: During the entire Episode 1, her name is constantly spoken but she is as an ominous, invisible presence whose existence is uncertain. She appears only halfway through the Tea Party, when you expect it the least.

* GloveSlap: To [[spoiler:Erika]] in [=EP6=].

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:With Battler after [=EP6=].]]

* HellishPupils: Her eyes are drawn this way in the Episode 4 manga.

* MinorInjuryOverreaction: [[spoiler:Battler]] punching her in the face. Feeling pain for the first time in a century is unpleasant enough to [[spoiler:cause a VillainousBreakdown]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: It says a lot that ''Beatrice'' is disgusted with [[AbusiveMom Rosa's treatment of Maria]] but as you notice in episode 8 and think about it, [[spoiler: Rosa was the one who accidentally let Beatrice II, Sayo's mother die and she also sees Kinzo's cruelty inside Rosa,]] for these reasons, she does hold a larger grudge towards Rosa than all the others parents beyond Natsuhi. However, she still steps in when Eva-Beatrice takes her [[CruelAndUnusualDeath "fun"]] with Rosa [[TheManyDeathsOfYou too far]] after Battler [[KickTheSonOfABitch slaps her]] and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scolds her badly]].

* {{Keigo}}: In contrast to Beatrice's AntiquatedLinguistics, Virgilia speaks a very formal and traditional Japanese.