History Characters / UminekoWhenTheyCryWitches

-> "''If I'm paper, Beato is rock, and Bern is scissors. It's true that my paper will lose to Bern's scissors... but if it's super-paper, which is stronger than regular paper, it could even win against scissors, right? In other words, I, Lady Lambdadelta, am super-paper! Ooohohohohoho!!''"

* LipstickLesbian: Her clothing and magic utilise quite a lot of pink and cuteness, and she only has eyes for Bernkastel.

* NobleDemon: She will mercilessly toy with others' lives to get some amusement out of it, but she will never abandon those who work hard for the certainty to achieve their wishes. [[spoiler:Later on in Episode 8, she went as far as to declare that all residents of the Golden Land are her miko and that she will never turn her back on them.]]

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

* NiceHat: Completing her purple dress complete with lace and black and white trim she wears a matching hair with a rose on the right side.
* OhCrap: Her reaction to Beatrice denying the existence of all witches near the end of [=EP3=] has her panicking. She gets held down by Ronove as Beatrice finishes the denial, and there's nothing Evatrice can do about it.

* RealityWarping: After having obtained most, if not almost all of Beatrice's powers, she begins to show off her new magical abilities by experimenting them on Rosa and her daughter, bringing to reality all the dreams, desires and memories of her ex-little sister when she was still a child [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor in the most creatively unpleasant ways]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Just like Rika, Bernkastel has blue hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has purple hair.

* NobleDemon: She will mercilessly toy with others' lives to get some amusement out of it, but she will never abandon those who work hard for the certainty to achieve their wishes. Later on in Episode 8, she went as far as to declare that all residents of the Golden Land are her miko and that she will never turn her back on them.

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

* YamatoNadeshiko: She's an elegant witch and Beatrice's mentor who will drop more than a few hints in order help Battler succeed.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: For most of the series, Lambdadelta seems to be the same as all the other witches; selfish, cruel, petty and only caring about seeking entertainment through the suffering of others. However, later on there are circumstances in which she helps out the heroes even though she's supposed to remain neutral, always under the excuse that she's doing it for her own amusement. This shows the best in [=EP8=], where [[spoiler:she's willing to risk her life to give Battler and Ange enough time to get the key of Book of the Single Truth and even goes as far as to try to face off Featherine, ''the most powerful witch in the setting''. [[CurbStompBattle She didn't accomplish much]], but it's the thought that counts]]. Though [[spoiler:the last tea party reveals she and Bernkastel consider themselves to be playing a role, respectively [[PunchClockHero the good and]] [[PunchClockVillain the bad guy.]]]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Lambda doesn't think much of human lives and is always ready to have them ruined if she finds it entertaining. She's still better off than Bernkastel; Lambdadelta at least can be genuinely helpful to those who work hard for their goals, [[spoiler:going as far as to sacrifice herself to protect the heroes in the final arc]].

* NiceHat: With a nice ribbon, too!
* NobleDemon: She will mercilessly toy with others' lives to get some amusement out of it, but she will never abandon those who work hard for the certainty to achieve their wishes.

* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:In [=EP8=], to give Battler and Ange time to take back the key of the Book of the Single Truth, Lambdadelta fights Bernkastel on her own to hold her back long enough. Lambdadelta actually does pretty well on her own... [[OhCrap until Featherine shows up]]. Still needing to buy Battler and Ange time, Lambdadelta charges to Featherine and gets smashed into a bookshelf with all her limbs severed without knowing ''how the hell'' it happened. Luckily she gets better.]]

* CosmicEntity: A PhysicalGod WitchSpecies who lives in a higher plane.

* WitchSpecies: A plane (The Meta-World) inhabited by [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Superentities]] called Witches.

* HandHidingSleeves: Of the elegant type. She's a refined witch wearing a PimpedOutDress that covers her hands-

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: "Beatrice" is meant to be pronounced as it is in [[GratuitousItalian Italian]] ("''Beh''-ah-''tree''-cheh") rather than in [[GratuitousEnglish English]] ("''Bee''-ah-triss"). This is a reference to the character from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' who she is named after [[spoiler:as well as foreshadowing that her real self Sayo Yasuda does in fact have Italian blood]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Her cruelty especially towards Rosa as shown in EP 2 tea party is explained as [[spoiler: Beatrice's real world incarnation is Sayo Yasuda who wrote all the games in bottle messages as her 'what if?' scenarios.]] She's the daughter of Beatrice [[spoiler: II]] whom Rosa met as a schoolgirl and accidentally and indirectly caused her [[spoiler: death.]] Not only that, also with her horrible treatment with Maria is no wonder [[spoiler: Sayo's pissed off with her but is also not only sad but even hypocritical and selfish that Sayo cares little and nothing that Rosa not only feels a deep and constant remorse both for the real Beatrice's death and for her being aware of being a terrible mother who neglects Maria or vents her frustrations on her, but that she behaves like this because, just like Sayo, not only does she have no one in the world who support and help her with her difficult situation but the whole world, similarly with Sayo, seems to conspire against her in order to complicate her life, consequently bringing to a very special case of NotSoDifferent for both the two characters.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Despite all the contempt, cruelty and denigration Beatrice openly demonstrates towards Rosa it is ironic when you think that [[spoiler:her true identity Sayo Yasuda]] actually shares many problems and difficulties with Maria's mother. Of course, given her self-loathing nature that's probably a big part of ''why'' she doesn't care much for Rosa.

* EvilWearsBlack: She wears a dark Gothic Lolita dress, has dark blue hair and while she at first seems to help Battler against Beatrice, she eventually reveals she's a cruel and ruthless Witch like any other in the series.

* DarkIsEvil: She wears a dark Gothic Lolita dress, has dark blue hair and while she at first seems to help Battler against Beatrice, she eventually reveals she's a cruel and ruthless Witch like any other in the series.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: In [=EP6=], Lambda says that [[spoiler:Bern was originally a piece in a game that the Game Master made {{Unwinnable}}. Lambda did not explicitly say whether the game was of the UnintentionallyUnwinnable or the UnwinnablebyDesign variety.) The Game Master then abandoned Bern as a piece and left her to fend for herself. Bern eventually [[BeyondTheImpossible ended up winning the game anyway]] and gained the title of Witch of Miracles. The manga implies that the game in question was ''Higurashi'', which would make sense given her [[EnemyWithout origins.]] While this does explain her cruelty however, it's no excuse for it.]]

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: The memory device around her head also preserves her form. At one point in the past it got damaged, abruptly changing her personality and appearance ([[spoiler: an event which is seen in the final episode of ''Higurashi Sotsu'']]). Her [[RewritingReality witch power]] also allows her to weaponize this. Refer to the spoiler in StoryBreakerPower above.

* StepfordSmiler[=/=]SourOutsideSadInside: Piece acts like an eccentric and cruel witch early on, almost like Erika Furudo, but she drops her quirks and becomes serious when discussing her motives as the culprit of her story.

** A more humorous example occurs in Episode 3's hidden Tea Party, when she threatens Lambda to spoil her the culprit of ''Higurashi''. Lambda quickly covers her ears, [[HilarityEnsues saying that she hasn't finished reading it yet.]] Yeah, don't try to understand, you'll just get a headache. [[spoiler:Possibly explained by the existence of ''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu''.]]

* AllPowerfulBystander: She has more than enough power to solve any problem in the setting or destroy everything in the blink of an eye if she wanted to. Fortunately, Featherine prefers to remain a spectator for the most part while she lets Bernkastel cause all the trouble she wants. The one time she does intervene in the plot during her [[CurbStompBattle "fight"]] with [[spoiler:Lambdadelta]] we see that everything would have been lost with Featherine as an active enemy.

* {{Expy}}: Some people consider her an expy of Hanyuu from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' because Featherine's memory device looks like horns, the name '''Au'''gustus '''Au'''rora references Hanyuu's VerbalTic, "Hanyuu" means "feather," Featherine addresses people as "Child of Man," and [[spoiler:Featherine says that Bernkastel used to be her miko]]. To complement it, when Ange first meets her, "Over the Sky" plays. It was Hanyuu's {{Leitmotif}} in ''Higurashi''. [[spoiler: ''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu'' confirms their connection, with it being said that Featherine created Hanyuu. Hanyuu in turn shaped Featherine into who she is by ''Umineko'' via damaging her memory containment device.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain:
** Featherine is said to be a Witch thousands of times more powerful and evil than Bernkastel could ever be, but she never becomes a direct villain to the story (the closest she comes is [=EP8=] where the party she's holding during which she will read from the Book of the Single Truth directly threatens the continued existence of the Ushiromiyas, which corresponds with Ikuko announcing she will reveal the contents of Eva's diary to the public in the real world 90's period) and remains a bystander for the most part. However, she ''is'' indirectly responsible for all the problems from [=EP7=] afterwards as [[spoiler:she was the one who gave Bernkastel the power to keep messing with the game board because she wanted Bernkastel to rip the game apart for her and give her the answers to the mystery]].
** She's implied to be this for [[spoiler:''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu'' due to her appearance in the first OP theme. Confirmed in Episode 20 where "Eua" is introduced, and from there she serves as TheManBehindTheMan for BigBad Looper Satoko.]]

** [[spoiler: Her villainy is on-stage in ''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu'', and it turns out Bern wasn't exaggerating that much after all.]]

* RetiredMonster: Given what Bernkastel and Lambadelta say about (and to) her, this is heavily implied. Featherine herself personally thinks she's much worse. [[spoiler: And indeed, ''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu'' shows that Featherine used to be a lot more wantonly evil as opposed to mostly neutral.]]

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Assumes the position with Lambdadelta in the fifth arc (in the meta-world at least), and solidifies it with each consecutive installment.]]

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:She assumes the position with Bernkastel in the fifth arc (in the meta-world at least), and solidifies it with each consecutive installment.]]

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Despite her antagonistic nature and intent to erase Kyrie and Ange, she's ultimately revealed to be Battler's loving mother Asumu brought back by Featherine. Piece admits she wanted to hurt Kyrie and Ange but had a JerkassRealization after meeting Ange. She eventually parts on good times with Battler, Beatrice, and Ange after her identity's revealed.]]

* AllWitchesHaveCats: She has hundreds of cats as her minions.

** Featherine is said to be a Witch thousands of times more powerful and evil than Bernkastel could ever be, but she never becomes a direct villain to the story and remains a bystander for the most part. However, she ''is'' indirectly responsible for all the problems from [=EP7=] afterwards as [[spoiler:she was the one who gave Bernkastel the power to keep messing with the game board because she wanted Bernkastel to rip the game apart for her and give her the answers to the mystery]].
** She's implied to be this for [[spoiler:''Higurashi Gou / Sotsu'' due to her appearance in the first OP theme. And confirmed in Episode 20.]]

* MentorArchetype: A meta example as much of what she has to say is actually pretty helpful. Not to the characters, [[BreakingTheFourthWall but to the player]]. More specifically, her words are useful in guiding the player's thoughts as to how to solve the mystery.

* BadBoss: She treats her piece Erika like garbage when the latter fails to achieve any worthwhile results. The manga [[KickTheSonOfABitch amps]] this up even further.

* KickTheDog: Currently sued by animal rights associations for dog holocaust. Seriously, name one character that isn't [[spoiler:Featherine]] and it's likely she's kicked him or her at some point.

* {{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.

* NotSoDifferent: Despite all the contempt, cruelty and denigration Beatrice openly demonstrates towards Rosa it is ironic when you think that [[spoiler:her true identity Sayo Yasuda]] actually shares many problems and difficulties with Maria's mother.

* TheOlderImmortal: By far the oldest witch in the series.

* RetiredMonster: Given what Bernkastel and Lambadelta say about (and to) her, this is heavily implied. Featherine herself personally thinks she's much worse.