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'''''Alliance of the Golden Witch''''' is the fourth arc in {{umineko}} and the final arc of the original {{umineko}} visual novel. It introduces the character of [[Ange Ushiromiya]] and follows her quest to discover the truth of the [[Rokkenjima massacre]].
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''Good morning. I could never have imagined that you would not have surrendered by now. At this point, even I must expect great things from you.''
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''The difficulty level depends upon you. How you have chosen to battle up until now will influence the difficulty.''
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The Ushiromiya family prepare for their flight to [[Rokkenjima]]. [[Ange Ushiromiya]] and [[Bernkastel]] look on as they leave. Meanwhile, in the [[meta-world]], [[Battler Ushiromiya]] and [[Beatrice]] prepare for the next game. Beatrice invites Ange as a guest to their game under the condition that she hide her true identity from Battler. Thus, Ange introduces herself as Gretel.
During an unspecified time after 1986, at [[St. Lucia Academy]], Ange endures bullying from her classmates. After finding a place to seclude herself, Ange opens a diary written by [[Maria Ushiromiya]] that she retrieved after Maria's death. She reads an entry about Maria's birthday wherein she received a stuffed animal named "[[Sakutarou]]" from [[Rosa Ushiromiya|her mother]].
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Maria's diary recounts another story of her being left home alone. Maria visits the convenience store with [[Sakutarou]] and four small ceramic rabbits that Rosa had bought her before. On her way home, Maria realizes that she lost her house key and spends the night searching for it. She is intercepted by a policeman who calls Rosa's work and learns that she has gone on vacation. When Rosa returns home, a social worker is present and asks her about Maria. Rosa becomes enraged when she learns that Maria had become famous around the town due to her frequently going out to buy food with Sakutarou and the rabbits. This culminates in Rosa smashing one of the rabbits and ripping apart Sakutarou.
In 1998, Ange and Amakusa are on their way to Niijima. Ange apologizes to Mammon for her actions at St. Lucia Academy and manages to summon Sakutarou and all seven sisters at once. She apologizes to them as a means of making up for her past behavior towards Maria. Meanwhile, [[Kasumi Sumadera]] and her bodyguards slowly make their way to [[Rokkenjima]].
Back in October 4, 1986, the typhoon has enveloped Rokkenjima. [[Kinzo Ushiromiya]] exiles the cousins from the [[Ushiromiya Main Building]] so that he can make an announcement to the others. Shannon guides them to the [[guest house]] before joining the other servants in the parlor. Once all except the cousins have gathered, Kinzo enters the parlor. He declares that he plans on ending the Ushiromiya family and will not pass on the headship to anyone. He summons the [[Pendragon Memorial Troops]] and has them choose any six people in the room and use them as sacrifices for his ritual. This results in the deaths of Natsuhi, Rudolf, Hideyoshi, Genji, Eva, and Rosa. Kinzo then summons [[Ronove]], [[Virgilia]], and [[Gaap]]. Krauss, Kyrie, Kanon, Shannon, and Doctor Nanjo are swallowed into a void by Gaap. Gohda and Kumasawa manage to escape.
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Back in 1986, Krauss calls the cousins again, this time under Kinzo's direction. He informs them of the test meant to determine the next family head and instructs them to lock Gohda and Kumasawa in the gardening storehouse so that they cannot interfere. The cousins are given the test in the order respective of their place in the family; Jessica is tested first, then George, then Battler, then Maria. For Jessica's test, she is made to return to her room in the mansion and is greeted by Ronove. Her test is a decision to sacrifice one of three things: her own life, Kanon's life, or the lives of everyone else on the island. Jessica chooses her own life. For George's test, he goes to the gazebo where he would propose to Shannon and is greeted by Gaap. Gaap says that George's test is a decision to sacrifice one of three things: his own life, Shannon's life, or the lives of everyone else on the island. He chooses the lives of everyone else on the island. Gaap tells him that he would have to kill all of them by his own hand and George declares that he will start with Gaap, leading the two into a fight. Meanwhile, Jessica begins to fight Ronove when he approaches her to kill her. George and Jessica gain the upper hand in their respective fights. However, just as each are about to strike a killing blow, Gaap uses her magic to teleport their attacks into each other, killing each other. Ronove briefly brings Jessica back to life and gives her two minutes to sort out her lingering regrets before returning to death. She calls Battler and warns him about the demonic nature of their enemies before she dies.
Shannon and Kanon, who had been using magic to watch the tests of George and Jessica, use their magic to lead an escape out of the underground prison. The group is intercepted by Virgilia and a small army of [[Goats]], who are swiftly defeated by Krauss and Kyrie. Just as the group manages to reach the top of a ladder leading back to the island's mainland, the [[Chiester Sisters]] fire an arrow that kills Kanon, Shannon, Nanjo, and Krauss. Kyrie manages to escape to a phone inside the mansion and calls Battler. She warns him against disbelieving the supernatural nature of their killers before the Chiester Sisters manage to kill her as well. Maria tells Battler to take Kyrie's advice to heart and the phone rings again. Battler takes the phone from Maria, believing that Kinzo is the only living person who could be calling them at this point. However, he hears the voice of Beatrice
Concurrently, in the [[Meta-World]], Beatrice decides to leave her game with Battler but clarifies that she is not resigning, simply refusing to move so that the game never advances and Battler is stuck in the Meta World forever. [[Bernkastel]], [[Lambdadelta]], and [[Gretel]] express their dissatisfaction to this. Beatrice says she'll remain if Battler can prove he is qualified to be her opponent. She tests this by having him repeat several phrases using the [[Red Truth]]. He succeeds until she asks him to repeat that he is [[Asumu Ushiromiya]]'s son, something Battler is surprised to find he is unable to do. Beatrice determines that he must not be the real Battler Ushiromiya and retreats to the [[Golden Land]].
In 1998, Captain Kawabata tells Ange that Kinzo often had him bring food and supplies to the [[Beatrice Ushiromiya|Beatrice who lived in the Kuwadorian]] until Beatrice died in an accident. Ange arrives on Rokkenjima and ventures into the forest in search of the Kuwadorian. She is found by [[Kasumi Sumadera]], who is under the influence of [[EVA]]. Kasumi assaults Ange and destroys Maria's diary. Using the Seven Stakes of Purgatory, Ange kills all of Kasumi's bodyguards, Kasumi herself, and finally EVA.
Ange/Gretel arrives in the [[Golden Land]] and finds Beatrice and Maria. Ange declares that the Golden Land they are in is a falsehood; she evidences this by bringing up the absence of Sakutarou. Beatrice screams at Ange when she mentions Sakutarou's name. Ange claims that Beatrice is not a real witch as she is unable to revive Sakutarou and convinces Maria to leave the Golden Land by summoning Sakutarou herself. Ange and Beatrice then return to the paused game against Battler. Lambdadelta cuffs Beatrice's leg to her chair so that Beatrice is unable to leave again. However, Battler has lost the will to continue the game due to the reveal that Asumu is not his mother. Ange determines that he is still the real Battler Ushiromiya; just because he is not Asumu's son doesn't mean he isn't Rudolf's. Ange reveals her true identity to Battler, resulting in her death. Battler returns to the game and agrees to a restart with Beatrice.
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=== The Ushiromiya Family ===
=== Servants ===
{{box array|
{{charbox|u|Genji Ronoue}}
{{charbox|u|Toshiro Gohda}}
{{charbox|u|Chiyo Kumasawa}}
{{charbox|u|Shannon}}
{{charbox|u|Kanon}}
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=== Witches and Demons ===
{{box array|
{{charbox|u|Beatrice}}
{{charbox|u|Bernkastel}}
{{charbox|u|Lambdadelta}}
{{charbox|u|ANGE-Beatrice}}
{{charbox|u|MARIA}}
{{charbox|u|Sakutarou}}
{{charbox|u|Lucifer}}
{{charbox|u|Leviathan}}
{{charbox|u|Satan}}
{{charbox|u|Belphegor}}
{{charbox|u|Mammon}}
{{charbox|u|Beelzebub}}
{{charbox|u|Asmodeus}}
{{charbox|u|Chiester 45}}
{{charbox|u|Chiester 00}}
{{charbox|u|Ronove}}
{{charbox|u|Virgilia}}
{{charbox|u|Gaap}}
{{charbox|u|EVA-Beatrice}}
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=== Other ===
{{box array|
{{charbox|u|Juuza Amakusa}}
{{charbox|u|Kasumi Sumadera}}
{{charbox|u|Professor Ootsuki}}
{{charbox|u|Terumasa Nanjo}}
{{charbox|u|Masayuki Nanjo}}
{{charbox|u|Sabakichi Kumasawa}}
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=== Deaths ===
*'''Natsuhi Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
*'''Rudolf Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
*'''Hideyoshi Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
*'''Genji Ronoue''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
*'''Eva Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
*'''Rosa Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
*'''George Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the second twilight.
*'''Jessica Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the second twilight.
*'''Kanon''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the fourth twilight.. Battler was unable to find his corpse.
*'''Shannon''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the fifth twilight.
*'''Terumasa Nanjo''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the sixth twilight.
*'''Krauss Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the seventh twilight.
*'''Kyrie Ushiromiya''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the eighth twilight.
*'''Toshiro Gohda''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the ninth twilight.
*'''Chiyo Kumasawa''', killed on October 4, 1986 as part of the ninth twilight.
*'''Kinzo Ushiromiya''', burned to death on October 4, 1986 as part of the ninth twilight.
*'''Maria Ushiromiya''', died on October 4, 1986 as part of the tenth twilight.
*'''Battler Ushiromiya''', died on October 5, 1986 as part of the tenth twilight.
*'''Ange Ushiromiya''', died in 1998.
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=== Chapters ===
<div class="chapter-list" style="column-count:2">
*01 (74). [[Chapter 1 (Alliance of the Golden Witch)|One-Winged Eagle]]
*02 (75). [[Chapter 2 (Alliance of the Golden Witch)|Magic]]
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*28 (101). [[Chapter 28 (Alliance of the Golden Witch)|Tea Party EP4 Part 2]]
*29 (102). [[Chapter 29 (Alliance of the Golden Witch)|Hidden Tea Party]]
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=== Volumes ===
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*01 (15). [[Volume 15 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Alliance of the Golden Witch'': Volume 1]]
*02 (16). [[Volume 16 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Alliance of the Golden Witch'': Volume 2]]
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*05 (19). [[Volume 19 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Alliance of the Golden Witch'': Volume 5]]
*06 (20). [[Volume 20 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Alliance of the Golden Witch'': Volume 6]]
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=== Episodes ===
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*01 (19). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*02 (20). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*03 (21). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*04 (22). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*05 (23). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*06 (24). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*07 (25). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode
*08 (26). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 26|IV-VIII Sacrifice]]
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*[[{{PAGENAME}}/TIPS|TIPS]]
*[[{{PAGENAME}}/Tea Party|Tea Party]]
*[[{{PAGENAME}}/????|????]]
*''[[Shinsou Kaimei Dokuhon Episode 4|Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 4 Shinsou Kaimei Dokuhon]]''
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