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{{ArcPage
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| desc = Banquet of the Golden Witch is the third arc of Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
{{Infobox arc
| titleimage = BanquetUmineko of the Golden Witchep3.jpg
| imagejname =
[[File:Umineko ep3.jpg|300px]]
| developer = [[07th Expansion]]
| publisher = 07th Expansion
| type = Question
| date released = August 16, 2008 (<abbr title="{{aside|C74|Comiket 74">C74</abbr>)}}
| words = 151131
| series = {{umineko}}
| lengthprev = {{arc length|words=151,131turn}}
| lastnext = ''[[Turn of the Golden Witch]]''{{alliance}}
 
| this = '''''Banquet of the Golden Witch'''''
| introduction =
| next = ''[[Alliance of the Golden Witch]]''
}}
'''''Banquet of the Golden Witch''''' is the third arc in {{umineko}}. The story focuses largely on [[Eva Ushiromiya]] and her relationship with both herself and her family.
 
== Introduction ==
| welcome =
{{cquote|
''Good morning. This is a surprise, that even now you do not surrender. The Golden Witch has exceedingly high expectations of you.''
 
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''The difficulty level is fair. Fair for you, and fair for the Witch.''
 
}}
| plot =
== Plot ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible collapsed" data-collapsetext="-" data-expandtext="+" style="float:left;vertical-align: text-top;margin-right:10px"
!Chapter Name||Date||Time
|-
|Days as a Girl||Sat, Oct 4 1986||
|-
|My Preparations Are Already Complete||Sat, Oct 4 1986||style="text-align:right;" |2:00PM
|-
|The Witch's Written Challenge||Sat, Oct 4 1986||style="text-align:right;" |8:00PM
|-
|Possibility of a 19th Person||Sat, Oct 4 1986||style="text-align:right;" |9:00PM
|-
|Rosa and the Witch of the Forest|| ||
|-
|The Beginning of the Ceremony||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |12:00AM
|-
|Madam Beatrice||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |12:21AM
|-
|Virgilia||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |6:00AM
|-
|Skirmish||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |7:00AM
|-
|The Key to the Golden Land||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |9:00AM
|-
|Coronation||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |10:00AM
|-
|The New Witch||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |10:30AM
|-
|Announcement of Sacrifices||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |11:00AM
|-
|Battle to the Death in the Hall||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |1:00PM
|-
|The Definition of a Witch||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |1:30PM
|-
|Real Magic||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |5:44PM
|-
|The Witch's Courtroom||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |6:03PM
|-
|The Witch's Illusion||Sun, Oct 5 1986||style="text-align:right;" |
|}
An unnamed female narrator accidentally breaks a vase in the Ushiromiya household. While lamenting their accident, a [[Virgilia|mysterious witch]] appears before them. The witch claims she can make the vase "remember its previous form" and demonstrates this with a show of magic. The vase repairs itself and the girl rejoices. However, shortly afterwards, the vase breaks again while a servant cleans nearby. The witch explains that, by having the vase "remember its previous form", she is not repairing it permanently as the vase's transition to a broken form is already determined. Thus, the best the witch can do is delay the time at which it breaks. The girl, enthralled by the show of magic, asks to become the witch's apprentice. The witch agrees to the request.
 
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On the island, the adults arm themselves with Kinzo's [[Winchester rifles]] and move the family to the [[guest house]] to stay safe. To stave off boredom, they attempt to solve the [[witch's epitaph]]. While they make some headway, they are ultimately unable to reach an answer and retire to eat. During this time, [[Eva Ushiromiya]] sneaks away and uses books from Kinzo's archive to solve the epitaph. Shortly afterwards, Eva discovers [[Kinzo's gold]] in an ornate underground room. Soon after, [[Rosa Ushiromiya]] solves the epitaph and encounters Eva in the underground room.
 
After seeing the gold and returning to the rose garden, Rosa reveals to Eva that she doesn't want the family headship and will gladly cooperate with Eva as long as she gets her portion of the gold as inheritance. Meanwhile, in the underground room, [[Beatrice]] confronts [[EVA]], a manifestation of Eva Ushiromiya's personality. Beatrice concedes the ownership of the gold and the title of family head to EVA by giving her the [[head ring]]. Furthermore, Beatrice passes on her magical abilities and the title of Beatrice to EVA.
 
On the island, [[Maria Ushiromiya]] becomes concerned that the rose she marked in the rose garden was becoming damaged. In order to assuage her fears, Rosa takes Maria to the rose garden to check on the flower. While there, the new Beatrice, EVA, confronts the pair and tests her magic by repeatedly killing and reviving Rosa and Maria. In the [[meta-world]], Battler is angered by Beatrice's enjoyment of EVA's actions and refuses to speak with her any further. Annoyed that Battler no longer sees her as his opponent, Beatrice appears before EVA in an attempt to sate her cruelty. In a swift motion, Beatrice kills Rosa and Maria in a painless manner and has [[Ronove]] prepare them as sacrifices for the second twilight.
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Inside the mansion, the survivors find the numbers "07151129" written above the magic circles on the parlor doors. Inside the parlor, George's dead body lay next to Shannon's. Eva and Jessica begin to fight, each believing that the other is the culprit. As Nanjo tries to intervene, Eva accidentally discharges her rifle and blinds Jessica. Nanjo brings Jessica to the servant room so he can use its first aid kit and Eva runs out of the parlor screaming. Battler follows her.
 
After attendingtending to Jessica's wounds, Nanjo looks in the hallway for signs of Eva or Battler. He is confronted by Eva-Beatrice who quickly kills him with her staff. In order to protect Jessica, Beatrice summons a faint incarnation of [[Kanon]] and has him lead Jessica to the parlor. Beatrice stands in front of the parlor and applies a magic barrier so that the two cannot be killed as George and Shannon were. Eva-Beatrice notices Jessica's absence and uses the Chiester Sisters to kill Beatrice. However, Beatrice's newly found knowledge of the limits of life allowed her to regain the powers of the Endless Witch. Thus Beatrice remained alive until Kanon's form faded.
 
When Beatrice begins to die, the Battler of the [[Meta-World]] summons Eva-Beatrice as his opponent in Beatrice's place. Battler attempts to solve each murder by [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Theories#In-game theories|claiming that Eva was responsible]]. Eva-Beatrice then uses the [[Red Truth]] to create a near-impossible scenario for Battler to solve. In order to defeat her, Beatrice has Battler cover his ears and then uses the Red Truth herself to disprove Eva-Beatrice's scenario. In the mansion, Battler comes to the realization that Eva was the culprit. Eva then shoots and kills him.
 
Battler and Beatrice appear in the [[Ushiromiya Main Building]]. Inside, they are greeted by everyone who had died along with the [[Seven Stakes of Purgatory]] and the [[Chiester Sisters]]. Virgilia reveals that they had reached the Golden Land. While everyone celebrates, [[Kinzo Ushiromiya]] ushers Battler and Beatrice to a ledger and asks that they sign it to welcome everyone to the Golden Land. Just before Battler can sign, a [[Ange Ushiromiya|a redheaded girl]] appears and stops him. The redheaded girl then challenges Beatrice and declares that she will reveal the truth.
 
| characters =
== Characters ==
=== The Ushiromiya Family ===
*[[Kinzo{{Family tree/Ushiromiya]]/simple2}}
*[[Krauss Ushiromiya]]
*[[Natsuhi Ushiromiya]]
*[[Eva Ushiromiya]]
*[[Hideyoshi Ushiromiya]]
*[[Rudolf Ushiromiya]]
*[[Kyrie Ushiromiya]]
*[[Rosa Ushiromiya]]
*[[Jessica Ushiromiya]]
*[[George Ushiromiya]]
*[[Battler Ushiromiya]]
*[[Maria Ushiromiya]]
 
=== Servants ===
{{box array|
*[[Genji Ronoue]]
{{charbox|u|Genji Ronoue}}
*[[Toshiro Gohda]]
{{charbox|u|Toshiro Gohda}}
*[[Chiyo Kumasawa]]
{{charbox|u|Chiyo Kumasawa}}
*[[Shannon]]
{{charbox|u|Shannon}}
*[[Kanon]]
{{charbox|u|Kanon}}
}}
 
=== Witches and Demons ===
{{box array|
*[[Virgilia]]
{{charbox|u|Virgilia}}
*[[Beatrice]]
{{charbox|u|Beatrice}}
*[[Lucifer]]
{{charbox|u|Lucifer}}
*[[Leviathan]]
{{charbox|u|Leviathan}}
*[[Satan]]
{{charbox|u|Satan}}
*[[Belphegor]]
{{charbox|u|Belphegor}}
*[[Mammon]]
{{charbox|u|Mammon}}
*[[Beelzebub]]
{{charbox|u|Beelzebub}}
*[[Asmodeus]]
{{charbox|u|Asmodeus}}
*[[Eva-Beatrice]]
{{charbox|u|EVA-Beatrice}}
*[[Ronove]]
{{charbox|u|Ronove}}
}}
 
=== Other ===
{{box array|
*[[Terumasa Nanjo]]
{{charbox|u|Terumasa Nanjo}}
}}
 
| deaths =
== Deaths and Disappearances ==
All deaths and disappearances are listed only as they are told in ''{{PAGENAME}}'' and apply only for the individual arc, not the overall series.
=== Deaths ===
*'''Kinzo Ushiromiya''', incinerated on October 5, 1986 as part of the first twilight.
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*'''Natsuhi Ushiromiya''', strangled to death and pierced in the calf by a stake on October 5, 1986 as part of the eighth twilight.
*'''George Ushiromiya''', had his neck gouged on October 5, 1986 as part of the ninth twilight.
*'''Terumasa Nanjo''', killed with a blow to the head on October 5, 1986 as part of the ninth twilight.
*'''Battler Ushiromiya''', shot in the heart by Eva Ushiromiya on October 5, 1986 as part of the ninth twilight.
 
=== Disappearances ===
*'''Jessica Ushiromiya''', disappeared on October 5, 1986 as part of the tenth twilight.
 
| endroll =
== Endroll ==
<poem>And the Golden Land once again crumbled away into the darkness...
{{enclose|<i>
And the Golden Land once again crumbled away into the darkness...
However, a winner finally emerged in the Golden Witch's game.
 
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All seventeen died
 
When the seagulls cried, just one person was left alive.</poem>
}}
 
| media =
== Media ==
=== Chapters ===
<div class="chapter-list" style="column-count:2">
{{colbegin}}
*01 (52). [[Chapter 1 (Banquet of the Golden Witch)|The Endless Witch]]
*02 (53). [[Chapter 2 (Banquet of the Golden Witch)|Welcome Home]]
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*21 (72). [[Chapter 21 (Banquet of the Golden Witch)|Tea Party]]
*22 (73). [[Chapter 22 (Banquet of the Golden Witch)|Hidden Tea Party]]
</div>
{{colend}}
 
=== Volumes ===
<div class="volume-list">
*01 (10). [[Volume 10 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Banquet of the Golden Witch'': Volume 1]]
*02 (11). [[Volume 11 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Banquet of the Golden Witch'': Volume 2]]
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*04 (13). [[Volume 13 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Banquet of the Golden Witch'': Volume 4]]
*05 (14). [[Volume 14 (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)|''Banquet of the Golden Witch'': Volume 5]]
</div>
 
=== Episodes ===
<div class="episode-list">
*[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 12|III-I Castling]]
*01 (12). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1312|III-III GambitCastling]]
*02 (13). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1413|III-III PositionalII PlayGambit]]
*03 (14). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1514|III-IVIII IsolatedPositional PawnPlay]]
*04 (15). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1615|III-VIV QueeningIsolated SquarePawn]]
*05 (16). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1716|III-VIV Queening PromotionSquare]]
*06 (17). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 1817|III-VIIVI SwindlesPromotion]]
*07 (18). [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 18|III-VII Swindles]]
</div>
 
| trivia =
== See also ==
 
| notes =
#{{note|NoTIPS}}Listed word count does not include TIPS.
 
| see also =
*[[Banquet of the Golden Witch/TIPS|TIPS]]
*[[Banquet of the Golden Witch/Tea Party|Tea Party]]
*[[Banquet of the Golden Witch/????|????]]
 
| ref =
{{umineko no naku koro ni}}
| source = umineko
 
}}
[[Category:Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]
[[Category:Umineko no Naku Koro ni Arcs]]
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