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| desc = Bernkastel is a witch and a major character in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
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| jname = ベルンカステル
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| firstAppearance = {{legend}}<br \>{{minagoroshi}} ({{higurashi}}, manga-only)▼
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| seiyu = [[Wikipedia:Yukari Tamura|Yukari Tamura]]▼
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* [[Lambdadelta]] (rival, friend, lover)
* [[Beatrice]] (enemy)
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* [[Rika Furude]] (original form)
* [[Frederica Bernkastel]] (younger form)
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{{quote|Did you know? They say that in chess, the player who moves first is twice as likely to win.|Bernkastel, {{end}}}}▼
{{nihongo|'''Bernkastel'''|ベルンカステル|Berunkasuteru}} is an extremely powerful witch that has lived for a thousand years. It is said that she lives in a world where concepts such as fate and possibility can be visualized. She can give birth to all kinds of miracles with her immense power but her heart ends up fracturing more every time she does so. She serves as a lesser antagonist in the [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni|first four story arcs of ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'']] but later becomes the main antagonist of the series.▼
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▲{{nihongo|'''Bernkastel'''|ベルンカステル|Berunkasuteru}} is an extremely powerful witch that has lived for a thousand years
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The Witch of the Fragments, who has lived for a thousand years.
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She likes wine and spicy foods.
She hates boredom and people who never learn.
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Of her own volition, a majority of Bernkastel's past is left unknown as she detests speaking about it. In {{twilight}}, [[Lambdadelta]] suggests that Bernkastel was originally a cat belonging to [[Featherine Augustus Aurora]].
Bernkastel is the end result of the centuries of torment endured by [[Rika Furude]], a major character from {{higurashi}}. Bernkastel references this in {{turn}}, wherein she she begrudgingly recalls her old catchphrase "Nipah~". All of Rika's negative emotions and memories eventually coalesced into the being [[Frederica Bernkastel]], noted as the writer of the poems that open each chapter of ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACen 2015 07th Expansion Panel #3: Ryukishi07’s Latest Work TRianThology Unraveled for the First Time|website=Wordpress|url=https://seaoffragments.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/acen-2015-07th-expansion-panel-3-ryukishi07s-latest-work-trianthology-unraveled-for-the-first-time/|archive-url=https://archive.fo/mOKum|archive-date=18 August 2016}}</ref> After an unknown amount of time, Frederica Bernkastel became trapped in a [[Logic Error]] created by an unnamed [[Game Master]]. As a result, Bernkastel was made to step on a keyboard for centuries until she unknowingly typed the word "miracle," which earned her the title "Witch of Miracles." Similar to Lambdadelta, Bernkastel suffers from some degree of trauma due to her experience within the Logic Error.
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Bernkastel's appearance varies somewhat depending on the adaptation. In the original visual novel, she appears to have the height of a teenager, however in the remakes her height is more similar to a child. In {{minagoroshi}}, Bernkastel appears identical to [[Rika Furude]] other than her emotionless eyes. As a general rule, Bernkastel as long blue hair and cold purple eyes. She wears a black and white [[w:gothic lolita|gothic lolita]] dress adorned with a blue ribbon along with white socks and black shoes. She appears to have a cat tail with a blue ribbon tied to it.
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Bernkastel appears as largely emotionless and easily bored, something that [[Lambdadelta]] attributes to her experiences in the Logic Error. Over the past several centuries, Bernkastel has grown indifferent to the concepts of life and death and becomes willing do whatever is necessary to propagate her own entertainment. Unlike Lambdadelta, Bernkastel prefers solitude and has continually refused to make friends over the course of her long life.
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{{plot|legend|Bernkastel appears for the first time in {{legend}}'s [[Legend of the Golden Witch/????|????]] scene. She offers the reader advice on how to defeat Beatrice as a means of alleviating potential boredom.}}▼
▲Bernkastel appears for the first time in {{legend}}'s [[Legend of the Golden Witch/????|????]] scene. She offers the reader advice on how to defeat Beatrice as a means of alleviating potential boredom.
{{plot|turn|Similarly to the previous arc, Bernkastel only appears in the [[Turn of the Golden Witch/????|????]] scene of {{turn}}. In it, she offers more advice to the reader on how to defeat [[Beatrice]] after Beatrice reveals that she knows about Bernkastel's prior meddling.}}▼
▲Similarly to the previous arc, Bernkastel only appears in the [[Turn of the Golden Witch/????|????]] scene of {{turn}}. In it, she offers more advice to the reader on how to defeat [[Beatrice]] after Beatrice reveals that she knows about Bernkastel's prior meddling.
{{plot|banquet|Bernkastel briefly appears during [[EVA-Beatrice]]'s coronation ceremony. She later appears in the [[Banquet of the Golden Witch/????|????]] of {{banquet}} to enlist [[Ange Ushiromiya]] in her fight against [[Beatrice]].}}▼
▲Bernkastel briefly appears during [[EVA-Beatrice]]'s coronation ceremony. She later appears in the [[Banquet of the Golden Witch/????|????]] of {{banquet}} to enlist [[Ange Ushiromiya]] in her fight against [[Beatrice]].
{{plot|alliance|Bernkastel becomes [[Ange Ushiromiya]]'s ally under the condition that Ange not reveal her true identity to [[Battler Ushiromiya]]. She forces Ange to instead go by the pseudonym "Gretel". She appears in the [[Alliance of the Golden Witch/????|????]] of {{alliance}} to discuss Battler's theories with [[Lambdadelta]].}}▼
▲Bernkastel becomes [[Ange Ushiromiya]]'s ally under the condition that Ange not reveal her true identity to [[Battler Ushiromiya]]. She forces Ange to instead go by the pseudonym "Gretel". She appears in the [[Alliance of the Golden Witch/????|????]] of {{alliance}} to discuss Battler's theories with [[Lambdadelta]].
{{plot|end|In {{end}}, Bernkastel takes on a major role on the Human Side while [[Lambdadelta]] takes over for [[Beatrice]] as [[Game Master]].}}▼
▲In {{end}}, Bernkastel takes on a major role on the Human Side while [[Lambdadelta]] takes over for [[Beatrice]] as [[Game Master]].
{{plot|requiem|Having been given the opportunity to serve as [[Game Master]] by [[Featherine Augustus Aurora]], Bernkastel stitches together several disparate Fragments into a single board, consisting solely of a time-locked iteration of the [[chapel]]. She enlists [[Willard H. Wright]] and [[Lion Ushiromiya]] to solve the murder of [[Beatrice]].
In the [[Requiem of the Golden Witch/Tea Party|Tea Party]], Bernkastel shows Lion and [[Ange Ushiromiya]] the truth of the [[Rokkenjima massacre]] in order to further torment Ange. She later chases and attempts to kill Lion and Willard.}}
{{plot|twilight|Bernkastel appears as a secondary [[Game Master]] during {{twilight}}. Unsatisfied with her role as Game Master in ''Requiem'', Bernkastel learns that she is capable of co-opting a Game that [[BATTLER]] has started, allowing her to serve as Game Master alongside him. During the Halloween after-party, Bernkastel lures Ange away from the [[Ushiromiya Main Building]] and tricks her into believing that BATTLER is intentionally lying to her to hide her from the truth.
Before they can retrieve the key, they are found by Bernkastel. Bernkastel and Lambdadelta fight each other using their respective magical powers, however the two are evenly matched and neither gains a definitive upper hand. Featherine arrives and stops the fight. Lambdadelta attempts to attack Bernkastel after this, though she is immediately killed by Featherine. Bernkastel kills BATTLER and tries to kill Ange, however Ange uses Endless Nine to revive everyone in the Golden Land and render Bernkastel powerless.
In the [[Twilight of the Golden Witch/Tea Party|Tea Party]], Bernkastel is seen sewing Lambdadelta's dismembered body back together. When she finishes doing so, the two witches go their separate ways, promising to meet again "the next time something cries."}}
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*Bernkastel is frequently likened to a cat, a comparison that is also visible in her character design with her catlike tail protruding from her dress.
**Bernkastel is capable of summoning countless cat familiars.
**[[Ikuko Hachijo|Tohya Hachijo]] has a pet cat named "Bern."
**In {{gou}}, [[Eua]] frequently refers to [[Rika Furude]] as "the cat."
*In {{banquet}}, Bernkastel expresses a strong liking for alcohol, similar to [[Rika Furude]].
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*Bernkastel is a fan of dried plums added to tea.
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*[[Rika Furude]]
*[[Frederica Bernkastel]]
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