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As previous servants left, Sayo decided to make a good impression on new servants by teaching them the ropes since Sayo was the more experienced one. However, the new servants had already been warned about Sayo's carelessness and they didn't listen to Sayo. Because of this, Sayo played pranks on the new servants, claiming that the behavior was the result of being possessed by Beatrice, in hopes that they would begin to take Sayo seriously. Initially the other sevants didn't believe this but, after some time, they began to admit that something inhuman existed on the island, as the pranks became harder to explain. Sayo's desires quickly shifted from wanting to be the perfect servant to wanting to be a witch. Sayo later took on the title of Golden Witch, ruler of Rokkenjima's night.

As time progressed, Shannon gained respect from the newer servants. Years later, Sayo met [[Battler Ushiromiya]] and fell in love with him. Sayo began to pay more attention to the real world and gave up magic. A few times a year, Sayo and Battler would meet to discuss mystery novels they had recently read. Both of them strongly believed that only the heart can move people to commit a murder. At some point these discussions became an excuse for the two to meeting alone. At the family conference of 1980, Battler made a careless promise that Sayo took seriously. This promise made Sayo consider not just quitting work as a servant on Rokkenjima, but also confessing to Battler and sharing a life with him. Unfortunately, Battler left the Ushiromiya family shortly after the meeting and did not return to Rokkenjima until 1986. The loss of first love caused Sayo a great deal of strife and played a large role in Sayo's damaged mental state.

As time progressed, Shannon gained respect from the newer servants. Years later, Sayo met [[Battler Ushiromiya]] and fell in love with him. Sayo began to pay more attention to the real world and gave up magic. A few times a year, Sayo and Battler would meet to discuss mystery novels they had recently read. Both of them strongly believed that only the heart can move people to commit a murder. At some point these discussions became an excuse for the two to meeting alone. At the family conference of 1980, Battler made a careless promise that Sayo took seriously. This promise made Sayo consider not just quitting work as a servant on Rokkenjima, but also confessing to Battler and sharing a life with him. Unfortunately, Battler left the Ushiromiya family shortly after the meeting and did not return to Rokkenjima until 1986. Notably, Battler sent a number of letters to Rokkenjima for the 1983 family conference but did not include a letter for Sayo. The loss of first love caused Sayo a great deal of strife and played a large role in Sayo's damaged mental state.

In April 1984, the portrait of the Golden Witch was displayed in the [[Ushiromiya Main Building]] alongside a [[the witch's epitaph|mysterious epitaph]]. The epitaph contained an encoded message that only [[Genji Ronoue]] could understand: it implied that Kinzo already realized his child who fell from the cliff was still alive. Genji relays some of this information to the other servants, which leads Sayo to figure out the truth of the epitaph as well as the location of [[Kinzo's gold]]. Even though Sayo was the rightful successor to the family, Sayo maintained that [[Krauss Ushiromiya]] should become the successor and nothing had to change. Despite this, Sayo kept the location of Kinzo's gold a secret.

=== Appearance ===

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As goes on, Sayo develops severe issues with self-worth, body image, and gender identity. While Sayo was born a male, the cliff incident mutilated Sayo's body and Sayo was subsequently was raised as a female. Sayo's lack of [[w:menarche|menarche]], breasts, and other feminine features incite concerns regarding Sayo's own body, which grow worse day by day. After discovering the truth of the cliff incident, Sayo starts identifying as "furniture" that is incapable of love.

Sayo appears as somewhat vindictive throughout ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'', particularly towards [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya]]. This is likely because Sayo knows Natsuhi was the one who pushed Sayo off of a cliff. As a result, Sayo creates scenarios crafted specifically to hurt Natsuhi in {{end}}.

== Plot ==

Throughout {{umineko}}, Sayo is primarily portrayed through the variety of roles that Sayo takes on over the course of the games. Sayo only truly appears in the manga-only extra {{confession}}.

=== The Rokkenjima Massacre ===

Shortly before the [[Rokkenjima massacre|massacre]], Sayo wrote several message bottles under the name [[Maria Ushiromiya]]. Each one contained a confession of Sayo's sins and was set off to sea on October 3rd, 1986. Sayo also sent money to the families of those who would die on the island (specifically the families of [[Terumasa Nanjo|Doctor Nanjo]] and [[Chiyo Kumasawa|Chiyo Kumasawa]]).

On the day of October 4th, 1986, Sayo began the preparations for a murder-mystery game, but Sayo's plans were foiled by the Ushiromiya family solving the epitaph and discovering [[Kinzo's gold]]. Sayo keeps the promise to stop the murders if the epitaph was solved. Sayo then gives the adults all 10 tons of gold, along with a promise of cooperation to accept any punishment the adults think of. Sayo is seemingly killed by [[Kyrie Ushiromiya|Kyrie]] after being shot when massacres the family alongside [[Rudolf Ushiromiya|Rudolf]].

However, the morning of October 6th shows that Sayo somehow survived, escaping the island with [[Battler Ushiromiya|Battler]] on a motorboat. Unfortunately, Sayo doesn't have the will to go on and jumps off the boat with a bar of gold, falling to the depths of the ocean. Battler jumps in after Sayo, but is ultimately unable to save Sayo. In Sayo's final moments, Battler is seen hugging Sayo as the two fall together to the depths of the ocean. Since Battler survived in reality, the Battler that was seen with Sayo was most likely a delusion experienced moments before death.

Some time afterwards, Sayo's message bottles wash up on the shores of [[w:Nii-jima|Niijima]], kick starting a rabid interest in the tragedy of the island.

== Trivia ==