About Beatrice & Virgilia
Warning: this contains spoilers from Episode 3 of the Visual Novel.
Beatrice, also known as the Golden Witch, the Endless Witch, and affectionately as "Beato", is arguably the primary antagonist of the series. A witch who lived for over a thousand years, she is said to appear as a cloud of golden butterflies, and has the power to summon higher demons among the seventy-two pillars to serve her. It is said that humans can summon her to have their wishes granted in exchange for compensation, though she often acts whimsically. She ended up losing much of her former power and became bound to Rokkenjima after she appeared before Kinzo to grant him ten tons worth of gold, though she eventually managed to escape, albeit in a weakened state. She seeks to regain her power by sacrificing the residents of Rokkenjima according to her cryptic epitaph, which Kinzo had written out for her.
She was the previous Endless Witch before Beatrice, and was also her teacher. Her new name (having passed her old one to her student) comes from the Divine Comedy character Virgil, who guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory to Beatrice, who is his guide through Heaven. She is a silver-haired witch with great powers, despite surrendering most of them to Beatrice with the title of the "Endless Witch". She assists Battler during Banquet of the Golden Witch, helping him to come up with theories to counter the claims that Beatrice sets forth, though it is revealed in the end that her allegiences lie entirely with Beatrice, having worked with and secretly assisted her throughout the game in an effort to make Battler accept the existence of witches. (Taken from Wikipedia)
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