Around this time, Jeanne was chosen to be the next leader of the Umbra Witches, and in her final test to prove her worth, she chose Cereza as her opponent due to being perhaps the most powerful witch in the clan, despite the Umbran Elder insisting that it was forbidden. Adulthood Ĭereza moments before being sealed into the red jewel.Īfter the Clan Wars, the Witch Hunts began. Sympathizing with the girl's plight, Morgana began to strictly train Cereza in using magic so that she could one day be strong enough to rescue her mother from her fate. Turning her back on the clan, Cereza travelled to the outskirts of town where she met Morgana, another exiled witch who lived in isolation. The girl tried to stage a rescue, but her lack of strength and ability in the dark arts meant it was doomed to end in failure. On the eve of Cereza's tenth birthday, Rosa was to be moved to an even more solitary cell with no hope of seeing daylight again. Origins Main article: Bayonetta (character)/Bayonetta Origins Cereza was later given her Umbran Watch as a birthday present from her mother. Her mother would try to express her affection despite her confinement, creating Cereza's Cheshire doll and often singing Fly Me To The Moon to her every night. As a child, the little comfort Cereza had were the times she could sneak into her mother's cell.

She was originally prohibited from learning magic and grew up an outcast among the witches despite this, Cereza met Jeanne and formed a strong friendship with her, often playing together as children and later forming a friendly rivalry.

In turn, her father was exiled and her mother was imprisoned. Her birth caused a rift between the two clans due to a tenet claiming that 'the intersection of light of dark will bring calamity to this earth'. Rosa gives a child Cereza the Umbran Watch.Ĭereza was born as the forbidden child between a Lumen Sage and an Umbra Witch. She meets Viola, a witch-in-training from an alternate universe who joins her to defeat Singularity.īayonetta's past is explored in Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, where her younger self is put to the test in Avalon Forest, a maze-like magical place where malevolent creatures known as Faeries reside.Īs the main character, she is playable in all games in the series. In the third game, Bayonetta encounters new enemies called Homunculi led by Singularity, who intends to destroy the Multiverse. In the second game, Bayonetta journeys to Inferno to save Jeanne's soul while also uncovering a deeper plot of a former god conspiring to reclaim his lost power and discovering the truth behind the Witch Hunts. Spending 20 years with amnesia, she battles against the angelic hordes of Paradiso and fights to end the malicious plans of the last Lumen Sage, Balder. In the first game, she was sealed away during the Witch Hunts until she was found and awakened 500 years later. Considered the black sheep of the Umbra Witches due to her Umbran and Lumen descent, she possesses a remarkable talent for Bullet Arts and possessed the Left Eye of Darkness.

She is a coquettish and mysterious Umbra Witch. Get ready for Bayonetta 3.Let's dance, boys! ― Bayonetta at the end of the first two gamesīayonetta (real name Cereza) is the protagonist of the Bayonetta franchise. Our ever-elegant, graceful, and alluring Umbra Witch is ready to take the world by storm for the third time. New locations, new abilities, and a brand-new look and feel. Who is this young woman of unknown origin and why is she here…? She wields her cherished Katana and has the ability to summon her small Infernal Demon cat, Cheshire. Bayonetta 3 offers even more dynamic and 'sadistic' action than ever before.įurther enriching the Bayonetta 3 experience is the appearance of a mysterious young 'Third Witch' who seeks Bayonetta's aid. Bayonetta, the omnipotent witch, is here to save our world which is on the verge of destruction.Įxperience brand-new gameplay elements like Demon Masquerade, where Bayonetta fuses with an Infernal Demon to wield even more formidable magic power, and Demon Slave, which lets Bayonetta control Infernal Demons at will to obliterate enemies. Mysterious life forms appearing to be neither angel nor demon are ravaging our world. Bayonetta 3 is finally back on a scale that surpasses everything that the franchise has offered so far. Get ready for the latest and long-awaited third installment of the non-stop climactic action experience. Eight years have passed since Bayonetta graced us with her presence.

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