[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by fsior

Spoiler for Bernkastel:

On ep6 of Umineko now. And could have sworn I heard mention of Bernkastel the witch in Higurashi no Kora ni Kai. Gonna go back thru those episodes to find out for sure, but who the hell is she? And if there is a connection what is it?

Spoiler for Higurashi:

The name "Frederica Bernkastel" actually appears on the very first arc of Higurashi "Onikakushi". She is what Rika has become after 100 years lived in time looping and after experiencing the deaths of her friends over and over.

There is no certain connection between "Frederica Bernkastel" from Higurashi and "Bernkastel" from Umineko.

There are people who theorize that she is the Bernkastel personality that separated from Rika and after acquiring her own independent existence she traveled into another universe where the events of Umineko exist.

Others simply think she is a recurring character just like Okonogi (or "Cid" from Final Fantasy) with no actual continuity liaison.