Demonic, Witty Librarians ATTACK!

Five hundred years ago the world was kept in balance by two forces that controlled the “Eyes of the World”, the Umbra Witches and Lumen Sages.  The “Eyes of the World” allowed the two factions to watch over the world and care for it from the ancient city of Vigrid, located in a hard to reach valley somewhere in Europe.   These two factions were different aspects of the world, Umbra Witches being darkness (note not evil) that controlled the “Left Eye”, and the Lumen Sages were of the light that controlled the “Right Eye”.  However five hundred years ago a rule was broken and the paths of light and dark crossed and bore a child, Bayonetta.  Fast forward to the present we find that Bayonetta has been awakened from a pseudo-stasis of 480 or so years with amnesia, and hunts the heavenly host and works with a demonic weapons dealer named Rodin.  Events start to take shape around Bayonetta as her memory returns.  This is the general background for Hideki Kamiya’s new release Bayonetta.  The game bears a general resemblance to the previous release by Kamiya Devil May Cry; however it has its own unique flair.