King Beast is one of the supporting characters in the Descendants franchise. He is also the founder and former king of the kingdom of Auradon before passing the mantle down to his son.
He's one of the heroes and he is also the husband of Belle, the father of Ben, and the father-in-law of Mal. Beast is also the deuteragonist of Disney's 1991 animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast.
History
Before the formation of Auradon
- Further information: Beauty and the Beast
He was an arrogant prince, who after refusing to shelter an old woman because of her horrible appearance, was transformed into a sorceress who turned him into a beast, with the spell broken if he found someone to love him. Some time later, after a man named Maurice entered his castle without his permission, Beast locked him in the dungeons. When Maurice's daughter, Belle, went looking for her father, he offered to take her place.
Convinced by his servants, Beast decided to treat Belle as a guest instead of a prisoner. As time passed, Beast began to develop affection for Belle. But seeing that she missed her father, Beast allowed her to leave to be with him, leaving Beast depressed.
When the villagers heard about the beast, thinking it would be dangerous they went to attack the castle. Gaston, a villager who wanted to win over Belle, began to fight with Beast, and although Beast spared his life, Gaston treacherously attacked him. This saddened Bella, who, upon seeing Beast lose consciousness, told him that she loved him, which undid the Sorceress's spell, turning him back into a human, and together they began a new life.
Founding of Auradon
Seven years of happily ever after pass and Belle and he marries and has a wedding with 10,000 of their closest personal friends. (Mal also mentions there was a big cake). Instead of a Honeymoon, Belle and they united all the kingdoms, from China to Auroria, and found the United States of Auradon. He and his wife are also elected its first King and Queen. Then they rounded up all the villains and sidekicks (Mal says basically all the really interesting people) and even resurrect some out of the dead just to imprison them on the Isle of the Lost, a gross filthy Isle with a magical barrier to let no one in or out and there is also no magic or WI-FI because of this.
Four years after, he becomes the father of his first and only heir, Prince Ben. Sixteen years pass until the start of the movie.
Descendants
At the beginning of the story, his son decides to allow the children of some of the worst villains (namely Maleficent, Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil) to be transferred from the Isle of the Lost to Auradon. King Beast is initially furious with the idea, but Ben convinces him that the misdeeds of the parents should not be passed on to their children as well. He is dismayed when Ben introduces Mal, the daughter of Maleficent, as his new girlfriend to his parents, and even more so when a fight erupts that results in Chad Charming being put under a temporary sleeping spell.
On Ben's Coronation Day, the Beast passes his crown to his son and thereon his throne. He witnesses the return of Maleficent and also Mal and her friends' heroic deed by defeating her, resulting in them all on Auradon's good graces.
Beast is shown to be very sarcastic, to the point of playfully insulting his wife that he only married her because his only other option was a teapot.
Descendants 2
He makes an appearance at the Cotillion in Descendants 2, along with Belle.
Printed Media
The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince
Beast appears in the second novel of Serena Valentino's Disney Origin books. It explains more of Beast's backstory. In the story, it's revealed that before he was turned into a beast, he was friends with his future rival, Gaston and that he had a fiancée named Tulip. When he was turned into a Beast (by the Enchantress), his and Gaston's memory of being friends was erased. After Belle reveals to the village about the Beast (in order to save her father from being taken to an asylum), the Enchantress' sisters (Lucinda, Ruby, and Martha) later teased Beast by telling him that Belle never loved him and that she wanted to be with Gaston. When Beast threatened to kill Gaston by dropping him out of the tower, the witches then gave Beast's memory back of him being friends with Gaston (as in the film, the Beast look surprised about not killing him) and lets Gaston go. After the Beast was killed by Gaston, the Enchantress then breaks the spell and turning him into a human again.
Trivia
- His real name is mentioned as Adam in other Disney media and merchandise.
- A morphing statue of him as a beast to a man is in front of the school to symbolize that anyone can change their future like he did his own.
- He married Belle at 28 years old, and he married her twenty years ago, so that means he currently is 48.
- It also means that Belle and Beast married seven years after the events of Beauty and the Beast and during the rest of the events before Auradon and roughly 4 years before having Ben.
- While Ben was being tailored for his coronation suit he joked that he didn't make a good decision until he was 42.
- He also jokes that he was either going to marry Belle or the teapot, a reference to Mrs. Potts.
- It would seem King Beast planned to keep descendants of the villains imprisoned forever, despite the fact that they wouldn't have committed any crimes in Auradon to warrant imprisonment under hate for their parents.
- He was voiced by Robby Benson in his animated debut, Beauty and The Beast.
- He has allergies.
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