The Black Forest

The Black Forest is a dark and mysterious forest that surrounds the Beast's Castle. It is inhabited by a large pack of wolves, so very few would dare to enter. The only ones who have entered it and discovered the castle are Maurice, Phillipe, and Belle.

Description
The Forest was once a beautiful landscape with large amounts of wildlife and diversity, but ever since the Curse was placed it changed into an ominous, desolate version of itself and yet became inhabited by pack of wolves until the spell was broken. There were apparently two entrances into the forest: One required at least a day's distance by wagon or horseback, while the other was located in close proximity to the village and only necessitated an hours walk. Maurice and presumably Belle used the former route, the former when getting lost trying to locate the castle and the latter to locate her father's last whereabouts, while the latter route was used by a village mob led by Gaston to attack the Beast at his castle, and later by Belle, Maurice, and Chip to aid the Beast, and presumably by Maurice earlier on when he decided to rescue Belle himself even if the rest of the village didn't believe him.

Beauty and the Beast
Before the curse, the Black Forest was once a beautiful land with many woodland inhabitants. However, when the Prince was transformed into a hideous monster, the forest surrounding the castle changed to reflect the spell. As a result, the once glorious land became a dark and haunting place and it soon became infested with wolves. The castle stood in the center of the forest barricaded by a stone wall. Few dared to enter the forest in fear of what lied within it.

Maurice enters the Black Forest with his horse Philippe by mistake while trying to get to the fair. However, the two were spotted by wolves where Philippe accidentally abandoned Maurice out of fear.



The wolves immediately chase Maurice all the way to the castle. Even when Maurice manages to get inside past the gate and close it, they still try to get him and manage to bite his foot, but he gets in safely. Later, Belle goes through the forest with the aid of Philippe to find Maurice and enters the castle. When she was frightened by the Beast, she fled into the forest as it began to snow. The wolves appear and pursue her through a frozen lake until they finally corner her. However, the Beast arrives in time to save Belle, but gets injured in the process. Out of regret, Belle drags him back to the castle on Philippe's back. Much later, Maurice had attempted to re-enter the forest to rescue Belle from the Beast but had eventually succumbed to illness from the cold weather, forcing Belle to leave the Beast to rescue him. When the two return back to the village, Gaston leads a lynch mob through the Black forest to the castle to kill Beast, the alleged "monster". Belle and Maurice later escape to warn the Beast and ride Philippe quickly through the forest. Unfortunately, the Beast is fatally injured by Gaston who plummets to his death.

Once Belle admits that she loved Beast, the spell breaks. When the Beast turns back into a prince, the Black Forest in response reverts to its original beauty and wildlife.

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
In the midquel, Belle goes into Black Forest to find a Christmas tree by Forte's suggestion. Getting the tree would break Belle's promise never to leave the castle, but she wants to make Beast happy, so she agrees to go, taking Chip and Axe. The wolves that had attacked her before spot her, but leave her alone knowing better not to trifle with her or bring the anger of the Beast. They find a large tree across a frozen lake and chop it down, then tie it to the sled. However, Fife startles Phillipe on the ice and breaks it, causing Chip to fall into the water. Belle saves him, but gets caught by the ropes in the tree and nearly drowns. The furious Beast breaks through the ice and saves her but angrily takes her back to the castle as prisoner.

Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
From a misunderstanding, an enraged Beast banishes Webster, Crane, and Le Plume for forging a letter for Belle, and throws them into the Black Forest. Belle ventures out and brings them back, and the Beast, touched by Belle's sympathy, forgives the three and allows them back in, realizing that their intentions were good.