This article is about the character from Beauty and the Beast. For other characters, see Beast (disambiguation).
King Beast is a character who appears in the Descendants franchise. He is the former King of Auradon, a modern-day kingdom inhabited by various Disney characters, the husband of Belle and the father of Ben.
History[]
At the beginning of the story, his son decides to allow the children of some of the worst villains (namely Maleficent, the 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 sins 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.