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{{Youmay|the prince of Beast's Castle|[[The Prince|the prince of Dwarf Woodlands]] or [[Prince (disambiguation)|other princes]]}}

{{Character

|name=Prince

|katakana=王子

|romaji=Ōji

|game4=Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

|game5=Kingdom Hearts χ

|journalKH=A prince who was changed into a hideous beast because of his selfish heart. Belle has helped heal the loneliness he's suffered due to his ugliness. To save Belle, he made his way to Hollow Bastion alone.<br><br>He was first enchanted by Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" (1991).

|journalSS=A prince transformed into a beast because of his selfishness. Meeting Belle restored humanity to his heart.<br><br>Though stunned by Belle's cold behavior, his faith in their love never wavered.

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{{Q|I came to fight for Belle. And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won't leave without her. That's why I'm here.|Beast to Sora}}

==Story==

Beast appears within the [[Book of Prophecies]]'s hologram of [[Beast's Castle]].

===Between ''Kingdom Hearts χ'' and ''Birth by Sleep''===

The four of them encounter [[Maleficent]], who battles them in her human and dragon forms. Once she is defeated, the Beast isolates from the group while Sora, Donald and Goofy enter the chamber where the [[Princesses of Heart]] are being held; here, Sora faces Riku one more time, who is possessed by [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]] now.

After Sora wins the battle, he uses the [[Keyblade of heart]] to release [[Kairi]]'s heart from his own, as well as to return all of the other princesses' hearts, including Belle's. When Sora, Kairi, Goofy and Donald are surrounded near Hollow Bastion's exit, the Beast stays behind as Hollow Bastion becomes infested with Heartless, refusing to leave without Belle, who is still encased in glass and crystal, and also to get the Heartless' attention from Sora and his friends so they can get away safely.

Sadly, in his despair, the Beast lashes out at Belle and Sora, telling them to leave his castle. While Belle walks to her room to prepare for her departure, Sora stays and convinces the Beast that he needs to show Xaldin who was boss. The Beast, realizing Sora's words are true, goes to look for Xaldin, who waits for them in the entrance hall. When Xaldin goes outside, the Beast follows him.

Meanwhile, Belle stands on the balcony outside of her room, lost in thought. When she sees Beast and the others emerge from the castle, she starts to run back inside, but she spots the rose sitting beside her door. She contentedly holds the rose over the balcony to show it to the Beast, but she’s grabbed from behind by Xaldin and whisked away to the castle's bridge soon after. Xaldin forces the Beast to either choose to save Belle or his rose; he chooses Belle. Fortunately, Belle catches Xaldin off-guard by painfully elbowing him in the stomach, allowing her the opportunity to grab the rose and run to safety, making certain the Beast loses neither her or the rose.

==Abilities==

===''Kingdom Hearts''===

Beast is a supremely offensive party member with powerful combat abilities. He has two special attacks, [[Ferocious Lunge]] and [[Furious Bellow]], which are both heavily aggressive attacks. Beast also has access to a number of support abilities, including [[Berserk]], [[MP Rage]], [[Second Wind]], [[Second Chance]], and [[Critical Plus]].

|Ensures 1 HP remains after taking massive damage.

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|Automatically sets the Reaction Command to Limit in a pinch, if Limit Form is usable.

Belle offers to replace Maurice with herself and the Beast accepts. The Beast treats Belle with nothing but contempt at first, and at one point frightens her so much that she attempts to flee the castle, but he realizes his mistake and follows her into the woods to save her from a pack of hungry wolves. After Belle thanks him for saving her by treating his wounds, he returns her kindness by giving her his library as a gift. Following this major change in his behavior, the Beast's inner goodness begins to surface and he also heals his strained friendships with Lumière and Cogsworth. Eventually, the two fall in love, but as they are on the verge of admitting it, Belle discovers Maurice dying in the woods, having lost his way while searching for the Beast's castle, and the Beast, regretting his previous behavior with the old man, allows Belle to leave to find him, and he admits to Cogsworth that he loves her. Unfortunately, this leads to the simple-minded villagers discovering the Beast's existence, since until then he had been considered a rumor at best, and a rival suitor for Belle, Gaston, leads the villagers to attack the castle and kill the Beast. Gaston finds the Beast, depressed since Belle's departure, and starts to beat him, but the Beast fights back upon seeing Belle return and defeats Gaston, but shows him mercy. Gaston manages to stab the Beast in the back before falling to his own death, and the Beast dies in Belle's arms as she admits she loves him. However, the spell breaks and the Beast is reverted to his human form, the Prince, as well as revived. He embraces Belle and his servants and they hold a ball to celebrate.

==Notes and references==

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