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Template:InfoCharacter The Beast is a recurring character in the Kingdom Hearts series. He plays a big role in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II as an ally to Sora and his friends. He first appeared in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".
Journal Entries
Kingdom Hearts
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.
He was first enchanted by Belle in "Beauty and the Beast" (1991).
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
A prince transformed into a beast because of his selfishness. Meeting Belle restored humanity to his heart.
Though stunned by Belle's cold behaviour, his faith in their love never wavered.
Kingdom Hearts II
- First Entry
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
A hideous beast with sharp teeth and claws. A mysterious rose is his most important possession, kept in a glass case.
Sora and his friends helped the Beast free Belle from Maleficent's clutches once before.
- Second Entry
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
A cold-hearted prince. Because of his selfish heart, he was changed into a beast by a beautiful enchantress.
He was so ashamed of his hideous appearance that he turned his back on the world. Meeting Belle softened his heart and gave him hope for the future.
- Third Entry
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
A spoiled and selfish prince. As punishment for his cold heart, a beautiful enchantress changed him into a beast.
Unless he can learn to love and earn love in return before the last petal falls from the enchanted rose, he'll remain a beast forever.
When Belle came into his world, he felt something change in him for the first time in his life.
Story
Prior to Kingdom Hearts
The Beast was once a cruel, spoiled prince who lived in a castle with his servants. Then, one winter night, he was transformed into a hideous beast, and his servants into furniture, by an enchantress disguised as an old beggar woman after he refused to give shelter to her and her rose. The Beast was given the rose by the enchantress, who placed a spell on it and said that if he could learn to love others and be loved in return despite his monstrous appearance, then he and his furniture would be transformed back into humans, but only before the last petal of the rose would fall; otherwise, the prince would forever remain a beast.
Over time, the Beast came across and captured a young woman named Belle and, after many days of tension, began to develop a mutual fondness for her. One day, however, Belle was kidnapped by the Heartless, and the Beast's world and servants were all swallowed by darkness. Instead of perishing, however, the Beast's heart persisted with his will to save Belle, and he found himself at the front of Hollow Bastion.
Kingdom Hearts
At the front gate of Hollow Bastion, the Beast encounters and challenges Riku, who defeats him. Still determined to find Belle, the Beast carries on into the castle and is joined by Sora, who had lost his Keyblade and was abandoned by his friends Donald Duck and Goofy, and helps him navigate the dungeons below. Once inside the castle, the Beast is shown an illusion of Belle created by a Shadow, which angers him into attacking the Heartless outside and separates him from Sora, who is forced to fight Riku alone. Once he is able to reenter, he finds Sora has regained his Keyblade and reunited with his friends, and notes how the strength of his heart allowed him to defeat Riku. The Beast proceeds through the castle with Sora, Donald, and Goofy as a party member, helping them defeat the castle's current master, Maleficent. When the castle is overrun with Heartless, the Beast remains behind to fight them off, refusing the others' offer for him to join them in their escape to another world, saying he will not leave this world until he finds Belle. He rejoins Sora and the others once they return and reunites with Belle, who had been released from captivity. In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, the Beast is present during the battle against Xemnas, who had come to test Sora's strength. Afterward, the Beast's home world is restored thanks to Sora and his friends.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
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In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, the Beast appeared as a figment of Sora's memories. Thus, his counterpart in the Kingdom Hearts reality did not actually experience any of the following events.
The Beast was again found at Hollow Bastion by Sora, Goofy and Donald. This time, however, he was pleading with Belle to talk with him. After being given the cold shoulder by his true love, the Beast sadly wandered to another part of the castle. Sora, Goofy and Donald followed Belle and discovered that she was ignoring the Beast because Maleficent was threatening her. When the Beast and Belle encountered each other again, Belle repeated her attempts to turn the Beast away (under the watchful gaze of Maleficent). However, this only goaded the Beast into spilling his true feelings for Belle, making his heart vulnerable for Maleficent to use in her dark magic. Belle quickly defended the Beast from Maleficent's attack, sacrificing her heart to save his. Realizing what had happened, the Beast joined Sora and company to take down Maleficent. After Maleficent was defeated, Belle was returned to the Beast. Belle apologized for lying to the Beast and the Beast apologized for his momentary doubt of Belle's love for him. The two concluded their appearance in the game with an embrace.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
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Beast appears in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, where he and Belle have returned to Beast's Castle, attempting to return to their normal lives. When Roxas and Xaldin infiltrated his world during a mission to vanquish Heartless, the Beast shows up to fight them off by himself. It was after this that Xaldin decided to turn the Beast into a Heartless in order to acclaim his heart and create Kingdom Hearts. Xaldin begins to provoke him and turns him against everyone he holds dear, including Belle.
Kingdom Hearts II
In Kingdom Hearts II, Belle and the Beast have been back in their world for a year following the events of Kingdom Hearts. However, the peace was once again interrupted by Organization XIII member, Xaldin, who angered the Beast by telling him that Belle would leave him, and that her feelings for him were not true. In his rage, the Beast threw his servants into the dungeon and frightened Belle to the point that she would not venture beyond the East Wing of the castle.
When Sora, Donald and Goofy arrived in Beast's Castle, they were attacked by Shadow Heartless, but were saved by the Beast. However, despite having saved them, the Beast was not the least bit interested in seeing his old friends again. He shoved them aside and reached for his enchanted rose, which he took back to his room in the West Wing.
After rescuing the castle's servants at Belle's request, Sora, Donald, Goofy and the Beast's butler, Cogsworth found the Beast in his room, being provoked by Xaldin. After battling the Beast to calm him down, the Beast came to his senses and decided to apologize to Belle. However, Belle was not in her room. The Beast and company found her running from a Shadow Stalker in the castle's ballroom. She escaped to the balcony as the Beast confronted Xaldin and fought the Shadow Stalker that Xaldin attacked the group with. After the fight, the Beast apologized to Belle, who accepted. However, Belle was still disappointed in the Beast's lack of trust for her, and Sora left their world wondering if they would ever manage to work out their differences.
When Sora returned, he found the Beast pacing in the main entrance. The Beast was dressed very nicely, and after a few reluctant grunts he finally admitted that he and Belle were on a date for the evening. Unfortunately, as the two began to dance in the ballroom, Xaldin returned. The Beast charged at Xaldin, while Belle bemoaned the Organization's interference with her romantic evening. Following yet another battle, Xaldin told the Beast that something precious to him was now gone. The Beast realized Xaldin had been talking about the enchanted rose, and abandoned his friends to check if his fear was true. Unfortunately, this was exactly the case, and in his despair, the Beast lashed out at Belle and Sora, telling them to leave his castle. But, while Belle walked to her room to prepare for her departure, Sora stayed and convinced the Beast that he needed to show Xaldin who was boss. The Beast, realizing Sora's words were true, went to find Xaldin, who was waiting for him in the entrance hall. When Xaldin retreated outside, the Beast followed.
Meanwhile, Belle stood on the balcony outside of her room, lost in thought. When she saw Beast and the others emerge from the castle, she ran back inside, but saw the rose sitting beside her door. She happily held the rose over the balcony to show it to the Beast, but she was suddenly grabbed behind by Xaldin and whisked away to the castle's bridge. The Beast was then presented with the choice of keeping Belle or his rose; he chose Belle, but did not have to worry, as Belle briefly took matters into her own hands; she caught Xaldin off guard, painfully elbowed him in the stomach, grabbed the rose, and run off toward Sora and party, ensuring that the Beast lost neither her or the rose.
After a fierce confrontation with Xaldin (which the Organization member lost), the Beast gladly took his rose back from Belle. However, he was ashamed of how he had yelled at Belle, and (with a little encouragement from his friends) bashfully asked her to stay with him. Belle smiled and accepted, and the two danced the night away in the castle courtyard.
During the credits of Kingdom Hearts II it was revealed that the Beast transformed back into Prince Adam.
Personality
The Beast was originally a very spoiled, unloving prince. However, in the Kingdom Hearts series he is shown at a later stage in his relationship with Belle, with most of his uncomplimentary traits remedied. The Beast is still prone to lashing out in anger, especially when provoked by characters like Maleficent or Xaldin. But beneath his rough exterior beats a true heart of gold, which Belle has worked to bring out so that everyone can see how beautiful a person the Beast really is.
Appearance
The Beast's appearance is a combination of physical characteristics from various wild animals, including a wild boar, wolf, buffalo, bear and lion. He often wears a torn purple cape and dark blue pants. When dressed up, he ties his hair back with a blue bow, and wears a blue and yellow jacket, an orange vest, and black pants.
When in his human form, Prince Adam has shoulder-length red hair. He dons the same suit he wore as the Beast, retailored to fit him; he also wears black boots. The only striking similarity between Prince Adam and his beastly alter ego is his blue eyes.
Abilities
Kingdom Hearts
Beast's stats are very high, which is fitting as he is Sora's ally in Hollow Bastion, the final world, when Sora is incapable of fighting on his own. His attack and defense are just as high as Sora's, and he has decent MP and high HP. Beast's abilities increase his physical prowess even more, and he attacks using tackles, charges and his claws. He has one equipment slot and eight item slots. Beast's abilities are as follows:
- Ferocious Lunge: Charges forward and tackles enemies.
- Furious Bellow: Roars to attack nearby enemies.
- Berserk: Boosts attack power when HP is critical.
- MP Rage: Restores MP when attacked. Beast has this ability twice.
- Second Wind: Recovers from KO quickly.
- Second Chance: Ensures 1 HP is retained after being hit with a critical attack.
- Critical Plus: Increases chance of landing a critical hit.
Kingdom Hearts II
As one would expect, Beast is a physical attacker with few abilities, relying on his brute strength to fight with a series of tackling and charging attacks. He has no armor slots, one accessory slot, and four item slots. The Beast's abilities are as follows:
- Furious Shout: Roars to attack nearby enemies.
- Ferocious Rush: Charges forward and tackles enemies.
- Item Boost: Boosts the effectiveness of healing items like Potions.
- Defender: Increases defense when HP is critical.
- Second Chance: Ensures 1 HP is retained after being hit with a critical attack.
- Auto Limit: Sets the Reaction command to Limit, if a Limit has been equipped.
- Hyper Healing: Quickly revives a fallen party member and restores their HP.
- Limit Ability: Twin Howl
Origin
The Beast is based on his appearance in Walt Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), which was in turn inspired by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's La Belle et la Bête, published in 1756. However, the Beast's character has made various appearances in hundreds of incarnations of the Beauty and the Beast story.
Trivia
- Beast's Japanese voice actor, Kôichi Yamadera, also provides the voices of Donald Duck, Mushu and Sebastian in Kingdom Hearts. He voiced the same roles, in addition to Genie and Stitch in Kingdom Hearts II.
- He is the only party member who has been a temporary party member in more than one world throughout the series. He was a temporary party member in Hollow Bastion in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and was a party member in Beast's Castle in Kingdom Hearts II. In the first and last cases, he is also the only Non-main Disney character who has encountered more than one Organization member, the other being Xemnas (in Final Mix).
- Beast is the only Disney party member from a different world who helped destroy a member of Organization XIII; the other, non-Disney party member to do so was Riku.
- Beast is the first Disney ally to be fought as a boss in the series, the second being Peter Pan in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
