The Ape King

The Ape King is an antagonist of the Beauty and The Beasts Webtoon, he is the leader of the Ape Beastmen, who desires to become the ruler of Beast City.

## Appearance

The Ape King in his human form is a short, elderly, balding man. He wears simple grey undergarments.

## Personality

At first the Ape King comes across as a benevolent, charming and generous leader and a fatherly figure to his clan and and the other ones. However he is later shown to be a scheming and plotting man, trying to kill Bai Qingqing, in order to remove the powerful Beastmen, Parker and Curtis, from Beast City, who stand in his way of raising higher in the city.

## Synopsis

He is first depicted as a responsible, kind and friendly leader, often seen with a smile. One of his generous acts was when he allowed Bai Qingqing to take extra food home for her family as she had recently given birth to Snake Beastmen, when food was being freely given out in Beast City, he also commented on Bai Qingqing's remarkable beauty and fertility, encouraging her to take on more mates.

Though later on he is shown to be an wicked person, behind the warm facade, incredibly scheming, manipulative and willing to murder others, as he instigated plans to try to kill Bai Qingqing, in order to rid Beast City of Parker and Curtis, Bai's two mates as well as the two most powerful people in Beast City; just so he could become the top Beastman in Beast City in both power and status. When Rosa threatened to expose his plans to Bai Qingqing, he had her tongue cut out, and sold her off to a poorer village . Even though he masked his true feelings towards Bai Qingqing under a warm and friendly persona, a smart and observant Bai Qingqing figured out his true evil plans from a distance. The Ape King is later shown to have a mermaid mate, Qin, who was not well known to the public of Beast City as she lived as a hermit in the Ape King's home for ten years. Qin seemed to be a supporter in the Ape King's tyrannical schemes, she even commanded him to acquire three Beastman Marks from none at all to gain more power.

The Ape King's last effort to rid Bai Qingqing, was when he exposed Bai Qingqing to not be an Ape Beastman (like she had originally claimed to be), in public, he then showed images of the human world through fire to a crowd of Beastmen, who stood in shock of her origins, the Ape King also embellished this with a false story that Bai Qingqing as a outsider would cause disaster and destruction to the Beastmen world with natural disasters and this fired up the crowd to go against Bai Qingqing, as they sought out to kill her. Bai Qingqing however luckily was guarded and protected by her mates, Curtis and Parker, who did not fall for the lies and the group managed to escape to safety ,before Bai later proved her innocence to those Beastmen. The Ape King was later seen walking to a coastline, carrying his mate, Qin on his back, as she would have demanded the Ape King to send her back to her birthplace, her Merfolk Clan, in the sea. The Ape King followed her orders and dropped her off but was shown visibly distraught she would no longer be beside him.

## Relationships

Ape Beastman Clan- The Ape King is the leader of the Ape Clan. Not much is known about him as their ruler but he seems to take care of them okay.

Qin- Qin was The Ape King's self proclaimed mate, the two first met on the day Qin went to the land for the first time, The Ape King came across a helpless Qin, who was left abandoned by a Snake Beastman. He was stunned with her beauty and decided to help her and take her to his home too. He also scared off another male interested in her, Winston, who merely looked at the Mermaid. Qin lived with the Ape King for ten years in his home, hardly ever leaving his house, until she decided by her own will to go back to her Merfolk Clan, only because she no longer stood a chance of being with her real love interest, Winston who had chose instead to seek Bai Qingqing as a mate. The Ape King seemed unaware of Qin's true goals to be with Winston, thinking she only had eyes for him. The Ape King was shown very sad to take Qin back to her home and to part with her. Qin seems to be one of the few people the Ape King holds dear, but his love for her is actually unrequited and this was further proven, when she referred to him as a 'friend' to her family members.

Rosa- Rosa is the Princess of the Tiger Beastman Clan and one of the Ape King's fellow royal citizens in Beast City. The two are quite familiar with each other, crossing each other's paths often enough and sometimes making small talk in each other's presence. It is unknown how long they have known each other but it likely has been numerous years and since Rosa was a child. The Ape King seems to only put up with and act nicely around Rosa because of her position, but actually despises her because of her ignorant, rude and mean behaviour even insulting her behind her back because of it, but makes sure to conceal his true perception of her in the public eye. The Ape King later captured Rosa and held her prisoner for causing the deaths of several Wolf Beastmen, including the Prince of the Clan, as she had launched a group of them to assassinate Bai Qingqing, which they failed at. Whilst in the prison being interrogated by the Ape King, Rosa discovered the Ape King's plans to kill Bai Qingqing and threatened him she would tell Bai his real intentions, but The Ape King stood his ground and contained her and fulfilled his words to her that she would have her tongue cut out and be sold off to a distant settlement. Thus making her unable to personally bother him or interfere with his plans ever again.