Beast

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

* The Beast
* Mathis Leonblanc

Azor, Beast of Brightspire Hall, Castle Creature, Guardian of the Garden, Last of the Leonblanc, Last Lion, Monster of the Manse, White Lion of Avon (Aliases)

### Status

True Identity Believed to be Fictional by Most Persons

### Affiliation

Dannyzens (Member)
Fantabulosa Rozzers (Member)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Apartment 425
The Woodlands Building
Fabletown
Danny the Street

## Physical Description

### Eye Color

Brown (Human Form)
Red (Beast Form)

### Once Upon a Time...

The ruling family of Avon Valley was House Leonblanc. They ruled over a small but wealthy kingdom which had stood as a vital trade hub for the kingdoms and empires that rose and fell around them. Their seat of power was Brightspire Hall which had amassed a vast wealth of magical artifacts, the world's most impressive library, a breathtaking garden, and many other wonders.

Prince Mathis came to power at a relatively young age, taking the reins of the kingdom when his parents died from a plague. The plague had actually ravaged the surrounding kingdom for most of Mathis' life and reduced trade substantially. As the plague subsided and Mathis began to hold court, he began to look for a wife so he could fulfill requirements for his coronation and take his rightful place as king.

However Mathis was romantic at heart and became paranoid that all the ladies coming to his court were after his wealth or prestige, and not interested in him as a person. So concerned was he that Mathis sent envoys to the Twilight Lands to bring him an advisor from the Fae.

After hearing of his plight and feeling slighted at the manner in which his envoys had escorted her to the Kingdom, Carabosse chose to transform Mathis into a massive monster more beast than man. She cast similar enchantments over his court, turning them into forest creatures.

The Kingdom of Avon Valley ceased to function. Its towns lived on but attempts to uncover what happened at the castle were abandoned at the sight of Mathis' new form. Eventually, rumors spread about the monster and those became legend. Some tried to hunt the monster but they did not account for the monster being a brilliant strategist with a keen mind.

Eventually, Mathis would meet a girl whose family trespassed in his home. Sensing something different about this girl, Mathis insisted that she stay behind and marry him. He bought her family off with treasure and gave the girl a year to get to know him. Though she was a prisoner, Mathis tried to give her anything she asked for - except her freedom and his name (she had assumed he was the monster who killed the Leonblancs and if she knew he was Prince Mathis, the curse's power could not be defeated).

Mathis did his best to fight his savage nature for this girl who he called Beauty. Slowly, the curse's power began to wane and it seemed that Mathis might defeat the curse with love, but then on the eve of his wedding, his Beauty's brothers attacked him with weapons enchanted by Carabosse herself. When Beauty herself was injured in the fray, trying to wrestle one brother, Mathis became distracted and was run through by another brother's spear.

As he lay dying, Beauty cradled him in her arms and begged him not to die. When Mathis, on the verge of death, asked her why she was so sad, she simply said that she loved him. Mathis questioned this and to proved it, Beauty gave him what she thought would be their first and last kiss.

With this confession of love, Mathis released his own doubts and let himself love her in return. With the curse's magic overcome by love, Mathis' wounded body quickly reverted to human form, mending his injuries in the process. Mathis' first act as a human prince was to wipe the tears from his Beauty's cheek and give her their second kiss.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by Herald*) Fun facts about the Beast:
	+ He and Beauty ruled the restored kingdom of Avon Valley for a thousand years of peace and prosperity. How can this be? Well, either the legend of their love has activated their immortality while they were still in the Homelands or, more likely, Carabosse's curse had given them some form of immortality on its own. Beast did not age for the nearly three hundred years he spent as the Beast of Brightspire Hall. After the curse was lifted, but not removed, its excess magic sunk into Beauty, which Carabosse's rival, Vindemia Faye, used to impart Beauty with a powerful blessing at her coronation ceremony as Queen of Avon Valley. It is possible that this also allowed Beauty to share Beast's immortality. Either way, it's moot now as the Fables have their own immortality on Earth.
	+ Beauty and Beast have a beautiful daughter they named Bliss. Actually quite fittingly, her name is "Blissful Everlasting" - get it?

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Fable Physiology**
	+ ***Immortality:*** Beast lives without aging.
	+ ***Resurrection:*** Like other Fables, Beast is able to return to life after suffering a violent death.
* **Curse of Carabosse**
	+ ***Metamorphosis:*** Beast transforms into a literal beast at will or whenever the curse's magic is stronger than his love for Beauty (or her love for him).
	+ ***Mythic Strength:*** Beast is remarkably strong in both his human and cursed forms. He appears to get even stronger when his emotions are amplified.
	+ ***Supernatural Senses:*** Beast has the heightened senses of a predator, which also allow him to see ghosts and hidden magical effects.
* **The Scarlet Flower:** A rose plucked from his magical garden became linked to he and Beauty's relationship.
* **Strategist and Warrior:** Beast was taught fencing from a young age. He is also a grandmaster of chess and a brilliant tactician.

### Weaknesses

* **Heartache:** Even True Love must be maintained. When the relationship between Beauty and Beast suffers, the magic falters. When their love is weaker than the power of the curse or Beast's anger or other negative emotions get the better of him, Beast reverts into his savage form.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 7 — Legendary
* **Occult:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Weaponry:** 7 — Legendary
* **Expertise:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Range:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Strategy:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
	+ **TOTAL:** 145
	+ **RANKING:** High Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He's friends with Flycatcher.
* Benroy was close friends with his family and they even named their great noble house in honore of Benroy. Rumors got that Benroy had even sired children with some noble women of the Brightspire Hall, but this is likely a relic of the smear campaign that came about with the Avon Valley's absorption into the Toscane Empire following Beast being cursed.

#### The Woodsman

* Not long after his wedding, The Woodsman's reputation for felling great monsters sent many his way asking him to hunt the Beast of Brightspire Hall. He agreed to do this, but his attempts were thwarted for weeks by the cunning creature's strategies and machinations. Defeated, the hunter returned home to rest. The night after his return, while enjoying some stew with his wife on the porch of their cabin, they were approached by the large antlered lion that walked on two legs. The Woodsman grabbed his axe but the touch of his wife upon his hand gave him pause. His wife saw something in the creature's eyes and invited the creature to have some stew. The Beast had come to die and wondered why the Woodsman stayed his axe. The Woodsman said his wife made him a better man. After dinner, the Woodsman and Beast parted ways, each the wiser.

#### Bliss

* For centuries, Beauty and Beast tried to have children and were met with no success. Incredibly low birth rates was common among all Fables who had come to Earth, at least when reproducing with their own kind (humans and Fable relationships seemed to have a higher success rate). But for Beauty and Beast, they also did not have any luck in the Homelands for centuries, so they had suspected sterility as being a side-effect of Beast's curse. After the Manhattaning they found themselves in Canada. While living on their own for years Beauty wound up with a morning sickness, swollen feet, and an intense craving for red meat. The couple suspected that their resurrection following the intrinsic explosions must have done something to their biology and were incredibly happy to welcome the baby to their home. Born on the eve of a new millennium, this child became a manifestation of the "happily ever after" that the couple had been hoping for. It seemed fitting to name her after such. They tried to give their daughter a sibling, but their attempts were again met with no success.
* After their daughter manifested his curse the family moved to the Farm where a temporary Fabletown had been built. There they could find sorcerers to examine their daughter and Beast could tap into his savage side to show his daughter how to control her transformations. After a year of living on the farm, the family was uprooted again due to an incident with Briar Rose which would result in the mass exodus of the Fables to Danny the Street.

#### Rozzers

* He works as Bigby Wolf's deputy. Bigby hired him at Snow White's request.
* He recruited Puss-in-Boots into the Fantabulosa Rozzers.

### Notes

* Beast is a character from *Fables*.
* His portrait is based on his appearance in the *Wolf Among Us* video game.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Beast

1. ↑ Network Files: Beast
2. ↑ Network Files: Benroy
3. ↑ Network Files: The Woodsman
4. ↑ Network Files: Bliss Leonblanc
5. ↑ Roy Reimagines... Fables
6. ↑ Network Files: Bigby Wolf 1
7. ↑ Network Files: Puss-in-Boots