Ben/Relationships

*A list of all the relationships of King Ben from the Descendants franchise.*

Ben and Mal are the main couple of the film series. They first meet each other at the beginning of *Descendants* and they later started dating and became a couple. In *Wicked World*, the two are shown to flirt, with Mal often complimenting on how cute Ben is and being impressed when he lied to Jay, while Ben encourages her to do her best and being a good person. The two had shared a romantic dance in Episode 16 and when he was kidnapped, she was extremely worried and happy upon learning he was safe. The two are still in a relationship in the novels *Return to the Isle of the Lost* and *Rise of the Isle of the Lost*. In *Descendants 2*, it is shown that they are each other's true loves, as revealed when Mal frees Ben from a spell using True Love's Kiss, and since then they have been madly in love with each other. In the beginning of *Descendants 3*, Ben publicly proposes to Mal and she happily accepts. They officially got married in *Descendants: The Royal Wedding* and are now living happily ever after. They are the current reigning King and Queen of the United States of Auradon and the Isle of the Lost.

### Audrey

**Audrey is Ben's ex-girlfriend found in *Descendants.***

The two used to date, but it seemed like a mostly one sided relationship throughout the film when the two were still together, as shown in the beginning where she proclaimed to be his girlfriend and he seemed uncomfortable around her and didn't care much for holding hands or being close. She also didn't share his views of being fair to the VKs and when he dumped her for Mal, she seemed heartbroken but tried to make him jealous with Chad, which failed. In *Wicked World*, the two seem to be good friends and when they went to the Isle of the Lost, she often held onto him for protection and neither Ben nor Mal seemed against it (possibly since she has given up on him and just wanted to be safe).

## Family

### King Beast

**King Beast is Ben's father.**

Beast and Ben are shown to have a good relationship with each other, with Beast supporting everything that Ben does as King. It is also shown that Beast cares for Ben so much that he had even agreed to bring the VKs to Auradon because Ben believes that only the VK's parents are bad, but not them.

### Hades

**Hades is Ben's father-in-law**

Ben was surprised upon finding out that Hades was Mal's father. It is also shown that Hades is extremely protective of Mal, by giving Ben a death stare when he hugs Mal.

## Friends & Allies

### Evie

She seemed to be attracted to him due to his looks, kindness and status as a prince but lost interest when learning he was in a relationship with Audrey and switched her focus to Chad (and later Doug). However, the two seem to be on good terms especially due to their relationship with Mal. In *Wicked World*, the two were voted king and queen of the Neon Lights Ball, though she left him to admire herself in the mirror with her crown.

### Carlos De Vil

While the two don't interact much, the two were shown to get along well in the film. Ben tried to socialize and be friends with all the VKs and he helped Carlos get ready for the Tourney tournament and getting accustomed to dogs through the mascot dog Dude. The two are shown to interact positively and in *Wicked World* episode 10 where he let Jay hit Carlos for not helping them when they were turned into dogs until Mal pressured him to help.

### Jay

While the two don't interact much, the two were shown to get along well in the film. Ben tried to socialize and be friends with all the VKs and he helped Jay get ready for the Tourney tournament. The two are shown to interact positively and in *Wicked World* episode 10 he let Jay hit Carlos for not helping them when they were turned into dogs until Mal pressured him to help. He was also worried for Carlos and Jay when the showed up late to the Neon Lights Ball, saying he was really worried about him. Strangely though, he keeps calling him Jordan as shown in episode 17.

### Jordan

The two knew each other since they were four but Ben can't seem to remember her name.