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The Beast

Vladimir Kulich as The Beast

First appearance Apocalypse Nowish
Last appearance Salvage
Created by Joss Whedon

Statistics
Name The Beast
Status Deceased
Species Demon
Affiliation Jasmine
Notable powers

His demon physiology grant him superhuman strength and durability, allowing him to bend metals and leap great heights.
Armored hide of stone-like properties allow him to withstand fire, point-blank gunshot and grenades.
Portrayed by Vladimir Kulich

The Beast is a fictional demon on the television series Angel. He first appeared in the Season Four episode "Apocalypse, Nowish". He was brought to Earth from some Hell dimension where it was previously banished, by a powerful deity known only as Jasmine to pave the way for her entrance to the Earth. Note that this Beast is distinct from the Big Bad of Buffy Season 5, the evil goddess Glory, who is sometimes called "The Beast."

The first people to ever encounter the Beast were Cordelia Chase and Connor, who found the Beast arriving on Earth at the exact spot at which Connor had been born. A fight ensued, during which Cordelia was injured. Believing that he had something to do with the coming apocalypse, Connor distanced himself from his teammates, who did not trust him.

Angel, Gunn, and Lorne decided to take on The Beast. Wesley rejoined them to help in the battle, but they failed nonetheless, and were all badly injured. The Beast then conjured a rain of fire over Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Connor and a Jasmine-possessed Cordelia had sex, conceiving Jasmine's mortal form. The Beast, seeking to reach Mesekthet (The Little Girl of the White Room), killed everyone working at Wolfram and Hart as he tried to reach the White Room. The only survivors of the massacre were Lilah Morgan, Wesley and Connor, who battled The Beast inside. During their escape, the corpses of the dead Wolfram and Hart employees were reanimated as zombies as, what we believe to be, a part of Wolfram & Hart's automated defenses in case of an attack. The Beast killed Mesekthet and drained her of her dark energy.

Following the death of Mesekthet, the Beast hunted down the rest of her "family", an order of mystical beings known as the Ra-Tet. Ma'at, Ashet and Semkhet were killed by the Beast. The final Ra-Tet, Manjet, was killed by Jasmine/Cordelia in secret. Using the metal wings in Ashet and Semkhet and the heart of Ma'at, the Beast made a ritual to eclipse the sun, which was completed when the dark energy of Mesekthet was imbued in the orb which was extracted from Manjet's head. The eclipse began as a sunlight-blocking spot that spread covering Los Angeles and was supposed to eventually cover the totality of earth.

Believing that their only hope was in Angel's evil alter ego Angelus, who had known The Beast in the past, the heroes turned Angel into Angelus. This was accomplished by a shaman, who gave Angel the illusion of a perfect day in which he and his son were reunited and defeated the Beast with a sacred weapon, and he and Cordelia were allowed to be together.

Once freed, Angelus refused to help, broke free and sought out The Beast. Wesley broke Faith out of jail to assist the heroes. She was beaten badly in battle with The Beast. In the end it was Angelus who, in an act of betrayal, stabbed The Beast with a knife made from its own bones, as he had correctly surmised that the only thing that could kill the Beast was the Beast itself. The death of the Beast also undid the spell to eclipse the sun, leaving Faith in the sunlight and Angelus confined to the shadows.

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