![]() In "The Ringing of the Bell", the Woodsman warns them of the Beast once more but, still assuming him to be the Beast, the two brothers flee from him while the actual Beast appears hidden behind a tree telling the Woodsman that they "need to talk".Īt the end of the episode, the Beast is seen again along with the Woodsman. The Beast simply retreats to the forest laughing and singing maliciously, concluding the episode. ![]() Immediately upon assuring him that there is no need for violence, the Beast asks the Woodsman for the direction the two brothers have gone the Woodsman demands that he leave the children be. At this point, it is revealed that the Woodsman and the Beast had fought for the lantern. Then, the Beast makes his first physical appearance when the Woodsman recuperates from being attacked by Wirt and Greg after they'd mistaken him for the former. During her song, she also reveals that the Beast is seeking hopeless children to turn into Edelwood so that they may later be reduced to oil to keep lit his lantern. In "Songs of the Dark Lantern", the Tavern Keeper warns Wirt and Greg that the Woodsman is the true Beast. The Woodsman along with other people from the Unknown seen throughout the episodes warn both Wirt and Greg about the Beast's presence in the forest. In the present, as Wirt and Greg stumble upon the Unknown, the Beast knows that he has found his next targets to turn into Edelwood and maintain the light of his lantern. For many years the Woodsman has chopped the wood and collected the oil from it, not knowing how the trees were grown. The lantern is kept lit by the oil from Edelwood, a type of tree that forms when the Beast captures the souls of children led astray. He had deceived the Woodsman into believing that Anna's soul was sealed inside the lantern and that she would keep on living only as long as the flame was lit. Woodsman knocked his flashlight out of his hands, The Beast has haunted the man ever since. The Beast had bore an old lantern called the Dark Lantern, containing his soul in its flame. He had most likely manifested from human despair and depression over the course of history, and thus constantly attempts to instill such within those in the Unknown in order to maintain his sentience. Of all the strange creatures and beings that dwelled in the Unknown, the Beast was easily the most feared and dangerous. The Beast's past and origin are unknown and uncertain, but it is not unlikely that he simply manifested one day and tormented the inhabitants of the Unknown, having the power to possess everyone there to accomplish his plans this even included animals as he took control over Beatrice's dog in the debut episode. The Beast is also shown to have a tendency to operatically sing as such, he has a song for chopping the Edelwood and another song directed at his intended victims. He typically has an even temperament, but threatening the lantern or defying him for too long may cause him to lose some composure. To this end, he is a master of deception who is very well-spoken and complaisant he speaks matter-of-factly, knows exactly what to say to lost souls to keep them under his thumb, and may also feign concern-the traits that he uses to lull his victims into a false sense of security. He is by no means a physically violent form of evil he is never seen directly attacking anyone, instead inflicting harm by working through others. ![]() In addition to his manipulativeness, he naturally possesses the traits of a traditional Satanic archetype as his name implies: deceitfulness, enigmaticality, and a tendency to enter bargains, all to conceal his otherwise conspicuous evil. This means that, at his core, the Beast is nothing but a coward trying to survive. Ironically, he appears to be motivated solely by his own self-preservation, indifferent to the suffering and death caused by his actions and pathetically begs for Wirt to not blow out the lantern after threatening him with "true darkness". The Beast is depicted as the living embodiment of surrender, faith, despair, and-as confirmed by his song-even suicide as the idea of an escape (which in particular is represented by the light from his eyes) as such, he manipulates events to the extent that the innocent people involved succumb thereto. When light is shined on him, it is shown that he is made of the spirits he had turned into Edelwood trees, showing as well their terrifying and depressing faces of hopelessness. He also has two large branch-like horns on his head. Throughout the series, the Beast is shown to be a shadowy figure with bright eyes whose color changes seemingly depending on what he wants.
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