Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-544940-20160309130458/@comment-26879545-20160326112008

They needed a chimera because, as Theo stated before, the DD's couldn't just revive the beast from thin air. They needed an actual host for the spirit of Sebastien to reside in. They also needed said host to be a perfect fit for the criteria and Mason just happened to be the lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at it) winner.

It had little to do with Marcel wanting the ressurected Beast to bypass the rules of the supernatural and more to do with him bringing back his one-sided love interest.