Horned King

The Horned King is a former leader of the Villain League, but is now currently a Dark Spawn Lord under Malefor's control. He is also the main villain in the Black Cauldron.

PersonalityEdit
The Horned King is in great contrast with his predecessors and successors as he exhibits very few of their outwardly arrogant and narcissistic qualities. He is cold and very composed, showing no outward anger until his plan failed and lunges at Taran when he believes it was his doing (on Creeper's suggestion). He has no attachment to his henchmen (who fear him greatly), throwing them away once he has the Cauldron Born and constantly strangles Creeper (the only comedic aspect of his character) with no retorts. He will do anything to achieve his goals, using Eilonwy's bauble and the oracular pig Hen Wen to gain the Black Cauldron to establish his lust for power and an extreme God complex he is disney most evil villain.

ProductionEdit
The main villain was supposed to be Arawn, however the animators felt people would like him better since he has horns (notable examples include Maleficent and Chernabog). They combined the elements of the two to create a lich, though the narrator implies the spirit within the Cauldron is Arawn himself.

AppearancessEdit
===The Black CauldronEdit=== He desires to find the Black Cauldron and use its power to unleash an army of deathless Cauldron Born to rule the world. He goes to many lengths to find it, kidnapping Eilonwy for her bauble and Hen Wen because he believes they have powers to locate the Black Cauldron. He is first seen talking to his currently non-animated Cauldron Born on his goals. He is seen again when he enters the mess hall of his castle via magical teleport teleportation. When Taran falls into the room, he instructs him to show the location of the Black Cauldron. Taran then splashes water into the King's eyes (which have an agonizing effect on him) to lead Hen Wen into a chase where they manage to keep Hen Wen away and he is thrown into the dungeon. Creeper reports that Taran and his company have escaped and quietly tells him to send the Gwythaints to follow them. The three are ultimately captured along with the newly acquired Black Cauldron which he then summons the Cauldron Born. He sends them to destroy all opposition, however Gurgi flings himself into the Cauldron to negate its necromancy ability. The Horned King returns to the room where the ritual was performed and finds Taran who he believes the Cauldron's failure was his doing. He grabs for Taran, but is pushed into the pull of the Cauldron which rips him to a skeleton and explodes.

Role in the Series
The Horned King, despite his destruction, was resurrected by Malefor due to his ultimate dark heart and being an obscure villain in Disney's canon. To this day, the Horned King's designation involves death, the undead, horror, and nightmares, unless one of the other Lords also has the same designations as him. Not only that, but the Horned King is also the only Dark Spawn Lord who can wield a dark keyblade. This keyblade has the ability to open dark portals and can allow the wielder to open the door to Kingdom Hearts. Sadly, Malefor prefers to not let the Horned King use this keyblade yet until world domination is at hand for the forces of darkness.