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Arawn was the original main antagonist for the film The Black Cauldron. However, he was replaced by the Horned King.

Role in the film[]

Arawn does not appear in the Disney film adaptation of The Chronicles of Prydain but his role is filled by that of the Horned King. Arawn is meant to be the "spirit" trapped within the Cauldron. He was replaced by the Horned King in film because the animators felt that people would like the Horned King better since he had horns (similar to Maleficent and Chernabog). However, Arawn did receive a part in the movie. During the prologue, the narrator talks about the long history of the Black Cauldron and how Arawn came to become it.

As stated in the prologue: "Legend has it, in the mystic land of Prydain, there was once a king so cruel and so evil, that even the gods feared him. Since no prison could hold him, he was thrown alive in to a crucible of molten iron. There his demonic spirit was captured in the form of a great Black Cauldron." As such, one could argue that Arawn is included in the movie as the unseen master that the Horned King serves, with Arawn's dark magic powering the Black Cauldron making him one of the main antagonists of the film.

Arawn's face is apparently engraved upon the cauldron. At certain points in the movie, the face is illuminated. There are several signs that the Horned King once served under Arawn as he says that now the power shall return to this world. Another sign of his connection to Arawn is that while being sucked into the Black Cauldron, he shouts, "Nooooo, you will not have me!"

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Media
The Black Cauldron • Soundtrack • Video game • Chronicles of Prydain • Movie Video • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Disney Parks
Disney Animation Building • Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour
Fireworks: Wonderful World of Animation • Wondrous Journeys
Characters
Taran • Princess Eilonwy • Fflewddur Fflam • Gurgi • Dallben • Hen Wen • Talyllyn • Moose • Horned King • Creeper • Cauldron Born • Horned King's Guards • Gwythaints • King Eidilleg • Doli • Fair Folk • Orddu, Orwen, and Orgoch • The Hunter (deleted character) • Arawn (deleted character)
Locations
Prydain • Caer Dallben • The Horned King's Castle • Marshes of Morva
Objects
The Black Cauldron • Magic Sword • Magic Harp • Golden Pelydryn
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