Horned King

The Horned King is the main antagonist of The Black Cauldron (the first part of the Adventures of Prydain series) and is arch nemesis of his niece Gina and her husband, Taran of Caer Dallben
== The Black Cauldron ==
Horned King is shown to be searching for the Black
Cauldron,a  powerful weapon that could
make the dead rise and they would be unstopable. He sometime hears of Hen Wen
and a young witch who can control the pig with her magic, and plots to capture
both of them (which goes unnoticed by Hen Wen in the sequence in their house.
He is first seen walking around the room with his soon to be
Cauldron born. He promised that he would get it and said that he will finally
be worshipped as a god among mortal men. He sends his gwythaints to capture
both Regina Howell and the pig, Hen Wen. He is successful with Hen getting
captured. Then he sends a  third
gwythaint for Gina, for he had a prisoner whom she knew. The third gwythaint
attacking Gina was destroyed by her magic, despite the girl's untrained powers.
He is presumably defeated by 
when she uses her magic and causes him to fall back into the cauldron, doomed
to live their for all eternity. 
== Physical appearance ==
"There was one particular room filled with skeletons and right there were the vicious Horned King stood, walking around his "children" his warriors. He was a very malicious being. He was one of the most ugliest creatures ever alive. It was a skeletal, tall bony figure. He had big horns, which earned him his title, "Horned" in it."
—The Horned King's description
==Family==
* Maggie Howell (lover)
* Adriana Howell (daughter)
Status: Deceased
== Trivia ==
* Third villain to have horns in a Disney film. The first is Maleficent and the second was the Chernabog.
* Once had a friendship with Maggie Howell, the aunt of Gina Howell which later turned into a romance. He once thought she was dead and thus his reason to despise humans rose.
* Considered one of the most insane villains Disney has ever created and the darkest of all of them.
* The Horned King once was human but fell when he thought humans killed his lover, Maggie.
* Cornelius is considered his real name because of what his name means in the itallian version,  Re Cornelius turns into king Cornelius.
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