Horned King's Guards

The Horned King's soldiers are minor antagonists that serve the Horned King, in Disney's 1985 animated feature film, The Black Cauldron.
==Background==
===Physical Description===
The soldiers wield swords, spears, axes, and knives. Just about every one of them wears tunics. Some of them have various helmets and hoods and most of them have mustaches and beards.
==Personality==
While waiting to wake up his army of the dead, the Horned King has gathered the worst scoundrels in the kingdom of Prydain to be his castle guards. These henchmen are brutal, savage, vulgar, brainless types, who love having fun, drinking beer, watching in a huge Esmeralda-like gypsy dance for them, and torturing. Their role is simple, low-run work, in particular, looking for the bodies of the greatest soldiers to bring them into the lair of their master. Despite their strong and nasty side, these henchmen fear the Dark Lord above all. When he comes to his castle, the festivities stopped immediately. The music stops ringing and the beer flowing and everyone is silent, waiting for the orders of the master of the house. In addition, they are terrified at the sight of the army of the dead, who kill those who have not managed to escape.
These thugs are minor characters from The Black Cauldron, mainly driven by the system of rotoscoping, which involves a sheet of tracing the movements of actors who played the scenes in real-time.
==Appearances==
===The Black Cauldron ===
One of the henchmen appears sleeping in a nearby chamber. The henchman's dog sees Taran and viciously barks at him, waking the guard up. The guard, not seeing Taran, berates the dog and takes him to "make their rounds". They join the other henchmen who are celebrating the capture of Hen Wen the pig until an eerie noise and electricity interrupt them. The Horned King suddenly and magically appears in the room, much to the awe of his minions. Creeper orders one of the henchmen to bring Hen Wen near the Horned King's throne to interrogate her for the whereabouts of the Black Cauldron. When Creeper threatens Hen Wen for not complying, Taran, who was watching the whole scene from a tall pillar, stumbles to the grounds, one of the henchmen prepares to kill Taran until Creeper says to release him. Taran refuses to instruct the pig to tell the Horned King where the black cauldron is, The Horned King orders Creeper and the executioner to kill the pig. Taran reluctantly decides to tell, but then tries to escape. The henchmen chase them. Hen Wen escapes in a moat, but Taran is caught by Creeper and the henchmen throw Taran into the dungeon.
While Taran, Fflewddur Fflam, and princess Eilowny are trying to escape, a henchman is pulling a cart carrying dead warriors. So, they wait for the chance. The Henchmen soon find out that Taran and Eilowny have escaped. The henchmen try to get Eilowny, Taran, and Fflewddur Fflam who has soon escaped, but the plan failed. The henchmen soon capture the heroes again after they have the black cauldron. They chain them up. The henchmen run away in fear when the Horned King ruthlessly brings the deathless warriors to life.
==Trivia==
*They were voiced by Peter Renaday (who also played Ezra in The Haunted Mansion, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, General Tragg, Don Turtelli and Leatherhead ("Night of the Rogues" only) in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, one of the Hun Army in Mulan, Kingpin in Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, Sean Keanan in Dead Rising, Al Mualim in Assassin's Creed, one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog and Sir George in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), the late Bernard Erhard (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Cryotek in	Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Thief in ("'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy" only) in the 1987 The Smurfs cartoon, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, Sludge Monster from the Earth's Core and Mr. Buckston in	A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Pest in Yo Yogi! and one of the Wolves in Rover Dangerfield), the late James Almanzar (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective), the late Vincent Price (who also played Professor Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective, Cardinal Richelieu in the 1948 film adaptation of The Three Musketeers, Ivan Igor in the 1953 remake of House of Wax, Mr. Scratch in The Story of Mankind, King Richard III in the 1962 remake of The Tower of London, Prince Prospero in the 1964 adaptation of The Masque of the Red Death, Dr. Goldfoot in Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Egghead in the 1960s Batman TV series, Matthew Hopkins in Witchfinder General, Lord Edward Whitman in Cry of the Banshee, Anton Phibes in The Abominable Dr. Phibes, January Q. Irontail in Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Edward Lionheart in Theater of Blood, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, Sinister Man in Bloodbath at the House of Death, himself in Escapes, Phantom in the Disneyland Paris attraction Phantom Manor and Zigzag in The Thief and the Cobbler), the late Wayne Allwine (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective and one of the Hun Army in Mulan), the late Michael Rye (who also played Mayor in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Grownups in Hugo the Hippo, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective and Ranger Jones in Yogi and the Invasion of the Space Bears), Christopher Lloyd (who also played Grigori Rasputin in Anastasia, Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Reggie Shand in Walk Like a Man, The Hacker in Cyberchase, Merlock in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, Lord Imaru in The Secret Treasure of Machu Picchu by Golden Films, Mr. Clipboard in Foodfight!, Bill Crowley in I Am Not A Serial Killer, Dr. Heep in Baby Geniuses, Kruge in the Star Trek universe and Switchblade Sam in Dennis the Menace), Jim Cummings (who also played one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, Harold in Disney's Disney's The Little Mermaid, Crocodiles in The Rescuers Down Under, James in Rock-a-Doodle, Razoul in Disney's Aladdin, Ed and half of the singing voice of Scar in Disney's The Lion King, Nessus and Pyros in Disney's Hercules, Grigori Rasputin's singing voice in Anastasia, Jacques in Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of Ruber's Minions in Quest for Camelot, Dennis in Disney's Tarzan, Steele in Balto, Sierra in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire, Hernán Cortés, the Cook, Warrior, Male Villager and Cortés's Soldiers in The Road to El Dorado, one of the Poachers in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Pete in A Goofy Movie, one of the Pirate Crew in Return to Neverland, one of the Colonel's Soldiers in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, one of the Pirates in Treasure Planet, one of the Wildebeests in Disney's The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone, one of the Thugs in The Return of Jafar, Budzo in Zambezia, General Plastro in the Army Men franchise, Hondo Ohnaka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Bering in Brother Bear 2, the Bears in Sing and one of the Friends on the Other Side in The Princess and the Frog), the late Larry Clemmons, the late Walker Edmiston (who also played Enik in the Land of the Lost TV series, Zuni Fetish Doll in Trilogy of Terror, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, Willie the Giant in An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, Catso in Runaway Ralph and Fire Lord Azulon in Avatar: The Last Airbender), the late Richard Bakalyan (who also played Chillie Walsh in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Now You See Him, Now You Don't and The Strongest Man in the World), the late Ken Curtis (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and Nutsy in Disney's Robin Hood), the late Bob Hoskins (who also played Mr. Smee in Hook and one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective), Steve Hale (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice), Phil Nibbelink (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and the Prince in Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss), Gary Schwartz (who also played Heavy, Demoman and Monoculus in Team Fortress 2), the late Joe Silver (who also played The Greedy in Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, Creepshow Creep in Creepshow and The Creep in Creepshow 2), Tony Anselmo (who also voiced one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of the Hun Army in Disney's Mulan, one of the Wildebeests in Disney's The Wild, one of Cavemen in Turok: Son of Stone and one of the Shadow Demons in The Princess and the Frog), the late George Lindsey (who also played one of Frollo's Soldiers in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Trigger in Disney's Robin Hood, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective and one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice), the late Robert Loggia (who also played Feech La Manna in The Sopranos, Frank Lopez in the 1983 version of Scarface, Mr. Eddy in Lost Highway, Bill Sykes in Oliver & Company), Jack Laing (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice), the late Candy Candido (who also played one of Maleficent's Goons in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, Captain Crocodile in Disney's Robin Hood, Brutus & Nero in The Rescuers, one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and Fidget in The Great Mouse Detective), the late Pat Buttram (who also played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Disney's Robin Hood and Chief in The Fox and the Hound), the late Walter Cronkite, the late Bill Hunter, the late Brian Bedford (who also voiced one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice and one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective), the late Mel Blanc (who also played Gideon in Pinocchio, Wile E. Coyote, Marvin the Martian, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Tasmanian Devil, Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr., Gossamer, George P. Dog, Henery Hawk, Beaky Buzzard, Papa Bear, Dan Backslide, Nasty Canasta, Adolf Hitler, Ralph Wolf, Cottontail Smith, Nick, Von Vultur, K-9 and Hugo the Abominable Snowman in Looney Tunes, the Rat in Lady and the Tramp, Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse in Tom and Jerry, Cosmo Spacely in The Jetsons and Claude in Bunny & Claude: We Rob Carrott Patches), the late Mickey Rooney (who also played one of the Sub-humans in Fire and Ice, one of the Thugs in The Great Mouse Detective, Flip in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland and Gus in Night at the Museum), the late Chuck Hayward, and Phil Fondacaro.
*A deleted scene shows the undead army killing one of the vikings onscreen, as a single touch can burn they're own flesh off.
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