Taran, Princess Eilonwy, and Fflewdduf Fflam are taken back to the Horned King's
castle ( minus Gurgi, who has fled at first sight of the gwythaints.) We see the King's
courtroom that is filled with the lifeless skeleton warriors. Creeper is on a platform with
the Black Cauldron, yelling out orders.
Creeper: Get the move on! Careful now! You! Tie them up over there and get
that cart out of here! ( to our heros ) Oh, I 'm sorry. I've ignored you. You
did come for the Black Cauldron? Good, then climb right in! It'll only cost you your
life! ( He sees the Horned King coming.) Oh!! Everything is ready, sire!
Horned King: My, such a brave and handsome crew! A pig-boy, a scullery maid, and
broken-down minstrel! Perhaps it may interest you to see what fate has
in store for you! Ha, ha,ha, ha. Now I call upon the army of the dead!
The Cauldron Born! ( The Horned King take one of the skeletons and
places it in the Black Cauldron.) Arise my messangers of death! Our
hour has arrived!
The Cauldron begins to shake and starts leaking blood. It spits a huge ball of fire and
produces a green mist that settles over the rotting skeletons. The henchmen close in
for a closer look when suddenly the skeletons spring to life. They are now the
Cauldron Born. The make their way to the entrance of the castle.Then we see Gurgi
entering the castle through the water gate, watching all the rats scurry away.
Eilonwy: ( Gasp ) Oh! It's horrible!
Horned King: My phantom warriors have come to life! All dead from centuries past!
Never has anyone created an army like this! Go forth my deathless
warriors! Destroy all in your path!
Creeper: Come, sire! We can get a better view from above! ( Creeper leads the Horned
King to the balcony overlooking the drawbridge.)
While Creeper leads the Horned King to the parapets above. Taran, Eilonwy and
Fflewddur look hopelessly at one another.
Eilonwy: Oh, Taran! I'm afraid it'll soon be over for us.
Taran: I-I hadn't planned it to end like this, Eilonwy.
Fflewddur: Oh, I wish I'd stayed a toad!
From the parapets above, Creeper and the Horned King lean out a window watching
the Cauldron Born cross the drawbridge and beginning to slaughter every living thing.
Horned King: Only moments away from victory! My greatest triumph!
Creeper: We did it sire! I-I mean YOU! Yes, yes! Of course! You did it, Sire!
Gurgi is climbing up a flight of stairs. He reaches the top and opes a door. An ax chops the door
down as the Cauldron Born burst through the doorway.
Gurgi: Yikes! ( He runs away and comes to a window looking into another room. He breathes
quite loudly and Taran hears him. )
Taran: Gurgi? Gurgi, is that you?
Gurgi: Master!
Taran: Gurgi, what are you doing here?
Gurgi: Gurgi sorry he always runs away when there's trouble. He untie everyone!
Then we leave this evil place!
Fflewddur: Well get on with it!!
Taran: ( Now free) Good boy, Gurgi! Eilonwy, you go with Fflewddur and Gurgi.
I must stop the Cauldron.
Taran starts climbing to a balcony that overlooks the cauldron.
Eilonwy: Oh, but Taran that's impossible! Why you'd be---( she sees Taran ready to throw
himself into the Cauldron.) Taran!!
Taran: I'm sorry Eilonwy.
Eilonwy: ( sobbing ) Please Taran!!!! NO!!! You can't!!!!
Taran: My mind is made up! ( Taran readies himself but Gurgi stands in his way.)
Gurgi: Wait master! Gurgi not let you jump into Cauldron!
Taran: Gurgi, get out of my way!
Gurgi backs up almost to the edge of the balcony. He almost falls in when part of the
cobblestones give way.
Gurgi: Whoa! ( whining ) Please master! Not go into evil Cauldron.
Taran: If I don't we're all lost! Out of my way!
Gurgi: ( crying ) No! Gurgi not let his friend die! ( he walks toward the Cauldron) Taran has
many friends.( sniff ) Gurgi has no friends.
Taran: Gurgi, No! Don't jump! Wait! Don't! ( Gurgi jumps.) Nnnnoooooooooooo! Oh, no!
The fire and the green mist is suddenly being sucked back into the cauldron. Outside, the
Cauldron Born are staggering and falling into heaps and becoming dusty skeletons once more.
Creeper: Sire! Sire look! Something's wrong! What is it sire? They're- they're DIEING!
Horned King: It can't be! This had better not be your fault! ( seizes Creeper by the throat.)
Creeper: ( suggestion ) It needs another body, Sire!
Horned King: Yes! YOURS!!!
Taran, Eilonwy and Fflewddur dash throught the corridors and come to the main room where the
Cauldron is madly sucking up all the mist amd fire. Destroying all the evil that it has created.
Taran: ( to Fflewddur ) Get Eilonwy out of here. Hurry!
Eilonwy: Taran, I, please, I-
Taran: Go on! Go with Fflewddur! ( to himself ) Maybe there's still a chance, for Gurgi.
Suddenly the Cauldron gives a mad inrush of air. All the torches blow out and Taran is being
dragged toward the Cauldron, hungy for more innocent lives. Taran sees a iron handle on the
wall. Desperatly he reaches for it and hold on tight. Then the Horned King charges downstairs
from his balcony above with Creeper in his cluches.
Creeper: No, Sire!!! Please!!
Horned King: ( to the Cauldron Born ) Get up!! Come alive!!
Creeper: Maybe they're only resting, Sire!! ( to a Cauldron Born ) DO SOMETHING!!!!
My life is at stake!!!!
Horned King: Get up you fools!!! KILL!!!!!!!
Creeper suddenly spies Taran holding onto the iron handle, doing his best to keep
himself from being sucked into the Black Cauldron.
Creeper: Look!! Sire, look!! It's the PIG BOY!! It's HIS fault!! Yes! HE'S the cause of it!!
The Horned King throws Creeper away from him as he moves toward Taran, promising
himself that Taran will be the next victem of the Black Cauldron.
Horned King: ( to Taran ) You've interfered for the last time. . . .
Creeper: Ha, ha!! Go for his throat, Sire!!!
Horned King: Now, Pig Keeper. You shall die!!
He grabs Taran by the front of his shirt and pulls him up.
Taran: NO! DON'T!!!
Taran kicks himself away and tries to escape.
Horned King: What's this?! ( The Cauldron sucks in a gigantic amount of air causing the
Horned King move closer the the Cauldron.)(to Taran) No, you'll not escape!
The Horned King seizes Taran and looks him in the eye.
Horned King: You will satsify the Cauldron's hunger!
The Horned King throws Taran towarn the Cauldron. Taran, too weak to move, lays still. Pleased
with his work, makes his way toward the staircase leading to his balconey. Taran, seeing that
he's leaving, crawls away from the Cauldrom. Eilonwy and Fflewddur watch nervously from a
parapat above.
Eilonwy: Oh no!
The Cauldron is not pleased seeing his revenge escaping. It makes another huge inrush if air,
causing the Horned King to slip closer to the Cauldron.
Horned King: (realizing what the Cauldron is up to) No! You'll not have me! My power cannot
die! (he now realizes it is too late) Curse you! No! Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ( The Horned King is holding onto the
the Cauldron trying to pull himself away) Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh!!!
He deteriates in a flash of light and is gone. Creeper has watched from a parapat above.
Creeper: Oh no! H-how horrible! Poor sire! H-he's gone! (Creeper realizes that he's IS gone and
he's not going to be punished whether or not it was his fault.) He's gone! Ha! He's gone!
Ha, ha, ha, ha! HE'S Gone! ( Creeper hobbles away)
The Cauldron's inrush of air has stopped. Now it has turned a molten gold and is causing the
floor to collapse. Taran flees looking for Eilonwy and Fflewddur.
Taran: Fflewddur! Eilonwy!
Eilonwy: Over here! Hurry!
Taran: Thank goodness you're safe! C'mon Fflewddur! Hurry!
The run throught the falling-apart castle. Pillars crumble before their eyes and the floors behind
them start collapsing.
Fflewddur: For sakes alive!
They come to a spot where the floor has split. Taran jumps over first, then Eilonwy. Fflewddur
dosen't like the idea.
Taran: C'mon Fflewdduer! Jump!
Fflewddur makes it safely across and they bolt down a hallway. They come to the sewer of the
castle. A boat sits there waiting for them.
Eilonwy: Taran. Look!
Taran: Good! Get in. ( He picks up a pole.) Here! Your job, Fflewddur!
Fflewddur starts poleing them toward the exit when he notices a locked gate blocks their path.
Fflewddur: Uhoh! Trouble!
Eilonwy: Oh! We can't get through!
Taran: I-I'll try to open the gate.
Taran jumps out of the boat into the water.
Eilonwy: Be careful Taran!
Taran easily breaks the rusty chains and opens the gate.
Taran: Quick! Push the boat through!
Eilonwy: C'mon Fflewddur! Hurry!
Taran, still in the water, helps push the boat through the exit. Fflewddur is trying the pull Taran
back into the boat.
Fflewddur: Good job lad!
Suddenly Fflewddur see that the ceiling is going to give way. With one final heave, he pulled
Taran into the boat.
Fflewddur: Look oooooouuuuuutttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The celing caves in just as the companions make it into the exit tunnel. A huge wave of water
flushes them out of the castle and capsizes their boat. The castle explodes. The towers crumble
and the rubble sinks into the bubbeling water.
"The Black Cauldron" (c) MCMLXXXV The Walt Disney Company
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