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* {{Shapeshifter}}: He can take on the shape and form of any person or creature he desires. This is both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness, because while it means he gains all the powers of the creature he changes into, he ''also'' inherits all its weaknesses,
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* EvilIsNotAToy: Anyone who makes a deal with him ''will'' regret it, and is headed for an early grave once they're of no further use.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''The Castle of Llyr'' and ''Taran Wanderer''.
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* DitzyGenius: Eilonwy is highly intelligent and better-educated than someone who actually studied to be a bard. She's also a bit airheaded, TalksLikeASimile and often misses social cues.
* BookDumb: He studied to be a bard, but learning the lore was just too much for him. He's much better at WalkingTheEarth, telling extremely tall tales and getting into fights.
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* ConsummateLiar: Though due to harp strings breaking when he does, it's always clear.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Can communicate with Hen Wen without using the oracle sticks that Dallben uses.
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* TheLastDance: [[spoiler: Chooses to face the invincible Cauldron-Born at the fall of Caer Dathyl. This doesn't accomplish anything, but he's a dying old man and chooses to go out with his boots on.]]
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* MuggleInMageCustody: He is the ward of the great enchanter Dallben, whom he regards as his master. Taran has no magical ability of his own and in fact has absolutely no idea why Dallben is the one raising him or where his real parents are; but he has nowhere else to go, and he sincerely loves both Dallben and his other (non-magical) guardian Coll, so he stays. [[spoiler:Only at the end of the series is it finally revealed that Taran was an orphaned infant whom Dallben found and decided to raise in the hopes of fulfilling a great prophecy.]]
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* InSeriesNickname: Fflewddur insists on calling him "the Spider".
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* {{Expy}}: Of Koschei the Deathless, though his SoulJar has fewer layers of defence.
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* HaughtyHmph: Used so often that it could be considered Doli's CatchPhrase.
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* NotSoDifferent: From Taran as it turns out. Especially notable when Taran befriends the baby gwythaint.
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* {{Expy}}: It's hard not to compare Gurgi to a LighterAndSofter version of [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gollum]], a character that had premiered ten years earlier. Especially given their similar personalities, descriptions, and character arcs.
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* KingOnHisDeathbed: Implied in "The High King"
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* MysteriousPast: Who is the Horned King? How did he come to serve Arawn? Was he OnceAMan, or is he something else entirely?
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* ChekhovMIA: Gets away clean in ''Taran Wanderer'' only to come back [[spoiler:and meet his end]] in ''The High King''.
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* TheFaceless: None of the main cast ever sees him undisguised, and when he resumes his true form on death he is face down. Only Achren knows what he really looks like, but she never describes it.
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* ShelteredAristocratShelteredAristocrat: He's actually pretty cognizant of this fact and this is why he jumps at the opportunity to help search for Eilonwy after Magg abducts her, to prove himself worthy of his station.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler: While she comes close to being betrothed to Prince Ellidyr, it's more of a possible ArrangedMarriage than anything else, and she doesn't show interest in anyone other than Taran.]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler: While she comes close to being betrothed to Prince Ellidyr, Rhun, it's more of a possible ArrangedMarriage than anything else, and she doesn't show interest in anyone other than Taran.]]
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* [[Spoiler:ShootTheMedicFirst: He doesn't survive long.]]
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* MyGirlBackHome: He discusses his fiancee at one point, and [[spoiler: dies by the end of the one book in which he appears]].
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He's an all-around awesome human being, bordering on TheAce at times, so of course he doesn't [[spoiler: survive the search for the Black Cauldron. His death is foreshadowed a few times, like in one of his prophetic dreams... or, following storytelling clichés, when he starts talking about his fiancee back home whom he intends to marry when he gets back home to her.]]
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He's an all-around awesome human being, bordering on TheAce at times, so of course he doesn't [[spoiler: survive the search for the Black Cauldron. His death is foreshadowed a few times, like in one of his prophetic dreams... or, following storytelling clichés, [[MyGirlBackHome when he starts talking about his fiancee back home whom he intends to marry marry]] when he gets back home returns to her.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Unbeknownst to most fans, she appears to be based on Princess Diahan from ''Literature/TimeCat''. Just like Eilonwy, Diahan has red hair and a fiery temper, [[DoesNotLikeShoes goes around in sandals]], stamps her foot when she's angry with something, and refuses to speak to the main character when he does something disagreeble... except to remind him, several times, that she's not speaking to him.
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The supreme regent of Prydain and one of the two Big Goods. Presumably the father of Gwydion. (In the Mabinogion, Gwydion was Math's nephew and heir; having the son of one's sister inherit was a common practice in ancient Britain, as fatherhood was sometimes uncertain, but you always knew who someone's mother was. In Prydain, Gwydion is Math's heir but it's never stated what their relation is.)
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The supreme regent of Prydain and one of the two Big Goods. Presumably the father of Gwydion. (In the Mabinogion, Gwydion was Math's nephew and heir; having the son of one's sister inherit was a common practice in ancient Britain, as fatherhood was sometimes uncertain, but you always knew who someone's mother was. In Prydain, Gwydion is Math's heir but it's never stated what their relation is.)
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Will plunge into danger at the drop of a hat to rescue innocents.
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* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:He appears to die in the final book. [[UnexplainedRecovery He gets better,]] but at this point many central characters have died and the implication that Doli may have actually died was very real.]]
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* TheAce: A better scout than Gurgi, a better warrior than Ellidyr, a prophet and a CombatMedic. Adaon is a younger Gwydion in terms of ability.
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* TheAce: A better scout than Gurgi, a better warrior than Ellidyr, a better bard than Fflewddur, a prophet and a CombatMedic. Adaon is a younger Gwydion in terms of ability.
* OnlySaneMan: Feels like this, given that he has to play TeamMom to two HotBlooded young men.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: He and Taran are both on the side of good, but that's just about all he and Taran have in common.
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* GodInHumanForm: It's heavily implied the three witches are more than they seem. The introduction of the third book outright states they have previously been the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Fates]], [[Myth/NorseMythology the Norns]] and [[Myth/CelticMythology the Triple Goddess]] and their current form is just their latest form.
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* GodInHumanForm: It's heavily implied the three witches are more than they seem. The introduction of the third book outright states they have previously been the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Fates]], [[Myth/NorseMythology the Norns]] and Norns]] [[Myth/CelticMythology the Triple Goddess]] Goddess]], and possibly others, and their current form is just their latest form.
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* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: Gwydion saves her from the Castle of Llyr. She is furious about this at first, but after some convincing, she accepts her defeat [[HeelFaceTurn and takes refuge at Caer Dallben.]]]]
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* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler: Gwydion saves her from the [[spoiler: Castle of Llyr. Llyr.]] She is furious about this at first, but after some convincing, she accepts her defeat [[spoiler: [[HeelFaceTurn and takes refuge at Caer Dallben.]]]]
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He's obsessed with claiming a crown of his own, eventually sighting in on claiming Arawn's crown, but when he places the Death Lord's crown upon his head, its power burns him to ashes.]]
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* LameExcuse: Uses these to get out of fighting. He's more than capable of kicking everyone in the room's ass ... he'd just rather not.
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* DefeatEqualsExplosion: [[spoiler:When Gwydion [[IKnowYourTrueName says the Horned King's secret name]], the villain starts flaming, with his horns turning crimson and his mask melting. Taran doesn't see anything else before passing out, but the ground tumbles and Eilonwy says afterwards that there wasn't much left of the Horned King, suggesting that he died in a fiery explosion.]]
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* DefeatEqualsExplosion: [[spoiler:When [[spoiler: When Gwydion [[IKnowYourTrueName says the Horned King's secret name]], name]],]] the villain starts flaming, with his horns turning crimson and his mask melting. Taran doesn't see anything else before passing out, but the ground tumbles and Eilonwy says afterwards that [[spoiler: there wasn't much left of the Horned King, suggesting that he died in a fiery explosion.]]
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* IKnowYourTrueName: [[spoiler:His secret name is the one thing that can destroy him. Only Hen Wen knows it, which is why the Horned King chases her. Once Gwydion learns the name from Hen Wen, he destroys the Horned King by saying the name to him out loud.]]
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* IKnowYourTrueName: [[spoiler:His His secret name is the one thing that can destroy him. Only [[spoiler: Hen Wen Wen]] knows it, which is why the Horned King chases her. Once [[spoiler: Gwydion learns the name from Hen Wen, he destroys the Horned King King]] by saying the name to him out loud.]]loud.
* InexplicablyAwesome: His MysteriousPast and AmbiguouslyHuman nature make him this trope.
* InexplicablyAwesome: His MysteriousPast and AmbiguouslyHuman nature make him this trope.
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* NothingIsScarier: A large part of how terrifying he is comes from how little is known about him.
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* NiceGuy: He's always presented as being kind and compassionate toTaran.Taran and Eilonwy.
* NiceGuy: He's always presented as being kind and compassionate to
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* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:He shows up near the end of the final book, ''leading an army of crows''.]]
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: He's an all-around awesome human being, bordering on TheAce at times, so of course he doesn't survive the search for the Black Cauldron. His death is foreshadowed a few times, like in one of his prophetic dreams... or, following storytelling clichés, when he starts talking about his fiancee back home whom he intends to marry when he gets back home to her.]]
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: He's an all-around awesome human being, bordering on TheAce at times, so of course he doesn't [[spoiler: survive the search for the Black Cauldron. His death is foreshadowed a few times, like in one of his prophetic dreams... or, following storytelling clichés, when he starts talking about his fiancee back home whom he intends to marry when he gets back home to her.]]
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* GreatGazoo: They're less silly than the usual version of the trope, but other than that, they're {{All Powerful Bystander}}s who spend their time in a hut bickering with each other and serving as {{Trickster Mentor}}s to anyone who comes by.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Amusingly, the fact that Eilonwy is a princess is revealed only in passing near the end of the first book, and doesn’t become a plot point until the third.
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One of the many kings of Prydain. He rides to Gwydion's war council at Caer Dallben and pledges his army in support of capturing the Black Cauldron from Arawn's clutches, [[spoiler:but in truth he seeks the Cauldron for himself. He serves as the hidden half of the BigBadDuumvirate of ''The Black Cauldron'' (the book, not [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron the movie]]).]]
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One of the many kings of Prydain. He rides to Gwydion's war council at Caer Dallben and pledges his army in support of capturing the Black Cauldron from Arawn's clutches, [[spoiler:but in truth he seeks the Cauldron for himself. He serves as the hidden half of the BigBadDuumvirate of ''The Black Cauldron'' (the book, not [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron the movie]]).]]
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Arawn's mightiest war leader and the primary antagonist of ''The Book of Three'' and of the [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron film version]] of ''The Black Cauldron'', the Horned King is a bestial man who takes his name from the antlered mask he wears. No one knows his true name. Arawn has imbued him with great power, and he is charged with marshalling the Southern Cantrevs and leading an attack on Caer Dathyl.
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Arawn's mightiest war leader and the primary antagonist of ''The Book of Three'' and of the [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron film version]] of ''The Black Cauldron'', the Horned King is a bestial man who takes his name from the antlered mask he wears. No one knows his true name. Arawn has imbued him with great power, and he is charged with marshalling the Southern Cantrevs and leading an attack on Caer Dathyl.
