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* ButtMonkey: Creeper.
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* ButtMonkey: Creeper.{{Butt Monkey}}s: Creeper and the first Invisible.
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* FreudianTrio: The Invisibles, although there are four of them. The first Invisible acts as the Superego, the second and the third both act as the Id, and the fourth acts as the Ego.
** The first Invisible acts as the group's leader, trying to keep others in line and being very frustrated at ThePrankster duo's antics.
** The second and the third Invisible are wild and like-minded pranksters who give little regard for the opinions of others.
** The fourth Invisible is the most sensitive and reserved one, observing the other's antics and being amused about them, sometimes even joining ThePrankster duo's schemes.
** The first Invisible acts as the group's leader, trying to keep others in line and being very frustrated at ThePrankster duo's antics.
** The second and the third Invisible are wild and like-minded pranksters who give little regard for the opinions of others.
** The fourth Invisible is the most sensitive and reserved one, observing the other's antics and being amused about them, sometimes even joining ThePrankster duo's schemes.
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* OnlySaneMan: The first Invisible among the others. He certainly feels himself to be the only sane one in the castle at times.
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* SingleMindedTwins: The second and the third Invisible act like these a lot of the time.
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* {{The Nicknamer}}s: The second and the third Invisible invent all kinds of nicknames for people, mostly for the Horned King.
* {{The Prankster}}s / {{The Trickster}}s: The second and the third Invisible. They pull various and creative pranks on the Horned King. And since he can't physically hurt them, he can only rage at them.
* {{The Prankster}}s / {{The Trickster}}s: The second and the third Invisible. They pull various and creative pranks on the Horned King. And since he can't physically hurt them, he can only rage at them.
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** The Horned King himself lampshades this trope twice at least. In one instance he says it to comfort Avalina during one of her moments of self-loathing. The other instance is when he [[ShutUpHannibal refuses to give in to Arawn's temptations]].
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** The Horned King himself lampshades this trope twice at least. In one instance he says it [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre to comfort Avalina during one of her moments of self-loathing.self-loathing]]. The other instance is when he [[ShutUpHannibal refuses to give in to Arawn's temptations]].
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* PluckyGirl: Avalina. Despite everything she goes through this story (and before it), she remains as a pure and positive girl.
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Avalina is not a fighter, but her aura of Life and great compassion even for the likes of the Horned King allow her to accomplish some things some people wouldn't even dream of, like befriending the lich in guestion and causing [[spoiler:his heart to reawaken]], riding a gwythaint and causing [[an entire healthy forest to grow in a lifeless area]].
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Avalina is not a fighter, but her aura of Life and great compassion even for the likes of the Horned King allow her to accomplish some things some people wouldn't even dream of, like befriending the lich in guestion and causing [[spoiler:his heart to reawaken]], riding a gwythaint and causing [[an [[spoiler:an entire healthy forest to grow in a lifeless area]].
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* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Avalina is not a fighter, but her aura of Life and great compassion even for the likes of the Horned King allow her to accomplish some things some people wouldn't even dream of, like befriending the lich in guestion and causing [[spoiler:his heart to reawaken]], riding a gwythaint and causing [[an entire healthy forest to grow in a lifeless area]].
** The Horned King himself lampshades this trope twice at least. In one instance he says it to comfort Avalina during one of her moments of self-loathing. The other instance is when he [[ShutUpHannibal refuses to give in to Arawn's temptations]].
--> ''"...she is anything but weak. Her strengths appear as weaknesses, but I have never seen or heard of a mortal so strong that they cry for their enemies, and call a... creature like me... a friend."''
** The Horned King himself lampshades this trope twice at least. In one instance he says it to comfort Avalina during one of her moments of self-loathing. The other instance is when he [[ShutUpHannibal refuses to give in to Arawn's temptations]].
--> ''"...she is anything but weak. Her strengths appear as weaknesses, but I have never seen or heard of a mortal so strong that they cry for their enemies, and call a... creature like me... a friend."''
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** LeakingCanOfEvil: Arawn cannot exit the Cauldron, but he can communicate with others and [[DreamWeaver influence their dreams]].
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* TalkingWithSigns: Since the Invisibles are forbidden to talk to Avalina, they communicate to her through parchments with text written on them.
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* FriendlyTickleTorture: After [[spoiler:his heart starts beating again after centuries]], the Horned King gives several times Avalina this at the end of their plays.
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* WhenHeSmiles: The Horned King. Avalina lampshades it.
--> "You have the most genuine smile of anyone I've ever met. When you're happy, I know it's real. Not a mask, like I've seen other people wear."
--> "You have the most genuine smile of anyone I've ever met. When you're happy, I know it's real. Not a mask, like I've seen other people wear."
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* BookDumb: As a brush farmer Avalina has never had the best of education, but the Horned King recognises her as a bright child and passionate learner. Not satisfied with the idea of such potential being wasted on meager tasks, the lich starts educating her himself.
** Avalina argues that Creeper has potential also and convinces the Horned King to educate him as well.
** Avalina argues that Creeper has potential also and convinces the Horned King to educate him as well.
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* CreatingLifeIsUnforeseen: Creeper was originally a non-living statue. The Horned King was preparing a concoction for an unstated purpose. A statue fell off the decaying castle that served as the work area and Creeper was born. That experiment had taken centuries to get to that point, and the Horned King despises Creeper for ruining it like that.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Creeper. At Avalina and the Invisibles' urging, the Horned King attempts to teach him.
* NiceGirl: Avalina.
* NiceGirl: Avalina.
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* FertileFeet: Avalina turns out to be this. She gets the permission to try to tend a garden on the Horned King's lands. Slowly her work brings results: by the spring, some green grows, worms appear in the soil and some birds appear to eat them. [[spoiler:Suddenly an entire healthy forest appears in the place of dead trees. The Invisibles had put Creeper to fly with Addie and spread "Magic Treedust For Enhanced Growth" all over the area. But they say Avalina had to first want trees to grow.]]
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* FertileFeet: Avalina turns out to be this.this, having an extraordinarily strong aura of Life. She gets the permission to try to tend a garden on the Horned King's lands. Slowly her work brings results: by the spring, some green grows, worms appear in the soil and soil, some birds appear to eat them. them and the sun shines a little bit. [[spoiler:Suddenly an entire healthy forest appears in the place of dead trees. trees in one night. The Invisibles had apparently put Creeper to fly with Addie and spread "Magic Treedust For Enhanced Growth" all over the area. But they say that Avalina had to first want trees to grow.]]
** [[spoiler:The Horned King wonders how Avalina's aura's effects have not been noticed before. The Invisibles theorise that because everything grew by itself there where she lived before, her aura's influence wasn't needed.]]
** [[spoiler:The Horned King wonders how Avalina's aura's effects have not been noticed before. The Invisibles theorise that because everything grew by itself there where she lived before, her aura's influence wasn't needed.]]
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* {{Honest Advisor}}s: The Invisibles are not afraid to bring forth their opinions to the Horned King since he can do nothing to hurt them physically.
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* FertileFeet: Avalina turns out to be this. She gets the permission to try to tend a garden on the Horned King's lands. Slowly her work brings results: by the spring, some green grows, worms appear in the soil and some birds appear to eat them. [[spoiler:Suddenly an entire healthy forest appears in the place of dead trees. The Invisibles had put Creeper to fly with Addie and spread "Magic Treedust For Enhanced Growth" all over the area. But they say Avalina had to first want trees to grow.]]
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* FragileFlower: Avalina. She's so easy to bring close to tears.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Avalina. The mere thought of hurting others horrifies her. This allows her to befriend Addie the gwythaint. She likes horses in particular.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Avalina. The mere thought of hurting others horrifies her. This allows her to befriend Addie the gwythaint. She likes horses in particular.
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* SugarAndIcePersonality: The Horned King slowly develops this. Avalina is ususally the only one whom he allows to see his sugar side. Everyone else gets his ice side.
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* TheVoiceless: Invoked. The Invisibles are instructed that no-one besides the Horned King or Creeper is to hear them speaking. But after the Invisibles disobey that order several times, the Fates eventually give up trying to enforce it.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: A bandit group kidnaps Avalina from the Horned King's [[spoiler:(their former master's)]] lands with the intention of selling her illegally into slavery. They're all slaughtered by the Horned King, Addie and Creeper [[spoiler:(the very little goblin they all used to bully in the past)]].
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* CoolHorse: Mitternacht, Avalina's faithful mount. He is a black[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_horse Friesian]] that was originally the mount of a great knight (who happened to be Avalina's maternal uncle). When the knight was killed in combat, the horse became furious, allowing no-one to ride him before Avalina.
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* CoolHorse: Mitternacht, Avalina's faithful mount. He is a black[[http://en.black [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_horse Friesian]] that was originally the mount of a great knight (who happened to be Avalina's maternal uncle). When the knight was killed in combat, the horse became furious, allowing no-one to ride him before Avalina.
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* OnlyTheChosenMayRide: Mitternacht. His original rider (Avalina's maternal knight uncle) allowed no else to ride him. After the knight died, the horse furiously rejected everyone who tried to tame him. Avalina earned his trust slowly, and Mitternacht hasn't allowed anyone else to ride him, not even King Gwydion. But through Avalina's gentle encouragements, he allows the Horned King to ride him.
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* CoolHorse: Mitternacht, Avalina's faithful mount. He is a black[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_horse Friesian]] that was originally the mount of a great knight (who happened to be Avalina's maternal uncle). When the knight was killed in combat, the horse became furious, allowing no-one to ride him before Avalina.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Well, there's Avalina (human) with the Horned King (a lich), Creeper (goblin) and the Invisibles. She's also pretty close to Mitternacht (horse) and quickly befriends Addie (gwythaint). Also, Mitternacht and Addie become playmates through the races they have with Avalina riding Mitternacht and Creeper riding Addie. Later Addie's baby (Gethin) is added to the picture.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Well, there's Avalina (human) with the Horned King (a lich), (lich), Creeper (goblin) and the Invisibles. She's also pretty close to Mitternacht (horse) and quickly befriends Addie (gwythaint). Also, Mitternacht and Addie become playmates through the races they have with Avalina riding Mitternacht and Creeper riding Addie. Later Addie's baby (Gethin) is added to the picture.
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* CoolHorse: Mitternacht, Avalina's faithful mount.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Played with. The Horned King doesn't actively despise animals, but they instinctually avoid him or go mad in his presence. Even the gwythaint which is used to his aura of Death won't let him come near her. But through Avalina's urgings, Mitternacht finds the mind to approach the lich and allow him to pet him. Eventually the horse even allows the Horned King to ride him.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Well, there's Avalina (human) with the Horned King (a lich), Creeper (goblin) and the Invisibles. She's also pretty close to Mitternacht (horse) and quickly befriends Addie (gwythaint). Also, Mitternacht and Addie become playmates through the races they have with Avalina riding Mitternacht and Creeper riding Addie. Later Addie's baby (Gethin) is added to the picture.
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* WalkingWasteland: The Horned King. The ground and lake around his castle are lifeless. Even after [[FertileFeet Avalina]] manages to bring some life to it [[spoiler:(even an entire forest)]], any plants brought near him quickly die. When he teleports to a forest clearing Avalina's captors have camped in, even the trees die.
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* WalkingWasteland: The Horned King. The ground and lake around his castle are lifeless.lifeless, and the sun never shines there. Even after [[FertileFeet Avalina]] manages to bring some life to it [[spoiler:(even an entire forest)]], any plants brought near him quickly die. When he teleports to a forest clearing Avalina's captors have camped in, even the trees die.
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* DreamWeaver: Arawn. He repeatedly torments Avalina through her dreams to keep her fear of the Horned King strong. The dreams include the Horned King at his scariest, [[DemBones the Cauldron-Born]] and death of her beloved ones.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Arawn. Since he apparently cannot do anything physical from the Cauldron, he uses mind games to try and ruin the Horned King's relationship with Avalina.
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* SealedEvilInACan: The Horned King will be forever imprisoned to the Black Cauldron if he doesn't fulfill the task the Fates have granted him. Meanwhile, the Cauldron contains the spirit of the Horned King's former master Arawn.
** LeakingCanOfEvil: Arawn cannot exit the Cauldron, but he can communicate with others and [[DreamWeaver influence their dreams]].
** LeakingCanOfEvil: Arawn cannot exit the Cauldron, but he can communicate with others and [[DreamWeaver influence their dreams]].
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* UndyingLoyalty: Mitternacht towards Avalina.
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* BigBad: Arawn, the Death Lord of Annuvin. He's the Horned King's former master who was sealed inside the Black Cauldron centuries ago. He becomes the main antagonist, doing everything in his power to prevent Avalina from saving his former apprentice's soul from eternal imprisonment to the Cauldron.
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* GroinAttack: A tied up Avalina gives this to the bandit who captured her in an effort to try and escape. It angers him so that he tries to kill her.
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** A group of bandits [[spoiler:(who happen to be the Horned King's former henchmen)]] kidnap Avalina and intend to sell her into slavery illegally. They have done this to numerous other children and even killed them. And the bandit who kidnapped Avalina eventually gets fed up with her and is mere moments from stabbing her throat with a dagger when the Horned King arrives with Creeper and Addie to rescue her.
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** After Addie's baby is born and turns out to be a male, he's given a name Avalina has chosen with Creeper: Gethin, meaning "dark" or "dusky". She picked it up because of him being quite dark. Though the Horned King tells her that all gwythaints are dark when born and mostly lighten as they age, she has a feeling that Gethin will be quite dark when he grows up.
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** After Addie's baby is born and turns out to be a male, he's given a name Avalina has chosen with Creeper: Gethin, meaning "dark" or "dusky". She picked it up because of him being quite dark. Though the Horned King tells her that all gwythaints are dark when born and mostly most lighten as they age, she has a feeling that Gethin will be quite dark when he grows up.
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** Avalina can mean "life" in Hebrew or "bird" in Latin.
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** After the Horned King has [[regained a living heart]], Avalina promises to invent him a new name.
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** After the Horned King has [[regained [[spoiler:regained a living heart]], Avalina promises to invent him a new name.
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* BilingualBonus: The author has invented at least some of the characters' names from a website that has many names and their meanings in Celtic/Gaelic/old Welsh. (See MeaningfulName / MeaningfulRename sections below for examples.)
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* VillainousRescue: After the Horned King scares Avalina to flee the castle with Mitternacht, they're chased by the Mad Pack. They're eventually cornered, but before the wolves can kill them, the Horned King teleports there and kills most of the remaining wolves.
* WalkingWasteland: The Horned King. The ground and lake around his castle are lifeless. Even after [[FertileFeet Avalina]] manages to bring some life to it [[spoiler:(even an entire forest)]], any plants brought near him quickly die. When he teleports to a forest clearing Avalina's captors have camped in, even the trees die.
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* MeaningfulName / MeaningfulRename: Avalina lampshades these tropes, arguing that names ''do'' matter and that if one's name no longer suits their personality, they should be renamed.
** Mitternacht means Midnight in Germany (though the author has invented Mrenagy as the language). He was originally called Malwolaeth (Death in Welsh) or Diafol Ceffyl (Devil Horse in Welsh). After Avalina won his trust and property rights, she renamed him.
** Avalina eventually christens the female gwythaint Taranau Adeon, meaning "Thunder Wings". The gwythaint appreciates it, though she's called Addie by everyone.
* After Addie's baby is born and turns out to be a male, he's given a name Avalina has chosen with Creeper: Gethin, meaning "dark" or "dusky". She picked it because of being quite dark. Though the Horned King tells her that all gwythaints are dark when born and mostly lighten as they age,
** Mitternacht means Midnight in Germany (though the author has invented Mrenagy as the language). He was originally called Malwolaeth (Death in Welsh) or Diafol Ceffyl (Devil Horse in Welsh). After Avalina won his trust and property rights, she renamed him.
** Avalina eventually christens the female gwythaint Taranau Adeon, meaning "Thunder Wings". The gwythaint appreciates it, though she's called Addie by everyone.
* After Addie's baby is born and turns out to be a male, he's given a name Avalina has chosen with Creeper: Gethin, meaning "dark" or "dusky". She picked it because of being quite dark. Though the Horned King tells her that all gwythaints are dark when born and mostly lighten as they age,
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* BigWhat: After Creeper and Avalina search for quite a while a suitable boy's name for Addie's baby and agree upon one, she announces that they'll just have to pick one from the girl's side as well. This trope is Creeper's reaction.
* FlashbackNightmare: The first chapter narrates the Horned King's death as shown in the movie. The next chapter reveals that it was all Avalina's dream.
** After the Horned King nearly kills him, it's revealed that Taran has replayed the above mentioned scene without variation almost every night for months.
** After the Horned King nearly kills him, it's revealed that Taran has replayed the above mentioned scene without variation almost every night for months.
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* FriendlessBackground: Creeper has been abused by everyone around him for his entire life. Avalina is his first friend.
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* FriendlessBackground: Creeper has been abused by everyone around him for his entire life. And the Horned King has been doing evil for his own benefit for centuries. For both of them, Avalina is his their first friend.
* OCStandIn: The gwythaint. It's revealed to be female and quickly befriends Avalina. Avalina names her Taranau Adeon, though she's called Addie by everyone.
* Really700YearsOld: The Horned King is revealed to be over a thousand years old.
* Really700YearsOld: The Horned King is revealed to be over a thousand years old.
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* WalkingWasteland: The Horned King.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The Horned King can be one, especially around the Invisibles.
** The Invisibles are this quite much.
** Creeper has his moments as well.
** The Invisibles are this quite much.
** Creeper has his moments as well.
* ForeignLanguageTirade: After one of the Invisibles' infuriating pranks on him, the Horned King curses them under his breath in all languages he knows, but refains himself from using English since Avalina is watching.
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* GreenEyes: Avalina's eyes are bright green with a rim of bright gold around the irises. When the Horned King sees them clearly for the first time, they remind him of forests and sunlight.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Creeper starts out asa Jerkass the {{Jerkass}} he was in the movie, but he slowly befriends Avalina.
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* AxCrazy: We get the Mad Pack, an entire pack of thirty-five wolves of these. They suffer from an incurable disease similiar to rabies, leading them to kill humans and animals just for the sake of killing. They've lost all their reason and natural instincts to the point that they attack on sight anything that moves, even an undead creature such as the Horned King.
* BadBoss: The Horned King is this towards Creeper as much as in the movie. But Avalina's influence causes this trope to become downplayed.
* BadBoss: The Horned King is this towards Creeper as much as in the movie. But Avalina's influence causes this trope to become downplayed.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Like in the movie, the Horned King's normally [[BlackEyesOfEvil pitch black eyes]] turn blood red with black slit pupils when he's ''very'' angry.
* SavageWolves: The Mad Pack is a pack of rabid wolves that has been terrorising animals and humans for twentyyears.years, increasing in numbers over the years. The incurable disease they suffer from causes them to attack and kill anything that moves. By the time they're faced, their number is thirty-five.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: The Horned King slowly develops this. Avalina is ususally the only one whom he allows to see his sugar side. Everyone else gets his ice side.
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* BlackBlood: The Horned King has thick blackish substance in the place of his life-force. It's only called blood due to lack of a better term.
* FriendlessBackground: Creeper has been abused by everyone around him for his entire life. Avalina is his first friend.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Creeper starts out as a Jerkass he was in the movie, but he slowly befriends Avalina.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Water causes the Horned King severe burns. Snow causes it also if it melts on him. Diluted water (such as tea) burns him as easily as pure water, though not as severely. However, he seems to be able to digest wine.
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* LightningBruiser: The Horned King proves himself to be this during his fight against the Mad Pack.
** See the SuperStrength section below for more information about his strength.
** His normally slow and deliberate moving hides deceptively well that he has snake-fast reflexes.
** He receives multiple wounds from the wolves, losing much of his black substitute for blood. But he nonetheless keeps fighting and passes out only after killing all the wolves. (It should be noted that he wasn't at his best at the time, having received water on his face earlier, and having to use the teleportation spell twice to get there.)
** See the SuperStrength section below for more information about his strength.
** His normally slow and deliberate moving hides deceptively well that he has snake-fast reflexes.
** He receives multiple wounds from the wolves, losing much of his black substitute for blood. But he nonetheless keeps fighting and passes out only after killing all the wolves. (It should be noted that he wasn't at his best at the time, having received water on his face earlier, and having to use the teleportation spell twice to get there.)
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Avalina causes pleasant feelings in the Horned King with her aura of Life and beautiful piano playing. After several months, they cause [[spoiler:his heart to beat again]]. It eventually reaches a point where just mentioning her name calms his mind.
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* MoralityPet: Avalina becomes one for the Horned King, and, to a lesser extent, Creeper as well.
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* WouldHurtAChild: After the Horned King reveals his identity to Avalina, he almost chokes her to death. Then he allows her to starve for days, almost killing her. After those instances, he threats multiple times to hurt her.
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* WouldHurtAChild: After the Horned King reveals his identity to Avalina, he almost chokes her to death. Then he allows her to starve for days, almost killing her. After those instances, he threats threatens multiple times to hurt her.her. And even after he warms up to her, he still feels no remorse for hurting Taran or Eilonwy.
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The Horned King finds himself resurrected, his castle restored to the way it was, the Black Cauldron placed in the spot where he used it. Of his old forces, only two return: [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Creeper]] and the only survivor of his two gwythaints. The Fates have also provided him four invisible creatures (who are fittingly called the Invisibles) as servants and counselors.
Soon the Horned King gets an unexpected visitor during a stormy night: Avalina, a 14-year-old brush farmer from the outskirts of Prydain. He initially intends to kill her, but being reminded of the task the Fates have given him, he decides to let her live. But he nonetheless keeps her as his prisoner to keep Prydain unaware of his return. During the long months the spend time together
Soon the Horned King gets an unexpected visitor during a stormy night: Avalina, a 14-year-old brush farmer from the outskirts of Prydain. He initially intends to kill her, but being reminded of the task the Fates have given him, he decides to let her live. But he nonetheless keeps her as his prisoner to keep Prydain unaware of his return. During the long months the spend time together
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The Horned King finds himself resurrected, his castle restored to the way it was, the Black Cauldron placed in the spot where he used it. Of his old forces, only two return: [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Creeper]] and the only survivor of his two gwythaints.[[GiantFlyer gwythaints]]. The Fates have also provided him four invisible creatures (who are fittingly called the Invisibles) as servants and counselors.
Soon the Horned King gets an unexpected visitor during a stormy night: Avalina, a 14-year-old brush farmer from the outskirts of Prydain. He initially intends to kill her, but being reminded of the task the Fates have given him, he decides to let her live. But he nonetheless keeps her as his prisoner to keep Prydain unaware of his return. During the long months the prisoner and her jailer spend timetogether
together, the Horned King's task may yet prove out be possible to complete.
Soon the Horned King gets an unexpected visitor during a stormy night: Avalina, a 14-year-old brush farmer from the outskirts of Prydain. He initially intends to kill her, but being reminded of the task the Fates have given him, he decides to let her live. But he nonetheless keeps her as his prisoner to keep Prydain unaware of his return. During the long months the prisoner and her jailer spend time
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, the Horned was a NonActionBigBad. In this story, he gets in some action scenes, proving in all of them that he's not someone to be trifled with.
* ButtMonkey: Creeper.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: Avalina's two first meetings with the Horned King has him consealing himself in shadows. During their third meeting, he reveals himself fully to her.
* VillainProtagonist: The story is narrated mostly through the Horned King's point of view, in addition to Avalina's.
* WouldHurtAChild: After the Horned King reveals his identity to Avalina, he almost chokes her to death. Then he allows her to starve for days, almost killing her. After those instances, he threats multiple times to hurt her.
* ButtMonkey: Creeper.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: Avalina's two first meetings with the Horned King has him consealing himself in shadows. During their third meeting, he reveals himself fully to her.
* VillainProtagonist: The story is narrated mostly through the Horned King's point of view, in addition to Avalina's.
* WouldHurtAChild: After the Horned King reveals his identity to Avalina, he almost chokes her to death. Then he allows her to starve for days, almost killing her. After those instances, he threats multiple times to hurt her.
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The story starts almost two months after the events of the movie. After the Horned King's defeat and death at the hands of the pig-keeper Taran and his friends, his soul was sealed inside the Black Cauldron, trapped into endless suffering. But unexpectly, the Fates themselves contact him and set him free for the period of eighteen months. Before that time frame is up, he must perform a seemingly impossible assignment: he must earn a human's love in spite of all his sins. If he succeeds, he will deserve his permanent freedom from the Cauldron. Otherwise he shall be reimprisonned for all eternity.
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The story starts almost two months after the events of the movie. After the Horned King's defeat and death at the hands of the pig-keeper Taran and his friends, his soul was sealed [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] inside [[ArtifactOfDoom the Black Cauldron, Cauldron]], trapped into [[FateWorseThanDeath endless suffering.suffering]]. But unexpectly, the Fates themselves contact him and set him free for the period of eighteen months. Before that time frame is up, he must perform a seemingly impossible assignment: he must earn a human's love in spite of all his sins. If he succeeds, he will deserve his permanent freedom from the Cauldron. Otherwise he shall be reimprisonned [[AndIMustScream for all eternity.
eternity]].
The Horned King finds himself resurrected, his castle restored to the way it was, the Black Cauldron placed in the spot where he used it. Of his old forces, only two return: [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Creeper]] and the only survivor of his two gwythaints. The Fates have also provided him four invisible creatures (who are fittingly called the Invisibles) as servants and counselors.
Soon the Horned King gets an unexpected visitor during a stormy night: Avalina, a 14-year-old brush farmer from the outskirts of Prydain. He initially intends to kill her, but being reminded of the task the Fates have given him, he decides to let her live. But he nonetheless keeps her as his prisoner to keep Prydain unaware of his return. During the long months the spend time together
Official Description: ''The Horned King is released from the Cauldron & mysteriously brought back to Prydain. Not even he knows why, except that the Fates have given him an impossible task he must complete before his time is up, or his soul will be sent back to the Cauldron. For all Eternity. For a short time, he controls his own Fate. Will he spend it wisely, or give in & revert back to his old ways?''
The Horned King finds himself resurrected, his castle restored to the way it was, the Black Cauldron placed in the spot where he used it. Of his old forces, only two return: [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Creeper]] and the only survivor of his two gwythaints. The Fates have also provided him four invisible creatures (who are fittingly called the Invisibles) as servants and counselors.
Soon the Horned King gets an unexpected visitor during a stormy night: Avalina, a 14-year-old brush farmer from the outskirts of Prydain. He initially intends to kill her, but being reminded of the task the Fates have given him, he decides to let her live. But he nonetheless keeps her as his prisoner to keep Prydain unaware of his return. During the long months the spend time together
Official Description: ''The Horned King is released from the Cauldron & mysteriously brought back to Prydain. Not even he knows why, except that the Fates have given him an impossible task he must complete before his time is up, or his soul will be sent back to the Cauldron. For all Eternity. For a short time, he controls his own Fate. Will he spend it wisely, or give in & revert back to his old ways?''
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10455567/1/Hope-For-The-Heartless Hope For The Heartless]] is a Disney's ''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5180544/lawson-bottom-girl lawson bottom girl]], featuring as the main character [[TheDreaded the]] [[HornedHumanoid Horned]] [[OurLichesAreDifferent King]], the film's BigBad.
The story starts almost two months after the events of the movie. After the Horned King's defeat and death at the hands of the pig-keeper Taran and his friends, his soul was sealed inside the Black Cauldron, trapped into endless suffering. But unexpectly, the Fates themselves contact him and set him free for the period of eighteen months. Before that time frame is up, he must perform a seemingly impossible assignment: he must earn a human's love in spite of all his sins. If he succeeds, he will deserve his permanent freedom from the Cauldron. Otherwise he shall be reimprisonned for all eternity.
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The story starts almost two months after the events of the movie. After the Horned King's defeat and death at the hands of the pig-keeper Taran and his friends, his soul was sealed inside the Black Cauldron, trapped into endless suffering. But unexpectly, the Fates themselves contact him and set him free for the period of eighteen months. Before that time frame is up, he must perform a seemingly impossible assignment: he must earn a human's love in spite of all his sins. If he succeeds, he will deserve his permanent freedom from the Cauldron. Otherwise he shall be reimprisonned for all eternity.
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