Trying to escape an oncoming Cauldron-Born warrior on Mount Dragon, Taran discovers the black sword Drynwyn hidden under a rock. However, following the death of his champion, the Horned King, Arawn sent his men to not only rob graves, but to slay the living and bring them to Annuvin to feed to the Black Cauldron and increase their ranks. Arawn traditionally used bodies of those already dead in order to create the Cauldron-Born. They serve Arawn as sentries in Annuvin however, he occasionally sends them on scouting or military missions. From inside the Cauldron, they arose as undead, mute warriors void of all memory of their past life. After being slain in battle, Arawn, the Death-Lord of Annuvin, placed their lifeless corpses inside the Black Cauldron. The Cauldron-Born were originally mortal men. Certain Cauldron warriors, sent on Arawn's "ruthless tasks" of reconnaissance or capture, wore no helmets nor bore shields while those deployed for battle were more heavily armored and bore both helms and shields. They wore studded bronze breastplates, heavy bronze belts, and wielded swords and black leather whips. Their mouths were "frozen in the hideous grin of death". These deathless warriors had "livid" or "pallid" features and "lightless eyes" like stones.
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