The Black Cauldron Rescues

The Black Cauldron Rescues is an animated series based on the 1985 The Black Cauldron, film and the 2015 The Black Cauldron II. film. When The Horned King is re-released from the Black Cauldron and brought to Prydain, Taran, Eilonwy, Fflewddur and Gurgi must reunite to stop him from trying to destroy Prydain again. But The Horned King has new allies: The Legendary Largo, Maleficent, The Chinese Labradorary, and Skelerea Queen of Harm. In episode 1, Taran and his friends send Doli to spy on The Horned King, but Doli ends up nearly digested in the lich's stomach while the king was eating his first meal in two years! So, Taran must again, journey to the Horned King's castle to see him himself! He eventually finds The Elements of Lost Harmony in the prison-level of the castle after Gurgi shows the secret way inside, and soon the group is powered by the Elements of Lost Harmony and they become magical humans (and little furry guy) to stop the Horned King from doing any damage to Prydain. They enter the Grand Royal Level to find.... The Horned King asleep below the boards they were climbing on! They climbed off and tip-toed away but, Taran took The Book of Ancient, Evil Artifacts from the sleeping lich but they were soon spotted as they got out! and they needed to escape! but they were trapped!

In Episode 2, Taran, Eilonwy, Fflewddur and Gurgi were trapped by the Horned King's new guards, allies, and The Horned King himself! Taran, not knowing what else to do, used The Book of Ancient Evil Artifacts and cast a spell without knowing it and The Horned King's minions disappeared! The Horned King was the only one left, so he drew his sword at the pig-keeper and threatened to kill the boy. But Eilonwy stepped up and cast a spell that made the Horned King woozy and the lich teleported himself to rest. The Horned King said as he left: "Remember, Pig-Keeper, some day your Death shall come....... and I will be there to see it in person." he made a dark chuckle as he vanished into thin air. The group headed to Dallben's farm to ask for advice on their new magic powers, Dallben told them to ask The Fair Folk. They did, King Eidileg went to find Doli, who could help a lot with this, but he could not. The other Fair Folk said they had not seen him since he left for the Horned King's castle. (As he did in the last episode). Taran realized that Doli must've been captured as a slave or a prisoner to the Horned King!!! Taran, Eilonwy Fflewddur and Gurgi went there to find the little fairy-like creature. As for Doli, he was having a hard time trying to escape the Horned King's stomach(which was rather small and tight he'd say). Every time he'd fly up to the esophagus, The Horned King swallowed him back down with huge push of his throat. And Doli was back to where he began again. And no matter how hard Doli tried, (as much as he hated to say it) he couldn't get out all by himself. And it was getting loud and shaky, Doli knew what that meant! The Horned King's stomach was getting emptier!! And that meant..... the Horned King was hungry!! Or at least he would be soon. Doli had had enough he yelled at the top of his lungs for help. He had only made the Horned King shift, he could feel this. He called again. Then there was a reply, it was Taran's voice! Taran, Eilonwy, Fflewddur, Dallben, Gurgi, and King Eidileg were here to get Doli out, without waking the Horned King up, somehow. Eilonwy tried her "woozy, woozy." Spell, nothing happened. Fflewddur thought of a song, and sang, Eilonwy told him to keep quiet or the Horned King would wake, but Taran wasn't worried about Fflewddur waking the Horned King, he was worried the horned lich's grumbling stomach would! They tried all the magic they could, but no result (well, other than Gurgi getting covered in eggs). Then, Dallben used his sorcery, to transport Doli from inside the Horned King's stomach to them. It worked!!!! The Group quickly got out of the Horned King's castle and headed for home. The Horned King knew nothing.