The Cauldron Born are the undead warriors of the Horned King, summoned by the Black Cauldron to unleash their wrath on the King's enemies, earning their reputation as "The Messengers of Death". They are minor players in the villain tournaments, usually appearing as the Horned King's trump card.
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They appear whenever the Horned King demands. With their undead power, they are a nearly unstoppable force. They appear in the war as the King's personal secret weapon on the battlefield. They are seen as the King's security in Egypt, and take part in the War on the King's Mountain. As the king attempts to send them into battle against Ruber's forces, Rasputin sneaks into the castle and sabotages the Cauldron, causing them to slowly die and wither away. They have not been seen since.
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Failed Resurrection[]
The Horned King resurrect his dead warriors from the Black Cauldron when he made his appearance to the Forbidden Mountain, to have his revenge by killing his greatest archnemesis, the witch Maleficent. Unfortunately for them,they were cursed by a spell of the sorceress causing them to slowly die before they can attack her, forcing the Horned King to flee the battle.
Attempt For Resurrection[]
With his defeat at the Forbidden Mountain and with the defeat of his barbarians guards by the gargoyle Demona , the Horned King attempts to revive his army of the dead once again for forgivance present to his master Chernabog, only his plan was foiled by the arrival of Doctor Facilier , followed by Chernabog's orders, who punish the King for his previous failures by using the Black Cauldron against him with an artifact and absorb the life of the Horned King in it tearing him into pieces.
Switching Sides With Chernabog And Defeat On Bald Mountain[]
After the death of the Horned King, the Cauldron Born was controlled by his master Chernabog in order to put his plan into action. When Doctor Facilier and Queen Narissa released him from his prison on Bald Mountain he summoned many ghosts from the dead, included the army of the dead, to create chaos in the whole universe. Unfortunately with the defeat of Chernabog at the hands of Zeus , he along with his ghosts and the Cauldron Born remained in their imprisonment, locked away from the mortal universe, ending their threat forever.
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Free At Last[]
Having been released from the Black Cauldron by Narissa and her new ally Lady Tremaine, the Horned King was still upset about that his enemies are still alive. After a confrontation with his previous enemy, Doctor Facilier, and the Witches of Morva, and after a combat with the Sorcerer's Society , which he managed to control them during the battle, showing them a vision from their master Maleficent who had killed some members of the Sorceror Society at the first war. As a result they turned their backs on her,with the exception of Yzma , and changed sides with the Horned king and Lady Tremaine. Finally, with the help of the Sorceror Society, he managed to revive again his army of the dead from the Black Cauldron, freed from Chernabog's control, and they were ready for battle their enemies.
Conquering Europe[]
Having heard from the Sorceror Society that Maleficent had forged an alliance with theQueen Grimhilde in England,the Horned King decided to take matter into his hands sending his undead army to deal with the sorceress and killing her once and for all. At the same time the French alliance with their leader Frollo had gone to England to dispach the Evil Queen and her forces, believing that she was a threat at his kingdom since she had expanded her English Empire. As the battle in England still goes on, suddenly the Horned king's undead army appears in the battlefield causing chaos by killing some soldiers, much to Maleficent's anger that the are still alive and much to the French and English troops shock and terror they were looking at the skeleton warriors, as result many soldiers had escaped the area, some others had been killed by the undead soldiers and few had remained in the castle of the Evil Queen. Seeing this, Maleficent attempts to destroy again the Horned King's army but she was confronted by her two alllies, Queen Grimhilde andPrince John , who had been bored by her rule in their kingdom and they demand to leave this place at once. Maleficent ,furious about this treachery,dealt with them by transforming into her dragon form. After the death of Prince John, the Evil Queen casted a spell that it can destroy her castle by an explosion, taking herself and her enemies to their death. At the end of the second war Europe was ruined, not only by the building's destruction, not only by dead bodies across the area, not only by the Horned King's undead army who swept the land of England but for losing their leader. The Horned King then, thinking that his enemies are now dead, claimed himself as the Lich King of Europe.
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Attacking Ratcliffe's forces[]
Sending Monkey Fist on a suicide mission, Ratcliffe hoped to deal a blow to the Horned King's forces situated in France. As Monkey Fist's monkey ninjas clashed with Macbeth's soldiers, with the inclusion of Hakon and the Horned King's new captain of the guard, Lady Tremaine intervened and used her magic to raise some Cauldron Born for the battle. Hakon started smashing monkeys with his mace. But at that moment, Gaston arrived and shot several of the Cauldron Born down with his blunderbuss. Monkey Fist then kicked some of Macbeth's allies from the castle walls. Lady Tremaine then used her magic to send molten metal raining down, forcing Monkey Fist and Gaston to retreat.
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Stopping Magneto[]
When The Horned King was abused by the arrival of Magneto, he called his barbarian's guards and the Gwythaints to attack the sorceror. But after Magneto dealt with them, the Horned King furious summoned his army of the dead from the Black Cauldron to kill him. Unfortunately for them, they died when Magneto put a magic spell in the cauldron which it absorbed every living being in this area, with the exception of Magneto, leaving the Horned King to his fate.