![]() The politics and history of the greater world are explored a bit, and some of the deeper mythology bubbles up. He starts to learn to control his emotions and be less of a hothead, making him a more enjoyable character to read about. ![]() Taran gets to grow somewhat as a character, which is nice. ![]() There are some new characters and some returning characters get a bit more development and time to shine. Taran and friends are tasked with finding and destroying the Black Cauldron aka the Crochan, the magic item used to create near invincible Cauldron Born, undead warriors. Having already been introduced to many of the characters, we don’t need to go through that again and can instead jump right into the action. The second book in The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron is somewhat more complex and more interesting than The Book of Three. ![]()
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