Taran is a helper pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a excellent warrior. However, when his complaint, an oracular pig called Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil god referred to as the Horned 31, he's got to place the day-dreaming a side. The protagonist expects Hen will reveal him how you can The Black Cauldron, that gets the capability to create a giant army of soldiers that are unstoppable.