Prince Pwyll met Arawn, Lord Death, and departed from the encounter still alive, though with a heavy charge: to take on Arawn's guise and kill for him the one man Death could not fell. A difficult task, but not any more so than other trials that awaited young Pwyll if he should survive this mortal combat. For Arawn's queen was very fair, and Pwyll had to resist her charms so that he might woo the mysterious Lady who had promised to wed him once he returned to the living world.