Madog, son of Maredudd ruled Powys from Porffordd to Gwafan. His brother Iorwerth was bitter about Madog's title and role in the county. Iorwerth committed murder, arson and took prisoners in anger. Madog decided to look for Iorwerth and set up groups of a hundred men in every corner of his realm to catch him. On this quest was a man called Rhonabwy.
One night during their search Rhonabwy and his group of men saught shelter for the night. They came to the house of Heilyn Goch son of Cadwgan son of Iddon for lodging. Later that night, Rhonabwy went to sleep lying on an enchanted yellow ox-skin on the dais. He dreamt strange and morbid things -
"When they had played a little he could hear a great commotion, and the screaming of men, and the croaking of ravens as they seized the men by brute force into the sky......and let them fall in pieces to the ground."
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