Gast promised Taran and his Companions a great feast, but left them and the rest of the dining hall hungry and thirsty, keeping the majority of the repast for his own pleasure. Later Gast showed Taran a great treasure hoard (one of the articles being the work of Annlaw Clay-shaper, a master craftsman whom Gast neither knew nor appreciated); Fflewddur Fflam said Gast had likely acquired his treasures in the same way Goryon had acquired Melynlas -- through unlawful seizure.