Arnaud Eveskine

Deacon Arnaud Eveskine, or the Beast of Ill Omen, was once a priest who held power in the town of Cravenhurst. After his death, he came back to haunt the town in the form of a beast which brought misfortune to Cravenhurst and drove people away from the area.

Appearance
It is currently unknown what Eveskine looked like while alive. As the Beast of Ill Omen, he appeared as a large black canine creature, somewhat wolflike but with an emaciated form and narrow, glowing eyes. A row of spines ran down his back, and could rise and fall like hackles or the ventral spines of a dragon.

History
Eveskine, once a human priest who was highly regarded in Cravenhurst, was highly prejudiced of all who did not fit his ideal mold of a "good" citizen. Though it is unclear what he did consider "good" while alive, he had an obsession with purity in both life and death. He officiated the very public deaths of a number of people for things ranging from petty crime to questioning his beliefs.

Eveskine masqueraded as a cleric during his tenure in Cravenhurst, but was in fact a warlock bound to a fae patron. This patron granted him time after death to complete his goals, resulting in the Beast of Ill Omen wreaking havoc upon Cravenhurst in one last attempt to "cleanse" the town of sacrilege and disorder.

It is implied that Cicero was the one responsible for Eveskine's initial death.

In-Game
Trill, Rattler, Errk, and Kalama are initially called to Cravenhurst in order to deal with the strange occurrences linked to the resurrected Eveskine's activity, although it is unknown to the Sheriff's Department as well as the party that Eveskine has anything to do with these events.

The party encounters the Beast of Ill Omen at the Hanging Tree, just after finding Deacon Eveskine's trial records and fighting the siabhra in the tunnels north of Cravenhurst. Eveskine hopes to give the party his "final sermon" and snuff them out in order to continue haunting the town. He is defeated by the four adventurers, and tells them to send "the boy from the underworld" a message. They deduce this is Cicero, who explains that the Deacon had previously run amok in the town, putting anyone he saw as impure on trial and causing the deaths of many.