Senecianus

Senecianus Aloysius Pamphilius is a mad Chthonian demon who lived in Senntisten during the Second Age. After killing and devouring a little girl named Rowena whom he seemed to care about, he went mad with guilt and was admitted into the insane asylum beneath the mountains of Silvarea.

After the fall of Zaros and the destruction of Senntisten, he was apparently forgotten in the asylum for thousands of years, until in the Fifth Age Ingram discovered a passageway into the abandoned asylum. Senecianus escaped the asylum - still insane after all these years. In his madness he transformed himself into the girl he killed and played around in the mansion, thinking he was Rowena.

During the quest, Senecianus eats the ghost of another child &mdash; Lenian &mdash; and is eventually cured of insanity by the player, using a spell constructed from the research of Nabor, Ormod and Ingram. After being cured, he assists in banishing Ormod's ghost from the mansion, either devouring him or helping him pass into the afterlife by taking Lenian's form.

Trivia

 * Senecianus' appearance bears a close resemblance to a creature from Dungeons and Dragons known as the Gibbering mouther, a monster that feeds on bodily fluid and insanity.
 * Senecianus was also possibly inspired by Yogg-Saron, an Old God from the Warcraft universe. Both are "creatures of a thousand maws" and revolve around insanity.
 * Senecianus was also possibly inspired by the titular creature from the 1958 horror film The Blob and its 1988 remake.
 * Senecianus may also be a reference to Yog-Sothoth, a cosmic deity from H.P. Lovecraft's writings. The entire quest, in fact, seems to largely mirror the plot of a Lovecraft story- large mansion, madness, ancient ruins, and grisly deaths are all aspects of a Lovecraftian short story.