Ceustodaemon (/'kuːɛstoʊdiːmən/)

Ceustodaemons are formed from the souls of vile mortals, particularly those who took efforts to hasten their own death, their willingness shaping them into daemonic servants. Their otherworldly senses make them useful for protecting vaults and similar locations on the Material Plane. Ceustodaemons are created to serve, but always seek ways to subvert their bindings, so they can rend their mortal summoners’ flesh. The worst type of conjurer calls upon ceustodaemons merely to set them free into the world in hopes of currying favor with the powers of Abaddon.

Ceustodaemons are known to be superb guardians, with enhanced supernatural senses to detect the divine and deceptive. They can dimension door easily, breathe gouts of flames, and they seem to revel in both dealing and receiving wounds in battle.

Known Abilities/Powers/Spells

• Breathed cone of fire (also catches the ceustodaemon on fire)
• Fly, Dimension Door
• Wounds from its teeth and claws a ceustodaemon leaves on a foe are shared on its body
• Weakness to good-aligned energy
• Telepathy, speaks Daemonic and a common tongue, typically that of its summoner/binder

Basic Information

Anatomy

This brown, shaggy-furred beast stands on slate grey hooves. Its head resembles that of a maniacal horned ape with a too-wide mouth and dozens of piranha-like teeth.

Genetics and Reproduction

Ceustodaemons are formed from the damned souls of those that would hasten their own deaths, particularly in the service of Abaddon and its powers. Some claim the Four Horsemen created these creatures to serve as summoning fodder. Others believe that they form from neutral evil souls who commit suicide.

Ecology and Habitats

Abaddon

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Darkvision and enhanced visual senses. Reveling in the pain and suffering of others, a ceustodaemon's body is supernaturally sensitive to the damage they inflict on others with their teeth and claws, as the damage is duplicated on their own bodies.