The Horseless Headless Horseman

Description
The Horseless Headless Horseman, in short the Headsman, is an exceptionally powerful wraithlike Undead that haunted the former town of Ravenholm. It is a creature of hate and envy, obsessed with decapitating the living to replace its missing head in a bid to find one that 'fits'. The irony is that this is a futile effort, since its weapon, the Headtaker, steals its victims souls, rendering their heads useless to the Headsman.

The Headsman was formerly a noble and just Knight Paladin of St. Cuthbert named Galad, who served as the first Captain of the Town Watch of Anversa. While he intented to settle down in the fledgling village, he took up the adventuring life again when a Necromancer Bard attacked his new home with a horde of Undead. He felt there was more good work to be done in the world. Somewhere along the way, an unknown thief managed to steal his Celestial Mount. Galad vowed to track down the thief, but failed to do so.

Eventually, Galad was slain somewhere in the Lands of Chaos. His body was lain to rest in Ravenholm, where his old friend Jimothy Hendry was also buried. When or how exactly it happened is unknown, but sometime during the invasion of Necromancers that destroyed the town, Galad's head was also stolen from his grave. Enraged, his spirit returned from the Afterlife to haunt the town, eventually becoming the corrupted and evil Headsman.

When the party stirred it from its slumber while searching for the First Lense, it started chasing them, leaving a swathe of death in its wake. It was eventually stopped, temporarily, by the Cleric Fuegan outside of Onkh-Morpark. After communing with the higher powers, Fuegan informed the party the only way to permanently end the Headsman by restoring its original head to its original body.

The Horseman does not look like your typical Wraith, but as a 10 foot tall skeletal knight missing his head. Instead, in its place is a wild purple fire. A skull-like face can vaguely been seen within its flames. It carries a terrible ornate axe called the Headtaker. This weapon is incorporeal and will cause no physical harm, but even the slightest touch can suck out a living creature's soul.