Snail Shaman

Found inside Ancestral Mound in Forgotten Crossroads.

When first meeting Snail Shaman, he'll give you your very first skill, The Vengeful Spirit, grabbing the Vengeful Spirit will result in the player passing out and waking up on the other side of a gate near Snail shaman. He asks the player to go kill a beast (an Elder Baldur) residing inside his home (Ancestral Mound).

Later in the story, he can be found trapped (and presumably dead) inside of a large crystal. Breaking him free with yield the Descending Dark