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Lots of spoilers, RotR players should run off.
I'm trying to setup a tough encounter where Kazavan fully tries to get his revenge on the players, with as many references to gluttony magic as I can squeeze in.
Here's what happened:
The PC's went through the minions in the gluttony wing reasonably quickly, although their spells were drained once they reached Kazaven's area. Under the effect of greater invisibility, Kazaven lazily chased my players out of the gluttony wing with ghost sounds and some chain lightning. The PC's will not recognize him if they should ever encounter him again and they are now taking a nap across the hall in the envy area. Also, Arkhryst has escaped and may decide to come back into the story later - I intend to save him for Wrath though.
Now, how to proceed?
First trick that came to my mind would be for the necromancer to heal all his minions and lie in waiting - makes sense from his point of view, but would it not be a bit lame from a player's point of view to fight the same monsters they fought last time?
Another idea was to have Kazaven pretend he's one of the corpses on the floor in the abbatoir, pretending to be near death, waiting for the players to come to his 'rescue' so he can catch them off guard. However, the PC's did a thorough sweep the room, well enough to immediately notice an extra body in a corner.
These ideas don't feel like a bad boss battle yet. There's no gluttonous deeds in either idea, so I'm looking for some more pointed boss behavior. Give me your best shot :)