Throne

The Throne is an enemy featured in Middens. It is the first enemy found in the game.

Description
The Thrones are enigmatic creatures, composed of a metallic base and a human skull at the top of it, missing its lower jaw. The skull possess numerous pins sticking at the top of it, in reminiscence of the shine of a sun. A thin thread-like projection emerges from the top of the skull, with a small metallic rod used as a support for the skull to be attached with, while thick metallic coils form from around the rod and ending at the thick circular-shaped disc. The disc also sprouts small wings. From the bottom of the disk, a syringe's needle is present, with the needle slightly bent. Lastly, there is also a proboscis-like appendage lying limp next to the needle.

Thrones are some of the creatures in the fight that can be considered as "animalistic." These creatures are found within some desert regions around the rift, floating aimlessly until they detect the presence of possible prey or targets, such as newly arriving denizens. Some Thrones are also seen in a particular tree, where they attack anything that is approaching towards the tree. The relationship between the tree and the Throne is unknown, but appears to be either symbiotic or serves as its hive.

Story
The Thrones are first encountered within the desert as the Time Nomad and Genie, with Genie describing them as "souls that have become entrapped by the Rift’s wiles." The Thrones all take appearance of large multi-colored jellyfish with thick tendrils, floating around in the desert. Should the Time Nomad is near their sight, they will attempt to approach him, initiating a duel.

The Thrones also make an appearance once again, this time emerging from a twisted tree in a group of four in the Rift Plant. All of them will attempt to swarm around the Time Nomad.

It is possible that the Thrones are one of the first kills that the Time Nomad has committed, assuming that the player choose to fight against them and does not evade them.

Hunt Guide

 * The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

Thrones are weak creatures, attacking only with basic attacks. In certain times, the Thrones would do nothing as well, leaving them open for other attacks. A lone traveler is capable of killing even a small group of Thrones.

Be cautious of its Pollen attack. Although it is a fairly basic skill, it is a Phlegmatic attack that has a chance to remove all of your beneficial states. Keep note that certain allies of your party might be susceptible to Phlegmatic skills and should be protected or steer clear from them.

If a Throne is nearly dying, it will cast itself Dart to avoid more hits to launch its attack toward its foes. Thrones with Dart are hard to hit, but might fall faster in battle.

Thrones are capable of dropping Chaffed Worm Skins. If one is to accumulate more sin, perhaps a hive of Thrones in nearby Rift Plants would make your soul tainted by sin and their blood.

Possible Reference

 * Although it possess an otherworldly and eldritch appearance, Thrones share the same name with a class of Angels, called . Incidentally, the small wings of the Rift Thrones are also likely references to these class of Angels.
 * Similarly, the Throne's appearance is also a subtle reference to the Angels that are actually depicted in the Bible, as opposed to the more common, popular human-like depiction of angels in many fictional works.

Trivia

 * Thrones are one of the very few enemies that can respawn in Middens, as their emergence from the tree is scripted whenever the Nomad approaches it.
 * However, this will only happen whenever the player leaves and re-enters the area.
 * There is a file named as "Throne copy" although it wasn't actually used in Thrones or subspecies, but instead is used in Mind Ninjas.