A Challenger Appears! Round 02

[gammacrank]

Last time, our red challenger faced off against King Bomb from Final Fantasy XII! Thanks to your help, he emerged from that fight in one piece and not on fire, despite King Bomb's best attempts. On to the next-- wait, what's going on?


You can't quite place what's wrong, but everything seems... unstable. The arena looks the same, but you can't shake the feeling that there's something bad lurking in the ring, something that occasionally causes parts of the arena to glitch out. There are two clues: an odd-looking staff, and the creepy music some jerk decided to blast over the sound system:

& Download Link

Forewarned is forearmed, so help Challenger Red prepare for his upcoming battle by providing the name of the opponent that corresponds to this battle theme + weapon, as well as the name of the game/anime series that they come from, for a total of 4 random cards. I'll accept a variety of answers for the series name, as this guy appears in many branches of the franchise, but will give an additional 1 random card if you can provide the game where this enemy is first encountered as the final boss.

Optional bonus! Someone has been kind enough to leave Challenger Red an accessory required to defeat this boss, though they also left a note - something about how using this item will produce a shadow. For 1 random card, tell me the name of the accessory and the ability it grants to its wearer!

Good luck! This round will close on Friday, October 25th is now closed.

Comments

[singingtomysoul]

Skeith from the .hack series

[gammacrank]

Correct! Thanks to your help, our red challenger has moved on to his next match.