Skeldritch

is the of the in .
==Characteristics== 
's appearance is very similar to that of ; it appears as a large skull with a spine that rises from the center of a large, ruinous room filled with , although it lacks arms and a ribcage, and it also sports a large, horned helmet. The skull is also more human-like than 's beast-like skull.
 attacks by firing from its spine at , who will need to use the to create walls of that will deflect the attacks. He can then use the to push one of the into one of the four catapults surrounding , then strike a to fire it back and destroy one of 's vertebrae. However, the last three vertebrae are protected by armor, meaning that must load a into a catapult, run around the room to make face a different direction, then fire an at the to launch the at 's exposed vertebrae. will also shoot a laser from its mouth to try and strike whenever possible. When merely the skull remains, it will float around the arena and try to ram into . If surrounded by a wall of , will attempt to break out, allowing to attack the ruby-like weak point on the back of its skull. Alternately, can lift himself up using the any time he is behind to reach the 's weak point.
After is defeated, the will drain from the room, revealing a containing a and a stairway to a lower room where obtains the .
==Trivia==
*The "hopping head" phase of the battle strongly resembles the last phase of the fight against in , complete with a vulnerable gem-like object on top of the 's head.
==Nomenclature==
's name is derived from the words "skeleton" and "eldritch", meaning "unearthly", "alien", "supernatural", "weird", "spooky", or "eerie". 's name in the PAL vesrion, Capbone, most likely derives from the words cap and bone, as the sports a helmet (cap) and is skeletal in appearance (bone).
==Gallery==
File:ST Skeldritch Model.png|'s skull
File:Skeldritch Intro.png| in slumber
File:Skeldritch Awakens.png| awakens
File:Skeldritch Battle.png|Fighting 
File:Skeldritch Lazer.png| firing a laser at 
File:Skeldritch Exposed.png|'s weak point is exposed
File:Skeldritch Trapped.png| is trapped in with the 
File:Skeldritch Critical Point.png|'s Critical Point
File:Skeldritch Defeated.png| is defeated
File:Sand Temple Boss Room.png|The room where is fought, as it appears after the is defeated