Flamed Mane



Flamed Mane is a stationary Monster in the Boil Hole who only turns to face you. Due to it having a Close Range and a Far Range spell, it's fairly easy to dodge just by moving within a mid range. This strategy does not work if you focus on close range spells or Staff attacks.

In the Gameboy remake, it isn't much different. It doesn't move around either, but there's now two to deal with.



Enemy Formations
Flamed Mane x 1

Flamed Mane x 2

Trivia

 * Flamed Mane is byte value 9 in the coding.
 * It can only be found with itself. It shares this distinction with Pale Rider(Nintendo 64 only), Hot Lips, Hell Hound, Ghosthound, Treant(Gameboy only), Apophis, Cockatrice, Lamia, Big Mouth(Nintendo 64 only). With the exception of Treant and Big Mouth among this list, the rest can also be found in multiples.
 * For some odd reason it is blue-colored in the Gameboy version. It also loses its horn-like ears. Most monsters do not get massive changes even then, with only a few being slightly modified(like Treant) so it is more humanoid instead. While a few monsters sometimes essentially swap colors, this only happens to counterparts, making this an extremely distinct and odd choice.
 * It is known that sometimes ice can be so cold it feels hot, which could be a slight reference.
 * In another series called Digimon, there is a similar Monster to this idea called Blue Meramon, an ice flame creature that is a palette swap of Meramon, who is fire-based. Meramon has at least once been called Red Meramon to tell them apart in the same set of episodes of Digimon Fusion.
 * Flamed Mane is a pretty clear distinctive name. It has a mane made out of flames, though based upon where it is, it may be entirely made out of Magma. It's normally found in the lava sections of the Boil Hole.
 * This also makes it the only other lava-based monster in the game, with Magma Fish being a similar case. It appears to have more rock materials compared to Flamed Mane's more lava-based materials, however.