Something we've been itching to do since the very beginning is a custom intro cinematic for a new campaign. Now we finally can, and are starting work on the West Wind cinematic. The West wind cinematic will take the place of the Old Road, and we'll be working on it over the course of the Treasury update.
This Cactonid enemy currently has no gameplay design concepts connected to it. One potential application could be a miniboss which focuses on applying frantic, but details at this time are vague.