Friday Night - Riddle Me This

[suityou01]

I have a long staff, a red coat and a stone in my throat. What am I?

[MarillionFan]

I have a long staff, a red coat and a stone in my throat. What am I?

Rupert Murdoch doing the Xmas gift hand out?

[realityhack]

I have a long staff, a red coat and a stone in my throat. What am I?

I googled that in the end, LAME, but I won't give it away.

[MarillionFan]

I have a long staff, a red coat and a stone in my throat. What am I?

Is it something that AtW has failed to lose?

[Zippy]

A stick of rock? No 'kin idea, actually.

[OwlHoot]

I saw four creatures, wondrous beings,
travelling together. Their tracks were dark,
their path deep and black. They coursed swiftly:
faster than birds they flew through the air,
dove under a wave. He strove without rest,
the battling Prince, pointing the way
across plated gold to the four creatures.