Jake yet again said:
Isn't Zhar a twin or something?
Yup, that's right. He is referred to as the Twin Obscenity, together with his "brother" Lloigor (no obvious link to the lloigor race)
Maybe you are actually fighting two GOOs in the Final Battle, and the token is used to show that only one is still left. They could even simultaneously battle both, with the token keeping track of a makeshift doom track of the second one.
Or maybe there is a condition that leads to the appearance of the twin, or something