Skills
The Abyssal Murmur reads from the book of runes, using 3 different runes in order to produce the following effects: Transformation Rune: Transforms the nearest hero for 3 seconds. Fatal Rune: Deals high damage to the enemy with the highest Attack Rating. Withering Rune: Reduces the Energy of all enemies by 100.
At the start of battle, there are 3 candle flames on the battlefield, and 1 will be extinguished every 3 seconds. When all candle flames are extinguished, darkness will descend on the battlefield, all heroes will lose their Sanity, and the Abyssal Murmur will gain Iconic Shield effects. While in the Iconic Shield state, the Abyssal Murmur will take 90% less direct damage and health loss. Three types of Runes will also trigger changes: Transformation Rune: Transforms the 3 nearest heroes for 3 seconds. Fatal Rune: Deals high damage to all enemies. Withering Rune: Reduces the Energy of all enemies by 200.
Every time a hero gains a shield, they also gain 1 stack of Sanity and cause the Abyssal Murmur to take 3% more direct damage and health loss. Sanity can be stacked up to 4 times, with every 4 stacks blocking 1 strike of the Abyssal Murmur's Forbidden Worship effect.
The Abyssal Murmur periodically summons an Icon Statue that pulls in the hero dealing the most damage. When the pulled hero arrives at the statue to worship, they are struck with Terror for 5 seconds.