Prophet

The Prophet is a boss which appears in the Ruins, and, like other bosses, has three variations (Sonorous, Fulminating and Gibbering).

History
According to the Ancestor's Memoirs he arrived as a toothless miscreant in ragged cloth. He had strange, singular knowledge of the Ancestor's ambitions, and proclaimed that his actions would bring doom to the world. Rather than allow him to inspire unrest the Ancestor had him arrested. The Ancestor had the prophet subjected to different forms of torture and attempted to kill him with knives (seen in his back), the stocks, and drowning (as indicated by the iron weights upon him). However, the Prophet would not be slain. Instead, he continued to return to the town, prophesying that the Ancestor would bring doom upon the town. In response to the Prophet's unworldly constitution, the Ancestor brought the prophet to the dig site and showed the prophet his intentions. The Prophet, his mind shattered by what he saw, tore out his own eyes and fled, screaming that the end was nigh.

He is the leader of the cultists who infest the Darkest Dungeons.

Behaviour
The Prophet spawns on rank 4, with wooden pews of crescent hitpoints on rank 1, 2 and 3. Breaking these pews will reward valuable Consecrated Pews in the end of the battle.

During a turn, the Prophet will use 2-3 attacks.

Abilities
The Prophet has 4 main attacks, Calamitous Prognostication, Eye On You, Fulminate and Rubble of Ruin. Calamitous Prognostication targets one or two random characters, marking them with a red gradient above their heads. At the end of a turn, Rubble of Ruin is used, and the characters take moderate to high damage. Eye On You is a stress and stun attack that deals low damage to one or two random characters. Fulminate targets all party members and has a fairly high Blight chance.

Strategy
Ranged characters are the better options for this battle, as the Pews can be quite hardy and prove to be a pain for melee classes. Arbalest, Occultist, Highwayman and Hellion with Iron Swan are heavily reccomended. Make sure to have high stun and blight resist, and bring Antivenom. Stress is also an issue, as Fulminate crits and Eye On You can get a hero from 0 to a 100 stress easily. If you desire, you may focus on the Pews for loot, but it is not reccomended. It is advised to take care of the Fear of Unholy and Satanophobia quirks before this battle.