Morgul

*Morgul* is an unlockable Creature in White Noise 2.

## Description

Roaming nuclear test sites since he was given life, Morgul has suffered several mutations over the years, making him way stronger than he was before.

Humans may not be the only animal that hunts for pleasure anymore...

### Appearance

Morgul is a tall humanoid. Most of Morgul's skin is rough and green in color. His front side is a bleached yellow. Morgul's head has two holes on both sides.

## Unlocks

* Morgul (Character) and Enraged (Skin): Reach Level 11.
* Scout (Skin): Reach Level 16.
* Infected (Skin): Reach Level 22.
* Hardened (Skin): Reach Level 27.
* Militia (Skin): Reach Level 35.

## Stats and Traits

Morgul's Stats
 Speed
 Idol Influence

### Traits

* BRUTE: Investigators die in one less grab. This trait is disabled in Classic Mode.
* RAGE: Morgul recovers from stuns 40% quicker.

 Skills

 COMPASS: Pulls up a compass for a few seconds that will roughly point in the direction of the Investigator with the lowest Stealth or the nearest highlighted Investigator. The color of the pointer on the compass varies depending on the distance from the investigator. Red means far away, yellow means getting closer, and blue means nearby. If the compass is a single pale blue dot, it means that the investigator is near the general area. The compass recharges instantly when banished.

 TELEPORT: Teleports the creature near the investigators.

 SURGE: Investigators within 10 meters of Morgul will have their flashlights disabled and will be temporarily marked. This ability can be used even when Morgul is stunned, but doesn't affect Investigators who turned their Flashlight off and can't be used if it isn't on.

 OFFERING: Morgul quickly summons the nearest Idol.

 REBIRTH: Morgul teleports to an Idol that is currently detecting investigators. This will break the idol, highlight the investigators temporarily, and also temporarily disable the investigator's flashlights. An Investigator's Flashlight will not be disabled if it was off when Morgul teleported.

 SPRINT: Movement speed will temporarily be increased. Exposition to light will cancel the sprint.

## Tips

Morgul has poor Speed and terrible Perception, meaning that at the start of the round, Morgul will have trouble getting to the Investigators. However, two of his skills and his good Idol Influence allow him to make great use of his Idols.

Morgul is very slow and is terrible at tracking Investigators with his poor Perception. This already encourages summoning plenty of Idols. Summoning Idols also allows Morgul to make use of two of his unique powers, Offering and Rebirth. Offering quickens the summoning process and allows Morgul to summon Idols through walls and from far away, which is especially useful in indoor maps such as St. John's Hospital or Norwood Prairie, which is divided into two halves by a river. Rebirth allows him to teleport to an Idol that is detecting an Investigator while disabling their flashlights and highlighting them. This allows him to attack them and then find them quicker. This, however, will not work on Sarah if she has her flashlight off. Flashlights can also be disabled and Investigators can be marked by using SURGE, although this has a very limited range of 10 meters and only affects Investigators who have their flashlights on, therefore making it a rare occurence to affect an entire group.

Morgul's tanking ability is better than most creatures, although it isn't as good as Darcy's or (albeit later on in the round) Okiku's. Morgul can attack much faster than usual after being stunned due to RAGE, which doesn't give Investigators much time to use an Energy Bar or bottle of Painkillers to run away or caboose more easily. If Morgul does manage to grab an Investigator, BRUTE will cause them to be devoured the next time Morgul grabs them (unless if they use a Medkit). Morgul will also instantly devour Vincent due to his ELDER trait but will kill Phileas in the usual three hits.

## Skins

Enraged (Default)Scout (+1 Idol Influence, -1 Light Resistance)Infected (+1 Horror, -1 Skill Usage)Hardened (+1 Light Resistance, -1 Idol Influence)Militia (+1 Skill Usage, -1 Horror)
### Timed Skins

Chocolate (Easter, March 25th - April 16th)Big Head (April Fool's Day, March 31st - April 2nd)Christmas (Christmas, December 4th - ???)
## Trivia

* Morgul's name most likely comes from Project Mogul, which was a secret U.S. military project involving microphones on high-altitude balloons to detect soundwaves by the Soviet atomic bomb tests.
* Morgul is the only Creature added after the Early Access phase to not be Downloadable Content.
* Strangely, on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game, Morgul's Chocolate skin is invisible.
* Morgul is the only non-DLC Creature to lack a character-specific achievement in the Steam version.
* Morgul and Rusalka are currently the only characters to have teaser images.
* Morgul is the only Creature to have their initial appearance on an update banner use an alternate skin.

## Gallery

The first textureless image of Morgul shownThe second textureless image of Morgul shownThe third Morgul teaserScout Morgul on Update #33: Warped Mind's update banner