In the mythical world of magic, Wizards had the ability to attach runes to there weapons. Unlike sockets or gems runes only glyph onto a weapon and give stats, such as boosts, may casts, damage and resist. Many of the most villanes worked around creating the strongest weapon.
Some spells may casts:
Aquifer parasalisk: may cast universal pierce aura (+20% pierce) Living-Death: may cast guardian seraph ( revives with 10% health) Combustion overdrive: plus 10% damage boost fire ice storm
Shadowed-light: may cast shadow hit Soul sharpener: plus 10% to death myth life, balance Rebounded fury: gives bonus 60% resist for next turn drains 10% of max health