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{{Multi Infobox
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{{Infobox NPC
|name = Imaru
|image = Imaru (Specter Form).png
|release = 15 December 2025
|update = Eye_on_Ashenfall_-_0.10
|location = Imaru's Tower
|race = [[Dragonwilds:Dragon (race)|Dragon]]
|gender = Female
|aka = The Soul Eater}}
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{{Infobox Monster
| name = Imaru, the Soul-Eater
| image = Imaru.png
| release = 15 December 2025
| update = Eye_on_Ashenfall_-_0.10
| location = Fellhollow
| power_level = 5
| health = 14000
| race = [[Dragonwilds:Undead]] [[Dragonwilds:Dragon (race)|Dragon]]
| weakness = None
| resistance = None
| immune = Poison, Burn, Bleed
| aggressive = Yes
| respawn = Every new boss instance started.
}}
}}
'''Imaru the Soul-Eater''' is an [[Dragonwilds:undead]] blue [[Dragonwilds:Dragon (race)|dragon]] infused with the [[Dragonwilds:Wild Anima|wild anima]] of [[Dragonwilds:Ashenfall]] and the energy of the {{RSL|Underworld}} by drinking from the {{RSL|River Noumenon}}{{CiteVideo|author=IGN|title=RuneScape: Dragonwilds - Fellhollow Expansion Official Cinematic Narrative Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWA7tSeCf0M|timestamp=|date=14 December 2025|site=YouTube|name=imaru}}. She was one of [[Dragonwilds:Kuldra]]'s generals, who rules over [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]], a boss monster who was introduced with the 0.10 update.

Her lair is located within the [[Dragonwilds:Hope's Fall]] region of [[Dragonwilds:Fellhollow]] and is magically sealed. For the player to enter her lair, they have to find three curse fragments and use them to dispel the barrier that prevents entry. If you have faced Imaru (and defeated her), you will need to re-collect all of the curse fragments to unlock the magical seal. Unlike [[Dragonwilds:Velgar]]'s world events, Imaru only attacks the player out in the world if they are soul-rifting for too long.

==History==
===Early life===
While origin unknown, Imaru, like all other dragons in Ashenfall, was created by the [[Dragonwilds:Dragonkin (race)|dragonkin]]. With her mate, [[Dragonwilds:Xikotal]], Imaru had settled within the region of Fellhollow. Soon, human settlers would find their way to the dragons, who at first ignore the humans,{{CiteJournal|journal=Lazilly-Penned Diary|quote=You’d think they’d be cruel landlords, given that they’re dragons and all. After them beast people turned on our Southern neighbours and wiped them all out, you’d expect these dragons to do the same. They was working together after all.

But, no, that’s not how it goes. Or at least not how it’s going. The two of them kept their distance at first, pretending we weren’t here. We watched as the flight of dragons swept over us and ignored us altogether, fearing the side eyes from our two new friends.}} but later befriended them.{{CiteJournal|journal=Lazilly-Penned Diary|quote=Then, when it were all over and done with, here they were. Talking to us, as though we were neighbours. Speaking to us as though we were friends.}} Imaru and Xikotal would soon help their new friends, helping them helps cities, farmland, and control the weather.{{CiteJournal|journal=Lazilly-Penned Diary|quote=Her magic brought rain and his calmed the winds, so that our harvests were plentiful, and our population bloomed. All it costs is a few sheep or cows every once in a while, a pretty good deal if you ask me}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Second Journal|quote=these dragons watch over the villagers, help them with construction, farming, all sorts of stuff.}} Those under who she and Xikotal protects would be given some sort of blessing, an enchantment woven over each of the settlers.{{CiteJournal|journal=Dragon-Embossed Journal|quote=Gran says that’s what the Blessing is, that little dragon magic in our bones. An enchantment woven over each of us, as part of the dance. It makes us healthier, makes us heartier, makes us better than before.}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Captain Rainer's Journal|quote=Since most of us had not undergone this so-called “Blessing”,}} She also appointed guards to protect her and Xikotal when they go into a long torpors.{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Sword|quote=She was chosen by Imaru as one of her guards, not that a dragon needed such a thing, and she was responsible for the defense of the dragons when they fell into the weeks-long torpors they were known to suffer.}}

After the [[Dragonwilds:Dragon Rebellion]], Kuldra had issued an extermination to the human settlements in Ashenfall, minus a few. She took notice of Imaru's and Xikotal's mercy. Finding this as betrayal, she would descend onto the region to handle it herself.{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Sword|quote=When Kuldra descended on the region, demanding humanity's destruction,}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Platelegs|quote=When Kuldra arrived it was as if the air had grown heavy, pressing down on everyone. A whole village fell silent as the Godeater turned her gaze upon them.}} Imaru and Xikotal would deny Kuldra, rejecting her demands and rise against her, the humans would rise with them.{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Platelegs|quote=As Imaru and Xikotal rose to face her, villagers instinctively ran to don their heirloom steel armour, hoping that they wouldn‘t have to use it, but knowing in their hearts that they would.}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Steel Sword|quote=She was chosen by Imaru as one of her guards, not that a dragon needed such a thing, and she was responsible for the defense of the dragons when they fell into the weeks-long torpors they were known to suffer.}} But, even with numbers on their side, Kuldra proved too powerful. In Imaru's horror, she witnessed her mate's heart get ripped out of his chest, and be devoured by Kuldra.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=I have a new customer, and she won’t fit through the door.
Odd to empathise with a dragon, but I do. We all saw what happened. I watched as the great multi-headed dragon queen pulled Xikotal’s heart from his chest and ate it in front of his mate.}} Instead of killing Imaru, Kuldra leaves her to her grief, considering this as punishment for disobeying her.

Imaru sought out [[Dragonwilds:Ravanna]], a sorcerer who had practiced in the magical arts, including necromancy {{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Second Journal|quote=I set up a little shop. Can you imagine? Me, with a shop! Just selling little potions and salves, and services for those that need to speak with the dead.}}. She begged for her beloved back, but Ravanna declined, as she was not powerful enough to reanimate things to that degree.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=After the death of her mate she came to me seeking a way to bring him back. Necromancy doesn’t work like that, at least not yet and certainly not within my skill set.}} Instead, she offered her a different solution, a curse to allow her to take vengeance on Kuldra.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=Curses, though, that I’m good with those.

Imaru’s rage makes her the perfect focus. The beating heart around the darkest magics. She can be a weapon against the Godeater,}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=thought I could offer her something almost as good. I offered her revenge. I created a curse within her, using her grief and rage as a focus, so that it might strengthen her against Kuldra.}} As such, she bestowed a curse, that would turn Imaru's grief into power, a blade for the Godeater.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Third Journal|quote=he rage of a dragon, combined with the power of a grief-curse, such a thing could be the blade needed to slit Kuldra’s throat.}} However, this was not enough to even stand a chance against Kuldra, who killed her quite easily. {{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fourth Journal|quote=So Imaru died. Fell to the ground in a crumbled heap}} However, due to the very curse put on her, Imaru did not give up, she instead drank from the '''River Noumenon''', and clawed her way out of the underworld, resurrecting herself to continue her vengeance, however, that came with a cost...corruption.<ref name="imaru" /> Wedging her way out of the underworld had caused the the river to somehow be blocked,{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=Things are so much worse than I thought. The River Noumenon, the way to the Afterlife, is blocked}} with some starting to leak into the surface of Fellhollow.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=She claws at the edge of the Underworld, creating rifts that bleed the Noumenon’s waters into our world like some deadly poison that rips out the soul.}} This would give her a hunger for souls, and decides to give into it, feasting on those she swore to protect, turning them into undead.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Fifth Journal|quote=She uses her “Blessing” as an anchor to her people, dragging their souls to her so that she might feast and grow stronger.

So focused on strength and power, on beating Kuldra, that she doesn’t think about what happens to everyone else. My soul is protected, warded by the curse that rages inside me, but the other villagers aren’t so lucky.}}{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=The necromantic energies of the Underworld then wash back through the Blessing and into her subjects, animating their bodies and filling them with an unquenchable thirst for more souls. They’re nothing but withered husks of themselves, all humanity drained away and all that’s left is a terrible, clawing, need.}} Soon, this curse and rot would start spreading, even those who were not blessed would start becoming undead,{{CiteJournal|journal=Captain Rainer's Journal|quote=Since most of us had not undergone this so-called "Blessing", we thought we were safe from this terrifying transformation}} as this necrotic magic would infect those bitten.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ulgo's Diary|quote=Fun game. Laughed a lot. Even though new friend bit me a few times. Must have gotten overexcited. Ulgo understand, Ulgo bite too.}}

With Imaru continuing to consume the souls of Fellhollow, her strength grows.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=With each soul she devours she grows stronger and her grip tightens. Her hunger grows, she craves more and more, and she’ll never stop.}} Soon, Fellhollow became a place of rot and wither, with undead ruling the region.<ref name="imaru" /> In her guild, Ravanna attempts to fix her mistake, knowing that Imaru would never stop consuming souls, she decides to seal her in the [[Dragonwilds:Imaru's Tower|tower]], to prevent her from heading to the rest of Ashenfall, and [[Dragonwilds:Gielinor]].{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Sixth Journal|quote=So, one I must undo. I cannot break the curse. I cannot end her wrath. For all my skills I am nowhere near a match for her in battle. All I can do is protect the rest of Ashenfall, and Gielinor, by keeping her locked away.}} After successfully locking her away, she separated the essence of Imaru's curse into three fragments, spreading them across Fellhollow,{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Seventh Journal|quote=I have taken the essence of her curse and bound it to the plinths.....I have split them across the region,}} in hope that in the future, someone more skilled and powerful than her would be able to use the very curse against Imaru.{{CiteJournal|journal=Ravanna's Seventh Journal|quote=Doing so will bind them to her curse in the same way that she is, but only for a while. Strong enough to challenge her. Strong enough to harm her. Without the curse she’s invulnerable, but the very same thing that makes her powerful, makes her weak.}}

===Sixth Age===
{{OccDur|Withering Heights}}
In the [[Dragonwilds:Sixth Age]], [[Dragonwilds:Death (Grim Reaper)|Death]] would recruit some [[Dragonwilds:Player Character|Adventurer]](s) to enter Fellhollow, where they would work with [[Dragonwilds:Cathan]] and search for the [[Dragonwilds:Curse Fragment|curse fragments]] to confront Imaru. Despite being sealed within her tower, she is was still able to use her specter form to command the [[Dragonwilds:Lost Soul|tormented souls]] and [[Dragonwilds:Ghost Wolf|Ghost Wolves]] to attacking them when they are [[Dragonwilds:Soul Rifting|Soul Rifted]], as well as appearing when she grows impatient. After gathering the fragments and removing the seal, the Adventurer(s) confront Imaru, empowered with the same curse, and defeated her, ending her reign in Fellhollow, putting all the souls to rest.

==Drops==
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{{DropsLine|name=Imaru's Head|quantity=1|rarity=Always}}
{{DropsLine|name=Serrated Claw|quantity=1|rarity=1/10}}
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==Journal==
{{Journal entry|Once, Imaru was a gentle creature. She and her mate, the black dragon Xikotal, would dance through the air together, lost in their love. Although the dragon's rage still burned inside her, the cooling power of the water she was infused with, calmed herand brought the reason and clarify that she enjoyed

Dragonkin experiments had robbed her of the one thing she craves, to be a mother. So when the humans came to the region, she convinced Xikotal that they should take them under their wing, becoming protectors and, perhaps, even parents to the fragile things.

Together, they built a society with peace and cooperation at its core. The villagers thrived, and Imaru and her mate thrived with them. She used magic within her to bless her new pets, making sure that she could protect them wherever they were

How cruel a thing is fate? once protector, Imaru became the threat. After being slain by Kuldra, Imaru became a blighted thing. She refused to pass into the afterlife and wedged herself within the river of souls, feasting on the dead of Fellhollow in search of power. Once the guardian of her beloved adopted children, Imaru was lost to everything but the rage and grief. She would have torn apart the world for one more shot at Kuldra.

Fortunately, that won't be an option.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" style="text-align:left">
File:Imaru (concept art).png|Imaru concept art.
File:Imaru (trailer appearance).png|Imaru appearance in the trailer.
File:Imaru (Cinematic trailer appearance 1).png|Imaru and her mate.
File:Kuldra and Imaru (Cinematic trailer appearance 1).png|Imaru and her with Kuldra in the background.
File:Ravanna cursing Imaru.png|Ravanna empowering imaru with a curse.
File:Kuldra (Cinematic trailer appearance 2).png|Imaru confonrting Kuldra.
File:Imaru killed by Kuldra.png|Imaru's death.
File:Imaru drinking from the river of souls.png|Imaru drinking from the river of souls in the underworld.
File:Undead Imaru .png|Imaru returning as an Undead
File:Imaru (Specter Form).png|Imaru's specter's form
File:Imaru Spectral Form (Boss Fight).png|Imaru in her spectral form charging up an powerful attack
</gallery>

==Music==
''Unknown''

==Trivia==
* Imaru's appearance is similar to that of {{RSL|Vorkath}}, an undead dragon from both ''RuneScape'' and ''OldSchool RuneScape''.
** They share a similar backstory to ''RuneScape's'' Vorkath. Neither was aggressive towards humans and shielded them from danger. Both later became undead.

==References==
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{{Withering Heights}}