Dragonwilds:Imaru

Template:HasStrategy Template:Multi Infobox Imaru the Soul-Eater is an Dragonwilds:undead blue dragon infused with the wild anima of Dragonwilds:Ashenfall and the energy of the Template:RSL by drinking from the Template:RSLTemplate:CiteVideo. 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 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,Template:CiteJournal but later befriended them.Template:CiteJournal Imaru and Xikotal would soon help their new friends, helping them helps cities, farmland, and control the weather.Template:CiteJournalTemplate:CiteJournal Those under who she and Xikotal protects would be given some sort of blessing, an enchantment woven over each of the settlers.Template:CiteJournalTemplate:CiteJournal She also appointed guards to protect her and Xikotal when they go into a long torpors.Template:CiteJournal

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.Template:CiteJournalTemplate:CiteJournal Imaru and Xikotal would deny Kuldra, rejecting her demands and rise against her, the humans would rise with them.Template:CiteJournalTemplate:CiteJournal 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.Template:CiteJournal 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 Template:CiteJournal. She begged for her beloved back, but Ravanna declined, as she was not powerful enough to reanimate things to that degree.Template:CiteJournal Instead, she offered her a different solution, a curse to allow her to take vengeance on Kuldra.Template:CiteJournalTemplate:CiteJournal As such, she bestowed a curse, that would turn Imaru's grief into power, a blade for the Godeater.Template:CiteJournal However, this was not enough to even stand a chance against Kuldra, who killed her quite easily. Template:CiteJournal 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,Template:CiteJournal with some starting to leak into the surface of Fellhollow.Template:CiteJournal 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.Template:CiteJournalTemplate:CiteJournal Soon, this curse and rot would start spreading, even those who were not blessed would start becoming undead,Template:CiteJournal as this necrotic magic would infect those bitten.Template:CiteJournal

With Imaru continuing to consume the souls of Fellhollow, her strength grows.Template:CiteJournal 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 tower, to prevent her from heading to the rest of Ashenfall, and Dragonwilds:Gielinor.Template:CiteJournal After successfully locking her away, she separated the essence of Imaru's curse into three fragments, spreading them across Fellhollow,Template:CiteJournal in hope that in the future, someone more skilled and powerful than her would be able to use the very curse against Imaru.Template:CiteJournal

Sixth Age

Template:OccDur In the Dragonwilds:Sixth Age, Death would recruit some Adventurer(s) to enter Fellhollow, where they would work with Dragonwilds:Cathan and search for the curse fragments to confront Imaru. Despite being sealed within her tower, she is was still able to use her specter form to command the tormented souls and Ghost Wolves to attacking them when they are 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.

Gallery

• Imaru concept art.
  Imaru concept art.
• Imaru appearance in the trailer.
  Imaru appearance in the trailer.
• Imaru and her mate.
  Imaru and her mate.
• Imaru and her with Kuldra in the background.
  Imaru and her with Kuldra in the background.
• Ravanna empowering imaru with a curse.
  Ravanna empowering imaru with a curse.
• Imaru confonrting Kuldra.
  Imaru confonrting Kuldra.
• Imaru's death.
  Imaru's death.
• Imaru drinking from the river of souls in the underworld.
  Imaru drinking from the river of souls in the underworld.
• Imaru returning as an Undead
  Imaru returning as an Undead
• Imaru's specter's form
  Imaru's specter's form
• Imaru in her spectral form charging up an powerful attack
  Imaru in her spectral form charging up an powerful attack

Music

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Trivia

• Imaru's appearance is similar to that of Template:RSL, 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.