Imix is an evil, fiery primordial who serves as the central deity of the firenewt religious and military society operating in Hrakhamar. The firenewts worship Imix through violent rituals and have established a shrine to him in the ancient dwarven forge complex.
Role in the Adventure
Imix functions as the ideological force behind the firenewt occupation of Hrakhamar. His worship drives the firenewts’ militarized behavior, torture practices, and cannibalistic tendencies. The firenewts organize themselves around devotion to Imix, with warlocks serving as religious leaders among the warriors.
Followers and Worship
The firenewts maintain a dedicated shrine to Imix in area 7, where worshipers gather regularly. The shrine features a crude 5-foot-tall statue weighing 150 pounds, constructed from iron, copper, gold, and silver hammered into a vaguely humanoid, fiery form. The statue demonstrates the firenewts’ smithing skill but lacks artistic merit.
Firenewt Warlocks of Imix serve as religious authorities throughout Hrakhamar:
- One warlock supervises workers in the southern forge chamber (area 4)
- Two warlocks in the storage area (area 5) debate whether to denounce the area 4 warlock for heresy
- Two warlocks actively worship at the shrine (area 7)
These warlocks enforce religious orthodoxy and lead worship practices. Internal theological disputes suggest a strict interpretation of Imix’s doctrine, with accusations of heresy arising among the faithful.
Religious Practices
Firenewt worshipers of Imix are notorious as torturers and cannibals. They imprison captured humanoids in cells (area 9), where victims are tied, gagged, and subjected to prolonged torture designed to inflict maximum pain. Most prisoners die within a tenday, though dwarves receive special treatment—the firenewts torture them for information about Hrakhamar’s machinery rather than immediate consumption.
The Shrine and Hidden Keys
The firenewts’ religious devotion inadvertently complicated their access to the treasury. While decorating Imix’s statue, they scraped gold from the treasury door’s lower lock frame and incorporated the actual treasury keys into the statue’s design. An adamantine key fragment appears in the statue’s flames, while a gold fragment is hammered almost beyond recognition. These keys are now damaged beyond repair—not even mending can restore them. However, their impressions survive in an iron box in the treasury’s side chamber, allowing skilled smiths to create copies.