Cult of the Eternal Flame

The Cult of the Eternal Flame was a cult devoted to Imix and one of the four cults responsible for the Elemental Evil crisis.

Activities
The followers of the Eternal Flame cult were fascinated by the destructive power of fire in all its manifestations. They aspired to use the power of fire to eradicate the "corruption" of both civilization and nature using volcanic eruptions, forest fires, heat waves, and droughts, in order to herald a new world of ash and cinders ruled by fire alone. In the fire cultists' doctrine, the world and all its peoples were wicked and malformed, and the only hope was to purify everything, reducing all to smoking cinders.

Recruitment
The Eternal Flame recruited from among those drawn to destruction for its own sake. This philosophy was very popular among creatures of elemental fire and even non-intelligent fire monsters served the fire cultists.

While seeking new members, the cult would sometimes masquerade as the Circle of the Scarlet Moon, a druid circle trying to restore nature's balance in the Dessarin Valley.

Tactics and philosophy
The fire cultists' main personality traits were impetuousness, hotheadedness, and violence. However, they did not act like mindless savages; they used a touch of fiendish inventiveness in their impetuousness. In their forges managed by captured slaves, they created new instruments to advance their crazy philosophy. Fire cultists considered it a necessary step in their plan to unleash chaos over the world, to conquer, and to enslave.

History
The modern fire cult began when Vanifer recovered one of the four elemental weapons crafted centuries before by the drow archmage and Elder Elemental Eye cultist Vizeran DeVir.

All their work culminated in 1491 DR at in the Fane of the Eye, under the ruined dwarven city of Tyar-Besil. Working simultaneously with the other three elemental cults, the fire cultists tried to summon Imix to Toril using members of a missing diplomatic delegation from Mirabar and other captives as sacrifices.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Princes of the Apocalypse
 * Video Games
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Embers of Elmwood • Flames of Kythorn
 * Embers of Elmwood • Flames of Kythorn