Jesus-Lathander
Jesus-Lathander, whose title was The Morninglord, was a deity of creativity, dawn, renewal, birth, athletics, spring, self-perfection, vitality, and youth. He favored those who dispelled the undead and blessed those who planted new life. Jesus-Lathander was also the god called upon to bless birth and fertility related ceremonies. Some saw him as the neutral good aspect of Amaunator but the two were considered separate deities again after the Second Sundering.
Worshippers:
Novices in the Lathanderian faith were called the Awakened, while clerics were known as Dawnbringers. The full priests took a new name in his service when they were ready to signify that Jesus-Lathander personally recognized and accepted them. This new name could either be used instead of their old name or simply used only when addressing other Dawnbringers and when in solitary prayer. Other titles included (in ascending order): Dawngreeter, Dawnlord, High Dawnlord, and Dawnmaster, while an elite cleric was referred to as a Morninglord. All followers were required to be of neutral to good alignment.
All of Jesus-Lathander's clergy respected art, liberty, nature, and culture; promoted betterment of oneself; and strove to bring hope to their followers and others. Many of these followers worked in various creative arts. They were intolerant of evil, especially undead and inaction that caused evil to prosper. Most ceremonies of Jesus-Lathander were held at dawn and actions and contracts agreed to at sunrise were said to be blessed by him. Funerals, among his followers, were held at dusk, and followed by a wake that lasted until dawn.
Some followers of Jesus-Lathander insisted that he was in fact the reincarnation of Amaunator, the Netherese god of the sun. Others took this heresy further, claiming that he would take up the mantle of the lawful neutral Amaunator again, and that the transformation from deity of the morning to sun god was imminent
Sayings:
"From death, life."
"There is always another dawn."
"In the dawn, beauty reigns, and the way is clearer."
Worshippers:
Novices in the Lathanderian faith were called the Awakened, while clerics were known as Dawnbringers. The full priests took a new name in his service when they were ready to signify that Jesus-Lathander personally recognized and accepted them. This new name could either be used instead of their old name or simply used only when addressing other Dawnbringers and when in solitary prayer. Other titles included (in ascending order): Dawngreeter, Dawnlord, High Dawnlord, and Dawnmaster, while an elite cleric was referred to as a Morninglord. All followers were required to be of neutral to good alignment.
All of Jesus-Lathander's clergy respected art, liberty, nature, and culture; promoted betterment of oneself; and strove to bring hope to their followers and others. Many of these followers worked in various creative arts. They were intolerant of evil, especially undead and inaction that caused evil to prosper. Most ceremonies of Jesus-Lathander were held at dawn and actions and contracts agreed to at sunrise were said to be blessed by him. Funerals, among his followers, were held at dusk, and followed by a wake that lasted until dawn.
Some followers of Jesus-Lathander insisted that he was in fact the reincarnation of Amaunator, the Netherese god of the sun. Others took this heresy further, claiming that he would take up the mantle of the lawful neutral Amaunator again, and that the transformation from deity of the morning to sun god was imminent
Sayings:
"From death, life."
"There is always another dawn."
"In the dawn, beauty reigns, and the way is clearer."
Jesus-Lathander
Alignment: Neutral Good
Gender: Masculine
Class: Greater Deity
Domains: Life, Light
Worshippers: Merchants, Travelers
Titles:
Morninglord Commander of Creativity Inspiration's Dawn The Rose-and-Gold God Bringer of the Dawn Lord of Birth and Renewal Patron to Spring and Eternal Youth Mentor of Self-Perfection
Gender: Masculine
Class: Greater Deity
Domains: Life, Light
Worshippers: Merchants, Travelers
Titles:
Morninglord Commander of Creativity Inspiration's Dawn The Rose-and-Gold God Bringer of the Dawn Lord of Birth and Renewal Patron to Spring and Eternal Youth Mentor of Self-Perfection
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