Pelor, the Dawnfather

The Dawnfather stands lord over sun and summer, his vigil encircling the ages as the keeper of time. Lord of agriculture and harbinger of the harvest, his followers commonly include farmers and most common folk, his priests welcome in lands all over. Supporter of the needy and destroyer of evil, the Dawnfather is often the patron to Paladins and Rangers who follow a similar creed. The Dawnfather is also known for his defeat of the Chained Oblivion, and is revered by those who hunt aberrations.
Tapestries of old match early text describing the Dawnfather as a patronly figure in silver and gold armor, his head a beacon of light and fire so bright that a face could rarely be seen within. Many statues in holy places treat the head as a brazier, lit with each dawn and extinguished with the dusk.
The Dawnfather’s holy day is called Highsummer, and takes place on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. In Emon, the entire week is celebrated with gift-giving and feasting. Festivities begin on Highsummer day and end at midnight on the twenty-first, the day that Zan Tal’Dorei dethroned Trist Drassig at the Battle of the Umbra Hills. In Whitestone, the feast of Highsummer is instead a festival of lights around the Sun Tree; gift-giving is traditional, but the recent Briarwood occupation and the subsequent recovery means money is thin. Most folk choose to spend Highsummer with their family, recounting the small things they are thankful for.

Commandments of the Dawnfather

• Be ever vigilant for evil. People are quick to forget the lessons of the past.
• Help relieve the suffering of the innocent wherever it exists.
• Deliver the light of the Dawnfather where darkness dwells, with kindness, compassion, and mercy.

Type

Religious, Pantheon