Lathander
The Morninglord, Inspiration's Dawn, the Rose-and-Gold God
Divine Domains
Life, Light
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Road traveling into a sunrise.
Tenets of Faith
Lathander is the god of the spring, birth, and rewnewal, a deity of conception, vitality, youth and self-perfection. He is god not of the sun but of the dawn, which represents the start of a new day filled with potential.
Lathander is a god of beginnings. People commonly offer a prayer to him before undertaking any journey or endeavor. Lathander's name is invoked to seal alliances and christen new ventures and companies. As a result, the god is very popular among the merchant classes, and the church has benefited accordingly.
The rising sun is his symbol, and his colors are the rose, gold, and violet of the dawn. Lathander's temples and shrines host a wide range of functions both municipal and personal. At such places folk get married in dawn ceremonies, announce the start of civic projects, and even give birth when possible, to provide the baby with good fortune.
The faithful of Lathander embrace the founding of new communities and the growth of civilization, as long as that civilization gives everyone the potential to succeed. They despise the undead, seeing them as both a corruption of the natural order and a disavowal of new beginnings, because undead cling to their old existence rather than moving on.
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