Editing Lathander (section)

==Amaunator==
{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Amaunator
|Symbol = [[File:Amaunator Symbol.jpg|150px]]
|Aliases = At'ar the Merciless, Keeper of the Sun, Keeper of Law, Light of the Law, the Yellow God
|Alignment = Lawful Neutral
|Divine Rank = Greater God / Dead God
|Pantheon = Faerûn
|Portfolio = The Sun, Law, Contracts, Bureaucracy, more Law and Time ''([[Rules Lawyers|by legal technicality]])'' 
|Domains = '''3E:''' Law, Nobility, Planning, Sun, Time<br>'''4E:''' Civilization, Justice, Sun<br>'''5E:''' Life, Light
|Home Plane = '''Great Wheel:''' ''Keep of the Eternal Sun'' ([[Mechanus]])<br>'''World Tree:''' ''Morninglory'' (House of Nature)<br>'''[[World Axis]]:''' ''Palace of the Four Suns'' (Eternal Sun)
|Worshippers = Ancient Netherese, Politicians, [[Heresy|Heretical Lathander worshippers]]
|Favoured Weapon = ''Scepter of the Eternal Sun'' (Mace)
}}
Amaunator is the original God of the sun in the Forgotten Realms setting.

He was quite widely worshipped, though was seen as quite a harsh deity, in contrast to the compassionate Lathander. Amaunator's creed was a [[Lawful Stupid|strict adherence to the Law]], to the point that he supposedly only claimed the portfolio of Time due to a punctuation mistake which said that ''"Amaunator shall be responsible for all time. The misrepresentations of his followers"''. So yeah... he's a classic [[RAW]] abuser to gain more power.

However, faith in him practically came to a sudden end when the nation of Netheril collapsed along with the near entirety of his worshippers and so he died a slow death of neglect, like some forgotten pensioner in a care home. Amaunator's corpse was said to become an Astral shipping hazard and he was replaced by a new, younger and more vibrant sun god who was more popular with the kids.

However, the story doesn't end there. Radical priests within Lathander's own church believed that Amaunator never died at all, that he simply became a different god to adapt to a different climate. Though Amaunator was "officially" declared dead and incapable of answering prayers or empowering diving magic, a few people still believed in him. Though they were considered harmless [[Heresy|heretics]] by the mainstream church of the sun god.

However, during the events of the [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition|Spellplague]] Lathander went "SURPRISE!" And pulled off his rubber mask to reveal that he had been Amaunator all along, but rather than assume Lathander's portfolio wholly, Lathander seems to be permitted continued existence as an aspect separate from Amaunator and still answers prayers and provides spells under both guises.