Lathander
Lathander | ||
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Alignment | Neutral Good | |
Divine Rank | Greater God | |
Pantheon | Faerun | |
Portfolio | Athletics, Birth, Dawn, Spring, Vitality, Youth | |
Domains | Good, Nobility, Protection, Renewal, Strength, Sun | |
Home Plane | Morninglory, in the House of Nature (Elysium) | |
Worshippers | Good folk, Creative folk, Rich folk, Fit folk. | |
Favoured Weapon | Dawnspeaker (Mace) |
Lathander is/was the main god of the Sun in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. While he is one of the most significant gods of the setting, his status is in a bit of uncertainty. He is probably the reborn aspect of a much older god of the Sun: Amaunator (see below) but unusually for divine aspects, the two deities have quite varied goals and portfolios.
Lathander is probably also Pelor from the core setting, though probably a younger, more handsome version of Pelor.
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Amaunator
Amaunator | ||
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Alignment | Lawful Neutral | |
Divine Rank | Greater God / Dead God | |
Pantheon | Faerun | |
Portfolio | The Sun, Law, Contracts, Bureaucracy, more Law and Time (by legal technicality) | |
Domains | Law, Nobility, Planning, Sun, Time | |
Home Plane | House of Nature (Mechanus) | |
Worshippers | Ancient Netheril, Politicians, 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 strict adherence to the Law, to the point that he supposedly only for the portfolio of Time due to a punctuation mistake which said that he would be "Amaunator shall be responsible for all time. The misrepresentations of his followers". So yeah... he's a classic RAW abuser using in order 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 be a Astral shipping hazard and he was replaced by a new, younger and more vibrant sun god who was more down with the kids.
The Deities of Forgotten Realms | |||
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Lawful | Neutral | Chaotic | |
Good | Ilmater • Nobanion • Torm • Tyr | Chauntea • Deneir • Eldath • Enlil • Gwaeron Windstrom • Lathander • Mielikki • Milil • Mystra • Shiallia | Lliira • Lurue • Selûne • Sharess • Sune • Tymora • Valkur |
Neutral | Azuth • Helm • Hoar • Jergal • Kelemvor • Red Knight • Savras • Siamorphe • Ulutiu | Akadi • Ao • Auppenser • Gond • Grumbar • Istishia • Karsus • Kossuth • Oghma • Silvanus • Tempus • Ubtao • Waukeen | Finder Wyvernspur • Ibrandul • Leira • Mask • Shaundakul • Uthgar |
Evil | Asmodeus • Bane • Gargauth • Gilgeam • Iyachtu Xvim • Loviatar | Auril • Bhaal • Myrkul • Shar • Velsharoon | Beshaba • Cyric • Garagos • Malar • Moander • Talona • Talos • Umberlee |