Sol, The Mighty Light

Sol is the Old God of Light, Healing, Radiance, and Positive Energy.

Virtues

The Mighty Light’s presence across Malpos gives energy and vitality to all. In a cosmos of entropy and decay, Sol’s presence is one of building and growth. The light nurtures plants and gives motion to reptiles. Folk who bask under The Mighty Light find their tasks easier than in the darkness. The stench and filth of mildew and decay are eradicated in Sol’s purifying rays.

Sol’s sight is safety and truth. Where temptations flourish in darkness, Sol’s presence helps keep unsteady hearts true. The monsters of night dare not approach during the day and folk are given the opportunity to work and play in safety.

The presence of Sol grows bonding. By The Mighty Light do you see friends and family. It is during the day that communities freely mingle without need for circumstance or excuse. It is under the sun that children frolic and companions deepen their bonds.

Sol’s touch is health and life. The purity of The Mighty Light is healing for the body. Sol’s swaddling essence is to bring the world into proper accord.

Profanities

To be spited by Sol is to be cast out of The Mighty Light’s domain. The rays of day are fire to your body. To be cast out of the day is to no longer belong in the community of those who truly live. The love of those who walk in the light no longer fills your soul. The food that grows under the open sky no longer satiates your hunger. Everything that is defined as right within The Mighty Light is not meant for you. Your very being is now a taboo and as such your existence is sustained by what is profaned.

To be spited by Sol is to be cursed as a vampire. Your very being is unhallowed. However you might try, no warmth can fill the cavity of having communal life stripped from you. However sweet or filling, no food of the living can satiate the hunger that grows. To be cursed by Sol is to be leached of passion and left as a being of unfulfilled desire that only taboos can curb

An example of this curse can be seen here: Sol's Curse to the Blasphemous

Worship

The Mighty Light’s greatest celebrations occur upon the summer solstice when Sol’s power is strongest and presence exists the longest. The celebration comes after the hard work of spring and before the labors of autumn to harvest. The festivals are filled with the early growing crops and the wild foods that the sun grows outside the fields. These times embrace life itself without the fear of starvation, the sorrow of loss, the praise of being saved, or the hopes to be spared.

Grand Temple: Sol’s Zenith

Sol’s grand temple was built within the Zin Zareth desert within the Storm Broken Lands. Standing tall over the desert, the legendary city of Vicugan (Vicugan: The Legend ) was built around the ziggurat. Sol’s Zenith served as the center of the utopian oasis amid the harsh landscape until an insidious cult started to fester within the oligarchy. Followers of Marnusht, That Which Desires  acted in secret to bring its influence back into the world. Through time, the cult’s actions accumulated to grow their own power and limit Sol’s.

The cultists used the Archeos Gauntlets to build a mesa around Vicugan to cut off the ziggurat’s access to open air. An angelic correspondent was locked within Sol’s Zenith to act as a figurehead to substantiate authority as the cultist grew in rank without receiving divine blessings. By the time of Vicugan’s downfall, the pretenses were dropped. The enclosed city was flooded with tendrils of acidic black sand to erode through doors. Every living being within the city was integrated into Desire.

Aspects

Like all of the Old Gods, the worship of Sol faded in the early ages of Malpos as cultures divided and traditions shifted. The changing belief structures highlighted different aspects of the god’s nature and gave birth to various aspects to share those beliefs. Listed below are a few of Sol’s primary Aspects known to the folk of the world. Each Aspect is listed with the domains of life that empower them.


Pelor, The Dawnfather : Glory, Growth, Life

Lathander, The Morning Lord : Birth, Renewal, Healing

Divine Classification

Old God