Chruch of the Morning Lord

Also called the Children of the Morninglord, The Cult of the Morninglord is the a growing faith centered in Barovia. In fact, its presence is almost exclusively in Barovia, as the Cult of the Morninglord is perhaps the only active faith in modern times that can be considered a "native" Barovian faith. The Cult worships The Morninglord, a strangely distorted version of Lathander from the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, though Lathander himself is not necessarily the source of the Cult's priests spells due to The Unspoken Pact. Though the Mornginglord's faithful may not openly oppose Count Strahd von Zarovich or hunt vampires, a secret society of vampire hunters exists within the Cult known as the The Dawnslayers. One of their tenets is that of The Midnight Clarion As the Barovians know him, the Morninglord is a deity of everlasting hope and optimism, even in the most severe of conditions. His faith has few strictures for the faithful, save keeping hope alive and bearing good will to each other. The Morninglord's doctrine is one of liberation, calling his clergy and other faithful to uproot the oppressors and uplift the oppressed, bringing hope through action.Undead are seen as a common enemy to the Morninglord and are to to be destroyed when encountered The Cult's religious authority is decentralized into largely independent temples. Doctrine leaves the justice that comes to all evildoers not to laws made by humanity, but rather to the actions of his worshipers or through fate catching up with the transgressors. Still, the Cult does have its traditions. Martyrs for the faith may become sainted as chanticleers, and Nevermore Night is a commonly observed religious holiday. Church doctrine holds undead as common enemy to the Morninglord and the dawn. They are to to be destroyed when encountered. To this end, a secret society of vampire and undead hunters exist within the faith. They are called The Dawnslayers. The Herald of Dawn Prestige Class is associated with the Morninglord's undead hunters. The Dawnslayers' base of operation is the catacombs beneath the Sanctuary of First Light, the greatest of the Cult's temples. It is located in Krezk.