Lathander
Morning Lord
Lathander (pronounced: /lɑːˈθɑːndɛr/ lah-THAN-der), whose title was The Morninglord, was a deity of creativity, dawn, renewal, birth, athletics, spring, self-perfection, vitality and youth. He favored those who dispelled the undead and blessed those who planted new life. Lathander was also the god called upon to bless birth and fertility related ceremonies.
Lathander is considered to be the spouse of Chauntea, and because of this their shrines are often merged into one, typically found on large farms and small hills overlooking pastures and fields.
Lathander is such an important deity to Illuskans that he is praised at sunrise by most who observe their faiths, but not necessarily at a shrine.
There are hardly any temples dedicated to Lathander in the Sword Coast, but he is often the primary deity people pray to in Temples dedicated to Amaunator, and his own priests largely run the Church of Amaunator.
Novices in the Lathanderian faith were called the Awakened, while clerics were known as Dawnbringers. The full priests took a new name in his service when they were ready to signify that Lathander personally recognized and accepted them. This new name could either be used instead of their old name or simply used only when addressing other Dawnbringers and when in solitary prayer. Other titles included (in ascending order): Dawngreeter, Dawnlord, High Dawnlord, and Dawnmaster, while an elite cleric was referred to as a Morninglord.
Divine Domains
The Sun (Sol; the Sun of Realmspace), Light, Renewal, Time, Morning, Dawn,
Holy Books & Codes
The Dawn-Chronicle
Divine Symbols & Sigils
Sunrise made of pink, red, and yellow gems
Holidays
Any dawn, Midsummer morning, the equinoxes
Relationships
Divine Classification
Greater Deity
Realm
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Ruled Locations
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