The Way of the Sun

Deity: The One aka The Sun
Alignment: Fellowship of the Heavenly Road
Holy symbol: A golden sun with a silver teardrop in its centre

Sometimes known simply as 'The Sun', the faith was founded in ages long past and is surrounded in myth and legend. It is told that when the lands were first formed and everything was fresh and pure that a creature was gifted from the heavens to the earth to care for and aid the life upon it. This creature was the embodiment of the sun, that which gave life to all things, and it was said to have held great beauty. Wherever the sun shone, there was life and all things flourished. Slowly, as time progressed, the night became jealous of the day and in his jealousy there grew the seeds of corruption and darkness. For the night sent his creatures to the lands and they fed from the purity of life that was given by the sun. As the jealousy grew the creatures became more twisted and corrupt, a blight upon the land that was once so pure. In a final act of frustration and madness the night cast himself within one of his minions and sought the creature of the sun, so that he might slay and destroy the purity of light. Through the shadows he crept, a worm of treachery and deceit, so that none should find his wicked plans. In spite and malice he thrust his tainted blade upon the sun and tore the purity asunder. But in his haste and madness he made a crucial mistake. As the sun fell the force of light bound within him burst across the lands. The night, trapped within a mortal form, fell also, and his essence showered the lands with darkness.

The sun shines still from the heavens, but on the lands where the essence of night is trapped no sun can break the darkness. Still the night cankers to escape his mortal bounds, but to no avail. Over time the legends change and folk forget the truth that was. Now all that folk remember is that there is a place called Nocturne, and that it is always dark, for some terrible things of ages past.

The way of the sun is the way of hope, and of love. It is the way of giving the light within your heart for all to see. To be of the sun is to be of the light and to give from the light. There is but one goal. To show all that live that even in the darkness there can always be light. Even in Nocturne, the sun lives on.

(Arioch) Everdawn - Archdeacon of the Sun