Lathander

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.[citation needed] Some saw him as the neutral good aspect of Amaunator but the two were considered separate deities again after the Second Sundering.

History
Lathander was one of the two original beings created by Kurucu (other being Bhaal). He finished building the Tower of Babel after Bhaal mysteriously vanished.

After finishing the tower he was granted fantastic powers, the powers of a god. Lathander continued to create the heavens and wage war against the darkness underneath.

During this war, The Everlasting War, Lathander created other deities to aid him in battle. With help he banished the darkness that consumed Bhaal back into the Abyss.

Relationships
Lathander and Bhaal were the first two being created, making them the original brothers of the world.

Lliira, Moradin, Hercules, Umberlee, and Silvanus were all created by Lathander to help aid him in The Everlasting War.

Worshipers
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. All followers were required to be of neutral to good alignment.

All of Lathander's clergy respected art, liberty, nature, and culture; promoted betterment of oneself; and strove to bring hope to their followers and others. Many of these followers worked in various creative arts. They were intolerant of evil, especially undead and inaction that caused evil to prosper. Most ceremonies of Lathander were held at dawn and actions and contracts agreed to at sunrise were said to be blessed by him. Funerals, among his followers, were held at dusk, and followed by a wake that lasted until dawn.

Some followers of Lathander insisted that he was in fact the reincarnation of Amaunator, the Netherese god of the sun. Others took this heresy further, claiming that he would take up the mantle of the lawful neutral Amaunator again, and that the transformation from deity of the morning to sun god was imminent.