# [[Church of Sol]]
The monotheistic religion of the [[Empire of Light]], follows the tenets of the god [[Sol]], the protector of all civilization.
>Leadership: [[Emperor Bahamir II]]
>Headquarters: [[Zenithir]]
# Creation Myth
The foundation of the Church of Sol is the [[The Age of Gods and the Just War|Holy War]] that happened in the Age of Gods, with [[Sol]] coming out victorious and creating the church.
![[The Age of Gods and the Just War#The Age of Gods and the Just War]]
# Saints and Viles
Despite recognizing [[Sol]] as the only god, the Church recognizes many Saints as divine deities. A Saint is said to be the essence of a dead god or exceptional individual, greatly illuminated by the glory of Sol, and powerful enough to impart divine energy to mortals.
Many priests will favor a saint and include them in their prayers and rituals.
The Church also recognizes entities as Vile. A Vile entity is opposed to a Saint and said to be undignified and dishonored creatures. Vile entities are not worshipped but loathed and despised.
## List of Deities of the Church of Sol
| Deity | Concerns | Cleric Domains |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| [[Sol\|Sol Invictus]] | The Sun, civilization, protection, the Auroran Empire. | Light, Order, Life, War |
| [[Saint Luna]] | The Moon, family, community, contracts, commerce, the tides. | Light, Order, Life, Peace |
| [[Saint Ceren]] | Health, harvest, family, hearth, peace. | Life, Peace, Grave, Nature |
| [[Saint Lavernia]] | Passage, travel, crossroads, pranks, traps. | Trickery, Twilight, Nature |
| [[Saint Míthrin]] | Arcane magic, mithral, elven communities. | Arcana, Knowledge, War |
| [[Cultures/Religion/Deities/Saint Jernod\|Saint Jernod]] | Earth, metals, tunnels, crafts, fire, dwarves. | Forge, Order, War, Knowledge |
| [[Saint Daarivux]] | The sky, storms, dragons, chaos magic. | Tempest, War |
| [[Vile Abaddon]] | Darkness, chaos, shadows. | Death, War |
| [[Vile King Lucius IV]] | Conquest, undeath, necromancy. | Death, Arcana, Order, Light, War |
| [[Saint Henric the Fabricator]] | Industry, artifice. | Arcana, Forge |
| [[Saint Bartholomew the Finder]] | Safe travel, luck, the lost, quests. | Trickery, Knowledge |
| [[Saint Jory the Settler]] | Settlers, travelers, change, the horizon. | Life, Light, Order |
| [[Saint Malcolm the Sharer]] | Solidarity, community, equity. | Order, Peace |
| [[Saint Francis the King]] | Freedom, justice, the Liberated. | Life, Order, Trickery |