Amaunator Amaunator ( pronounced " ah - MAWN - ah - tor " ) was the Netherese solar deity of order , the sun , law , and time . He was viewed as a harsh but fair deity , revered by many rulers , soldiers , and powerful wizards . It was eventually claimed , following the Spellplague , that Lathander , the Faerûn ian god of the sun , was an aspect of the long - dormant Amaunator . By the Year of the Ageless One , 1479 DR , Amaunator was worshiped both as Lathander and by his own name . History . When Netheril fell , the common people who were not killed by the fall of the enclaves ( the only living worshipers of the deity ) largely abandoned Amaunator , believing that he had done nothing to prevent the disaster . His followers were right , but contractually , his hands were tied . Magic in all its forms was under the exclusive control of Mystryl , and Amaunator had no lawful right to interfere in any way , even when a magical catastrophe , such as Netheril ' s fall , was in the process of occurring . Over the centuries , many theories were put forward by later religious scholars as to what ultimate fate Amaunator met . Some insisted that he died , but others ( notably the Sunmaster s of the Brotherhood of the Glorious Sun ) argued that he was reborn as Lathander . Still others believed he survived as the vengeful Bedine deity known as At ' ar the Merciless and yet others asserted that he turned his back on Faerûn and entered the pantheon of the lands of Kara - Tur , or simply moved on to other planets ( such as Oerth ) . The truth was that with the loss of nearly all his followers in Netheril after its fall , Amaunator began the long , arduous , and painful process of dying of neglect . After about a millennium , he did not have enough power left to maintain his power base in the Outer Planes and was exiled to the Astral Plane . At some point , Amaunator reappeared in the Faerûnian pantheon , in the form of the greater deity Lathander . He gathered strength and allies to himself , and became Faerûn ' s dominant sun god once again . Sages began to predict a clash between Lathander and the Mulhorand i sun god Horus - Re ( assuming the merging of the Faerûnian and Mulhorandi pantheon s ) , but such a fight never came . Even if the pantheons had had time to intermingle and merge before the Spellplague , the fight may not have occurred anyway : Lathander was sympathetic to Horus - Re . In 1371 / 1372 DR , high - ranked cleric s and paladin s of Lathander began to receive messages regarding a mysterious event called the " Deliverance " , leading them to begin an aggressive recruitment campaign . Another major step came when the sunmaster Daelegoth Orndeir became the high priest of the Temple of the Morn . On Midsummer of 1374 DR , he performed a miracle , creating a second sun over the city of Elversult that never set , viewable from 150 miles away . Converts flocked to the city in droves while the church of Lathander pondered on what to do . Lathander revealed himself to be Amaunator in the Year of Blue Fire , 1385 DR , just after the Spellplague . Description . When not taking on the role of Lathander , Amaunator appeared as a lanky man with silver - white hair , a short , week - long growth of white beard , and skin that glowed with a quiet golden radiance . He carried the Scepter of the Eternal Sun in one hand and a large legal tome in the other , and wore the clothes of a magistrate : a long , black or purple gown trimmed with silver or gold . To be in his presence was to feel the awesome power of true law . Personality . Amaunator was a careful and meticulous deity who made certain that every agreement was written down , contracted , signed , sealed , and witnessed . An extremely lawful deity , he followed the letter of the law , not necessarily the spirit of it — unless the spirit was a " great " deal more to his liking . He expected the same of his followers . Amaunator was also occasionally revered as the keeper of time . This artificial " addition " to his portfolio was due to a mispunctuation in a contract between himself and another deity that stated : " . . . Amaunator shall be responsible for all time . any misrepresentations of his or his followers , If so deemed the fault of Amaunator . . . " This unnoticed punctuational snarl of commas and periods led to Amaunator considering himself to be in charge of " all time " . Fortunately , he never officially acted to take over the portfolio , since he was not willing to step on the toes of Mystryl ( the Netherese deity of magic now known as Mystra ) , who was the unofficial keeper of the timestream in Faerûn . Amaunator is viewed as a stern and unforgiving deity dedicated to order above all else . Though not concerned with balanced natural order like Silvanus , he instead advocates for kept promises , contracts , and even that political order be kept among the gods . . Worshipers . Members of the church of Amaunator were powerful political figures at the height of Netheril ' s rule . Amaunator ' s clergy were extremely hierarchical and rulebound . Each Righteous Potentate ( high priest of a temple , called a " Court " ) oversaw all aspects of church functions . No one could perform or be relieved of their duties without the consent of the Righteous Potentate or one of his seven Monastic Abbots . Under each of the seven Monastic Abbots , there were an additional seven High Jurists ( priests ) who served relentlessly , performing whatever duties were assigned to them . Lower ranks of clergy members served beneath the High Jurists , and were known as ( in descending order ) : Jurists , High Magistrates , Magistrates , Defenders of the Law , Lions of Order , Radiant Servants , and Clerks . Within Amaunator ' s church , there was an elite sect of clerics and holy warriors called Sunmaster s , who later represented a branch of the church of Lathander known as the Brotherhood of the Glorious Sun . Priests of Amaunator encourage the establishment of lawful order and bureaucracy in the world at large . They are called on to witness contracts and apply a signatory stamp with the symbol of Amaunator to verify its validity . . Day - to - day activities . All clergy members had to learn , understand , and know how to reap the benefits from ( or exploit ) the laws of the land , the city , and the province they lived in . In order to completely understand the nuances of law and legislature , the clergy constantly drilled each other , practiced law in court whenever possible , and rehearsed law in practice courtrooms . They could not resist investigating the scene of a crime or taking part in the construction of new laws in their locale , and did so with great intensity and fervor . Amaunatori served often in court as judges , to present cases , and to hear legal arguments and disputes . They were paid well to settle merchant disputes over contracts , agreements , and trade practices and made a comfortable living for themselves and their church as arbitrators of all sorts of commercial and personal claims not worthy of the attention of figures of power in ultimate authority . Heresies . The church of Lathander was not without its notable heresies , including the Risen Sun heresy and the Three - Faced Sun heresy , both of which were prominently focused on the return of Amaunator . The former later proved true when Amaunator returned . Temples . A group of Amaunator ' s followers existed in the catacombs beneath the city of Athkatla . This group of followers had been bound by divine contract to forever guard half of the planar rift device , an artifact so powerful the gods cursed it and split it in two . Millennia of guarding took its toll , and gradually the people grew weary of spending their entire lives in this catacomb , dying , and having their souls recycled to the next generation . Amaunator had not spoken to them in many years , and the people lost faith . Their bodies became sick and diseased as a symbol of their despair , and the hatred they focused towards the temple resulted in the formation of a Hate Incarnation , which repeatedly destroyed Amaunator ' s avatar . In 1368 DR , when Gorion ' s Ward and companions entered the catacombs to retrieve the guarded piece of the planar rift device , Amaunator offered no resistance but also no help . Entering the temple , they found that the Hate Incarnation could not be killed in combat ( a wound in faith could not be healed by fighting ) but could be dispelled via healing magics . Amaunator ' s avatar then appeared and gaves the party the device , telling them to reconstruct it and deplete its power so it could be destroyed . After the party returned the depleted rod , Amaunator and his followers , renewed in their faith , departed . Astronomy . Amaunator ' s belt was a constellation that appeared in the sky above the Spine of the World during the summer .