The old gods of Vorgath — solar deities whose worship centered on light, warmth, and the turning of honest seasons. Their temples stand cold and empty; their names are spoken now only in curses and forgotten prayers.
The Solar Pantheon
Before the Dimming, Vorgath worshipped a family of sun-aligned deities collectively called the Suncrests. They were not abstract — they were personal, depicted as a radiant family standing on the horizon, their hair made of light. Their faith was the bedrock of the old kingdom.
The Named Suncrests
- Aelvorn the Father-Light — the noonday sun, patron of kings and oaths. His temples were the grandest; his silence is the most damning.
- Miraeth the Dawn-Mother — the rose-gold light of morning, patron of birth, mercy, and new beginnings. Midwives still whisper her name, though they don't believe she hears.
- Theldric the Ember-Son — the dying light of dusk, patron of hearths, endings, and the dead's peaceful rest. His domain over the dead sleeping is bitterly ironic now.
- Vassen the Pale Watcher — the white light of high winter, patron of endurance and the old winter festivals. Of all the Suncrests, his worship lingers longest among the peasantry.
The Silence
When the sun died, the Suncrests went silent. No prayer has been answered since. Their priests either abandoned the faith, went mad, or were absorbed into the Compact's bureaucratic structure as "hearth-priests" — secular functionaries who bless hearth-fires out of tradition rather than belief.
The Ashbound Covenant teaches that the Suncrests were false — minor spirits at best, who fled or died when the true nature of the dark was revealed. The Compact officially ignores theology. The peasantry still carves sun-sigils over their doors, "just in case."