ARN
Arn
Lesser God of the Sun
Alignment: NG
Domains: Good, Healing, Light, Sun
Symbol: A radiant half circle of bronze, representing the rising sun
Worshipers: Simple townsfolk, farmers
Favored Weapon: Staff
Arn is commonly depicted as a male figure in flowing white and yellow robes carrying a bronze sun-tipped staff. His priests mimic these garments. Arn has a simple, pragmatic dogma and is therefore relatively popular among the common people. His followers shroud the symbol of their god at sunset and celebrate the rise of the sun by removal of that shroud in a short ritual with little formal ceremony, uttering a simple prayer of thanks to their god. Unlike other clerics, followers of Arn's spells are renewed once the sun has fully risen at the conclusion of the unshrouding ritual. Arn's clerics must actually witness the sunrise and participate in the unshrouding ritual to regain their spells. Some followers of Arn are druids and it is not uncommon for priests of Arn to have that class in addition to cleric levels. Some druid priests may be Chaotic Neutral. His priests are bound to heal anyone who presents themselves for such aid following the rising of the sun. Those in greatest need are treated first. It is believed among Arn's followers that the first rays of the sun - "the fingers of Arn" - carry healing qualities. Scholars believe that Arn is a debased and simplified version of an ancient greater sun god though worshippers of Arn disagree.