Few could predict that the boyвЂ™s ramblings about his salvation at the hands of a вЂњgolden morning lordвЂќ would spawn a cult that somehow made inroads in the hearts of the naturally suspicions and cynical Baroivans. One morning in 475 BC, a young outlander boy named Martyn Pelkar stumbled out of the Svalich Woods. This boyвЂ™s name and more of his history is detailed in the Ravenloft Gazetteer Vol 1. The Cult of the Morninglord was born late in the fifth century, after the faithвЂ™s founder claimed that when he was a young boy, the Morninglord appeared to him in physical form and protected him from the roaming menaces of the Barovian night. We learn from the 3.5E Ravenloft PlayerвЂ™s Handbook (2005) that The worship of the morninglord came from the confused memories of an outlander (i.e not from Barovia/Ravenloft) child saved from Strahd von Zarovich by the elf vampire Jander Sunstar.

AndralвЂ™s worship had died out in the 4th century, Barovian Calendar, but the CotM would not arrive for at least another century. WeвЂ™ve already learned how the Cult of the Morninglord (CotM) supplanted the worship of Andral in Barova. Instead, this is not part one as I already started this research with a dive into St Andral, but there will hopefully be more on the Morninglord to follow, and who am I to pass up a chance to reference Mountain Goats deep cuts?ДЄny Realms-savvy dungeon master or player will recognize and connect the title and symbols of the Morninglord to Lathander, the Forgotten RealmsвЂ™ god of the dawn, the god of beginnings, of spring, birth, and renewal (SCAG p. Starting a multi-post deep-dive into Barovian religion with an overview of the Morninglord might have been the smart approach, but I canвЂ™t say that much planning went into deciding to write these posts.

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