Sasha (aka Alexi) is another character featured in Vampire of the Mists. The mantle was eventually picked up from Martyn “the Mad” Pelkar by his first acolyte, Sasha Petrovich, and they gathered a congregation at the “Sanctuary of the Blessed Succor” in the Village of Barovia ( Gazetteer I, p. The story seems to go that the boy was in fact saved by Jander Sunstar, the sun elf vampire featured in Vampire of the Mists- the story is not so explicitly told in any of the source books I read, but appears to happen in that novel per a citation in the page for the Morninglord on Mistipedia, a Ravenloft Wiki. The Symbol of the Morninglord, from the Ravenloft Player’s Handbook (3.5E, 2005) Few could predict that the boy’s ramblings about his salvation at the hands of a “golden morning lord” 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 boy’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 faith’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 Player’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. Andral’s worship had died out in the 4th century, Barovian Calendar, but the CotM would not arrive for at least another century. We’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?Īny Realms-savvy dungeon master or player will recognize and connect the title and symbols of the Morninglord to Lathander, the Forgotten Realms’ god of the dawn, the god of beginnings, of spring, birth, and renewal (SCAG p. The Church of the Lawgiver and the Cult of the Morninglord are perpetually in conflict, though it is not an open and bloody one, but hidden and mainly done through influence.Starting a multi-post deep-dive into Barovian religion with an overview of the Morninglord might have been the smart approach, but I can’t say that much planning went into deciding to write these posts. This is by far the most popular religion with the common folk. The Morninglord asks little of his followers, save that they treat each other with kindness and retain hope in their hearts.
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Presumably, when this happens the Morninglord's mouth would be wiped clean clerics often use the phrase "Thy lips be cleansed" in hopes of this day.
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They believe that no matter how dark the night, the dawn will come and that the Morninglord will one day return to lead the world into daylight. Although his body is formed of soft, glowing light, his face is smeared with blood, which the cult says is a sign that even the greatest good may hold some evil stain and even the most depraved evil may contain a spark of goodness. Based on this encounter, the Cult depicts the Morninglord as a luminous sylvan humanoid, similar to an elf. The Cult of the Morninglord was founded around 475 BC by the outlander Matryn Pelkar, who claimed that the Morninglord appeared to him in physical form and saved him from a pack of vampires. Worshippers: Peasants, travelers, victims Symbol: A simple, rose-tinted disc of gold