Lathander's confidence left Hill a little confused.
The Lord of Dawn was not the kind of fool who confused faith with his own strength.
He used faith more to aid his followers, which was why the Dawn Followers were so powerful... the more devout their faith, the greater the power they received in return.
He was nothing like other Gods, acting as middlemen and skimming off the biggest share.
Shar did not really need it either, but she used that complex and chaotic power of faith to weave the Shadow Weave.
Could it be that because Quins was too chaotic, once the meaning of Dawnlight entered it, it became difficult to erase again?
If that was the case, then there was nothing wrong with him clinging tightly to the definitions of "the first ray of light" and "the original light."
The sun and moon in Quins, along with the stars, could not form stable images or meanings.
For that world, abstract concepts such as light and darkness were more stable instead.
Of course, if he could become the Sun God of a normal world, then concepts and definitions would not matter.
But Lathander could not possibly abandon his stronghold and go be some Sun God in a minor world.
He was bound to remain in Toril.
That was why he had always wavered over his path in the past... If the sun could not endure and was destroyed by Shar, what would become of him, the God of dawn?
Lathander had never entertained such thoughts while Amaunator was still around.
It was only after discovering that Toril's Sun God was not only an idiot but also useless that he decided he ought to take the position... Lathander had always been confident. He did not believe that a sun under his