Of course, Lathander had only been able to create something this interesting with Hill's help.
Taming these unruly metals and finding a circuit they could all accept was no easy task.
They could ignore everything while building it, but when Joss placed that Dawnstone atop the tower, he had to connect the circuit in an instant... otherwise, the Dawnstone simply could not be set in place.
So while it looked as though Joss had placed it, Hill, standing beside him, had actually helped him do so.
Though he was not a follower of the Dawn Lord, Hill bore blessings of light—especially sunlight—which allowed him, with Lathander's permission, to bypass those rules.
Though Shar looked as if she could hardly bear the sight... the Daughter of Dark Night simply could not imagine a human who was not her follower being able to use one of her divine artifacts governed by her laws.
This was entirely different from something like the Verdant Codex, which had essentially been created by followers and merely received the Gods' recognition as an ordinary divine artifact.
It was practically equivalent to Lathander opening a gate for Hill straight into the heart of his Divine Kingdom.
If Hill wanted to, he could render all of Lathander's Dawn Towers useless.
Shar believed Hill's character would keep him from doing something so immoral... but there had been no need to take even a one-in-a-million risk.
Why gamble the future on a holy tower that might never prove useful?
Hill was fine now.
But what about the Hill of the future?
No one knew whether Hill, who persisted on the path of the Mage, might one day walk down a road where he no longer cared about anyone else.
Just like Elminster now.
The Archmage who had fled to the Astral