Anariel¶
Contested
Named in the open questions Goddess of Chaos; demigod alignments; Azrael (Azrael as Anariel's Ascendant or as Lord of Undead among the Rakkarim) and Anariel: dead goddess or the demigod Gwen'ariel.
Anariel, the Lady of the Morning, is the "heir to the throne of Light after the War of the Dark Sun in which Kalar (Creator and Sun God) and Orandos (God of Light) perished" (S422). She restored the Sun at the dawn of the Fifth Age, and the first century of that age is named "The Morning" for her (S326, S132). She inherited about three-tenths of the shards of Kalar and Orandos, raised Ascendants and orders of her own, and then, by the Sancturi Age, is counted among the dead: "with the death of Kalar and his most direct heir, Anariel; the spirits of the dead are in a state of unrest" (S318). Also called Angwen, "the Fallen" (S132), and Gwen'ariel (S182); see the Gap below.
Heir to the throne of Light¶
"Anariel ended up with about 30% of Kalar and Orandos's combined astral shards. The remainder of their shards were split among the Kalari, Rakkari and Necatus" (S422). Her shard domains, in order, are "Sun, Light, Creation Cycle, Order, Judgement, Preservation, Health, Afterlife, Life, Nature, Fire" (S422). Among her Fallen are Ascendants inherited "from Kalar, Orandos" (S422). She is absent from the newest reckoning of the gods, which lists the Kalari Pantheon without her (S420).
The Morning¶
"0 SM (Solis Mani - Morning Sun): The Age of the Dark Sun ends. The Lady of the Morning restores the Sun" (S132). "Survivors of the Age of the Dark Sun universally rejoice in the return of the Sun", and in 2 SM "Sanctorum & Angorra are founded ... by Telgrim and the followers of Anariel" (S326). See the Age of the Dark Sun and Sanctorum.
What she did with the Sun is told two ways. "Angwen/Anariel gave up dominion of the Sun so that no one can control it. Dark Gods have propped up a pretender Sun God hoping to wrest control" (S132). The Sancturi say their Sun God Amu'Solk "arose to wrest control from the addled Riven Sun God, Anariel" (S132); see the Sancturi Pantheon.
Ascendants and orders¶
Her Ascendants each lead an order (S422): Benthus, "former priest of Orandos", the Illuminated Circle, "for research/knowledge"; Tuorm, the knights of the Order of the Exalted Sun; Calassa, "former priestess of Kalar", the priesthood of the same order, with "Sun: Agriculture, Hearth, Warmth, Health"; Nexagar, "First Apprentice, Lesser God of Blue Fire", the Deacons of Azure Light; Bogrash, an orc paladin, the Drautdil Duskriders; Mharlezan, the Emerald Heralds, who "regulate the use of Fel Magic"; Telephior, an Ak'zarai, the Sunstone Sentinels; and Azrael, the Vindicators of the Dawn, "crusaders to destroy nascent evil". The orders have their own page, the Orders of Anariel. The newest reckoning instead makes Azrael "Lord of Undead" among the Rakkarim (S420), and a Trumpet aligned to "Azrael, Lord of the Undead" animates corpses (S010); the conflict is filed.
Worship¶
In the Fifth Age Icrophan is an "Anariel based theocracy, ruled by the Anarial clergy, headed by the Oracle of the Morning" (S319). The Brotherhood of the Sun "follows and worships Kalar, Orandos and Anariel" (S319), and figurines of Anariel are carried as holy objects (S180).
Fate¶
By the Sancturi Age "Kalar and his most direct heir, Anariel" are both dead, and the faithful bound to them go restless (S318). Yet the heir of Orandos endures in another form: "a piece of Orandos (along with his power) merged with Angwen", "the spiritual successor to Orandos, now the Fallen" (S132), and "Anariel might be able to access his memories" (S142). In the Sancturi Age the Kalamite Spear of Radiance is "now in Anariel/Angwen's possession, who is living with the wood elves as the Demi-god Gwen'ariel. She uses the spear to destroy any threatening hollows and to 'bless' newborn elves (by removing any mithis blood). She will not part with it" (S182).
Gap
The sources pair the names Angwen and Anariel without saying how one became the other, and do not reconcile the goddess counted dead in the Doctrines of Death with the demigod Gwen'ariel of the Sancturi Age. Her appearance, symbols and rites are not described.