Batbayar

Batbayar, the Lion of the Sun, is a deity worshiped across Elemnakos, and the successor of the forgotten sun-god Inyaha.

To hear the Librarian tell the story, Batbayar was merely a great day-lion that wandered into an encampment of Tlahal-Bar. They sought to bring back the body of Inyaha to his homeland, unknowing of his true status. However, as water creatures, their progress across dry land was labored and painful, and they held no defense against a predator such as a day-lion.

In Sorcery
The Lion is the arbiter of the realm of the Path of the Sun, a continent of sun-baked desert and arid grasslands. These dry lands are marked by a series of lone pillars inscribed with ever-shifting runes. Mastery of this path of sorcery comes from progressing through the Light’s Maze and deciphering the sun runes carved into the pillars.