There are seven beings numbered as Lightbringers. They are: Orlanth, Chalana Arroy, Lhankor Mhy, Issaries, Eurmal, Flesh Man, and Ginna Jar. The last two are not worshiped deities, however. Flesh Man was a mortal being, a grandchild of Grandfather Mortal, who was first-made Man and who lived on
the slopes of The Spike. Save Humakt
and Eurmal, he was the only witness
to the death of Grandfather Mortal.
This sight made him prophetic, but all
his outcries and anguish failed to warn
the greater beings of the cosmos. As the
world slowly succumbed to the vices
of Death, the Flesh Man grew more
and more crazed by the weight of his
knowledge. He fled but found only the
future wherever he went. Even a major
healing effort by Arroin did not cure
him, though the meeting provided him
a valuable ally.
Chalana Arroy was a healing
goddess who, save for her healing, had
sat passively while the world grew ill in
the Gods War. She hoped to await the
coming of the disease of the cosmos,
but it did not come, and she met Flesh
Man instead. She then chose to follow
the mortal who said he was heading
for the Great Doom, setting off on the
Lightbringers’ Quest.
Orlanth, skilled in battle and friend
to adventure, was the slayer of the Sun.
When Yelm, the Sun God, fell and went
to the Underworld, it cast the world into
the Lesser Darkness. Orlanth eventually
decided to right this wrong he had done,
his path then crossing that of Flesh
Man and Chalana Arroy, and they all
joined together.
Issaries was absent from his golden
home on the Spike when the disaster
struck and robbed him of home and
kin. He traveled on through the dangers,
rootless, ever protective of his own
place. He met Lhankor Mhy, who was
the holder of many secrets, and the two
became friends.
Lhankor Mhy, grandson of the
god Acos, was the holder of knowledge.
When the Spike exploded, he began
collecting many pieces of the stone,
keeping its secrets as his own. He could
use these secrets himself but was loath
to give them up even in exchange. Even
so, he contributed to the Quest.