Difference between revisions of "Lightsong"

|died=Sacrificed his [[Divinedivine Breath]] to heal [[Susebron]]{{book ref|warbreaker|57}}

|booksfirst appeared=[[Warbreaker]]

As a [[Returned]], Lightsong has a [[Divinedivine Breath]] which gives him the benefits of being on the [[Fifth Heightening]]. This includes:

Before being Returned, Lightsong was an accountant named '''Stennimar''' who was often employed to discover fraud or embezzlement by looking through ledgers to find discrepancies. Stennimar and his niece [[Tatara]] would often go sailing as it was a hobby of Llarimar, his brother, Llarimar. During one of the excursions, they borrowed the boat ''[[Red Panther]]'' and set sail, and encountered a terrible storm. In the chaos, a massive wave swept Tatara overboard and into the raging waters. Stennimar leaped into the ocean and managed to tie her to a rope despite barely knowing how to swim. While he managed to save Tatara's life, Stennimar was unable to save his own life and drowned in the depths. After his death, [[Endowment]] granted Stennimar a vision of war and destruction. He was offered a choice to Return and prevent this from happening, which he took.{{book ref|wb|57}} His Return restored the faith of his older brother, [[Llarimar]], who became Lightsong's high priest.{{book ref|wb|54}}{{book ref|wb|57}}

Lightsong's attitude at the time of his returning was one of indolence.{{book ref|wb|38}} After meeting Calmseer and starting a relationship of mutual respect turned physical with her, he gains a drive to become the god everyone expected him to be and gives up his lazy ways. This backfires when he fails miserably, leaving his followers dissatisfied and the other gods mocking him for being a hypocrite. He blames his failure on the other gods who would not take his new attitude seriously, and reverts back to his languorous ways with a newly sharpened wit which he let loose with as much vengeance as he could muster. Nobody was offended by his verbal jabs, and instead took it as natural that he act in such a way; and so he perpetuated this attitude.{{wob ref|69576958}}