Saint Sollars

Saint Sollars called The Twice Martyred is the tied closely to the Monastery of the Yellow Rose in Damara. The Abbey of St.Sollars resides in Bloodstone Village.

History
Details of Saint Sollars first were first found in the Shoon Imperium, a historical text dating after the fall of Netheril. It was mentioned in the Codex Spirita that Sollars was a worshipper of Ilmater and that he had wandered through Faerun before arriving in the southwest. It is written he was not a native of Faerun and his bald and pale appearance suggested this. Sollars claimed to have come from another distant world, where he was a noble who forewent his station after receiving a vision which guided him to help the poor and suffering of the land. In this kingdom such aid was punishable by death on the rack. When he was brought before the king for his sentence, he begged to be put to death in some other manner since he was unworthy of dying on his god's symbol of faith. The king gleefully fulfilled his wish by torturing him on the rack, but not killing him, then hanging him until he was half-dead and at last drawing and quartering him. Sollars claimed that Ilmater had restored him to life without anyone else's supplication and had given him a vision of Faerun. After traveling many parts of Faerun, Sollars ran afoul of Bhaelros (an alias for Talos), who viewed Ilmater as a deific intruder in his rightful domain. Bhaelros wanted to hurt Ilmater by crushing his favored servant. He sent his three most powerful minions to capture and break Sollars. Sollars not only survived the physical punishment but the mental anguish as well. He finally died a second martyr's death on the rack in the Temple of Divine Truth in Calimport, however, the date of his death is uncertain. The confusion is due in part to the fact that the Ilmatari did not keep accurate records then, and that the ensuing riot over the manifestation of Ilmater's avatar wreaked much havoc on the city. It is also believed by Candlekeep scholars that this event occurred simultaneously and coincidentally with another major catastrophe that rocked Calimport. After this setback, Bhaelros decided to ignore the Ilmatari and focus his efforts elsewhere.

Saint Sollars' symbol is the yellow rose. All church manuscripts of his faction include an illuminated yellow rose next to his name. All church sites dedicated to him use the yellow rose in their motifs. Also, yellow rose bushes are commonly planted at all Ilmatari sites. 

Appearances
The name Saint Sollars first appears in the 1985 ADnD BATTLE SYSTEM supermodule titled Bloodstone Pass by Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson. It wasn't until the later 1980's that the Bloodstone Lands and all it's adventures were incorporated into the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.