Ahman

Not much is known of Ahman, as Ahman himself can no longer speak to his faithful, and the other gods are oddly silent when it comes to such things. Mortal worshipers of Ahman teach that, when Ahman still lived, he was the Lord of All Heaven. It was Ahman who led the gods in creating the stars and the myriad worlds, and who populated those worlds with mortal races.

Ahman loved his creations dearly. So great was his love that, even after his death, his love endured. After all, it was Ahman whose loving hand created all; would not his love have thus permeated all existence?

And so it is that, although Ahman has died, his Will continues to remain among the most potent sources of divine power in the planes. For mortal clerics to access this Will, mere ceremony is insufficient: a mortal must commit herself entirely to the values of charity, mercy, goodness, and justice. Only then is there a chance that a cleric might channel Ahman's very Will, becoming a conduit for Divine Good.

Philosophy
Even the faithful of Ahman are willing to concede that the Celestial Father shared the act of creation with the Eternal Enemy, Vaelor. Yet while Vaelor busied himself with the mere arrangement of matter, Ahman concerned himself with a more holy task: the creation of free-willed beings, who by virtue of their free will were able to embody the values of goodness.

For this, Ahman was treacherously murdered by his brother, Vaelor, who was unable to tolerate the existence of beings who might contradict the Dark Prince's unholy will.

Yet the Father of All Goodness was not so easily defeated. So great was Ahman's love for his creations that the Celestial Father's will survived the god's own death, permeating the entirety of creation with the true god's will. Not even the infernalists of Vaelor contradict the plain fact that Ahman's will survived his death--and the Celestial Father's will, even in death, is more than a match even for his wicked brother.

As a compass is compelled to point towards magnetic north, so is the conscience of mortalkind compelled to point towards Ahman's will. And the will of the Celestial Father compels those values which are fundamental to an understanding of mortal goodness: kindness, empathy, mercy, love, and justice.