Aål

Aål (sometimes Aal, Ayol, or Aole), who bears the titles of  Firstborn God  and the  Lightbringer, was the first god to emerge from chaos and began the creation of the world. He no longer lives, killed by the Empty God, but it is said his body continues to burn as the sun of Equis and Noctis, which is named after him. Aål's dominion was anchored to the material plane by his tributary star, named after him. It burns eternally since his death, and it is said that his dominion still lies at its heart, frozen forever in the moment of Mal's destruction, with Aål at its epicentre.

Worshipers
Because Aål is a dead god, most people consider his worship to be pointless. One rare exception was found on Noctis in the form of the Listeners of Aål, who were widely regarded as mad. They vanished from the world at some point in the past, leaving behind their stronghold-monastery of Aålwatch.

Since the events of Genesis and the appearance of the first Firstlight Immortal, Tahl, worship of Aål has slowly been spreading as his followers work steadily towards reviving him.

Relationships
Nearly all other gods are descendants of Aål, and so those who knew him tended to revere him as a creator or father-like figure. Mal apparently bore an immense loathing for Aål, as he was the one who eventually struck Aål down.

Aål's direct children were Titer and Skool, and later Jana, Lef, and Hemlocke. They had the strongest relationship to Aål, and some followers of those faiths still pay him some minor tribute.

History
Aål emerged from chaos, the first deity to do so. He immediately sought to set about creating from the nothingness, and he first attempted to create balance. His sons, Titer and Skool were his first creations, gods of chaos and law, respectively.

Next came his daughters, Jana, Lef, and Hemlocke, who ruled over birth, life, and death.

Aål was killed before long by Mal, a god unrelated to him who also emerged from chaos, escaping the notice of Titer.

In the Sixth Era, various unrelated individuals began having visions of Aål's return to life, and came to possess a small fraction of the power of Firstlight. These individuals, called Lanterns, sought to revive Aål. One of them, Tahl, used the collective power of Avarshinah's Living Janastones to transform himself into the Firstlight Immortal, beginning the first steps down the road to truly resurrecting the Lightbringer.