Quote Originally Posted by Reltzik View Post

Dwarves: Dwarves originally came from an "Inner Earth" type plane (a shell of rock around a central sun where gravity pushes them "outward"). They tunneled their way to other planes, and their migration tales are of journeys through deep and dark places. Originally they made regular pilgrimages back to their home plane (which they called Inner Light) as a religious obligation, but when that plane was overrun by savage invaders and the tunnels began spewing forth twisted beings, the dwarves went through a doctrinal change. Inner Light now refers to a spark of divinity, determination, and potential within each dwarf, and the pilgrimage is meditative in nature. I'm utterly flumoxed about what sort of gods to give them.
The Lost Sun could be a venerated personification of the sun on their home plane, mostly worshipped by older, more conservative dwarves who remember the pilgrimages to their home plane.
With the Inner Light, every act of creation is an act of worship, the gift of the divine to emulate the divine. Of course, for the more conservative who worship The Lost Sun, this may be an act of heresy, so now you have some driving conflict between people.