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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zappo" data-source="post: 1452280" data-attributes="member: 633">Intriguing. It is impossible to truly "determine" what he will do. He is an individual now; there are infinite directions his life may take. It really depends on what he values most, what he thinks of his situations, and many other factors. A few examples...  He may decide to keep serving Heironeous, even though his power is greatly reduced. This is actually fairly likely, especially if the Solar is aware that the removal of his power wasn't a decision of his god. He has no reason to be angered at Heironeous, and serving him is what he has done for thousands of years. Naturally, the form of his servitude will have to change. As a very intelligent creature, he will probably decide to stay hidden among humans for a while to learn their customs and society. With most of his divine power removed, he can't afford to just go Old Testament on them to get them to do what he wants. As an immortal being who has already lived for eons, "a while" could very well mean a century or two. Unless an emergency presents itself, or unless he has the occasion to find out more about his condition. Both these situations would force him to come out of hiding and do his part - but he would still be very careful. Again, he is extremely intelligent and he probably realizes that he is not used to act (and especially fight) without his powers.  He may decide to keep serving Heironeous, but be so confused by his condition that instead of doing the most sensible thing and keep a low profile until he learns more, he decides to act flashy and mighty. The reasoning behind this could be to try and get his god to renew his powers; or it could be that he simply realizes that Heironeous has always held him back in the crusade against evil, and now he can fight with no holds barred. Razing the church, or simply appearing in his full celestial glory to the priests and ordering them to return to the right path, could be a good beginning. Then he may start visiting rulers (he's still LG) and maybe try to turn governments to a fundamentalism based on Heironeous' worship. He is still an extremely powerful being, and unlike the Solar of the previous example, he is probably overconfidant. He can probably get away with this long enough to get used to his lack of powers. But there is a solid chance that some evil being challenges or tricks him into his doom.  In this situation, the Solar's personality could further evolve by overdoing his preaching and smiting. He may become angry at these mortals that just can't stay on Heironeous' path for more than five minutes; this could lead him to become more heavy-handed in enforcing holy law (pushing him to LN and eventually some form of Evil), or to stop trying to influence organizations and concentrate on individuals (pushing him to NG and eventually CG).  Another case entirely is the one where the Solar just gets drunk on freedom and says "screw Heironeous and goodness, I'm going to do what I want now". He may even think that trading his power for freedom was a good bargain! In this case he may still decide to keep a low profile for a certain time, or maybe not. He may decide to just live as a human and stay out of trouble (could be a nice change after smiting evil for eons). He may decide to become an adventurer or a mercenary; assuming that he doesn't get killed through overconfidence, he has the numbers to become pretty good at these jobs. He may decide to take over the world, or at least as much of it as he can. Again, he will be overconfidant for at least some time, and during this time he will be weak.</blockquote>

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