The followers of the Holy Light do not worship any gods. Instead, it is a philosophy, training its followers to seek perfection within themselves. It is very much an active practice of virtue rather than a passive worship. Those who follow it closely gain spiritual awareness and guidance, allowing them to lead others.
The Holy Light teaches that there is a connection between the self and the universe. This connection manifests as what we feel through both senses and emotions. When a person is moved, through seeing something breathtaking or feeling love for another, that emotion connects him to the universe. Experiencing the emotion ensures that he exists, as something within him felt the emotions or processed the sensual awareness. Because he exists, so must the universe that gave him that feeling. From there, he can act upon the universe, causing more changes to create feeling in others. Thus, the followers of Holy Light seek to make the world a better place by being true to their own emotions.
The next step in recognizing this connection between the self and the universe is developing the goodness within and without. If one wishes for happiness, one must work to better the universe to make others happy. Experiencing the glory and beauty of the world will in turn tap into the inner beauty and glory within one's soul. However, giving in to greed, despair, and unhappiness will only darken the universe. The Holy Light is the glory of the universe reflected upon the soul and mirrored back onto itself.
My posts is meant to be Rau experimenting with his new found energy. At first I thought I should speculate on the results, but I changed my mind since that would show what I want from it and since it is meant as an experiment I don’t think I should be the one writing down the results. I did ask shadow, amongst other things, if it was ok with him to write down what happens in these experiments, but I didn’t get a reply on that bit, so I am kind of lost as to how I should do these experiments. Any way I thought it would be a nice way to spice things up! ;D
I'm gonna borrow a bit from Warcraft's lore and also adding a bit of my own.QuoteWithout spoiling too much, we can tell you that wielding the Light is a matter of having willpower or faith in one's own ability to do it. That's why there are evil paladins (for example, the Scarlet Crusade and Arthas before he took up Frostmourne). For the undead (and Forsaken), this requires such a great deal of willpower that it is exceedingly rare, especially since it is self-destructive. When undead channel the Light, it feels (to them) as if their entire bodies are being consumed in righteous fire. Forsaken healed by the Light (whether the healer is Forsaken or not) are effectively cauterized by the effect: sure, the wound is healed, but the healing effect is cripplingly painful. Thus, Forsaken priests are beings of unwavering willpower; Forsaken (and death knight) tanks suffer nobly when they have priest and paladin healers in the group; and Sir Zeliek REALLY hates himself.
Also, a side-effect of receiving the holy light is that, aside from the pain of the healing, undead begin to partially return to life, regaining their physical senses. What this means is that they begin to feel the maggots crawling within their skin, smell their rotting flesh, and taste the mold growing in their mouth. This is overall a living hell for any undead in that situation, though Undead wielders of the Aether suffer nobly and bear with this curse to prick them to their duties.
...but keep in mind, while he is technically undead, he wasn't completely drained of blood to become a ghoul, and his blood stills flows in a way that would keep him rotting THAT much. Maybe tone down the missing flesh and rot a bit, but not completely remove it.