Pholtus (FOHL-tus) is a Power with a fixed resolve to show all creatures the One True Path. This "Path" allows no deviation, but gives absolute assurance of rightness. Pholtus is the sternest guardian of unbending Law, and a defender of rightful and just order. He is portrayed as a tall, slender man, clad in a white silk robe, with pale skin, flowing white hair, and bright blue eyes that shine with the inner fire of devotion. He holds an ivory staff shod with silver and topped with an electrum disc, the Silvery Sun.

Worshippers of Pholtus are often rigid, unbending folk, and many have taken refuge in a religion of such certainty after the troubles. Many paladins and lawful warriors worship Pholtus as a champion of good.

The One True Way is a strict path, but guarantees rightness. Show no tolerance for those who do not give all for the cause of Law. Fanaticism in the name of the Blinding Light is praiseworthy, and Law's champions shall be rewarded in the era when chaos is vanquished.

Services to Pholtus take place in consecrated buildings decorated in white. They include candle-burning and long sermons. The anthem of the worshippers is "O Blinding Light".

The clergy is most active in urban areas. Clerics continually seek to revel the light of Pholtus to unbelievers. This church does not have much respeect for those of other religions, especially chaotic ones. They brook no argument, of course, and are generally disliked by most other clergy (especially those of the rival St. Cuthbert, and chaotic clerics). The clergy is well organized and strongly hierarchical; clerics of levels 1-4 are Glimmering clerics, those of levels 5-8 the Gleaming clerics, those of 9+ the Shining clerics.

Clerics of Pholtus are expected to observe stringent standards of morality and righteousness.