Filius Larethias

Filius Larethias, also known as Filius the Earthly Son, is the central figure and prophet of Filianism. According to the Faith, Filius combined in his essence the immortal and divine essence of elvenkind (identified as the first Elf Corellon Larethian) and humans, being not half-elven but truly both human and elf. Filians believe that Filius was born by agency of God, the Heavenly Father himself, to give the mortal beings exiled in the Material Realm the means of salvation and return to the side of their God in the Immortal Realms. They hold that while the creatures of the Material Realm had been locked in the eternal progression of time towards a certain end, Filius came to once more put them in touch with their essence as Children of God, an essence that He himself embodied: "For is it not the nature of this world that all has its end? So the Heavenly Son took Earthly form, so that the end of this world might not be of this world, but of God, who is Father to us all, and bring us home to Him."[1] Chief among Filius's revelations was the teaching that the elves had misinterpreted the Fatherly Precepts, and that the Children of God mentioned in them were not just the elves but the ancestors of every single race in the Material Realm.   According to the Chant of the Children, Filius taught that all children of God were equal, called to serve God and eachother each in their own way. He famously summarised the Twelve Fatherly Precepts into what is referred to in theology as the teaching of sun and moon: "The first precept is to love God, the eternal Ever-creating light; and the second reflects this, as truly as the moon reflects the sun's rays: love all His children as you would yourself. This is the whole truth that God has written in the Heavens." He lived this principle to the full, to his death at the hands of the elven High King Alderecorín, which Filians believe was foretold by prophecy. Filius was resurrected, and eventually returned alive to the Ever-Created, where he stands at the side of his father.