So some backstory, I am playing an Elf follower of Sarenrae as in Investigator, non divine. My Elf is the typical Sarenrae follower believing to find good in the darkest of places. And might have focused on the fire aspect of the Goddess more then the redemption part.

Were in the middle of a Rise Return of the Runelords campaign, things have gone off the rail a lot, so the DM is doing things different. I am not looking for spoilers. More so advice as to what my elf has done in terms of following Sarenrae. And that involves burning down one of her temples in Riddleport...

As to what we were doing in Riddleport, we had two goals, the main one was to protect a local rich guy with a magic macguffin, and protect said magic item from being stolen by an evil Drow. Second goal was to investigate a polymorph plague in Riddleport that has ties to said evil Drow... So as we prepared to defend against the Hist, we tired to solve Riddleport's plague problems. It didn't end well. As the party had ties to the Temple of Calistria, and sought out help there. While they were at the temple of lust, I went to the Dawnflower's Temple in Riddleport, hoping to get Sarenrae's healers on our side.

Now in my Elf's defense, he is a psychic, and is able to read the past due to his spells. During our time in Riddleport, the plague was getting worse and commoners were turning into monsters. Butchering people and those that lived wounded just went off to get turned into more monsters! By the time my Elf got to the Sarenrae's temple it was already a massacre, blood was every were dead bodies ripped to shreds. As my Elf's psychic investigation abilities and spells basically gave him a vivid play by play of what happened there when the infected turned on The Sarenrae Temple that took them in due to their injuries to help heal and cure them. Instead the infected turned becoming monsters and slaughtered every priest and healer there. No one was left, my Elf was scared by the massacre. And with such a horrific event taking place in such a hallow place, the only thing on his mind was Sarenrae's fire. The Fire cleanses, it will burn away the blood the viscera and the whole massacre that happened and the temple would be rebuilt out of the ashes like a glorious phoenix!

So he burned the temple down after making sure no one was left within. He watched it blaze as he made a pray to his Goddess to forgive his deeds. But due to his Good nature he could not keep it a secrete and told his party. Which lead to a Sarenrae Inquisition coming to question my Elf. Which is the problem right now.

Our party is off on the sea, traveling from Riddleport to Magnimar now and my Elf's actions have caught up with him in more ways then one. A ship of Sarenrae Inquisitors WHO ARE OGERS. Now coming to Beat the Redemption out of my Elf to say the least. Seems some Ogers found a loophole in torturing people for fun to zealot like punishment for redemption. Now with a high religion check the Ogers do at least see other Sarenrae followers as Kin, so despite being an Elf, he might be on some leeway.

Beyond that long short story, my Elf is to face Sarenraes most devout. Im not to sure on the lore of the Dawnflower beyond the wiki so could the community help out in building a religious defense for burning down a defiled temple? Or was my Elf wrong and should be punished for his rash actions like a good Sarenrae follower?