that is honestly such a reach. he didnt hunt down tharizdun nor did he slay him. the grey hunt to me just seems like a whitestone tradition of poaching the local wild life for trophies. again. he has a church. filled with clerics and paladins that has devoted themselves to him. pelor picking vex over them is the equivalent of sarenrae picking scanlan over pike.
The Grey Hunt was very explicitly stated to be a religious
ritual under the helm of Pelor to choose a protector of the people and
lands of Whitestone – a place that has a special meaning to him because of what happened to Ioun, so much so that Pelor himself put a tree there.
Praying directly to Pelor was required. And resulted in Vex being technically given a vision quest. The connection wasn’t the strongest, but it was also not not there.
Sure, the are
more devout out there, but where were they during, say, the Conclave? VM
has reached a level of ability that most mortals just never do, and for
a god who seems to be very adapt at warfare, it makes sense to settle for a level 17 ranger/rogue with a gigantic laundry list of accomplishments instead of some level 5 paladin somewhere who has given his entire life to Pelor and never done a bad thing in his life.
Overdressed & Underappreciated 