Nexagar¶
Nexagar is the Lord of Blue Fire, a lesser god of the Kalari Pantheon in the Domain of Thought (S420), and "First Apprentice, Lesser God of Blue Fire" among the Ascendants of Anariel (S422). He began as a human wizard's apprentice, fought in the Dragon Wars, founded the Nexa-Vinian Order with Vinias and split from him over whether wizards should rule or serve.
The mortal¶
Nexagar was "a human enchanter, apprentice to Auressa" (S429) or, in the histories, one of the "two human apprentices" of the archwizard Methusial (S386). At the battle of Gor'Turra he "killed the Arch-Sorceror Koriandos. Helped neutralize and kill many Dark Elven spellcasters. Credited with saving Lothos's life" (S429). When the council of archwizards broke, "Methusial's splinter group formed the Nexa-Vinian order, after Methusial's two human apprentices that had stepped up to lead the group, Nexagar and Vinias" (S386). "However, Nexagar and Vinias differed on their ideas about the wizard's role in society. Vinias believed that magic-users were the rightful ruling class" (S386); "Nexagar favored the idea that wizards were meant to serve and protect. This schism created the Acadian splinter (led by Nexagar)", whose heirs became "the de facto police force for hunting down rogue mages" (S358). See the Nexa-Vinian War and the Acadian Order.
The god¶
The newest reckoning marks Nexagar with the sun as "Lord of Blue Fire" in the Domain of Thought (S420). As an Ascendant of Anariel he leads the Deacons of Azure Light, "Mage-hunters, Wizard-priests that use Divine magic to cleanse Mithis corruption. They take away mithis casting abilities where the corruption is reversible, destroy fully corrupted mages" (S422); the Deacons have their page under the Orders of Anariel. A Fourth Age note has a "Nameless Agent: middle-aged man (Nexagar) ... you know my name" moving among mortals (S358).
Earlier accounts¶
The histories record his death: Vinias, "after consolidating power, and eliminating Nexagar in a coup, led the Nexa-Vinians on a crusade to place themselves as rulers of the continent" (S386), and "not long after the death of Nexagar, the order began to move more and more towards the acquisition of power" (S372). The newest sources count him among the living gods.
Gap
No source says how the apprentice slain in Vinias's coup became the Lord of Blue Fire, nor what the blue fire is. His symbols, rites and worshippers are not described.