NEFAR

The origins of the being known as Nefar are not documented in any
commonly available document.  However, the mad sage Gomfradir, in his
infamous and highly unreliable "Early history of Aabahran", first mentions a
man named Nefar in his ramblings on the origins of Conclave.  According to
Gomfradir, Nefar was a high-ranking spymaster and covert operative in this
organisation of Death-worshipping fanatics.  During a raid on a monastery
inhabited by a diffuse sect of Sirant-worshippers calling themselves "The
Order of Sanguine Light" Nefar was betrayed and murdered by his own men for
reasons Gomfradir does not mention in his text.  

Nefar's name surfaces later in Gomfradir's manuscript however, but sadly in
one ofthe parts which are nearly uncomprehensible.  In a rambling poem
detailing the Gods and their portfolios Nefar is mentioned as "one of the
Shadelords three, the Duke of Lies, a King to be" in a section detailing the
servants of Virigoth.  Nothing more is written, and very few, if any, know
how he rose to the position he now holds.  Nefar now rules the coalition of
crime-families known as "Syndicate", but reports have it that he rarely
interferes in day-to-day business, leaving such matters in the hands of his
capable mortal leaders.  Unlike some of the other Gods, Nefar's agenda is
not known by mortal man but will perhaps be revealed at some future point in
time.