Nex first emerged emerged during the Age of Destiny in the city-state of Quantium. He travelled the world and the Great Beyond, and his private nation grew rich on the results of his adventures. In -892 AR, the expansion of the country of Nex brought it into conflict with the necromancer Geb, and his nation (also called Geb). The war lasted centuries, as each wizard was able to extend his life through the use of arcane elixirs. During the war, Nex created the fleshforges of Unknown.
Nex eventually achieved true immortality by creating a personal demiplane he called the Refuge of Nex, to act as a bolthole if he was threatened by his enemies.
In 563 AR, Nex gifted dominion over the isle of Jalmerayto the Vudrani maharaja Khiben-Sald-.
Some four thousand years ago, in 576 AR, Geb managed to bathe Quantium in a deadly fog, and Nex fled into the Refuge. He has never been seen since.