"The people of the desert live and die by their oaths, Alcadizzar. It has always been thus. Khsar is a terrible and pitiless god, but our oaths to him allowed us to prosper in a land that confounds and kills other men. We lived in the Great Desert for centuries and we were content. Then came Settra, the Empire-Maker, and we were sorely tested."
- —Ophiria to Alcadizzar[3c]
Khsar, known as Khsar the Faceless and the "Hungry God,"[3a] was the Nehekharan god of the desert. He does not have an animal form but can appear as the desert wind.[1a][2b]
Khsar's patron city-state was Bhagar, until that city was sacked by Arkhan the Black.[4a] The Great Necromancer Nagash's armies had shattered the once-proud Arabyan tribes, and the loss of their patron god Khsar had forced them to abandon the burning sands that had sheltered them for centuries.[3d]
In those days, Lahmia had been the richest of all the great Nehekharan cities, and caravans journeyed there from as far away as Zandri to partake in the exotic goods of the distant east. Where there was wealth, there was banditry, and the desert tribes were superlative caravan raiders.[3d]
Suleima, the "Daughter of the Sands," was considered the bride of Khsar.[3a]
Khsar is invoked in the magical Lore of Nehekhara by the Liche Priests to summon forth a sandstorm that engulfs the undying warriors of the Tomb Kings and carries them across the battlefield.[2a]