One thing required of The Mystic of Cascadia is the climbing of all major mountains in the range. They must scale these peaks on their own with the only help being the outfitting of climbing gear by locals. Which peaks are considered major is determined by the priests of the order. The fastest anyone had succeeded in climbing all peaks had been twenty-one years. The current Mystic of Cascadia, Falcao, was on pace the get them all scaled in three.

Falcao had ruffled many feathers by climbing the mountains one right after the other. The conservative faction of the order wanted him excommunicated for not following the traditional number of vision quest between each climb.

“I don’t need as many quests, ” Falcao had argued. “Each of my quests are ten times as intense as anybody elses. Others simply could not survive.” This was accepted by the vast majority of priests, but the conservatives boycotted projects that support The Mystic. Without the added powers of the conservative priests some projects simply couldn’t be completed. To appease the priests Falcao agreed to make his last climb a vision quest, a feat none had every attempted.

On top of the mountain The Mystic was to conduct his communion with his spirit helper. The problem was the risk that the spirit that would commune with him may be that of the mountain itself. As it turned out this is exactly what happened. Nobody could conceive of the power this paring with the mountain spirit would bring. Even the caustic conservatives conceded the significance of this paring, and they threw their support behind The Mystic.

With support unanimous Falcao assaulted the mountain, and reached the summit in record time. He started his vision fire and sat, waiting for his spirit helper to arrive. But as it turned out the spirit was already there. The mountains spirit came to The Mystic and merged with his spirit. When Falcao started singing his spirit song, thunder and lighting danced around the whole peak, and the mountain shook with it’s approval of the pairing.

From the day that the mountain shook no one questioned the Power Of The Mystic, greater than the power of any mystic that preceded him.