The King was sure the Mystic would reveal the lies he’d told the people. For this reason he put a price on his head. Five-hundred gold pieces to the person who brought the Mystics head on a spike. That was just enough money to convince people to forget their morals, and turn the Mystic into one of the King’s garrisons.

One thing the King hadn’t taken into account was the Mystic giving away ten times that amount of money on a regular basis. No one knew where he got the gold from, but he handed out the gold to those who were in need all over the kingdom. The loyalty giving away as much money as he did was greater than peoples loyalty to the King, When it became clear to the King that this was the case he became furious and ordered a full regiment of the army to hunt him down.

After the regiment had failed to turn up the Mystic the King went a little bat shit crazy. It was then he made a conscription for the army so he could treat finding the Mystic like he would if he was taking the country to war. Unfortunately for the King the people were so pissed about the conscription they all wanted to keep the Mystic free from the King’s grasp. It’s at this point where we pick up the story of how the Mystic defeated the King in the war the King brought against him.