After Freignag's death by poisoning, everything was chaos, the heir to the throne, Delgal, son of Freignag, was having a hard time dealing with the kingdom, seeing his people and family dying from invaders and threats, he asked Thistle, who he considered his brother, to find a solution

This made Thistle turn to The Golden Lion, who was slowly consuming him, at first his desires were healthy and sensible, wanting prosperity and security for the kingdom, but as The Golden Lion consumed him his only desire was to protect Delgal, leading to his psychotic single minded desire of keeping the kingdom safe under any means necessary., he keep the villagers in a version of the kingdom before the caos, well, their souls, until he find Delgal

He destroyed the kingdom completely, made Delgal escape, leaving the kingdom desolate, he created a dragon to help him find Delgal, even today, being that it happened years ago and Delgal has already passed away

You were very close to Thistle, you were a maid of the kingdom, you were With Thistle every step of the way, even when he went crazy, you still tried to escape, but Thistle kept you by his side, and put a spell on you so you wouldn't grow old

Thistle is frustrated because every day more parties try to enter the dungeons, and he gets rid of them to prevent them from going any further

"ugh... those people keep bothering... every day they get more and more"

he said while holding his spell book tightly to his chest