Up against Min's well trained and well-armed mercenaries, the Golden Path, led by Mohan Ghale met with little success. Min's betrayal led to Second Kyrati Civil War with the formation of the Golden Path resistance movement in 1987, who were committed to his downfall. Min, however, killed the heir and took the throne himself, brutally purging the Royalist leadership of his opponents. After a few months of bloody fighting against the Nationalists, the Royalists stormed the Royal Palace and attempted to crown the young heir to the throne. Kyrat was ravaged in First Kyrati Civil War between the supporters and opponents of the already fallen monarchy, Pagan Min and Yuma Lau chose to ally with the Royalists and found a distant royal heir for them. Knowing that his death was an inevitability, Min became besieged by his own people and slaughtered his allies and chose to travel to the small failed state of Kyrat for his escape, and brought along Yuma Lau and their vast Triad gang.

Min had ambitions beyond the small-time operations of his cartel and began to build considerable assets and a large private army, causing severe tensions with many of his allies, who began plotting his downfall. Gang confronted Pagan over these humiliating instances but was killed by his son in a rage after being struck by his father.įollowing his father's death and his inheritance of control of the cartel, Min adopted the moniker 'Pagan', in tribute to a Burmese King of the Konbaung dynasty who slaughtered his family in order to gain power.

Gang froze his son's financial accounts after discovering he was having sexual relationships with men. Pagan grew to be a skilled and deadly gangster in his father's triad but became increasingly indulgent with his power. Gang would belittle Pagan by claiming he was his daughter and claim he deserved the bullying he faced at school for his behavior. They had a tumultuous relationship due to his son's flamboyance. Min was extravagant and flamboyant, unlike his father, whom he deemed to be a 'dinosaur'. Pagan Min was born in Hong Kong in 1966, the son of a Golden Triangle drug lord.

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