The Illuminati - The Lightning Guy

In 1787, the same year the United States got its constitution, the elector of Bavaria prescribed beheading for anyone found associated with the Illuminati. "What we're doing is already a crime now. We may as well just do other crimes," he says. Adam flees the country and winds up in Regensburg, where the local government offers him a yearly salary if he promises not to make any more secret societies.