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All taxes must be paid 631Please respect copyright.PENANAiof4avfp61
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 631Please respect copyright.PENANAWBiCuUVfMz
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 631Please respect copyright.PENANAELhwWMqJX9
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 631Please respect copyright.PENANAYJM9jL54FM
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 631Please respect copyright.PENANAEzmYOi2Ie0
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 631Please respect copyright.PENANA8OzZvz4Arj
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 631Please respect copyright.PENANA9XupqcSCRC
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 631Please respect copyright.PENANAq4sTfrTMOT
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade631Please respect copyright.PENANANHdocL5UaY
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 631Please respect copyright.PENANAe9oSo9yhRV
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 631Please respect copyright.PENANAdE2oJ9NOXL
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 631Please respect copyright.PENANAuFzMrmSEA6
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 631Please respect copyright.PENANAx8ZPxRaze0
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted631Please respect copyright.PENANAF7pEtV6hWU
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.631Please respect copyright.PENANAt9bf30E5BN
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'631Please respect copyright.PENANASWHuPtSARX
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David has been in jail 631Please respect copyright.PENANA2PGjFABhCx
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.631Please respect copyright.PENANA1BuSRfYlxl
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor631Please respect copyright.PENANAEKMz296HOm
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.631Please respect copyright.PENANA4D7xykLpYu
The cell was big enough 631Please respect copyright.PENANAZZji79zpZI
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 631Please respect copyright.PENANAfRxWTOp5ro
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAhUawB5rmar
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAcFfoEN6MWB
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.631Please respect copyright.PENANAr4zk2eNNSv
David didn't even 631Please respect copyright.PENANAEDzw2gquoW
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAAzZUEvQCno
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 631Please respect copyright.PENANARXWv2X0VET
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 631Please respect copyright.PENANAIJ1VUgLgCM
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 631Please respect copyright.PENANADIs8AtuIFj
Sadly event the best 631Please respect copyright.PENANAV3jS9daHmZ
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall631Please respect copyright.PENANAE4lojzWll3
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that631Please respect copyright.PENANAmmUExAJtLJ
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 631Please respect copyright.PENANAmXDHjnKHIm
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 631Please respect copyright.PENANACu2eYr0bGT
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could631Please respect copyright.PENANAzPJJryvMkj
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 631Please respect copyright.PENANAmg7bXJgej4
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob631Please respect copyright.PENANAtENLbULdxt
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 631Please respect copyright.PENANAcMOG0Gz11b
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAOKvqtCOlk3
cell next door.631Please respect copyright.PENANASjlHgNGAGs
Another soldier came up 631Please respect copyright.PENANAhqrIdJMrHS
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 631Please respect copyright.PENANA8ulqt9yn9h
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 631Please respect copyright.PENANA9f9YFFvg38
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAHXMPQqxov8
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAcRFE8pll01
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 631Please respect copyright.PENANAqPWnFo092h
back.631Please respect copyright.PENANAspXYzhm1OX
While David would've 631Please respect copyright.PENANAji9MULYwOi
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 631Please respect copyright.PENANAzgEvKjEjFT
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 631Please respect copyright.PENANAKlaOUiSdQV
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 631Please respect copyright.PENANA5hCEqr2Ukx
Jesters words came back to him. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAIutHhZcGhg
The walk itself didn't 631Please respect copyright.PENANAR07gdM1DAi
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 631Please respect copyright.PENANAaQS9O8p5Hv
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 631Please respect copyright.PENANAvrQT4lzuqq
splatters all around the room.631Please respect copyright.PENANAeHFPzuNykk
David was put into the 631Please respect copyright.PENANA002HH4ZVK2
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAM0fTMTusAz
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAj98TWpubgg
other chair, staring into David's soul.631Please respect copyright.PENANA6A5slRwtrR
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.631Please respect copyright.PENANApmkNts0kqG
"I'm David, the rebels 631Please respect copyright.PENANAKIyqjNSPOa
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 631Please respect copyright.PENANARO6ckkY2n8
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.631Please respect copyright.PENANAcu6oEL3Y34
"Where are you from?"631Please respect copyright.PENANAlpux8G2RX0
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.631Please respect copyright.PENANA0VFnQtqXX1
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"631Please respect copyright.PENANAQpMJOORNAT
"Didn't you hear me? I'm a hostage they didn't share anything with me!" David was adding agitation to his voice. The man nodded631Please respect copyright.PENANANiR4Jg45AP
"Where did the rebels move?"631Please respect copyright.PENANAV3wq74sbGf
"Gods, we're not getting631Please respect copyright.PENANA8XVQbUaskS
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want631Please respect copyright.PENANACHq25cw6ab
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."631Please respect copyright.PENANAwmqg2o2LN5
"We know the rebellion 631Please respect copyright.PENANAX8I99zVzqd
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 631Please respect copyright.PENANA3Ix6lHvzSq
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."631Please respect copyright.PENANA5ITShgn2Rr
"Well if you know all 631Please respect copyright.PENANAlYJGfGuNJb
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 631Please respect copyright.PENANAUWi3ujyNld
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 631Please respect copyright.PENANAq1ogqffWjd
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 631Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4uENz9E7m
on the imperial soldier.631Please respect copyright.PENANAiRHRUfPPUX
"I wanted to make this 631Please respect copyright.PENANAMRz6I6PDHM
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 631Please respect copyright.PENANA6S8E03AHwJ
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 631Please respect copyright.PENANAM2MuMVuWzx
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 631Please respect copyright.PENANAWzBcBoYCMh
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 631Please respect copyright.PENANAh25mQWZU9y
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 631Please respect copyright.PENANAlWf4i36Vrl
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.631Please respect copyright.PENANAZwS14bJeQf
"Wait wait!" Fernand 631Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7NSfEbMxs
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 631Please respect copyright.PENANA9euSTf7s50
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."631Please respect copyright.PENANACKTdkvC3Ld
Fernand was shaking his 631Please respect copyright.PENANAKpoJER9Xrb
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't631Please respect copyright.PENANAZ851t58So2
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 631Please respect copyright.PENANAuFbfJOBOeo
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely631Please respect copyright.PENANAChCYqSWOip
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 631Please respect copyright.PENANA7QdWwKe3OA
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAlKJEpXMYXP
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"631Please respect copyright.PENANAkG7SII8XgG
That made Ferdinand 631Please respect copyright.PENANALCwmrHxKB2
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAvuvEKMkDOt
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"631Please respect copyright.PENANAlHoQPwS94g
Fernand wasn't denying 631Please respect copyright.PENANASIqLWVJiMo
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did631Please respect copyright.PENANACgMRJ8sAml
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 631Please respect copyright.PENANAzUXue29I1D
get us do something." 631Please respect copyright.PENANAFt2ju9TpzZ
"Blasphemy, he 631Please respect copyright.PENANAvN8IhAx9Jg
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 631Please respect copyright.PENANAvLEHE9fKFN
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.631Please respect copyright.PENANAL6LRperKqJ
"Are you also going to tell you don't feel a tug when you're near me? Or what about the fact that we had the same dream" 631Please respect copyright.PENANA3kg5nO5aoE
"Demons tend to plan 631Please respect copyright.PENANA0qOWEHrmoJ
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 631Please respect copyright.PENANApNUoUQmKox
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"631Please respect copyright.PENANAlG2p45JQw8
"To find something, he 631Please respect copyright.PENANAadPMuxDCDl
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to631Please respect copyright.PENANANCqghEGpWz
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAhXlBFPS9va
same for Fernand.631Please respect copyright.PENANAOQ8uVZHWVG
Fernand was about to say631Please respect copyright.PENANAULYlxShNGS
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 631Please respect copyright.PENANAEcjFGUz7aY
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 631Please respect copyright.PENANAj94wMif0Zx
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 631Please respect copyright.PENANAnDjZLzumL7
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."631Please respect copyright.PENANAD1POsFnS8P
David quickly rummaged 631Please respect copyright.PENANA6wRKRjvhdP
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back631Please respect copyright.PENANAUahhvKXGHK
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 631Please respect copyright.PENANAxdFQhGfAgS
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 631Please respect copyright.PENANACoCdHOIuFf
able to trap her."631Please respect copyright.PENANAnudSzLpWfA
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 631Please respect copyright.PENANAtrVYz3FZ1o
"I just know it's on the previous isle. But I'm sure I can find it!" David said pleadingly, most of the acting gone by now.631Please respect copyright.PENANA7gZ7fRDYsY
"And how will you do 631Please respect copyright.PENANAfqc72XTHEi
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've631Please respect copyright.PENANAsZ0a5gswlk
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 631Please respect copyright.PENANAb5yBoXPUqf
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 631Please respect copyright.PENANAUbEbGJ4sC3
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."631Please respect copyright.PENANA7Hn2I7XxAr
"But I don't! I really 631Please respect copyright.PENANAIa8rBNJV6F
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 631Please respect copyright.PENANA9smLnYMFL1
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.631Please respect copyright.PENANAVwIZ2bZxBg
"Ah captain Schumah, a 631Please respect copyright.PENANAFk53PrNPjb
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 631Please respect copyright.PENANALyg14OUtmX
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a631Please respect copyright.PENANAxLw9DiLfDw
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 631Please respect copyright.PENANARDgj1FiF7f
black. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAtl3pDlUcLt
"Well, well. What do we 631Please respect copyright.PENANAgjiqBYUBcJ
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 631Please respect copyright.PENANApOQukPJ9S3
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.631Please respect copyright.PENANAzCCYsLD4ad
"Look, I swear to all 631Please respect copyright.PENANAu51OiaVS6r
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 631Please respect copyright.PENANA75dXFHhB6L
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAGc6FiNLOc4
"We will find out if you631Please respect copyright.PENANAawPFMT0e7s
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He631Please respect copyright.PENANA9YeiCk7t31
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by631Please respect copyright.PENANAPNSj1N80ub
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."631Please respect copyright.PENANAkHhtJKsmBV
David struggled against 631Please respect copyright.PENANACzkITfVPTE
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAiOXl4C4tDs
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 631Please respect copyright.PENANAXth7WK2Nft
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch631Please respect copyright.PENANAmlI7VlCGJm
"Now how should we 631Please respect copyright.PENANAUn9aLEUJVM
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 631Please respect copyright.PENANAI5AmlONNs0
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 631Please respect copyright.PENANAvpqyjraXaR
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 631Please respect copyright.PENANAFrL0tuhr8P
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my631Please respect copyright.PENANAfuiHlicNf7
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 631Please respect copyright.PENANAAGdPs3qTLK
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 631Please respect copyright.PENANA3r0OQ9TaTa
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as631Please respect copyright.PENANAEtLK3rTDFc
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.631Please respect copyright.PENANAg8tBiecABQ
Before David could reply631Please respect copyright.PENANA6gk3lK5c8Q
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 631Please respect copyright.PENANASrvB1xGFIH
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 631Please respect copyright.PENANAVnMdyWYmNk
and he screamed.631Please respect copyright.PENANA15R93Ieyzi
The torturer 631Please respect copyright.PENANAqHiWEQrLXk
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 631Please respect copyright.PENANAyjJGJ7LyDp
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 631Please respect copyright.PENANA4tcE7OxGZf
this."631Please respect copyright.PENANArBZJTrRZFI
The torturer moved his 631Please respect copyright.PENANA2Mp66WQTGa
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 631Please respect copyright.PENANA12oSgKeJlE
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 631Please respect copyright.PENANAMPoqwpHs8D
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 631Please respect copyright.PENANAYn7C8LkIKN
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 631Please respect copyright.PENANAN7Hi8fW4O9
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 631Please respect copyright.PENANAOTvFfomKHj
you agree?"631Please respect copyright.PENANA5UDywPSFb9
The torturer stopped his631Please respect copyright.PENANAwusHgbiLEz
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 631Please respect copyright.PENANAt7X9sQMGQO
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 631Please respect copyright.PENANALcGioqlDwz
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance631Please respect copyright.PENANAK4DYc8Ghnx
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 631Please respect copyright.PENANA15vSnAt7q3
go?" 631Please respect copyright.PENANAFS16nHviej
David was trying to 631Please respect copyright.PENANAdIIqKVz3tk
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was631Please respect copyright.PENANAGpuRgmlkdR
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 631Please respect copyright.PENANANBjsT3v7ou
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 631Please respect copyright.PENANA6Oq85j4RFp
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 631Please respect copyright.PENANApX2To3YNkm
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 631Please respect copyright.PENANAijtehEDEcV
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 631Please respect copyright.PENANA0IrD9bD6OF
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.631Please respect copyright.PENANAiuSoP7XLup
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.631Please respect copyright.PENANA8rrkoChulP
Then suddenly David was 631Please respect copyright.PENANAOMrKNKJ8Tg
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 631Please respect copyright.PENANAIQPNYBNceI
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 631Please respect copyright.PENANAIKvjv4h2en
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 631Please respect copyright.PENANA0VEFIGeJjv
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 631Please respect copyright.PENANADBZYA0AhbL
don't know."631Please respect copyright.PENANAGabLxVX2Kf
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."631Please respect copyright.PENANAyJdrpzVDnt
"Now, while magic is 631Please respect copyright.PENANAs3xGXYwTSN
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 631Please respect copyright.PENANA8J7POf78gg
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some631Please respect copyright.PENANATwcmi9efBw
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 631Please respect copyright.PENANAmJx4Rez9rB
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 631Please respect copyright.PENANAyc0eAAIoh2
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 631Please respect copyright.PENANAOKoStRPMB2
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain631Please respect copyright.PENANA9H6iSK4ew7
came and David screamed for someone to help631Please respect copyright.PENANAnnbFzwR5Za
~no one will come.~631Please respect copyright.PENANAuu716InzSD
After pulling out all 631Please respect copyright.PENANAp9c94nxldI
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was631Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8KdGqxn0I
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 631Please respect copyright.PENANASo1sVUlCfL
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 631Please respect copyright.PENANA2HelYruMFU
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 631Please respect copyright.PENANAK6Jn865AQD
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 631Please respect copyright.PENANAWXPiJdOCkh
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 631Please respect copyright.PENANArUHEogK6VL
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 631Please respect copyright.PENANA4LAeuJJy9n
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 631Please respect copyright.PENANAYjBoXOOWNG
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 631Please respect copyright.PENANAhGbXFmBVwP
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone631Please respect copyright.PENANAnIjGkwSutV
would rescue him.631Please respect copyright.PENANAIJssw0kfLU
~no one cares.~631Please respect copyright.PENANA0KUkdTPmW0
Next few moments were a 631Please respect copyright.PENANAKUsjrgGfzy
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea631Please respect copyright.PENANAjRyxaLI1dT
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.631Please respect copyright.PENANAh9v6A4FSCK
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 631Please respect copyright.PENANAEvlkiWiwEA
companion in the darkness.
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631Please respect copyright.PENANAzIQYvdOBdw