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All taxes must be paid 726Please respect copyright.PENANAbfiDWBfza8
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 726Please respect copyright.PENANARDoypkmBzO
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 726Please respect copyright.PENANAMeTrpCbZIC
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 726Please respect copyright.PENANACZ1DNLKJvJ
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 726Please respect copyright.PENANAtmN5wCRY1x
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0Yal3Eizv4
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAx3BHEfok8p
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7dVGkAwYZm
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade726Please respect copyright.PENANAxS18wsULpC
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZZC7DUplbc
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 726Please respect copyright.PENANAGfvKjpYn71
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 726Please respect copyright.PENANATEQxO1ZpUV
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 726Please respect copyright.PENANALqPPFEhIbP
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted726Please respect copyright.PENANAj07gSzSgLc
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.726Please respect copyright.PENANA2SRZA8x1Zs
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'726Please respect copyright.PENANAqwTj2FYAD6
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David has been in jail 726Please respect copyright.PENANAxB6HaOBxlF
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.726Please respect copyright.PENANAGbK6aEjwvG
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor726Please respect copyright.PENANAN9F3VQJeBk
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.726Please respect copyright.PENANAcitMYPf7KE
The cell was big enough 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZeH5wNlSc
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 726Please respect copyright.PENANAzZmHex3BAg
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2d07HCNeb6
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAlhIxE6GK1D
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.726Please respect copyright.PENANAWFUIAT9Gu3
David didn't even 726Please respect copyright.PENANAiLW3pilOJP
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAOBdG1VUtY2
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 726Please respect copyright.PENANAeyhoX2Ssps
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 726Please respect copyright.PENANADIXN17cL7z
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAs6ydPkrI3c
Sadly event the best 726Please respect copyright.PENANAK7G3wX0r0c
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall726Please respect copyright.PENANAAMF1T2ib9T
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that726Please respect copyright.PENANA6vNGexqNBP
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 726Please respect copyright.PENANAviMeHaPYtg
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 726Please respect copyright.PENANAVLrsxgtbLz
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could726Please respect copyright.PENANAovv8MjMsDj
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 726Please respect copyright.PENANA5ILjWoPmho
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob726Please respect copyright.PENANAMJgS3yLYSV
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 726Please respect copyright.PENANA72DPCAImXa
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAlVE0sm6JNw
cell next door.726Please respect copyright.PENANA7QVNJG5d2t
Another soldier came up 726Please respect copyright.PENANA8s9HyIzkbT
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAB3ILnPyf1m
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 726Please respect copyright.PENANABMoRrEuedd
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAwLyUVwePid
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAALW2iRLdVn
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 726Please respect copyright.PENANAj95w0Xzzyb
back.726Please respect copyright.PENANAGiPOjQRwY2
While David would've 726Please respect copyright.PENANAGguZBYwAHv
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 726Please respect copyright.PENANAJpH5AeCJeA
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2jt0fIooAB
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 726Please respect copyright.PENANAepOwRMszBq
Jesters words came back to him. 726Please respect copyright.PENANARXyVY81Wuq
The walk itself didn't 726Please respect copyright.PENANA40SyBf3MCD
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 726Please respect copyright.PENANAVNQipBmuwn
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 726Please respect copyright.PENANAXSWKnF5bb5
splatters all around the room.726Please respect copyright.PENANAjtYUCmlQvk
David was put into the 726Please respect copyright.PENANADGBZTUkFl6
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA9inFbxb5UH
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 726Please respect copyright.PENANANChiZd5hBc
other chair, staring into David's soul.726Please respect copyright.PENANAE4yn371gHx
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.726Please respect copyright.PENANAgtw3pVnV5s
"I'm David, the rebels 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0oUsZRT7Sw
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 726Please respect copyright.PENANARrohElPNMM
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.726Please respect copyright.PENANAX9iUelGYNT
"Where are you from?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAtSGayOCW08
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.726Please respect copyright.PENANA4jcAhQXVIg
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAsHc2CUmk1G
"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 nodded726Please respect copyright.PENANA8ehc4P7Pfo
"Where did the rebels move?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAU5FzaPjNyU
"Gods, we're not getting726Please respect copyright.PENANAw1rcqHLt2O
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want726Please respect copyright.PENANAKRKtG9IhuS
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."726Please respect copyright.PENANAfGWpZJ6UQ2
"We know the rebellion 726Please respect copyright.PENANAIqZesgWcci
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 726Please respect copyright.PENANAHrLySy0tik
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."726Please respect copyright.PENANAGqUzEPIK8C
"Well if you know all 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5ErzhZSOz
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7lY8TCplhf
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 726Please respect copyright.PENANAAUUYaaM50J
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 726Please respect copyright.PENANAsRWKRSC27t
on the imperial soldier.726Please respect copyright.PENANArXdQS3vaJs
"I wanted to make this 726Please respect copyright.PENANAzBO99M7AEI
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 726Please respect copyright.PENANAO3t8hdkgW6
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 726Please respect copyright.PENANAfHM66NrhM5
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 726Please respect copyright.PENANA9D1DdjHUO8
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 726Please respect copyright.PENANAjcTI8e22U8
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 726Please respect copyright.PENANAmbnb0pSCjj
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.726Please respect copyright.PENANArCGNQkcQM2
"Wait wait!" Fernand 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0kc6F4snLq
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 726Please respect copyright.PENANACS2M4gQhVH
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."726Please respect copyright.PENANAKbn8ONKFmE
Fernand was shaking his 726Please respect copyright.PENANAb8JcbJ7EK3
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't726Please respect copyright.PENANA0PsZOF5ZIm
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 726Please respect copyright.PENANAKM23cvfAEE
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely726Please respect copyright.PENANAitzRoeoM9s
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaLhgUgYoSw
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2iVniVU4wK
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAecz0aMSUBt
That made Ferdinand 726Please respect copyright.PENANAtrYeOVA24w
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 726Please respect copyright.PENANALOIPLNGklw
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"726Please respect copyright.PENANAh8F9jroJ6a
Fernand wasn't denying 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2FuWoNNGa4
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did726Please respect copyright.PENANAHBR2c0aQP5
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaqoUycx98d
get us do something." 726Please respect copyright.PENANA8uldMOfPc6
"Blasphemy, he 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZO34iN7X6n
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 726Please respect copyright.PENANAXBGaGyHPHX
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.726Please respect copyright.PENANAgdb0mYsxct
"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" 726Please respect copyright.PENANAPhDa68YhcF
"Demons tend to plan 726Please respect copyright.PENANAusZNMLAoRZ
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 726Please respect copyright.PENANAXvnCDnArMf
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"726Please respect copyright.PENANANwYGdHm1kN
"To find something, he 726Please respect copyright.PENANAOricJxd3XH
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to726Please respect copyright.PENANAEOq9zcDjPJ
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAnBBJGqTiGH
same for Fernand.726Please respect copyright.PENANA1cNELK0k7j
Fernand was about to say726Please respect copyright.PENANAvqpyUM3TdJ
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 726Please respect copyright.PENANARshMsdAOGn
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 726Please respect copyright.PENANA59yQgMWxo3
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 726Please respect copyright.PENANAGWwEvYmfAp
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."726Please respect copyright.PENANAiL00DqpKQv
David quickly rummaged 726Please respect copyright.PENANAkk24Vvk2B6
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back726Please respect copyright.PENANAnXoEjE7qrM
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 726Please respect copyright.PENANAsTXcZijH7y
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0iwR8gSuOw
able to trap her."726Please respect copyright.PENANAZOv9XyOZsq
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 726Please respect copyright.PENANAYxiRTpmLUk
"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.726Please respect copyright.PENANA6l1Px0v1bH
"And how will you do 726Please respect copyright.PENANAx7enW2Efi7
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've726Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5reBOJkJe
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 726Please respect copyright.PENANAFPLLt0WxFR
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 726Please respect copyright.PENANAO5YNcLtz1S
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."726Please respect copyright.PENANAAczcQZVhY8
"But I don't! I really 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0B2o6MPoU4
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 726Please respect copyright.PENANAPDHvcilKzs
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.726Please respect copyright.PENANAAhMJf4H8py
"Ah captain Schumah, a 726Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ix1bEX95t
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 726Please respect copyright.PENANAajf0mambc7
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a726Please respect copyright.PENANANJhHdNKeMb
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 726Please respect copyright.PENANAh4jBk0Aw43
black. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAq7942qxPXp
"Well, well. What do we 726Please respect copyright.PENANAwGKbZmcPUg
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 726Please respect copyright.PENANALcnMuCt9El
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.726Please respect copyright.PENANAhHHOL0WE3B
"Look, I swear to all 726Please respect copyright.PENANAjLyZLKL1Vz
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 726Please respect copyright.PENANASPRFMYMSoq
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 726Please respect copyright.PENANAWmFT2NCp3z
"We will find out if you726Please respect copyright.PENANAYccotkur6X
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He726Please respect copyright.PENANA7GWzEXsOOL
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by726Please respect copyright.PENANAPLQdDgHKgz
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."726Please respect copyright.PENANA97XiGHeE3z
David struggled against 726Please respect copyright.PENANAI7XR8Darty
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 726Please respect copyright.PENANA7N6pRyFDsq
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaNLukztZRz
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch726Please respect copyright.PENANAgnbPb72voY
"Now how should we 726Please respect copyright.PENANADgap6njZt6
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 726Please respect copyright.PENANA5yk60b4c1D
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAXKevM6Mhsd
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 726Please respect copyright.PENANAjHRHq1BZAw
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my726Please respect copyright.PENANA3l3T4J2TMy
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 726Please respect copyright.PENANAtf0rJQNmwq
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 726Please respect copyright.PENANAcCXjHTgw2F
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as726Please respect copyright.PENANAwe1qoOTODi
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.726Please respect copyright.PENANApe8YIXIfoL
Before David could reply726Please respect copyright.PENANAYfyzKJgH8n
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2pKKNxbRgo
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 726Please respect copyright.PENANAbl4lETH5t9
and he screamed.726Please respect copyright.PENANAS4Wrdl4Ha4
The torturer 726Please respect copyright.PENANANcrR6RxUbf
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 726Please respect copyright.PENANAlKSqFmgTSq
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 726Please respect copyright.PENANAI84wQhWRYl
this."726Please respect copyright.PENANAXS3K0NDxlP
The torturer moved his 726Please respect copyright.PENANAY5TdiJoIDi
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 726Please respect copyright.PENANAErG9mqKrGJ
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 726Please respect copyright.PENANA9TUXkWqPUH
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 726Please respect copyright.PENANAuUrLX1ix3L
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 726Please respect copyright.PENANAUpjBmYGQ9P
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 726Please respect copyright.PENANAJQkwrel9dZ
you agree?"726Please respect copyright.PENANApgHMmM75O4
The torturer stopped his726Please respect copyright.PENANAFWZybbAJC6
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 726Please respect copyright.PENANArciTNuQbOC
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAslwdVDpKB6
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance726Please respect copyright.PENANAN8nF9HSZyL
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 726Please respect copyright.PENANAdC0oD983Nr
go?" 726Please respect copyright.PENANAkeM555MY4W
David was trying to 726Please respect copyright.PENANAfGv8AN28i1
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was726Please respect copyright.PENANAfSfJ7uvP3a
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 726Please respect copyright.PENANAGxEVQr8wuM
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 726Please respect copyright.PENANAP7PMSaUoEC
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 726Please respect copyright.PENANAZnQ2yuusKV
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 726Please respect copyright.PENANA4kjrc9dzZl
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 726Please respect copyright.PENANASMoWdttW4c
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.726Please respect copyright.PENANAfaAgfeTR98
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.726Please respect copyright.PENANAcu9mzW0R2u
Then suddenly David was 726Please respect copyright.PENANAzuAADAlvit
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 726Please respect copyright.PENANAxEaVH0pVNi
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 726Please respect copyright.PENANAuvyBxntkfi
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 726Please respect copyright.PENANAiSHPtxuJTR
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 726Please respect copyright.PENANAGehvCCtKLq
don't know."726Please respect copyright.PENANAktYPi4wlNH
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."726Please respect copyright.PENANAIQhiB3waEw
"Now, while magic is 726Please respect copyright.PENANA5U1rwqCy5m
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 726Please respect copyright.PENANAamRku198qi
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some726Please respect copyright.PENANAPtd3flo1tZ
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 726Please respect copyright.PENANALcBIqj0RiW
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAoB6tHaBXQH
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 726Please respect copyright.PENANAaTmkUWgEtA
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain726Please respect copyright.PENANAB077jYmL0v
came and David screamed for someone to help726Please respect copyright.PENANAyl88cCBEls
~no one will come.~726Please respect copyright.PENANAlN2F1cFls9
After pulling out all 726Please respect copyright.PENANApB2NBcdKpg
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was726Please respect copyright.PENANA01DLbEELVz
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 726Please respect copyright.PENANA2SSL7cbOYG
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 726Please respect copyright.PENANAH1Jbe6oATF
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 726Please respect copyright.PENANA94ZxViobM5
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 726Please respect copyright.PENANA4aUVlDyb8L
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 726Please respect copyright.PENANAujL5pp5LUA
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 726Please respect copyright.PENANAN3CCu1WPS1
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 726Please respect copyright.PENANAzrfHni2WmQ
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 726Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZCcHi1NQp
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone726Please respect copyright.PENANAnVwF8zP43S
would rescue him.726Please respect copyright.PENANAvCM6Gd9veZ
~no one cares.~726Please respect copyright.PENANAADgaNTynHB
Next few moments were a 726Please respect copyright.PENANAiqg0hLzHa2
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea726Please respect copyright.PENANAyoipyscqNH
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.726Please respect copyright.PENANATRlL6CNWpU
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 726Please respect copyright.PENANAYj8VdlAkn8
companion in the darkness.
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