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All taxes must be paid 729Please respect copyright.PENANArtNFpBtTS1
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 729Please respect copyright.PENANACVii7DDbjf
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 729Please respect copyright.PENANAdyEs4XhsjG
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 729Please respect copyright.PENANAScB98HAO6X
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 729Please respect copyright.PENANAjBNLyU6HCl
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 729Please respect copyright.PENANAxRWVlmKABA
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAU8MPjuZp1R
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 729Please respect copyright.PENANA9a1bFE7VNr
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade729Please respect copyright.PENANA86oFYVs1qn
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 729Please respect copyright.PENANASt5AcDKPwc
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 729Please respect copyright.PENANAAAz1vwWjr2
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 729Please respect copyright.PENANAuKHRBlar5g
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 729Please respect copyright.PENANAOXZVaMUJCC
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted729Please respect copyright.PENANA7ewBr8FuFv
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.729Please respect copyright.PENANA2v9jNb8Wjp
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'729Please respect copyright.PENANAOGWmBiHfxa
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David has been in jail 729Please respect copyright.PENANAxGlUVtwzVJ
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.729Please respect copyright.PENANApbX5crEGcH
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor729Please respect copyright.PENANAYbrRCt7PZ0
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.729Please respect copyright.PENANAHqDOppsKKa
The cell was big enough 729Please respect copyright.PENANANxRGjq3QdT
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 729Please respect copyright.PENANA2qWQkCiEfL
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 729Please respect copyright.PENANA3wyGRJVBV5
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAqrcrAq42bD
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.729Please respect copyright.PENANADId6DcpICy
David didn't even 729Please respect copyright.PENANAjUBdvmzz3w
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAL3rO3S9Dg6
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 729Please respect copyright.PENANAabAtICO8uh
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 729Please respect copyright.PENANAsX89ecciRm
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 729Please respect copyright.PENANAVNdry4lRK8
Sadly event the best 729Please respect copyright.PENANA59asNkuJyz
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall729Please respect copyright.PENANAeIVU4VAorX
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that729Please respect copyright.PENANAKuWYAaBD83
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 729Please respect copyright.PENANATB2iP2rcob
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 729Please respect copyright.PENANAdWnTDx6gZu
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could729Please respect copyright.PENANAx4XYWegSyo
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 729Please respect copyright.PENANA1WlNFilfzJ
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob729Please respect copyright.PENANArZvr3T8fI5
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 729Please respect copyright.PENANApoHSU0VDok
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAkgfLx3kWtc
cell next door.729Please respect copyright.PENANA4wd4yMTrXY
Another soldier came up 729Please respect copyright.PENANAc1ygxof1fm
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 729Please respect copyright.PENANAD1DGfzUkwP
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 729Please respect copyright.PENANAl3b4fMtGRR
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 729Please respect copyright.PENANA3eEZHXsKOa
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 729Please respect copyright.PENANANMZALC660X
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 729Please respect copyright.PENANAopQ6T7TO6Q
back.729Please respect copyright.PENANA7yWq3WUCPA
While David would've 729Please respect copyright.PENANAYj6mzNrM32
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 729Please respect copyright.PENANAli1qZHCHSx
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 729Please respect copyright.PENANAoTnwlb5dfL
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 729Please respect copyright.PENANAwbl3iPS5tF
Jesters words came back to him. 729Please respect copyright.PENANAVXva2pOsaf
The walk itself didn't 729Please respect copyright.PENANAnc4CCOMCqX
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 729Please respect copyright.PENANAq1y2VOWxrZ
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 729Please respect copyright.PENANAYrKrwfHxHX
splatters all around the room.729Please respect copyright.PENANARakOEyqPnI
David was put into the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAjYBaa6Ah4A
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 729Please respect copyright.PENANApgdjYTsFgY
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAUHfupStCfn
other chair, staring into David's soul.729Please respect copyright.PENANAyq8xZfbxzB
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.729Please respect copyright.PENANAdBno9nZwC5
"I'm David, the rebels 729Please respect copyright.PENANA7TCSPyEmEU
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 729Please respect copyright.PENANAs01rLgVLfF
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.729Please respect copyright.PENANADDx47jH150
"Where are you from?"729Please respect copyright.PENANAgcah6KWwPT
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.729Please respect copyright.PENANARsjXL3v0gW
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"729Please respect copyright.PENANALA07wtsr1T
"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 nodded729Please respect copyright.PENANA3yJpuWJwpj
"Where did the rebels move?"729Please respect copyright.PENANAAu4oeKeeNj
"Gods, we're not getting729Please respect copyright.PENANAwsYGijeSxm
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want729Please respect copyright.PENANAX94kOnMLKl
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."729Please respect copyright.PENANAI7gnlseinF
"We know the rebellion 729Please respect copyright.PENANAGQqm4kPLUS
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 729Please respect copyright.PENANAXH2h0MmFOm
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."729Please respect copyright.PENANAfBujZTmm93
"Well if you know all 729Please respect copyright.PENANAknBz7CZ22P
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 729Please respect copyright.PENANAaGyNt0amcO
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 729Please respect copyright.PENANAt7fa3yK7fo
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 729Please respect copyright.PENANA8AOL6gJlPC
on the imperial soldier.729Please respect copyright.PENANAmaV4Cki1iZ
"I wanted to make this 729Please respect copyright.PENANAfckaynyPrN
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 729Please respect copyright.PENANAjtXEke6MN9
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 729Please respect copyright.PENANAW45gwWuYxr
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 729Please respect copyright.PENANAXUfswhM86y
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 729Please respect copyright.PENANA7OiCPAr6GO
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 729Please respect copyright.PENANAQFnMfQCeIH
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.729Please respect copyright.PENANA2MpOb54d6W
"Wait wait!" Fernand 729Please respect copyright.PENANAGgDsTKayKf
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 729Please respect copyright.PENANA5Jd9JBuFhD
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."729Please respect copyright.PENANAtmhG2qP0KS
Fernand was shaking his 729Please respect copyright.PENANAGfxoXgvunD
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't729Please respect copyright.PENANABtws4NQ3gO
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 729Please respect copyright.PENANAIiV2DW3VMt
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely729Please respect copyright.PENANARkw6AfsDes
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 729Please respect copyright.PENANAfThDz04dKB
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 729Please respect copyright.PENANAczelVR8J7U
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"729Please respect copyright.PENANAG7NiNP0p0W
That made Ferdinand 729Please respect copyright.PENANA1ajnCDD1J7
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAtnsnV0y8PV
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"729Please respect copyright.PENANAtpWwBF0mER
Fernand wasn't denying 729Please respect copyright.PENANAsaRfKkqMyo
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did729Please respect copyright.PENANAiDPSOmchtp
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 729Please respect copyright.PENANAZZOWHesys5
get us do something." 729Please respect copyright.PENANAzTNiFFnxaA
"Blasphemy, he 729Please respect copyright.PENANAjKWt81us28
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 729Please respect copyright.PENANASYPvWQectk
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.729Please respect copyright.PENANAkSxcQoXM4Z
"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" 729Please respect copyright.PENANAtcWZAGBRih
"Demons tend to plan 729Please respect copyright.PENANAnpzLJGnzFt
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 729Please respect copyright.PENANAWWlpQICvmT
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"729Please respect copyright.PENANAXKWMEMO0iq
"To find something, he 729Please respect copyright.PENANARaZ2yMxlq7
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to729Please respect copyright.PENANAF2SKMjN55R
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 729Please respect copyright.PENANAKo2R83jXAJ
same for Fernand.729Please respect copyright.PENANAMQFoE63s5e
Fernand was about to say729Please respect copyright.PENANAC8HNmHVlSi
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 729Please respect copyright.PENANA7gx6sqs5Qg
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 729Please respect copyright.PENANARtFp9a0RIj
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 729Please respect copyright.PENANAWA2jt5sRXw
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."729Please respect copyright.PENANAcp5VHq0eoP
David quickly rummaged 729Please respect copyright.PENANAI8caIUfFoH
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back729Please respect copyright.PENANAdaqs2c2Iw5
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 729Please respect copyright.PENANA7G9d2ZBqO0
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 729Please respect copyright.PENANA8tKjCCjwcE
able to trap her."729Please respect copyright.PENANAy1xw50jLZH
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 729Please respect copyright.PENANAzVxDvuV2nP
"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.729Please respect copyright.PENANAtNqerTHRId
"And how will you do 729Please respect copyright.PENANAi7Ztre4ASR
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've729Please respect copyright.PENANAha52l9VL6N
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 729Please respect copyright.PENANATjuENTqPYz
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 729Please respect copyright.PENANAIyD3niyWHr
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."729Please respect copyright.PENANAh6vanq5t32
"But I don't! I really 729Please respect copyright.PENANA6QMgWvWkwP
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 729Please respect copyright.PENANAP7kH8HXzgY
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.729Please respect copyright.PENANAgRrlse2Vmx
"Ah captain Schumah, a 729Please respect copyright.PENANA8mmJJCfQ3w
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 729Please respect copyright.PENANAGvZcnipsO0
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a729Please respect copyright.PENANA5YdWMnGGOL
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 729Please respect copyright.PENANAGpcK2ylIol
black. 729Please respect copyright.PENANAZbaLLjAqCA
"Well, well. What do we 729Please respect copyright.PENANAg9Xx01tNF2
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 729Please respect copyright.PENANAr9PtynRT0Z
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.729Please respect copyright.PENANAAlXjO9NPiw
"Look, I swear to all 729Please respect copyright.PENANAYTxqni7aPh
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 729Please respect copyright.PENANAAQrselM1L2
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 729Please respect copyright.PENANAgrL1QoVXCW
"We will find out if you729Please respect copyright.PENANA9KXlhLb7BX
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He729Please respect copyright.PENANAsjYO15s3XA
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by729Please respect copyright.PENANADWHVui4SAv
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."729Please respect copyright.PENANAXJEUslhPZ0
David struggled against 729Please respect copyright.PENANAA8vs1jm7vE
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 729Please respect copyright.PENANADYmjBXYOY8
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 729Please respect copyright.PENANA1YZCy64NGp
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch729Please respect copyright.PENANAWVlHnj4N6y
"Now how should we 729Please respect copyright.PENANArsqS5PsrGa
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 729Please respect copyright.PENANAV7GRrG0Tky
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 729Please respect copyright.PENANAiiX2uoVfDC
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 729Please respect copyright.PENANAEIGqOjAvPS
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my729Please respect copyright.PENANAAIQeqik6tq
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 729Please respect copyright.PENANAkIJkkdOmCb
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 729Please respect copyright.PENANAx0ycC7NsO3
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as729Please respect copyright.PENANAq6AqQrJ5zz
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.729Please respect copyright.PENANA3gp2QdnZyn
Before David could reply729Please respect copyright.PENANA41toKiAfat
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 729Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vuh6dkWsD
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 729Please respect copyright.PENANAj1gnbZHDvS
and he screamed.729Please respect copyright.PENANARPzISBbnEw
The torturer 729Please respect copyright.PENANAEaq4jGD7YB
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 729Please respect copyright.PENANA8pKY2XKXDW
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 729Please respect copyright.PENANAHKhPYpyrEY
this."729Please respect copyright.PENANABhqdx4qZlK
The torturer moved his 729Please respect copyright.PENANA1EmbsLKG4a
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 729Please respect copyright.PENANA5xlTasi3r7
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 729Please respect copyright.PENANArTOlMSvRSR
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 729Please respect copyright.PENANAUTcXTDNkNE
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 729Please respect copyright.PENANAPVcdot6pEQ
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 729Please respect copyright.PENANAYBtgL3iblq
you agree?"729Please respect copyright.PENANAPUowgP2jug
The torturer stopped his729Please respect copyright.PENANAL6sdVyM7gw
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 729Please respect copyright.PENANArvFJZCPX7C
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 729Please respect copyright.PENANAa8bI2Uc7pC
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance729Please respect copyright.PENANAlQJpVd7ePG
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 729Please respect copyright.PENANA4U8QBU15ht
go?" 729Please respect copyright.PENANAhtnmAufECq
David was trying to 729Please respect copyright.PENANAlMNHlUW2q4
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was729Please respect copyright.PENANAmptvb4GnCi
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 729Please respect copyright.PENANASPX6FTcxsC
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 729Please respect copyright.PENANAalii2MWKOs
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 729Please respect copyright.PENANAPK8YLCzW68
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 729Please respect copyright.PENANA2N6ajuHK5R
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 729Please respect copyright.PENANAJQRnKzY9z2
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.729Please respect copyright.PENANAMQQnsmkxYr
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.729Please respect copyright.PENANAeKhE3KQ1Hi
Then suddenly David was 729Please respect copyright.PENANAjlgeP5rdJ5
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 729Please respect copyright.PENANAGcqsITjEua
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 729Please respect copyright.PENANAql0xzlTReO
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 729Please respect copyright.PENANAobk2acnmO8
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 729Please respect copyright.PENANAPHs9GE2fA4
don't know."729Please respect copyright.PENANAGvcdSZlOKo
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."729Please respect copyright.PENANApLUvr7ZWvw
"Now, while magic is 729Please respect copyright.PENANAcSqyjb3tkU
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 729Please respect copyright.PENANAdJaQSiAZ2d
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some729Please respect copyright.PENANAP1eSFagWE7
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 729Please respect copyright.PENANAgRQO66RoBo
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 729Please respect copyright.PENANAaGKnDHOXAO
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 729Please respect copyright.PENANAuuJMBIW2Pa
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain729Please respect copyright.PENANATTcwOWdl3H
came and David screamed for someone to help729Please respect copyright.PENANARqyvVmrcBR
~no one will come.~729Please respect copyright.PENANAGyp1M8lMBr
After pulling out all 729Please respect copyright.PENANACXgXfViKQc
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was729Please respect copyright.PENANA538FUBjB16
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 729Please respect copyright.PENANANtj1kLkPkq
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 729Please respect copyright.PENANAyWCWr0IKna
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 729Please respect copyright.PENANAhG3HBYtKce
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 729Please respect copyright.PENANAYc4ffDPebS
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 729Please respect copyright.PENANAinV78JEA4w
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 729Please respect copyright.PENANA46FscPi0Gp
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 729Please respect copyright.PENANAizl7HS6QJR
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 729Please respect copyright.PENANADAyFL3zgAE
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone729Please respect copyright.PENANACewQzziXwj
would rescue him.729Please respect copyright.PENANAvSgeOeEflf
~no one cares.~729Please respect copyright.PENANANSwFXUXS5o
Next few moments were a 729Please respect copyright.PENANAnbZGMIXh83
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea729Please respect copyright.PENANA2MU8wM92I5
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.729Please respect copyright.PENANA6wwrAEQCP8
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 729Please respect copyright.PENANAXdKepBs5NK
companion in the darkness.
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