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All taxes must be paid 641Please respect copyright.PENANAOKRqC6ZJGG
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 641Please respect copyright.PENANAmGLFes0Qg0
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 641Please respect copyright.PENANA4h41GbonWr
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 641Please respect copyright.PENANAWr5zb2Y7VO
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 641Please respect copyright.PENANANpjI4cFUf9
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 641Please respect copyright.PENANAGbbMqzYL2d
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAyTc7H6uhYU
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 641Please respect copyright.PENANATk1UzMWTqM
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade641Please respect copyright.PENANAKLSZRh9WzP
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 641Please respect copyright.PENANA3rCm73qHdn
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 641Please respect copyright.PENANAAwAG7aKzcq
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 641Please respect copyright.PENANAdHlEzr8eBn
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 641Please respect copyright.PENANAEFIl0qWzLs
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted641Please respect copyright.PENANAWY0oSUtXcl
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.641Please respect copyright.PENANAhWpy10jdtX
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'641Please respect copyright.PENANAeBnDlS0qjG
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David has been in jail 641Please respect copyright.PENANAbTZUcHaxDF
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.641Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q6rkZIfbZ
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor641Please respect copyright.PENANADynNIlWMDU
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.641Please respect copyright.PENANATbD0Gl5q33
The cell was big enough 641Please respect copyright.PENANA1Fn1XskGbD
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 641Please respect copyright.PENANAVypsclLuht
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAuhG1JUvmIS
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 641Please respect copyright.PENANA0geJdMMXaT
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.641Please respect copyright.PENANAGNbC01C9Gf
David didn't even 641Please respect copyright.PENANAOPKiw7j11q
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAfDO1NTGTxW
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 641Please respect copyright.PENANAPIEawIKqOt
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 641Please respect copyright.PENANAuVn3QBy4rp
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAv8QGQSqfP8
Sadly event the best 641Please respect copyright.PENANAwSeDfHZm47
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall641Please respect copyright.PENANAnf56nrdAxL
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that641Please respect copyright.PENANAzXTnLXbpxV
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 641Please respect copyright.PENANAq3NdTfFIhK
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 641Please respect copyright.PENANAHph5zjLA4U
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could641Please respect copyright.PENANAFWXKNYx1xu
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 641Please respect copyright.PENANAgwcSYtHYtd
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob641Please respect copyright.PENANAJxKjjIVZhl
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 641Please respect copyright.PENANA8aI83qrYzu
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 641Please respect copyright.PENANA3vVPaROp3G
cell next door.641Please respect copyright.PENANAvbqEQOj8x5
Another soldier came up 641Please respect copyright.PENANAaA2GI7eCpe
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 641Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2vNOFoSWT
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 641Please respect copyright.PENANAnp0296FJT8
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAMFNeOXDkfM
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 641Please respect copyright.PENANA6MIEoIFqA6
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 641Please respect copyright.PENANA0jFMwLowas
back.641Please respect copyright.PENANAMaKmqdkbfh
While David would've 641Please respect copyright.PENANANMHHWJ5TIw
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 641Please respect copyright.PENANAoW4E60Tzof
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 641Please respect copyright.PENANA3u6bazOW0k
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 641Please respect copyright.PENANAcTWaL1QMyM
Jesters words came back to him. 641Please respect copyright.PENANA5qpfAKoPh1
The walk itself didn't 641Please respect copyright.PENANAxT8IoYFfsd
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 641Please respect copyright.PENANA1OrW3HSbRk
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 641Please respect copyright.PENANAvyCCqnvaIj
splatters all around the room.641Please respect copyright.PENANAaQdalyFffi
David was put into the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAb1fTEb5UAI
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 641Please respect copyright.PENANA5u25fqv94g
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAq01g4jtiyj
other chair, staring into David's soul.641Please respect copyright.PENANAfqcTptFcEI
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.641Please respect copyright.PENANAO813V6ONIu
"I'm David, the rebels 641Please respect copyright.PENANAgBqP5SuQ5b
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 641Please respect copyright.PENANANlVQGja2Cy
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.641Please respect copyright.PENANAddsKm6eRxo
"Where are you from?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAx7MJzgdTUu
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.641Please respect copyright.PENANAkZPj1wi71s
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAufS1kceb4V
"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 nodded641Please respect copyright.PENANAhZC3yzlFzn
"Where did the rebels move?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAHBMYMAaR3b
"Gods, we're not getting641Please respect copyright.PENANA7N5RJOGHGk
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want641Please respect copyright.PENANAkt2xYQnasN
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."641Please respect copyright.PENANAlNmQ3w9ULS
"We know the rebellion 641Please respect copyright.PENANALJFS0Aeppf
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 641Please respect copyright.PENANAtpTBmMvYHe
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."641Please respect copyright.PENANAbIZ1fJkYe8
"Well if you know all 641Please respect copyright.PENANA4GlKkCZqIn
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 641Please respect copyright.PENANA0H6Ay5DFan
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 641Please respect copyright.PENANADCSyJVnsVJ
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 641Please respect copyright.PENANA5F3SzJ0VJr
on the imperial soldier.641Please respect copyright.PENANABql3QkDwQ5
"I wanted to make this 641Please respect copyright.PENANALBqkvGw0I0
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 641Please respect copyright.PENANAYYbIzn6wmo
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 641Please respect copyright.PENANA0MCGB9wqxC
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 641Please respect copyright.PENANAFF8HFox3o5
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 641Please respect copyright.PENANApGwq7Avfju
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 641Please respect copyright.PENANAhS4M8uRyeN
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.641Please respect copyright.PENANAvDoL1Q08Nr
"Wait wait!" Fernand 641Please respect copyright.PENANAuQIXGCLuzK
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 641Please respect copyright.PENANAR6fJZOuNFq
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."641Please respect copyright.PENANAlOFCwE6TsR
Fernand was shaking his 641Please respect copyright.PENANAf59SaGRhvL
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't641Please respect copyright.PENANArdHw7PMogd
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 641Please respect copyright.PENANAdMQik4zz43
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely641Please respect copyright.PENANAzqtlpr77bB
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 641Please respect copyright.PENANAYpmijeCXG3
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAeVO7INGkJg
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAHsTz9WYxM6
That made Ferdinand 641Please respect copyright.PENANAIu7oUHXZ1D
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAcoavQegMR7
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAKGT9UEHwW1
Fernand wasn't denying 641Please respect copyright.PENANAA6nlYPGZRc
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did641Please respect copyright.PENANAKyR4r97d0U
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 641Please respect copyright.PENANA3oK7a628yP
get us do something." 641Please respect copyright.PENANArcYvyjGJzi
"Blasphemy, he 641Please respect copyright.PENANAqyDsUYVhnB
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 641Please respect copyright.PENANAUlgY9M9wFb
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.641Please respect copyright.PENANAktjdPkq5Z3
"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" 641Please respect copyright.PENANAWRTiiofBNT
"Demons tend to plan 641Please respect copyright.PENANAHaIxBmprGf
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 641Please respect copyright.PENANAa2JBWHxFbd
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAWedQaCe9xD
"To find something, he 641Please respect copyright.PENANA0pAzSENJRs
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to641Please respect copyright.PENANAmXNiF6onow
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAdWzxFekyGn
same for Fernand.641Please respect copyright.PENANAuhv8tSSmE4
Fernand was about to say641Please respect copyright.PENANACuA49Bv2wV
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 641Please respect copyright.PENANA7HVXiNAxsP
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 641Please respect copyright.PENANAADqGs5bFGk
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 641Please respect copyright.PENANASEWp2pXB17
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."641Please respect copyright.PENANA7iVUZI0Iem
David quickly rummaged 641Please respect copyright.PENANAK2NunQdEl4
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back641Please respect copyright.PENANApgFBgFJF7b
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 641Please respect copyright.PENANAFqDEViWVvU
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 641Please respect copyright.PENANA4caFcXmcOv
able to trap her."641Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q7pQBSH0d
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 641Please respect copyright.PENANAHQKefy48Up
"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.641Please respect copyright.PENANAfSf5ukbmuM
"And how will you do 641Please respect copyright.PENANAz3qMQRqDu9
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've641Please respect copyright.PENANAfC2giOsvKB
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 641Please respect copyright.PENANAfRcpWSaBOm
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 641Please respect copyright.PENANAQNPLsEKA9l
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."641Please respect copyright.PENANAufyFhbpOvD
"But I don't! I really 641Please respect copyright.PENANAfpTDErk9dC
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 641Please respect copyright.PENANAptTLPd3tj4
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.641Please respect copyright.PENANAzl5MhkvnSW
"Ah captain Schumah, a 641Please respect copyright.PENANA3qBdZ9GJ3v
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 641Please respect copyright.PENANAnVkG8g89EZ
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a641Please respect copyright.PENANA90IwGTHPuC
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 641Please respect copyright.PENANAMSiohqHG7P
black. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAq1yEC7BTKm
"Well, well. What do we 641Please respect copyright.PENANAjIWxddU6R3
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 641Please respect copyright.PENANAkrPyjApTYm
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.641Please respect copyright.PENANABAGET6yk2x
"Look, I swear to all 641Please respect copyright.PENANArdC4BQfHEs
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 641Please respect copyright.PENANALQYmHQws80
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAwz1u4yhXQr
"We will find out if you641Please respect copyright.PENANAUw8jJxPaGt
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He641Please respect copyright.PENANAWRpC0Ir8ow
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by641Please respect copyright.PENANAo2UPsrj38W
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."641Please respect copyright.PENANA5yiBPTt55m
David struggled against 641Please respect copyright.PENANA7ecn3pKJsu
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAk0VdeN4Vdp
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAk8M2HrtQD2
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch641Please respect copyright.PENANAlVHhjDHb0b
"Now how should we 641Please respect copyright.PENANAcSHGs7hXrw
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 641Please respect copyright.PENANAsEStFPCj0K
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 641Please respect copyright.PENANAmzeYM6JhLn
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 641Please respect copyright.PENANAmtnxcf3F9f
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my641Please respect copyright.PENANAeU5OzrLdms
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 641Please respect copyright.PENANA89EzINwPxr
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 641Please respect copyright.PENANA3LB9zXyfOx
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as641Please respect copyright.PENANAL1W79jeTvm
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.641Please respect copyright.PENANAI4SNI9Z6sX
Before David could reply641Please respect copyright.PENANAvu8QThwsLd
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 641Please respect copyright.PENANAF6OSqIWFbU
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 641Please respect copyright.PENANAEB825DFN9q
and he screamed.641Please respect copyright.PENANAxbckhUkTIk
The torturer 641Please respect copyright.PENANAN1zJjYMYn0
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 641Please respect copyright.PENANAsWqcDsMbMP
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 641Please respect copyright.PENANA1biIBHVHhk
this."641Please respect copyright.PENANAALd82ajNhq
The torturer moved his 641Please respect copyright.PENANAnWCSradufS
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 641Please respect copyright.PENANA2Hs84k9f04
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 641Please respect copyright.PENANA34XNzbI6Eu
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 641Please respect copyright.PENANAS5FHzopCpY
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 641Please respect copyright.PENANA2oHBmts0qf
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 641Please respect copyright.PENANAF9bFW9pqV0
you agree?"641Please respect copyright.PENANAhVhB5n43lg
The torturer stopped his641Please respect copyright.PENANAcuKmjx5AKd
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 641Please respect copyright.PENANACvcjF33BQN
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 641Please respect copyright.PENANAsJGarJZyvv
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance641Please respect copyright.PENANAjc7g0zWf3g
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 641Please respect copyright.PENANAs45bLYSFle
go?" 641Please respect copyright.PENANAJG7rVcJHgh
David was trying to 641Please respect copyright.PENANAgrAnmG6KUs
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was641Please respect copyright.PENANAMBbvOIYxLt
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 641Please respect copyright.PENANAHP5PDkZzMd
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 641Please respect copyright.PENANAR1ny0o5bk5
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 641Please respect copyright.PENANABD0NoVbrFW
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 641Please respect copyright.PENANAt0TGDsmqCN
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 641Please respect copyright.PENANADQ1WGci58F
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.641Please respect copyright.PENANAM92CAsawlm
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.641Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vb7pGKkFl
Then suddenly David was 641Please respect copyright.PENANAKkfJK8Ms1z
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 641Please respect copyright.PENANAW8Q5wD6nzc
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 641Please respect copyright.PENANAKmunMkx28U
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 641Please respect copyright.PENANAFdoY83Ravd
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 641Please respect copyright.PENANAC8c3AAavBc
don't know."641Please respect copyright.PENANAt7jkEQpYVf
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."641Please respect copyright.PENANARfMMFBsPxn
"Now, while magic is 641Please respect copyright.PENANAnDwWPspe9P
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 641Please respect copyright.PENANAL5o1JJooMQ
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some641Please respect copyright.PENANAlXFahKOBWb
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 641Please respect copyright.PENANANHCY97c66w
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 641Please respect copyright.PENANAQ013UoPi4g
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 641Please respect copyright.PENANApeCvzDQvnU
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain641Please respect copyright.PENANAnxAotbfkUo
came and David screamed for someone to help641Please respect copyright.PENANA5kYfgUJ3Z0
~no one will come.~641Please respect copyright.PENANAz10x4Uv50j
After pulling out all 641Please respect copyright.PENANA8BctEAYUrd
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was641Please respect copyright.PENANAGnRelHPKvU
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 641Please respect copyright.PENANADaHDeyfwO8
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 641Please respect copyright.PENANAjLdsjdlQSK
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 641Please respect copyright.PENANAqF2EcqluZn
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 641Please respect copyright.PENANAoX8kNb8XoG
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 641Please respect copyright.PENANAn1BSb58iCk
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 641Please respect copyright.PENANAEhmHPX6yVN
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 641Please respect copyright.PENANAjP1iv9Vqhg
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 641Please respect copyright.PENANAXWoDXWZd9I
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone641Please respect copyright.PENANA9bPdWJj26i
would rescue him.641Please respect copyright.PENANAhrTO9SUzdN
~no one cares.~641Please respect copyright.PENANAMzX78ws5ng
Next few moments were a 641Please respect copyright.PENANAdXMEjQ4y0u
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea641Please respect copyright.PENANAHp9QjrNWez
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.641Please respect copyright.PENANAusGQ7cmTzN
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 641Please respect copyright.PENANA9cIEHEzUna
companion in the darkness.
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