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All taxes must be paid 361Please respect copyright.PENANA67Uun1rQwb
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 361Please respect copyright.PENANAFR3j52hi0e
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 361Please respect copyright.PENANAa7eOqCqqtF
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 361Please respect copyright.PENANA81wyIQYSWB
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 361Please respect copyright.PENANAprUKD6o81g
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 361Please respect copyright.PENANAd86BQC3rVB
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 361Please respect copyright.PENANALfTmHlu4L4
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 361Please respect copyright.PENANAhOmiKts5xT
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade361Please respect copyright.PENANANNtn3DCVf6
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 361Please respect copyright.PENANAWGTkm6VImY
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 361Please respect copyright.PENANAV4EZUcRmm4
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 361Please respect copyright.PENANACk0XFShtjK
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 361Please respect copyright.PENANA1dt8Bq93Dq
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted361Please respect copyright.PENANAbbai5ABFGl
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.361Please respect copyright.PENANACvhqgxUj1I
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'361Please respect copyright.PENANAsirg9pzGKe
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David has been in jail 361Please respect copyright.PENANArc8ou5r2e5
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.361Please respect copyright.PENANAYLVRvZfAnJ
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor361Please respect copyright.PENANAG8emEOhFG5
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.361Please respect copyright.PENANAmpUWe4R7KA
The cell was big enough 361Please respect copyright.PENANA9Gbt1Dirx9
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 361Please respect copyright.PENANA3omQ0T38I8
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAyJ1ow4xaPv
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 361Please respect copyright.PENANANSwV0IwLns
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.361Please respect copyright.PENANAxGfyww1Cvt
David didn't even 361Please respect copyright.PENANALbaF4HXtwC
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAOJKZWSTD2P
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 361Please respect copyright.PENANAerzSizuCOI
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 361Please respect copyright.PENANAl1FwALsaAS
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 361Please respect copyright.PENANATnC9JaNkkv
Sadly event the best 361Please respect copyright.PENANAa0gJZwRMTm
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall361Please respect copyright.PENANAux7MT6hwQP
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that361Please respect copyright.PENANAvointYCPIv
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 361Please respect copyright.PENANAZQSRmbVR6V
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 361Please respect copyright.PENANAPC6gmT6g7U
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could361Please respect copyright.PENANAT9erV6WI3a
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 361Please respect copyright.PENANAivRpbzkMCe
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob361Please respect copyright.PENANAkcOru6ts3X
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 361Please respect copyright.PENANA0EWftEgKQl
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAEqrGiijUQT
cell next door.361Please respect copyright.PENANAvEMRz2OpL3
Another soldier came up 361Please respect copyright.PENANAvcYLD22CdI
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 361Please respect copyright.PENANAUkTMWMoWBF
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 361Please respect copyright.PENANAPRiOaYiRJp
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAjOuRtVHAhG
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 361Please respect copyright.PENANA8vTPgWqHsx
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 361Please respect copyright.PENANA7Nqqx5TX1e
back.361Please respect copyright.PENANAJ17jqXWDap
While David would've 361Please respect copyright.PENANASzeo2NZF6B
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 361Please respect copyright.PENANA1b1q6G9m0c
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 361Please respect copyright.PENANA7R7OwVMEL4
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 361Please respect copyright.PENANAcfVasMvrpI
Jesters words came back to him. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAus42GxgDgR
The walk itself didn't 361Please respect copyright.PENANAnaksTMo5Kl
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 361Please respect copyright.PENANANWlaYilu0c
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 361Please respect copyright.PENANAjK6AfjyUlI
splatters all around the room.361Please respect copyright.PENANAEjS7vEizK5
David was put into the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAT8PAEYugUW
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAUHfrWXu9ai
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 361Please respect copyright.PENANALVCNw5CFzn
other chair, staring into David's soul.361Please respect copyright.PENANAfsVgokbrCI
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.361Please respect copyright.PENANAd5sRuahx68
"I'm David, the rebels 361Please respect copyright.PENANAXSzuCbieXK
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 361Please respect copyright.PENANAt9kVT92nDG
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.361Please respect copyright.PENANAXDF83ynLvC
"Where are you from?"361Please respect copyright.PENANAD2nvMALvgp
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.361Please respect copyright.PENANAhL4eyurSEL
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"361Please respect copyright.PENANAZqnIsXjnLU
"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 nodded361Please respect copyright.PENANA6jg4hBLuzN
"Where did the rebels move?"361Please respect copyright.PENANA47NtQGibb9
"Gods, we're not getting361Please respect copyright.PENANAeA7RtepQSD
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want361Please respect copyright.PENANAaopWX5E9Xy
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."361Please respect copyright.PENANA0xA7G9HQGk
"We know the rebellion 361Please respect copyright.PENANAzzAv31ABCH
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 361Please respect copyright.PENANAJsEltFaIRU
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."361Please respect copyright.PENANASO9znPm9NO
"Well if you know all 361Please respect copyright.PENANAObbaXUwagw
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 361Please respect copyright.PENANA9N3C4RtDdZ
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 361Please respect copyright.PENANAWDS5mTNrJu
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 361Please respect copyright.PENANAhx59pARYzS
on the imperial soldier.361Please respect copyright.PENANA7CuIt6gfYg
"I wanted to make this 361Please respect copyright.PENANAjenTbeEtYI
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 361Please respect copyright.PENANAdPhr12Igdq
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 361Please respect copyright.PENANAaojYVuDgFd
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 361Please respect copyright.PENANA7QluzWVoiw
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 361Please respect copyright.PENANAb632nB2xNI
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 361Please respect copyright.PENANAJKYvrnMqVa
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.361Please respect copyright.PENANAX2WBy5qRzv
"Wait wait!" Fernand 361Please respect copyright.PENANAfa0iSgMMnH
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 361Please respect copyright.PENANAUmkwtYuAzg
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."361Please respect copyright.PENANACnt774yoAW
Fernand was shaking his 361Please respect copyright.PENANAhxijDw5sOi
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't361Please respect copyright.PENANAoPmqQNRw4G
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 361Please respect copyright.PENANAUwGkzgq0yr
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely361Please respect copyright.PENANAryFXWgBzVL
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 361Please respect copyright.PENANAz5rU0xUeSs
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAfbRucERtUH
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"361Please respect copyright.PENANAddFqgCbO6u
That made Ferdinand 361Please respect copyright.PENANAAgab49Nm63
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAqgnYlCx6ro
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"361Please respect copyright.PENANATcf6ryn8SX
Fernand wasn't denying 361Please respect copyright.PENANAoA7ieWN6G1
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did361Please respect copyright.PENANAHWpEA30eHs
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 361Please respect copyright.PENANAUGAMyShZb4
get us do something." 361Please respect copyright.PENANAr3lMF4MHPE
"Blasphemy, he 361Please respect copyright.PENANA4ikgxdFDO0
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 361Please respect copyright.PENANAeeEjh38ihE
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.361Please respect copyright.PENANA5YZFhe7CKQ
"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" 361Please respect copyright.PENANAdA5vuzydm1
"Demons tend to plan 361Please respect copyright.PENANADXLxZgHEBT
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 361Please respect copyright.PENANAWDaqYF6et2
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"361Please respect copyright.PENANAHtCfh0ALCo
"To find something, he 361Please respect copyright.PENANAhW5Ia4JrOb
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to361Please respect copyright.PENANACuZCr6phx5
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAbykBZP18F1
same for Fernand.361Please respect copyright.PENANANFE76YNmQG
Fernand was about to say361Please respect copyright.PENANAcUc2ojnxo0
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 361Please respect copyright.PENANA5WaDKQY902
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 361Please respect copyright.PENANA0JGNAaxKT9
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 361Please respect copyright.PENANA5AvqSzEmoX
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."361Please respect copyright.PENANA8wvqH03jKm
David quickly rummaged 361Please respect copyright.PENANAnrqvHE45i5
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back361Please respect copyright.PENANAwIWdlsvUE6
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 361Please respect copyright.PENANAEmZ9nGDoGH
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 361Please respect copyright.PENANAnN4C2YCCGy
able to trap her."361Please respect copyright.PENANAMvD61IWMzN
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 361Please respect copyright.PENANARKhLpyMh6m
"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.361Please respect copyright.PENANAFvWVzitQs7
"And how will you do 361Please respect copyright.PENANAGn6MWN7jp8
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've361Please respect copyright.PENANAsKyVVdakHh
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 361Please respect copyright.PENANAF5QY3LsMgE
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 361Please respect copyright.PENANAEclr4KxYvv
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."361Please respect copyright.PENANAOrLPbzpRvx
"But I don't! I really 361Please respect copyright.PENANA5wRq8CCXrJ
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 361Please respect copyright.PENANAfhknq5WUT3
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.361Please respect copyright.PENANAB0FfuvpEIN
"Ah captain Schumah, a 361Please respect copyright.PENANA9KIHatXX3C
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 361Please respect copyright.PENANAHLSZId918w
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a361Please respect copyright.PENANA0LlExYEjJ7
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 361Please respect copyright.PENANAJLNphMjGpG
black. 361Please respect copyright.PENANA545XTBYGWN
"Well, well. What do we 361Please respect copyright.PENANA7raSWOSbRZ
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 361Please respect copyright.PENANAWgUIciB00y
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.361Please respect copyright.PENANAbvwWFbMbNX
"Look, I swear to all 361Please respect copyright.PENANA8VWoEp7Keq
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 361Please respect copyright.PENANAn0TYAB4sMQ
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAYczZPJhc3f
"We will find out if you361Please respect copyright.PENANAG5syiTsE4z
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He361Please respect copyright.PENANAEOFr6JgzPJ
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by361Please respect copyright.PENANAzzjMytg00g
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."361Please respect copyright.PENANA7SDdsq5Pbu
David struggled against 361Please respect copyright.PENANAZCSGUbbB8t
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAk9ZTd9Ls0C
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAZRPNoTGRDG
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch361Please respect copyright.PENANAOn9TMKHrdV
"Now how should we 361Please respect copyright.PENANA02hBAQAnXS
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 361Please respect copyright.PENANAIvMpBmyP2h
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 361Please respect copyright.PENANAWuAAWRf9jb
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 361Please respect copyright.PENANAQOHU2u8pOP
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my361Please respect copyright.PENANAG8uO9xMm0I
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 361Please respect copyright.PENANAYWkgUDPmnq
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 361Please respect copyright.PENANAoGYa4TGHBS
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as361Please respect copyright.PENANABOXAXmsJHv
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.361Please respect copyright.PENANANlZ9rln6ij
Before David could reply361Please respect copyright.PENANAhunCDMUW5Y
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 361Please respect copyright.PENANAV3jhpFz5Lh
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 361Please respect copyright.PENANALHPj78sUSL
and he screamed.361Please respect copyright.PENANA1EyrU2bf57
The torturer 361Please respect copyright.PENANA3R2TrNbKy7
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 361Please respect copyright.PENANAPlzHUR3cTZ
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 361Please respect copyright.PENANAnquVwf14zK
this."361Please respect copyright.PENANAWpIxjZhlop
The torturer moved his 361Please respect copyright.PENANAFTWPCx6SLS
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 361Please respect copyright.PENANArEbaS33G4J
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 361Please respect copyright.PENANA3j2jrbOYic
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 361Please respect copyright.PENANAkgN6iA7p4P
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 361Please respect copyright.PENANAg9evIiVGg2
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 361Please respect copyright.PENANA5Oq0HmoRmp
you agree?"361Please respect copyright.PENANAhdYV4IsXsx
The torturer stopped his361Please respect copyright.PENANAtx7Bgk9aQd
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 361Please respect copyright.PENANAYR7SL7LumR
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 361Please respect copyright.PENANAdbL910pLJB
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance361Please respect copyright.PENANAIoiRvLcHs9
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 361Please respect copyright.PENANAIrKtHLNckI
go?" 361Please respect copyright.PENANAmOxNQ0cMEJ
David was trying to 361Please respect copyright.PENANAgdx5pswniA
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was361Please respect copyright.PENANA2eNtQZUIek
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 361Please respect copyright.PENANAksGZpAZSRe
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 361Please respect copyright.PENANANZNOSFC3Dq
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 361Please respect copyright.PENANAsXbRVuds7e
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 361Please respect copyright.PENANAamQaT8Vlz5
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 361Please respect copyright.PENANAQu154Kkv65
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.361Please respect copyright.PENANAVXd2DDTLkX
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.361Please respect copyright.PENANAL5ufR36fMb
Then suddenly David was 361Please respect copyright.PENANAezIlbuAhwZ
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 361Please respect copyright.PENANAQBYomzQrV7
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 361Please respect copyright.PENANAcRN6yXWvio
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 361Please respect copyright.PENANAcIzSqfhqcS
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 361Please respect copyright.PENANAXtt3JxGB5c
don't know."361Please respect copyright.PENANAfNp7Avbbi8
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."361Please respect copyright.PENANAQxM4XGwEJ4
"Now, while magic is 361Please respect copyright.PENANAaj5mSSRvt7
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 361Please respect copyright.PENANAfpR3HGG0s6
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some361Please respect copyright.PENANAPyE2PQMGQs
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 361Please respect copyright.PENANA4vJYmXj5Hj
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 361Please respect copyright.PENANAoqFqfOvORi
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 361Please respect copyright.PENANAqr89F8NEUP
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain361Please respect copyright.PENANA2A7Fm9flXR
came and David screamed for someone to help361Please respect copyright.PENANADXfYNrI7gr
~no one will come.~361Please respect copyright.PENANAwx3zlVibI6
After pulling out all 361Please respect copyright.PENANAEHizEob6Sq
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was361Please respect copyright.PENANAzhCZg76S15
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 361Please respect copyright.PENANAeXUeQeSXSv
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 361Please respect copyright.PENANAMMPPAM6VdT
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 361Please respect copyright.PENANASVEyJoQA5j
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 361Please respect copyright.PENANAhmassTbg0q
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 361Please respect copyright.PENANAfYpdlhdpc6
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 361Please respect copyright.PENANAEJYWeirrKB
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 361Please respect copyright.PENANACjRCaLJ46H
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 361Please respect copyright.PENANADYHk5chEmZ
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone361Please respect copyright.PENANADk7puY6doR
would rescue him.361Please respect copyright.PENANAjsKfufyLzl
~no one cares.~361Please respect copyright.PENANAlKGrgMCbSQ
Next few moments were a 361Please respect copyright.PENANAZZA8ecICsK
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea361Please respect copyright.PENANA5xfkH2O6jR
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.361Please respect copyright.PENANAvWTvHFk9wY
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 361Please respect copyright.PENANAhfHwXRe6wR
companion in the darkness.
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