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All taxes must be paid 334Please respect copyright.PENANAE8aC946vn0
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 334Please respect copyright.PENANAkUxymOZNwI
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 334Please respect copyright.PENANABtsEAFLXMD
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 334Please respect copyright.PENANA5D0tstLjqR
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 334Please respect copyright.PENANAnjIP3Zj89z
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 334Please respect copyright.PENANAvGHeTYKJBU
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAkrEFoe4WeP
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 334Please respect copyright.PENANAfgVWXJyQ1t
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade334Please respect copyright.PENANAasQdWb0ByH
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 334Please respect copyright.PENANAvHB841DvUG
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 334Please respect copyright.PENANA1pXMZs8Qvu
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 334Please respect copyright.PENANA5kUEjCohtj
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 334Please respect copyright.PENANAAAqKGjgvrM
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted334Please respect copyright.PENANAruu3pPBBig
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.334Please respect copyright.PENANAgoh1Nn8IO8
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'334Please respect copyright.PENANAZTeTmQLPlm
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David has been in jail 334Please respect copyright.PENANAhkAN9gr6x6
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.334Please respect copyright.PENANA9osXtvcbW7
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor334Please respect copyright.PENANAVKB0gFkyDQ
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.334Please respect copyright.PENANA7V70kB7LHM
The cell was big enough 334Please respect copyright.PENANAaujrIU2s1p
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 334Please respect copyright.PENANAVBkX91ujU6
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAtL73QzQt6Z
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAnAPnT0wMnn
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.334Please respect copyright.PENANAYy7JogxPNp
David didn't even 334Please respect copyright.PENANAnmon4Jmwwa
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAwcvx8jryAe
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 334Please respect copyright.PENANAnKFq3oYR6f
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 334Please respect copyright.PENANAEIO03WAtxG
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAIIQxJOTweY
Sadly event the best 334Please respect copyright.PENANAH3d5XxaFrV
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall334Please respect copyright.PENANAfIBkz23efC
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that334Please respect copyright.PENANADYctChaM8m
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 334Please respect copyright.PENANAXAf7rU1rcS
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 334Please respect copyright.PENANAUI5vqkyE4W
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could334Please respect copyright.PENANAf4E3ZIA7id
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 334Please respect copyright.PENANAtfONPTxxX8
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob334Please respect copyright.PENANAUPZrcjjGsN
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 334Please respect copyright.PENANAzxluVMKkad
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAaasTPPFkbw
cell next door.334Please respect copyright.PENANA42J4Rin6VS
Another soldier came up 334Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ9Srm1BxB
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 334Please respect copyright.PENANA8cIgCpCBys
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 334Please respect copyright.PENANA3xxh5g8uKV
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAwLmlNQx27p
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 334Please respect copyright.PENANADDv1nL7dnH
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 334Please respect copyright.PENANAKF1vBnWhi0
back.334Please respect copyright.PENANAUN86WSnMiB
While David would've 334Please respect copyright.PENANAxamy0kwi0P
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 334Please respect copyright.PENANADfWXgm0Zmp
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 334Please respect copyright.PENANAS88go2QK8i
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 334Please respect copyright.PENANAZShkOlkeXQ
Jesters words came back to him. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAArKZlvYFzR
The walk itself didn't 334Please respect copyright.PENANAPVB27pawKi
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 334Please respect copyright.PENANAGUG9N3eDt6
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 334Please respect copyright.PENANAM3dKqn6Mz7
splatters all around the room.334Please respect copyright.PENANAR5Wbx42b0b
David was put into the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAozn5DBechW
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 334Please respect copyright.PENANASxNhjKtTd9
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAWNrQpS8gE0
other chair, staring into David's soul.334Please respect copyright.PENANADLZW8h7UuM
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.334Please respect copyright.PENANA302mdh99fP
"I'm David, the rebels 334Please respect copyright.PENANA271bYKYRuF
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 334Please respect copyright.PENANAmQqyi3pR98
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.334Please respect copyright.PENANATiZxDwmLjG
"Where are you from?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAQw7F4zlOM7
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.334Please respect copyright.PENANAMn3YYaaSma
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAGsnlEIG08X
"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 nodded334Please respect copyright.PENANAjxvIxMBGhY
"Where did the rebels move?"334Please respect copyright.PENANA7KZb8cuTh4
"Gods, we're not getting334Please respect copyright.PENANAO2TS8sRmW8
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want334Please respect copyright.PENANAojnxw2UjDH
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."334Please respect copyright.PENANAesYUsQU6kq
"We know the rebellion 334Please respect copyright.PENANAwWBOQG2ISg
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 334Please respect copyright.PENANAuke1dhT0ek
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."334Please respect copyright.PENANAJDUWr9gJhD
"Well if you know all 334Please respect copyright.PENANA8QF2ahltwT
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 334Please respect copyright.PENANAUVnmH3fx99
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 334Please respect copyright.PENANAEuJ2N6hmXO
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 334Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7Z6R3aoxL
on the imperial soldier.334Please respect copyright.PENANA8W0JXDnILw
"I wanted to make this 334Please respect copyright.PENANA4QwjMCATZA
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 334Please respect copyright.PENANAWgHI1xzwcO
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 334Please respect copyright.PENANAd7sFG6wafJ
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 334Please respect copyright.PENANAqyMOTzZrab
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 334Please respect copyright.PENANAZbnQptMtpn
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 334Please respect copyright.PENANAuTVIMAhq9i
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.334Please respect copyright.PENANAYhNoKKQPhL
"Wait wait!" Fernand 334Please respect copyright.PENANArXLDqqiiNO
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 334Please respect copyright.PENANAwB1QB2gfu1
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."334Please respect copyright.PENANA6t2uVObV70
Fernand was shaking his 334Please respect copyright.PENANARPVt72ylEb
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't334Please respect copyright.PENANASoFrXq0Zzs
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 334Please respect copyright.PENANA0sYYkHMUtS
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely334Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0u3gC5okb
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 334Please respect copyright.PENANAkXahHKtmG4
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 334Please respect copyright.PENANADDjhi4FBZQ
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAIFXebmuDwT
That made Ferdinand 334Please respect copyright.PENANAGUwjx404Ey
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAsxy4RUxq4S
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8l1NNQHkh
Fernand wasn't denying 334Please respect copyright.PENANAUtiVoR9jfn
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did334Please respect copyright.PENANAmtzw0EN6kS
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 334Please respect copyright.PENANAPWJtbMiQhX
get us do something." 334Please respect copyright.PENANA3YKi4Yh6PY
"Blasphemy, he 334Please respect copyright.PENANAVyDtBSDd4Y
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 334Please respect copyright.PENANAiMCiM9ySiS
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.334Please respect copyright.PENANAiOG91G4saL
"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" 334Please respect copyright.PENANAatGOXgPDaa
"Demons tend to plan 334Please respect copyright.PENANAHn8Ax2M3ow
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 334Please respect copyright.PENANAHNSfYdS95i
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"334Please respect copyright.PENANA4aUxsNq5Sw
"To find something, he 334Please respect copyright.PENANA7vWZ3XA7hl
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to334Please respect copyright.PENANAeB4j9TwINd
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAw5ORDiStJS
same for Fernand.334Please respect copyright.PENANAnQjPOgvxpr
Fernand was about to say334Please respect copyright.PENANAAG4VMVWTLq
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 334Please respect copyright.PENANAAmyOUkdmgt
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 334Please respect copyright.PENANAbjOOWNAgFC
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 334Please respect copyright.PENANAelvCkwmuVe
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."334Please respect copyright.PENANAoiHVrnqCdP
David quickly rummaged 334Please respect copyright.PENANAjyRTC2F5m8
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back334Please respect copyright.PENANAw1f2Vk4lSQ
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 334Please respect copyright.PENANAcn9mnkN9fp
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 334Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8APqAHD99
able to trap her."334Please respect copyright.PENANAwoXjMLwgMC
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 334Please respect copyright.PENANAGJZnIahf8W
"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.334Please respect copyright.PENANACcPPt81EDq
"And how will you do 334Please respect copyright.PENANAp17FQyCtVl
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've334Please respect copyright.PENANAmKMqb4lXgZ
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 334Please respect copyright.PENANAlVjpfMIDlN
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 334Please respect copyright.PENANArc4GABOkc3
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."334Please respect copyright.PENANAiCPA7s4aI9
"But I don't! I really 334Please respect copyright.PENANA4k2iEfF4uh
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 334Please respect copyright.PENANAyjCZqWe3ib
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.334Please respect copyright.PENANAtOQh29jcE3
"Ah captain Schumah, a 334Please respect copyright.PENANAoO3CuHdLcz
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 334Please respect copyright.PENANAv8asNXZDTl
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a334Please respect copyright.PENANAr8C8gnagEJ
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 334Please respect copyright.PENANAtKYeOb313Y
black. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAbsEXP8iqMQ
"Well, well. What do we 334Please respect copyright.PENANA0rKl4rtG7C
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 334Please respect copyright.PENANA7TAOyQ4Az5
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.334Please respect copyright.PENANAKv7Bm40W0W
"Look, I swear to all 334Please respect copyright.PENANAH8kdo4DtUc
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 334Please respect copyright.PENANADqVg3ap8nD
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 334Please respect copyright.PENANA8l8Nf2efSV
"We will find out if you334Please respect copyright.PENANA1VcAzLJbiZ
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He334Please respect copyright.PENANAhPk4CjwEU3
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by334Please respect copyright.PENANA17c2wsDPsB
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."334Please respect copyright.PENANAOFpGze8q3O
David struggled against 334Please respect copyright.PENANAmc7zAoA9Iy
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAPMC6RfnIrf
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 334Please respect copyright.PENANANSiwr6tzdl
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch334Please respect copyright.PENANAWQ5bBaqJ5T
"Now how should we 334Please respect copyright.PENANAp4LKrzrJhV
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 334Please respect copyright.PENANAhKRvI3vYZx
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 334Please respect copyright.PENANAp8QKr0f49L
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 334Please respect copyright.PENANALsPwLxTKsf
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my334Please respect copyright.PENANAX5rqDrzgut
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 334Please respect copyright.PENANAkfvMH19EZX
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 334Please respect copyright.PENANAB9gH72CYV9
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as334Please respect copyright.PENANAj0VyzHuLai
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.334Please respect copyright.PENANAVHL8LONAZO
Before David could reply334Please respect copyright.PENANAeL4iyTjKF4
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 334Please respect copyright.PENANAiweveOYCRv
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 334Please respect copyright.PENANA5k6EqEeXOU
and he screamed.334Please respect copyright.PENANAzoSZCUAY6P
The torturer 334Please respect copyright.PENANAuHeGvlJpTg
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 334Please respect copyright.PENANATDEooGW4pK
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 334Please respect copyright.PENANAvz6LMiVCvg
this."334Please respect copyright.PENANA7NC01fHhVo
The torturer moved his 334Please respect copyright.PENANAYemju13B6c
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 334Please respect copyright.PENANAf1EMaSNTzr
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 334Please respect copyright.PENANAFX58QwJeav
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 334Please respect copyright.PENANALPFuCWp60J
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 334Please respect copyright.PENANAs50FkZY9LT
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 334Please respect copyright.PENANALLs0DM53Vj
you agree?"334Please respect copyright.PENANAzGUcDJVCsu
The torturer stopped his334Please respect copyright.PENANAhKKWftsSl4
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 334Please respect copyright.PENANA0v3i0rqww1
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 334Please respect copyright.PENANAnB8rLFk9zZ
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance334Please respect copyright.PENANAnxYAHdQHEW
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 334Please respect copyright.PENANApvxuo0lWgQ
go?" 334Please respect copyright.PENANA4hQjeB6lTn
David was trying to 334Please respect copyright.PENANA9LL6WrmQNO
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was334Please respect copyright.PENANA21peWZzTcY
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 334Please respect copyright.PENANA79SzrvEUEM
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 334Please respect copyright.PENANA9BggTtgVzf
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 334Please respect copyright.PENANADAuI4W3xdZ
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 334Please respect copyright.PENANA0beKpEzerF
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 334Please respect copyright.PENANA7oKp6NLoVN
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.334Please respect copyright.PENANAIm1JiRIzhy
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.334Please respect copyright.PENANA2j02kP9Wj8
Then suddenly David was 334Please respect copyright.PENANAdE2OZyd06E
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 334Please respect copyright.PENANAHNZCgULJag
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 334Please respect copyright.PENANAkoB2Rw43d7
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 334Please respect copyright.PENANAt0IphlYl1j
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 334Please respect copyright.PENANASivpKxV6ST
don't know."334Please respect copyright.PENANANyRS5ojwEB
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."334Please respect copyright.PENANAphgr07Kq15
"Now, while magic is 334Please respect copyright.PENANA5abGJi0VZr
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 334Please respect copyright.PENANARrWgnXUYUf
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some334Please respect copyright.PENANAEbR2Pu0SVJ
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 334Please respect copyright.PENANAHpgkPsWkx7
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 334Please respect copyright.PENANAhVbFHGenTv
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 334Please respect copyright.PENANAEXo9Uqeeun
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain334Please respect copyright.PENANAXdhtaVr3Aq
came and David screamed for someone to help334Please respect copyright.PENANArhPx0aF1nw
~no one will come.~334Please respect copyright.PENANAK03XJZBANQ
After pulling out all 334Please respect copyright.PENANAIVzl59ZtF8
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was334Please respect copyright.PENANA1HwVR2Khq5
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 334Please respect copyright.PENANAYkcFZ0gSvX
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 334Please respect copyright.PENANAikuBbE4sZV
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 334Please respect copyright.PENANAS3UHnWrkzD
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 334Please respect copyright.PENANAYdbsVDfgaj
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 334Please respect copyright.PENANAKhbDev4B9D
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 334Please respect copyright.PENANAOQaoFO2FvT
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 334Please respect copyright.PENANANytS8SYoxh
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 334Please respect copyright.PENANAhy7kxWZ15y
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone334Please respect copyright.PENANADbB1UK3bGT
would rescue him.334Please respect copyright.PENANARMmzF3GJr4
~no one cares.~334Please respect copyright.PENANAW4Ctel0RFg
Next few moments were a 334Please respect copyright.PENANAsILwfbmDQv
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea334Please respect copyright.PENANApgUCd1pH07
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.334Please respect copyright.PENANALpsu9QE7Fp
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 334Please respect copyright.PENANAdX1ZclEw1g
companion in the darkness.
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