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All taxes must be paid 660Please respect copyright.PENANAvaDg9PKWPj
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 660Please respect copyright.PENANA4tHcAOgDqK
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 660Please respect copyright.PENANA9P009Mxymh
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 660Please respect copyright.PENANArKVDVwIDmA
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 660Please respect copyright.PENANAcQsOTPBTHF
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 660Please respect copyright.PENANA9wZ0N7ahTN
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAsuuvwFtLba
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 660Please respect copyright.PENANAe0f0D9XWrH
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade660Please respect copyright.PENANAPYWfCGbo9e
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 660Please respect copyright.PENANAacVHLIKdoL
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 660Please respect copyright.PENANA2fZ6oEVVK4
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 660Please respect copyright.PENANAsiOsRI1Zp6
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 660Please respect copyright.PENANAz8hpiu7THR
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted660Please respect copyright.PENANAifk7Df3Q7A
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.660Please respect copyright.PENANAyrb2ZTenj7
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'660Please respect copyright.PENANAFf6wwTQven
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David has been in jail 660Please respect copyright.PENANAyq4bV3OgBY
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.660Please respect copyright.PENANANpHSD4Imwq
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor660Please respect copyright.PENANAa78c9psPCw
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.660Please respect copyright.PENANA8FrpwguIsh
The cell was big enough 660Please respect copyright.PENANAYsAVAhX3Dm
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 660Please respect copyright.PENANAHAVHKGzPA9
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAyIoGloiOJS
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAgQ3OhhWmDu
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.660Please respect copyright.PENANAbq3CeFYfBV
David didn't even 660Please respect copyright.PENANADH1XWdwKkU
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAv6daMGqHdL
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 660Please respect copyright.PENANA2CHnrRuull
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 660Please respect copyright.PENANAAL3dVi7KDa
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAnQtiumT2u1
Sadly event the best 660Please respect copyright.PENANAIwJXFcSbbJ
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall660Please respect copyright.PENANAALjUrY09JN
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that660Please respect copyright.PENANACaOHStdyxl
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 660Please respect copyright.PENANAbwVu99t4BJ
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 660Please respect copyright.PENANAEKJHjnZdgw
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could660Please respect copyright.PENANARs0x2uZVTJ
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 660Please respect copyright.PENANAdMVqwv85cq
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob660Please respect copyright.PENANAIkMtGYOYBJ
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 660Please respect copyright.PENANAc2yE0uS1ou
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 660Please respect copyright.PENANA1sGr62DBZK
cell next door.660Please respect copyright.PENANArRdXTn3txQ
Another soldier came up 660Please respect copyright.PENANA7Cu6GUmZe7
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 660Please respect copyright.PENANAyNtlMDVRMr
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 660Please respect copyright.PENANA24zRlDC7br
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAprDrL3ESxi
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 660Please respect copyright.PENANABkY3dM1QWE
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 660Please respect copyright.PENANAURrGVy2p1R
back.660Please respect copyright.PENANAvlnieLUrBo
While David would've 660Please respect copyright.PENANAIlG1Ir1CMO
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 660Please respect copyright.PENANAjMSxvkwyMc
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 660Please respect copyright.PENANAY31vzTr2Pc
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 660Please respect copyright.PENANAwIVdVwyy23
Jesters words came back to him. 660Please respect copyright.PENANASJsJVkI37Q
The walk itself didn't 660Please respect copyright.PENANAnck0T9rigK
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 660Please respect copyright.PENANAN07jYa65uL
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 660Please respect copyright.PENANAHWj0WN2yb5
splatters all around the room.660Please respect copyright.PENANAeHdw7OrXSd
David was put into the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAK6iEkuYkkY
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAMrGn8UYiIn
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAi9WLY0fk7h
other chair, staring into David's soul.660Please respect copyright.PENANAB0JuC9ah2G
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.660Please respect copyright.PENANAHK5hHn5BEq
"I'm David, the rebels 660Please respect copyright.PENANAyHadlP2n1r
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 660Please respect copyright.PENANAi1fKlAV5DE
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.660Please respect copyright.PENANAGQZTIePTxv
"Where are you from?"660Please respect copyright.PENANAi0YBQBu5nr
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.660Please respect copyright.PENANAHcF019TwAA
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"660Please respect copyright.PENANARBLSGW91N9
"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 nodded660Please respect copyright.PENANAoTXhPojiQF
"Where did the rebels move?"660Please respect copyright.PENANAX7WzbV20yy
"Gods, we're not getting660Please respect copyright.PENANAtSNjlft0R5
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want660Please respect copyright.PENANA5pI6n8NnK2
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."660Please respect copyright.PENANAb3zqB0Dd47
"We know the rebellion 660Please respect copyright.PENANAd4DnLxcbDp
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 660Please respect copyright.PENANAKPeSzx547u
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."660Please respect copyright.PENANA3E8yfUKrcs
"Well if you know all 660Please respect copyright.PENANArr8bJ98Crh
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 660Please respect copyright.PENANAOK6GqY8zK6
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 660Please respect copyright.PENANAAfNhj8uWEk
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 660Please respect copyright.PENANAqdvONTsxNB
on the imperial soldier.660Please respect copyright.PENANAKDyjxsDI7S
"I wanted to make this 660Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZBJQX2tI4
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 660Please respect copyright.PENANA5bm72SGHBV
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 660Please respect copyright.PENANAoOl8G5r5Ts
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 660Please respect copyright.PENANAN5Gv2wzX5N
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 660Please respect copyright.PENANAY4ypp4fDCH
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 660Please respect copyright.PENANA1FLHtCmU7u
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.660Please respect copyright.PENANAR0Fd0XTO3Q
"Wait wait!" Fernand 660Please respect copyright.PENANAEubQnp58ti
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 660Please respect copyright.PENANAYYA9KrdHKs
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."660Please respect copyright.PENANAIFOSa4wboP
Fernand was shaking his 660Please respect copyright.PENANA23cXRPG1Ad
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't660Please respect copyright.PENANAWLOuDSihWY
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 660Please respect copyright.PENANAazQyFKPm4f
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely660Please respect copyright.PENANAwlBSRpITHt
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 660Please respect copyright.PENANAMJIHEUliWN
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAs9z8wBnNR4
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"660Please respect copyright.PENANAc8Bs73vC2O
That made Ferdinand 660Please respect copyright.PENANAxLYKOrUWtg
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 660Please respect copyright.PENANA4vVR9ndVzA
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"660Please respect copyright.PENANAuU67Q74qcB
Fernand wasn't denying 660Please respect copyright.PENANANwMffOPUVk
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did660Please respect copyright.PENANAIZisVOVPpH
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 660Please respect copyright.PENANAVjMG9i8q04
get us do something." 660Please respect copyright.PENANAUVCu1ibZJl
"Blasphemy, he 660Please respect copyright.PENANA1hrRf9SXiS
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 660Please respect copyright.PENANAgiYT5B5f7C
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.660Please respect copyright.PENANAiE7Z0mGvuw
"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" 660Please respect copyright.PENANA7qG4Cr8aSK
"Demons tend to plan 660Please respect copyright.PENANABjy5ma5FjF
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 660Please respect copyright.PENANANW4PTxIZ8X
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"660Please respect copyright.PENANAomUqtPT2Su
"To find something, he 660Please respect copyright.PENANAceiuSKhzfc
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to660Please respect copyright.PENANAAGowoU5oRg
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 660Please respect copyright.PENANA3NpkcKdafd
same for Fernand.660Please respect copyright.PENANA3ut6aiLBJC
Fernand was about to say660Please respect copyright.PENANAledzR2Se7q
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 660Please respect copyright.PENANArZXdDT0MjO
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 660Please respect copyright.PENANAW3T66vUEo6
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 660Please respect copyright.PENANAlDuTefY5mU
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."660Please respect copyright.PENANAm5RUoGbPg2
David quickly rummaged 660Please respect copyright.PENANATYtoU4pG5w
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back660Please respect copyright.PENANAnutgvyPJt7
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 660Please respect copyright.PENANAxy2UygpB76
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 660Please respect copyright.PENANAb7FqdoM9J7
able to trap her."660Please respect copyright.PENANAvauKxvknzP
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 660Please respect copyright.PENANA1STGCKVyP7
"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.660Please respect copyright.PENANAUhclAtYVh0
"And how will you do 660Please respect copyright.PENANAu6Us9b028B
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've660Please respect copyright.PENANANntdldEnXr
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 660Please respect copyright.PENANAGZkP8CMGA4
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 660Please respect copyright.PENANAeVYOO68y3M
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."660Please respect copyright.PENANAFbUz6WVjMw
"But I don't! I really 660Please respect copyright.PENANANM3xqbKbAm
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 660Please respect copyright.PENANAONm97pms46
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.660Please respect copyright.PENANA14H04iJfQx
"Ah captain Schumah, a 660Please respect copyright.PENANAl5q4bsAw8n
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 660Please respect copyright.PENANACj2Ik1GwM0
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a660Please respect copyright.PENANAsO6k2iTUuH
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 660Please respect copyright.PENANA1c0LfKzhBo
black. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAJfATFaYr8R
"Well, well. What do we 660Please respect copyright.PENANAZPDx4L7DiH
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 660Please respect copyright.PENANAlzLcAgbBnv
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.660Please respect copyright.PENANAzrWBmErE3A
"Look, I swear to all 660Please respect copyright.PENANAJaCDnzywHf
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 660Please respect copyright.PENANAJUNY9NxM2q
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 660Please respect copyright.PENANAk6Zm4gjzjX
"We will find out if you660Please respect copyright.PENANAUPU93H1Cl9
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He660Please respect copyright.PENANAmR2GFnYm2W
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by660Please respect copyright.PENANAKdHWPcQVos
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."660Please respect copyright.PENANAaTXWYaIa4y
David struggled against 660Please respect copyright.PENANAbVKnr4dG7Y
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAvE5iB5NlR4
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAy50YJ4NHS4
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch660Please respect copyright.PENANAKKlWVG2MDr
"Now how should we 660Please respect copyright.PENANAgWGz6Jvik6
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 660Please respect copyright.PENANA5BlG9hp0jp
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 660Please respect copyright.PENANA5Q0uUXmj9n
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 660Please respect copyright.PENANAa0TfJkURyK
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my660Please respect copyright.PENANAoLuA9iItxC
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 660Please respect copyright.PENANAMd86kV1pT2
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 660Please respect copyright.PENANACtG25NgjTH
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as660Please respect copyright.PENANAhYKR7PTorp
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.660Please respect copyright.PENANAHoaVyerKuy
Before David could reply660Please respect copyright.PENANAH4qJwagKsb
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 660Please respect copyright.PENANAWwb8f6USmv
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 660Please respect copyright.PENANAhLMb0HKcrJ
and he screamed.660Please respect copyright.PENANA68atrZpHb6
The torturer 660Please respect copyright.PENANATPyfz1V6cU
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 660Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9fu8rwPVd
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 660Please respect copyright.PENANA9UkiVuYK6Y
this."660Please respect copyright.PENANAECNw0DeRl5
The torturer moved his 660Please respect copyright.PENANARFriHoHyjC
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 660Please respect copyright.PENANAXJzP78frS9
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 660Please respect copyright.PENANA4zzyMAFe8k
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 660Please respect copyright.PENANAjoiLQDy8xO
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 660Please respect copyright.PENANAkiitz2MtiU
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 660Please respect copyright.PENANAIO7DlblZib
you agree?"660Please respect copyright.PENANAalpZ7pu1Em
The torturer stopped his660Please respect copyright.PENANA1RIp9rtYPj
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 660Please respect copyright.PENANALfIm8Anl26
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 660Please respect copyright.PENANAhEEY6XR5oo
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance660Please respect copyright.PENANAsN9mmZZ4lo
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 660Please respect copyright.PENANA4tNypxqj8T
go?" 660Please respect copyright.PENANAe8GsD8OVQx
David was trying to 660Please respect copyright.PENANAerk2Fg3yu8
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was660Please respect copyright.PENANA7NtnjbALe7
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 660Please respect copyright.PENANAaVjSE3fCJR
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 660Please respect copyright.PENANAky5zeix8oe
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 660Please respect copyright.PENANACmyPl1x9C8
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 660Please respect copyright.PENANAdXtdx1MmM9
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 660Please respect copyright.PENANAAexnqAZmrm
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.660Please respect copyright.PENANAt8qTysht7V
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.660Please respect copyright.PENANAz0O7ZDjfrT
Then suddenly David was 660Please respect copyright.PENANA8BRFrdt2Im
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 660Please respect copyright.PENANAjN8nfQ36Be
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 660Please respect copyright.PENANAJXmcWqEwiX
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 660Please respect copyright.PENANAebIuslzlS3
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 660Please respect copyright.PENANACloglGDXgN
don't know."660Please respect copyright.PENANAyJQMfoq0Fw
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."660Please respect copyright.PENANAUVu1xyKm35
"Now, while magic is 660Please respect copyright.PENANAXIDqqvJaXl
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 660Please respect copyright.PENANAFUWvIZJBNY
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some660Please respect copyright.PENANAaTTXpaF1KW
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 660Please respect copyright.PENANAHfQPOYoXVq
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 660Please respect copyright.PENANAVx9cfzZB2f
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 660Please respect copyright.PENANAZQYDfx6MIL
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain660Please respect copyright.PENANAiHifmG86zr
came and David screamed for someone to help660Please respect copyright.PENANAGYmscTnMqv
~no one will come.~660Please respect copyright.PENANAUy9osKHJX1
After pulling out all 660Please respect copyright.PENANAffJcmmfUVx
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was660Please respect copyright.PENANAWIBBBVbKam
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 660Please respect copyright.PENANAK8MYVFeLGg
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 660Please respect copyright.PENANAD1ZpEtepFa
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 660Please respect copyright.PENANAy3TzeRYERj
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 660Please respect copyright.PENANAfbCnkAyZAY
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 660Please respect copyright.PENANAhEm6ZLtTej
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 660Please respect copyright.PENANAw7uOq1EyPY
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 660Please respect copyright.PENANARpgTjqA2EX
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 660Please respect copyright.PENANAdHiWDasnyc
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone660Please respect copyright.PENANAAypOyheIat
would rescue him.660Please respect copyright.PENANA0Dvo3J2KwR
~no one cares.~660Please respect copyright.PENANApacqg7F6sQ
Next few moments were a 660Please respect copyright.PENANAWXTYYePveR
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea660Please respect copyright.PENANA8gagH5WgGv
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.660Please respect copyright.PENANAuzMGIM51dY
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 660Please respect copyright.PENANAljUmUrwq1c
companion in the darkness.
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