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All taxes must be paid 655Please respect copyright.PENANAIlO7vFX2UM
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 655Please respect copyright.PENANAqbpgidipHF
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 655Please respect copyright.PENANAEQg12FrCxU
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 655Please respect copyright.PENANA4WY7uXYq3F
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 655Please respect copyright.PENANApWgdx1DnTZ
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 655Please respect copyright.PENANALtrOy56neA
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAZt2zhhUtzl
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 655Please respect copyright.PENANAHi49dgPgCO
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade655Please respect copyright.PENANAEcScLeKSGZ
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 655Please respect copyright.PENANAo6XCZzWMqu
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 655Please respect copyright.PENANAFcpFAyfzVC
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 655Please respect copyright.PENANAEIh5kQZOzy
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 655Please respect copyright.PENANAIdNIocdB0y
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted655Please respect copyright.PENANALOoMC7jTPH
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.655Please respect copyright.PENANAbdzqwAg7Nm
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'655Please respect copyright.PENANAu9JDPBik3S
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David has been in jail 655Please respect copyright.PENANAZX2XyxSqe9
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.655Please respect copyright.PENANA4cZOBsvncv
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor655Please respect copyright.PENANA1c8EB45x7q
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.655Please respect copyright.PENANAcHfxo1tWSY
The cell was big enough 655Please respect copyright.PENANAYzbOtGf9Hi
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 655Please respect copyright.PENANA1TUrSCmuuY
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 655Please respect copyright.PENANAmvwHhFaeqT
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAg2RmzYFsdR
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.655Please respect copyright.PENANA312BalqtvI
David didn't even 655Please respect copyright.PENANAehdRqu6mhY
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 655Please respect copyright.PENANASZSKzWO8HI
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 655Please respect copyright.PENANAnMmClC7Hqg
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 655Please respect copyright.PENANAjXXIi1TFxL
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 655Please respect copyright.PENANAsg0ZTTOksl
Sadly event the best 655Please respect copyright.PENANAunqPTqEkzR
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall655Please respect copyright.PENANABeSzHNpEcW
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that655Please respect copyright.PENANA7IqV1jXEyz
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 655Please respect copyright.PENANAthUzWsekGu
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 655Please respect copyright.PENANAMuMe8UEba1
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could655Please respect copyright.PENANAwFywIh9QPo
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 655Please respect copyright.PENANAd8pTOewXOe
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob655Please respect copyright.PENANAW7NdCOxqRe
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 655Please respect copyright.PENANANuMM0YWGSO
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 655Please respect copyright.PENANA8nwulMdre4
cell next door.655Please respect copyright.PENANAE4sjda4XYj
Another soldier came up 655Please respect copyright.PENANAHDhmqqFlfd
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 655Please respect copyright.PENANAxTdDNrSnjF
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 655Please respect copyright.PENANAkeD6RPqjCp
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 655Please respect copyright.PENANArnyLlZ3chG
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 655Please respect copyright.PENANA1FxSxxSEQR
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 655Please respect copyright.PENANAiGFcJEy7IJ
back.655Please respect copyright.PENANAH2Q06ThyKC
While David would've 655Please respect copyright.PENANAXk3nJp9XwX
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 655Please respect copyright.PENANAxwcnD8iSXD
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 655Please respect copyright.PENANAMBYktJLr9m
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 655Please respect copyright.PENANAbWZQC8j6uP
Jesters words came back to him. 655Please respect copyright.PENANAr6lW8w6VhM
The walk itself didn't 655Please respect copyright.PENANAhuaNJP66tO
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 655Please respect copyright.PENANAQizGK7frCB
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 655Please respect copyright.PENANAYh4M6qXtkP
splatters all around the room.655Please respect copyright.PENANAwJviGY6eYH
David was put into the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAEafFcL2AT4
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 655Please respect copyright.PENANAC4uLb8zp8j
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAjqvDaO4X1y
other chair, staring into David's soul.655Please respect copyright.PENANAl1fbQsDU66
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.655Please respect copyright.PENANA6w18XQxMcR
"I'm David, the rebels 655Please respect copyright.PENANAJGJsfZlpdd
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 655Please respect copyright.PENANAe3Ljr4Uaft
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.655Please respect copyright.PENANA65c0znPHem
"Where are you from?"655Please respect copyright.PENANA4yfTOD6tJg
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.655Please respect copyright.PENANAmf0FMmBwgU
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"655Please respect copyright.PENANAbKmy2SDWIA
"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 nodded655Please respect copyright.PENANArn9VHH36V0
"Where did the rebels move?"655Please respect copyright.PENANA4wMe0u5g1c
"Gods, we're not getting655Please respect copyright.PENANAUtYtiz2jFB
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want655Please respect copyright.PENANAufh8GRAtg4
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."655Please respect copyright.PENANAqii8k4u4or
"We know the rebellion 655Please respect copyright.PENANA7RcY3UswJt
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 655Please respect copyright.PENANArRrrIfBCEU
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."655Please respect copyright.PENANACSwJJrzCSg
"Well if you know all 655Please respect copyright.PENANAlrJSsKuGhO
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 655Please respect copyright.PENANANl9NZNBJkr
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 655Please respect copyright.PENANAMopH6kWlAf
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 655Please respect copyright.PENANAfS9IRBbkmt
on the imperial soldier.655Please respect copyright.PENANAxpM9Sfgeam
"I wanted to make this 655Please respect copyright.PENANALdvr31zn56
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 655Please respect copyright.PENANAArIM8lEpBq
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 655Please respect copyright.PENANAaGDgjqtieR
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 655Please respect copyright.PENANAWGrePsQ34v
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 655Please respect copyright.PENANAmZFr41kXsf
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 655Please respect copyright.PENANANaocEVMqst
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.655Please respect copyright.PENANAjNmQs82EVl
"Wait wait!" Fernand 655Please respect copyright.PENANAYxS4RN532y
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 655Please respect copyright.PENANAWxiu5hTCU5
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."655Please respect copyright.PENANA1CgZrygPZN
Fernand was shaking his 655Please respect copyright.PENANAJzq2KGPRof
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't655Please respect copyright.PENANAxt69DePKZA
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 655Please respect copyright.PENANAlSQZ9tyI3L
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely655Please respect copyright.PENANAfQCRUlGUZh
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 655Please respect copyright.PENANA6QmJIlttVs
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 655Please respect copyright.PENANACzzhx04SyL
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"655Please respect copyright.PENANA796PD8c97l
That made Ferdinand 655Please respect copyright.PENANAb9U6K4LGsZ
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAuSLExwllwJ
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"655Please respect copyright.PENANAgxElWbHL2i
Fernand wasn't denying 655Please respect copyright.PENANAXE529XudrE
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did655Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ4I5yCI3u
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 655Please respect copyright.PENANAfcnKO1zCdB
get us do something." 655Please respect copyright.PENANA3neGaKYmWY
"Blasphemy, he 655Please respect copyright.PENANA4gPVCDBRp5
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 655Please respect copyright.PENANAHDgANWJjkU
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.655Please respect copyright.PENANAWuGqXIcLZQ
"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" 655Please respect copyright.PENANAdub73obbpu
"Demons tend to plan 655Please respect copyright.PENANAZj3yKpX4em
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 655Please respect copyright.PENANAddhygKuOp3
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"655Please respect copyright.PENANAzjqdvyocH7
"To find something, he 655Please respect copyright.PENANAeIm6g60g8K
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to655Please respect copyright.PENANAmHilWBaq8i
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAgq3RZSxUle
same for Fernand.655Please respect copyright.PENANAySgibEw2Kp
Fernand was about to say655Please respect copyright.PENANAyMsqAVOWCZ
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 655Please respect copyright.PENANAHh8l6S3JHT
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 655Please respect copyright.PENANAw4xMiZbzSm
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 655Please respect copyright.PENANA4RH55XkXaH
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."655Please respect copyright.PENANA8GuORFPwkk
David quickly rummaged 655Please respect copyright.PENANAnPXKOJBqO1
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back655Please respect copyright.PENANAgKwR7al1ge
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 655Please respect copyright.PENANAXADJ7GysBL
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 655Please respect copyright.PENANAh7y6E39wCf
able to trap her."655Please respect copyright.PENANA3v6J6BBH8R
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 655Please respect copyright.PENANAXotlPeYhKL
"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.655Please respect copyright.PENANAOY4zcs58ys
"And how will you do 655Please respect copyright.PENANAWZ4qAI9ECW
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've655Please respect copyright.PENANAtIXlyFlqvF
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 655Please respect copyright.PENANANJ98Boz5CH
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 655Please respect copyright.PENANA90TpiXRoO5
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."655Please respect copyright.PENANAIVECyUSAQB
"But I don't! I really 655Please respect copyright.PENANAhIo7Hkf0aL
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 655Please respect copyright.PENANAyC2jxlVXuH
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.655Please respect copyright.PENANAZryH4mpMwV
"Ah captain Schumah, a 655Please respect copyright.PENANAk6ZyI9PQLN
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 655Please respect copyright.PENANA2prTVzlF1M
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a655Please respect copyright.PENANAsNegdS2Hke
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 655Please respect copyright.PENANA83JBZdOlmO
black. 655Please respect copyright.PENANANNQQYu5fgg
"Well, well. What do we 655Please respect copyright.PENANA1LSkKoyTbb
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 655Please respect copyright.PENANA77fPNF3pKL
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.655Please respect copyright.PENANAr6MXAUq3la
"Look, I swear to all 655Please respect copyright.PENANAhTfpRQSyOP
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 655Please respect copyright.PENANARBCgrps7Rl
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 655Please respect copyright.PENANAEYVmDWGLUv
"We will find out if you655Please respect copyright.PENANADUd4cZ103I
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He655Please respect copyright.PENANACPfULZzK62
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by655Please respect copyright.PENANAM0RCY87ejE
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."655Please respect copyright.PENANA9EkJpG3Uty
David struggled against 655Please respect copyright.PENANAyufvfAxhft
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAgDs624gccM
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 655Please respect copyright.PENANA7JXNClZzm0
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch655Please respect copyright.PENANAO9AD2ZFaYI
"Now how should we 655Please respect copyright.PENANAT8FsCO76Ps
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 655Please respect copyright.PENANAXpCljvSf1G
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 655Please respect copyright.PENANAQx9AxEN6UZ
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 655Please respect copyright.PENANAtKqK8qK3yD
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my655Please respect copyright.PENANAtHz0mUu3U1
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 655Please respect copyright.PENANASV4mwFuffR
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 655Please respect copyright.PENANALCRgYzlgQR
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as655Please respect copyright.PENANAcKNtgBDI1w
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.655Please respect copyright.PENANAUioR1ptS7F
Before David could reply655Please respect copyright.PENANAYq1Osgg3fN
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 655Please respect copyright.PENANAw8THbsCQRx
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 655Please respect copyright.PENANA9eKtMCtOxZ
and he screamed.655Please respect copyright.PENANA8CkRrfdTbe
The torturer 655Please respect copyright.PENANAZqE1ONrjuS
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 655Please respect copyright.PENANAe6fpzldyyg
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 655Please respect copyright.PENANANsMsb1hOzv
this."655Please respect copyright.PENANAk16OoJ9rzd
The torturer moved his 655Please respect copyright.PENANANmf9UTsMst
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 655Please respect copyright.PENANAPfMEEHunG7
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 655Please respect copyright.PENANALVM0VH3Jo0
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 655Please respect copyright.PENANAe07V4TyRsE
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 655Please respect copyright.PENANAk6P1A2ATZs
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 655Please respect copyright.PENANAM6C8ACfuSh
you agree?"655Please respect copyright.PENANAiOHqv0v3AI
The torturer stopped his655Please respect copyright.PENANAPe3ruZ7OXS
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 655Please respect copyright.PENANA3YejkbZMqL
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 655Please respect copyright.PENANAUfhQn2EXgt
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance655Please respect copyright.PENANAXps51vje3I
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 655Please respect copyright.PENANATfq2OqAUq7
go?" 655Please respect copyright.PENANAD8NeS5WZuJ
David was trying to 655Please respect copyright.PENANAyRhotra64d
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was655Please respect copyright.PENANABrecf3jyQl
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 655Please respect copyright.PENANA9iuyNBMbSt
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 655Please respect copyright.PENANAvPzPFBAoNe
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 655Please respect copyright.PENANAcJqnRwdw8g
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 655Please respect copyright.PENANAhYBz41qeDd
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 655Please respect copyright.PENANAoEF2BlKXu0
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.655Please respect copyright.PENANATZ66bfi7nd
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.655Please respect copyright.PENANAbSh1SStpBD
Then suddenly David was 655Please respect copyright.PENANAHGOmYZ6BXM
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 655Please respect copyright.PENANAhbNMyUruLg
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 655Please respect copyright.PENANAdNbusIIdg5
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 655Please respect copyright.PENANAGBiN214MOn
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 655Please respect copyright.PENANAVwm0hbdyWd
don't know."655Please respect copyright.PENANAVqEZ33YzKI
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."655Please respect copyright.PENANACL6TkDkROg
"Now, while magic is 655Please respect copyright.PENANA4xdmO9UJDz
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 655Please respect copyright.PENANA2yzCdz3urF
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some655Please respect copyright.PENANAmTdNjwI40n
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 655Please respect copyright.PENANAkvx3QCeq75
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 655Please respect copyright.PENANA2uX8m5wmtg
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 655Please respect copyright.PENANANwAd6TYMNL
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain655Please respect copyright.PENANAjVKTgLQmZH
came and David screamed for someone to help655Please respect copyright.PENANA1UEK24KPnR
~no one will come.~655Please respect copyright.PENANATFTU5kBDQ1
After pulling out all 655Please respect copyright.PENANAZmYkztL90U
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was655Please respect copyright.PENANA0YoUro9Ey1
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 655Please respect copyright.PENANAeTb2px1yuR
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 655Please respect copyright.PENANACuYjxFRska
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 655Please respect copyright.PENANAfA06X9yAEV
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 655Please respect copyright.PENANAPNrnF25AHL
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 655Please respect copyright.PENANA6IlZKrFKs4
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 655Please respect copyright.PENANAf9lgebj6Ts
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 655Please respect copyright.PENANAqvM5RWoR2l
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 655Please respect copyright.PENANASGUBYaGUub
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone655Please respect copyright.PENANAyCyR9rsfWc
would rescue him.655Please respect copyright.PENANAbX3X3UqiSb
~no one cares.~655Please respect copyright.PENANAPcbtl1e8K3
Next few moments were a 655Please respect copyright.PENANAwlrsqqbmOx
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea655Please respect copyright.PENANAXUtTJOLHKX
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.655Please respect copyright.PENANA3ePNXKFNtm
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 655Please respect copyright.PENANAGHa2afsakw
companion in the darkness.
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