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All taxes must be paid 745Please respect copyright.PENANAN2FEXEQqg4
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMHyVYj1v8X
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 745Please respect copyright.PENANAyTAC12iyvY
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 745Please respect copyright.PENANA4FLGdjN7Bn
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 745Please respect copyright.PENANADAq5i67xOo
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 745Please respect copyright.PENANANSIhs0fmhp
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAxh24dOObVl
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 745Please respect copyright.PENANABf1e5E1pBr
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade745Please respect copyright.PENANA1KfKyLsyjA
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsSVGXCubyS
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMxYYLOgnUa
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 745Please respect copyright.PENANAUSpa6ytwZE
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 745Please respect copyright.PENANAiQoDn29LXJ
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted745Please respect copyright.PENANAulC5C37G8e
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.745Please respect copyright.PENANAMAxzgFVqUE
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'745Please respect copyright.PENANAzdscTh2l1Y
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David has been in jail 745Please respect copyright.PENANAnArK3mY1ue
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.745Please respect copyright.PENANAccDcYDxJO1
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor745Please respect copyright.PENANAGo4oJYcXHi
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.745Please respect copyright.PENANA3xmjSQhZPa
The cell was big enough 745Please respect copyright.PENANARyinQIOXGa
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 745Please respect copyright.PENANAoW1saCOnKR
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAVH4ihVMW31
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsMw3KoqOat
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.745Please respect copyright.PENANAQo06lefyuG
David didn't even 745Please respect copyright.PENANAv0I5McR83N
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAz4XaMZpPMJ
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 745Please respect copyright.PENANAjlCZhGXRr3
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 745Please respect copyright.PENANAWohQodv4z0
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA8XPUigUIx7
Sadly event the best 745Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q66m6DjLS
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall745Please respect copyright.PENANAbSRaya1F1v
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that745Please respect copyright.PENANAMtWP671WFB
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 745Please respect copyright.PENANA7JkNntC0GO
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 745Please respect copyright.PENANA1aTH7mqlYl
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could745Please respect copyright.PENANAr136uOy6q8
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 745Please respect copyright.PENANALxnWYe3IHM
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob745Please respect copyright.PENANAopSGszfHPb
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 745Please respect copyright.PENANAAuofxr7lpa
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAleNa9KxDse
cell next door.745Please respect copyright.PENANAPoxGS5l1Ev
Another soldier came up 745Please respect copyright.PENANAFf7b73wwXN
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 745Please respect copyright.PENANAFiF0Fq0jY2
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 745Please respect copyright.PENANAfXC5jQZkSF
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAuxdPwfnLcp
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAef1m1sdKIJ
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsWdYHVvIks
back.745Please respect copyright.PENANAb67PERnvQ9
While David would've 745Please respect copyright.PENANAFCsgDwXCxe
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 745Please respect copyright.PENANA2bGxfY9x0R
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 745Please respect copyright.PENANAxBLsGGn8wY
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 745Please respect copyright.PENANAtZbudgOAgO
Jesters words came back to him. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsHaRnVznIg
The walk itself didn't 745Please respect copyright.PENANAmcHbcI9Ny1
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 745Please respect copyright.PENANAI14xMQKphA
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 745Please respect copyright.PENANAD3Farot64I
splatters all around the room.745Please respect copyright.PENANAwBRqyQ4plJ
David was put into the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAElwxkfOlsI
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 745Please respect copyright.PENANARceI9I62g5
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAn0wzx3CMwo
other chair, staring into David's soul.745Please respect copyright.PENANAYMVEep4zhn
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.745Please respect copyright.PENANArPGjSd8M03
"I'm David, the rebels 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMjR65UeAfL
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 745Please respect copyright.PENANAKy2j8C2tj4
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.745Please respect copyright.PENANABL3ycljfnK
"Where are you from?"745Please respect copyright.PENANAIWL9Q2DFN5
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.745Please respect copyright.PENANAQCUBokwZmy
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"745Please respect copyright.PENANAr8lbNRKc0L
"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 nodded745Please respect copyright.PENANAhRjiPnWT1d
"Where did the rebels move?"745Please respect copyright.PENANAQq0mvDt3dx
"Gods, we're not getting745Please respect copyright.PENANAdAF4VtEWy7
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want745Please respect copyright.PENANA6ArQeU82ar
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."745Please respect copyright.PENANAyoliL7PT1d
"We know the rebellion 745Please respect copyright.PENANAXZDOmreLvk
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 745Please respect copyright.PENANAAS49tgqrQH
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."745Please respect copyright.PENANAvNjHIZs7Uo
"Well if you know all 745Please respect copyright.PENANApqqUpz914r
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 745Please respect copyright.PENANAZMghMFNsmk
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 745Please respect copyright.PENANACw5sR780TL
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMJ3Pi1YYf8
on the imperial soldier.745Please respect copyright.PENANAnFSdnFhftV
"I wanted to make this 745Please respect copyright.PENANAfgP5K80Xix
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 745Please respect copyright.PENANARvvNTmvlLS
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 745Please respect copyright.PENANAwlpIbwSoqd
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 745Please respect copyright.PENANAA1E1c4x2qO
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 745Please respect copyright.PENANANBwvNGDfTX
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 745Please respect copyright.PENANAIQamP7MOSr
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.745Please respect copyright.PENANAmvfoSUk87u
"Wait wait!" Fernand 745Please respect copyright.PENANAuU1RUXxX1B
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 745Please respect copyright.PENANAeUNa35J2XN
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."745Please respect copyright.PENANAz677wvbjWK
Fernand was shaking his 745Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZLKV40ofZ
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't745Please respect copyright.PENANAFKIK3RnRiR
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 745Please respect copyright.PENANAc9JvX3K3FA
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely745Please respect copyright.PENANAx5MQ2ztFw0
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 745Please respect copyright.PENANAfIOhyx5DbH
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA1Xe79A7nyo
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"745Please respect copyright.PENANAiHoZedh2KA
That made Ferdinand 745Please respect copyright.PENANA2nUCwTU880
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAIVkt4h58EE
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"745Please respect copyright.PENANAYP3PHZMFUM
Fernand wasn't denying 745Please respect copyright.PENANAx7mWwrLwst
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did745Please respect copyright.PENANAWoKe8LHNaq
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 745Please respect copyright.PENANAixwPYD0eYK
get us do something." 745Please respect copyright.PENANABoeG5OSXNF
"Blasphemy, he 745Please respect copyright.PENANApfBbNi891c
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 745Please respect copyright.PENANAQXf1NcehTi
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.745Please respect copyright.PENANA2fv5Gw1vSG
"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" 745Please respect copyright.PENANAFNywTNkSsi
"Demons tend to plan 745Please respect copyright.PENANAXsIzotgbMm
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 745Please respect copyright.PENANAa9KzSyhpjJ
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"745Please respect copyright.PENANA49i8ScQTwo
"To find something, he 745Please respect copyright.PENANAAzLeSwuBrQ
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to745Please respect copyright.PENANAiDlOpRmPMq
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAfyQKu6QvRg
same for Fernand.745Please respect copyright.PENANATxN0VD0fdw
Fernand was about to say745Please respect copyright.PENANAO7iHXBSLn6
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 745Please respect copyright.PENANAu5dLLct4AH
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 745Please respect copyright.PENANA8JXT5T9WVG
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 745Please respect copyright.PENANAt7hExSrANY
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."745Please respect copyright.PENANARb2ZxIiLOH
David quickly rummaged 745Please respect copyright.PENANALTQZGK2Dqm
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back745Please respect copyright.PENANAsHYBhDTDT6
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 745Please respect copyright.PENANAxTwDziTZQt
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 745Please respect copyright.PENANAwhwb4F9M2z
able to trap her."745Please respect copyright.PENANATUGObnZ1qY
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 745Please respect copyright.PENANAE6aHD2x2PX
"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.745Please respect copyright.PENANAVc143nSJNJ
"And how will you do 745Please respect copyright.PENANAgO1XOou2s0
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've745Please respect copyright.PENANAjS7bqYVFuH
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 745Please respect copyright.PENANA1KbIc3WVuv
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 745Please respect copyright.PENANAzEhU0zy4tK
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."745Please respect copyright.PENANARqsqJtWMHB
"But I don't! I really 745Please respect copyright.PENANAoapZmfIROB
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 745Please respect copyright.PENANAcQpbrFagT4
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.745Please respect copyright.PENANAxzcarjwVwQ
"Ah captain Schumah, a 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsc8Alos8Ee
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 745Please respect copyright.PENANApZ8EB5YgG5
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a745Please respect copyright.PENANAiayzeIXGby
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 745Please respect copyright.PENANA9e8L9wRRPk
black. 745Please respect copyright.PENANA1lHkzfZ9AW
"Well, well. What do we 745Please respect copyright.PENANAHxOpOtsHcj
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 745Please respect copyright.PENANAX55HkKWDpH
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.745Please respect copyright.PENANASJxDiZDhkT
"Look, I swear to all 745Please respect copyright.PENANAbgmsWfuXSb
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 745Please respect copyright.PENANAKWyuDlR391
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAFYvJevTh6k
"We will find out if you745Please respect copyright.PENANA8VTi3sGAob
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He745Please respect copyright.PENANAMyo6E7dhys
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by745Please respect copyright.PENANAu8oAQI6P1G
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."745Please respect copyright.PENANA2ipHaiYHfI
David struggled against 745Please respect copyright.PENANATz49WFfXT8
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsJLQfcV6Dq
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 745Please respect copyright.PENANAok73LijaxN
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch745Please respect copyright.PENANA3ryxNAp75x
"Now how should we 745Please respect copyright.PENANAoJFyNyqK1F
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 745Please respect copyright.PENANAa7brBBQ7Bk
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 745Please respect copyright.PENANALCwwf77Cbn
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 745Please respect copyright.PENANAx6AymoQtdo
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my745Please respect copyright.PENANAtDIY5ASzta
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 745Please respect copyright.PENANAqc9Ib2v6yf
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 745Please respect copyright.PENANAKWQbJoQYUk
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as745Please respect copyright.PENANAocnSykbmAu
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.745Please respect copyright.PENANAdyZk2r1NSm
Before David could reply745Please respect copyright.PENANA0JokuK70ry
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 745Please respect copyright.PENANA61f68LvwsH
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 745Please respect copyright.PENANAjcgQpfV2rU
and he screamed.745Please respect copyright.PENANAUcLZn1DdI5
The torturer 745Please respect copyright.PENANAseahUcSDwn
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 745Please respect copyright.PENANAWpKyLnpn4g
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 745Please respect copyright.PENANAoCHqCyEoOo
this."745Please respect copyright.PENANAzfdAwb9XVy
The torturer moved his 745Please respect copyright.PENANA9f4SvfzGz6
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 745Please respect copyright.PENANAAb9PLaBPVk
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 745Please respect copyright.PENANAzxDOkaXnq1
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 745Please respect copyright.PENANAHhSQasne2e
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 745Please respect copyright.PENANANHYPmWLrbu
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 745Please respect copyright.PENANATzfk3jmAct
you agree?"745Please respect copyright.PENANAQ29nRC1xhm
The torturer stopped his745Please respect copyright.PENANAh24TZBAERF
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 745Please respect copyright.PENANAI5BcJ7wEy8
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 745Please respect copyright.PENANAkV8EG5GxBP
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance745Please respect copyright.PENANAZryKdEph15
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 745Please respect copyright.PENANAsVh0QsLGbw
go?" 745Please respect copyright.PENANADjxTyr2XqN
David was trying to 745Please respect copyright.PENANAXN4rlwh6b5
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was745Please respect copyright.PENANA0vPcFwOeIv
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 745Please respect copyright.PENANAWCzJsW7Odi
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 745Please respect copyright.PENANAWvv29YFXBU
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 745Please respect copyright.PENANAeAoiyxYZ8A
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 745Please respect copyright.PENANAY9gCukveHO
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 745Please respect copyright.PENANA0wM17pFfRK
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.745Please respect copyright.PENANAwqRWhUWU0y
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.745Please respect copyright.PENANAHyA5h5tdUc
Then suddenly David was 745Please respect copyright.PENANAIqNbKwEbix
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 745Please respect copyright.PENANAG5cm6tM7OT
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 745Please respect copyright.PENANAXhEQicOv0Y
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 745Please respect copyright.PENANAdzXg2rNXAD
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 745Please respect copyright.PENANAFAoHi9KLvO
don't know."745Please respect copyright.PENANAiDhvmrtrrs
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."745Please respect copyright.PENANA3wepz1NcHo
"Now, while magic is 745Please respect copyright.PENANAi86VkcEzlV
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 745Please respect copyright.PENANAgWpLMZ8qWU
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some745Please respect copyright.PENANAuD2rVvYzXg
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 745Please respect copyright.PENANAbW6Lxt3ckE
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 745Please respect copyright.PENANAs3IcXW0TUT
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 745Please respect copyright.PENANA6gQNon4BVz
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain745Please respect copyright.PENANAFvMEtzNgRy
came and David screamed for someone to help745Please respect copyright.PENANAKpO2TKQCQ4
~no one will come.~745Please respect copyright.PENANAXUNRkirpOP
After pulling out all 745Please respect copyright.PENANAwHpaNDZ1e9
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was745Please respect copyright.PENANAXwXIbHKPzK
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 745Please respect copyright.PENANAj7rQCwBH6X
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 745Please respect copyright.PENANANr7CiJrRNp
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 745Please respect copyright.PENANAHtHXwJ4Ety
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 745Please respect copyright.PENANAeRcLvHZCQ4
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 745Please respect copyright.PENANAQpndTd7iav
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMpZOV5C9Nn
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 745Please respect copyright.PENANABDHL1JBQgU
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 745Please respect copyright.PENANAdgAIQXEEqJ
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone745Please respect copyright.PENANA9QBWxAKpWt
would rescue him.745Please respect copyright.PENANAoGMVUPrXXO
~no one cares.~745Please respect copyright.PENANAZSplDSJc2z
Next few moments were a 745Please respect copyright.PENANAMNQxZRwSE0
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea745Please respect copyright.PENANAuwOrTMBEtD
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.745Please respect copyright.PENANAiMF9ey1jaW
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 745Please respect copyright.PENANAWZLzXTRWlC
companion in the darkness.
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