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All taxes must be paid 677Please respect copyright.PENANAClHgogfVcL
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 677Please respect copyright.PENANAV9jzGWCW0N
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 677Please respect copyright.PENANA9F2yE16Gib
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 677Please respect copyright.PENANAC3n0c02gj4
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 677Please respect copyright.PENANA0zOCuBO6wG
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 677Please respect copyright.PENANAzwEHzY5nbb
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAihlNTQMuhN
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 677Please respect copyright.PENANANoZ0iO0VNv
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade677Please respect copyright.PENANAD4u9gO9V7B
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 677Please respect copyright.PENANAhH9nlmH3pG
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 677Please respect copyright.PENANAPHMtudKd6c
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 677Please respect copyright.PENANAoKgC88zV5M
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 677Please respect copyright.PENANAcdxqOHiTRH
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted677Please respect copyright.PENANAINGeq0PoxH
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.677Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fs82mZert
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'677Please respect copyright.PENANAl0BaHz5pb7
___________________________________________________677Please respect copyright.PENANA7utRhNFoAk
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David has been in jail 677Please respect copyright.PENANApdLI5va0oA
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.677Please respect copyright.PENANAIk8eTwxNSD
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor677Please respect copyright.PENANACaglNnPGYU
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.677Please respect copyright.PENANAyXZss3C3Pu
The cell was big enough 677Please respect copyright.PENANAmIR9q8g1I1
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 677Please respect copyright.PENANAyXztGgJjHm
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 677Please respect copyright.PENANADK9mzHSOnZ
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 677Please respect copyright.PENANASgLTKZUbIP
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.677Please respect copyright.PENANA5B3uX4urAg
David didn't even 677Please respect copyright.PENANAGR3qmDE5ca
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAXefOIJOUPy
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 677Please respect copyright.PENANAcUTb09UoEX
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 677Please respect copyright.PENANADjHIYhbyNA
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 677Please respect copyright.PENANATPAhjs6mk5
Sadly event the best 677Please respect copyright.PENANAnTVjY6EVe1
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall677Please respect copyright.PENANAAM4vZkngKf
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that677Please respect copyright.PENANA28hDYHBZWP
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 677Please respect copyright.PENANAc1p4pAjHRu
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 677Please respect copyright.PENANACnwh11O3w1
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could677Please respect copyright.PENANAJso1OGgdvN
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 677Please respect copyright.PENANA03oipAbUgl
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob677Please respect copyright.PENANASFtntNdV5L
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 677Please respect copyright.PENANAVEHkpmmUCo
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAnBbxzHFO3E
cell next door.677Please respect copyright.PENANATR7HChHquj
Another soldier came up 677Please respect copyright.PENANAQo6IrF3Szq
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 677Please respect copyright.PENANAdTw0yOl0SH
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 677Please respect copyright.PENANAgHO6OTb4GR
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAHieXLt7JWc
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAwi7X7wMhPm
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 677Please respect copyright.PENANAJUJHXfMzQS
back.677Please respect copyright.PENANAd0GBAYyqtv
While David would've 677Please respect copyright.PENANAGCx9Pr4q2d
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 677Please respect copyright.PENANA6S8H4XdTOc
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 677Please respect copyright.PENANAHNtZXAC5v8
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 677Please respect copyright.PENANALXiusyWHNC
Jesters words came back to him. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAXMrjmCcD1v
The walk itself didn't 677Please respect copyright.PENANA3HRRPLPOzO
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 677Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ7g27zd9X
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 677Please respect copyright.PENANA4gGy7rFGPK
splatters all around the room.677Please respect copyright.PENANAUEM3dlQdna
David was put into the 677Please respect copyright.PENANA59yvnY3kYV
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAS52gHyoF8e
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAn96wyGjc5t
other chair, staring into David's soul.677Please respect copyright.PENANAAg1B9S14ev
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.677Please respect copyright.PENANAMHwN7CkE97
"I'm David, the rebels 677Please respect copyright.PENANAUzpcDzEz67
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 677Please respect copyright.PENANAejV46yDXjg
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.677Please respect copyright.PENANADZnTPo1ekQ
"Where are you from?"677Please respect copyright.PENANA41WGO2iytQ
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.677Please respect copyright.PENANASsAVM0Gwtc
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"677Please respect copyright.PENANAJzkc6y2q9l
"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 nodded677Please respect copyright.PENANALm1OelKSOH
"Where did the rebels move?"677Please respect copyright.PENANAPNR0zdF26R
"Gods, we're not getting677Please respect copyright.PENANA2gKqDK7Dyf
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want677Please respect copyright.PENANAVO9dOs21uh
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."677Please respect copyright.PENANAIgbI4aX0r0
"We know the rebellion 677Please respect copyright.PENANALI27qY7wdO
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 677Please respect copyright.PENANAJwGrpg883W
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."677Please respect copyright.PENANA5y58PNjqAD
"Well if you know all 677Please respect copyright.PENANAWMtyr0UQnq
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 677Please respect copyright.PENANAleTYp6UAm5
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 677Please respect copyright.PENANASoocOA6vVI
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 677Please respect copyright.PENANAPdtVL9j8HZ
on the imperial soldier.677Please respect copyright.PENANAupdSX1D1sy
"I wanted to make this 677Please respect copyright.PENANAKCWZ7Q4uEw
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 677Please respect copyright.PENANAMaLDCCbUqC
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 677Please respect copyright.PENANAZ18dX7Rhpe
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 677Please respect copyright.PENANAoODBa4cLdl
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 677Please respect copyright.PENANABhRVJZhITe
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 677Please respect copyright.PENANAgGIeTxQ0j0
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.677Please respect copyright.PENANAzclwhH2n4X
"Wait wait!" Fernand 677Please respect copyright.PENANAKBJj29avLU
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 677Please respect copyright.PENANAxXlp5AYfZp
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."677Please respect copyright.PENANAnLLWwIz1fg
Fernand was shaking his 677Please respect copyright.PENANA2Je0VkdPzA
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't677Please respect copyright.PENANAWAjw9Pp7kW
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 677Please respect copyright.PENANAII9agf5kvq
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely677Please respect copyright.PENANAWQDF6AiydX
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 677Please respect copyright.PENANAs65yPQrHwi
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAuHyTGu9hWV
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"677Please respect copyright.PENANArgC3iCxeTA
That made Ferdinand 677Please respect copyright.PENANAptnuqyQZAr
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAvdFqvEOFDS
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"677Please respect copyright.PENANAq6K5uiNwiT
Fernand wasn't denying 677Please respect copyright.PENANAvnK9u9LF88
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did677Please respect copyright.PENANAsxUG42pxKv
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 677Please respect copyright.PENANAWiiyLddGTs
get us do something." 677Please respect copyright.PENANAwgEHi0HZ74
"Blasphemy, he 677Please respect copyright.PENANAhWQAvpbUtu
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 677Please respect copyright.PENANALgyAiCn4wq
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.677Please respect copyright.PENANABTGw0m9jo1
"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" 677Please respect copyright.PENANAznDG7b3Uti
"Demons tend to plan 677Please respect copyright.PENANA27EJNaNsGI
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 677Please respect copyright.PENANAJkw37MDbRv
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"677Please respect copyright.PENANAQHjwvKnzua
"To find something, he 677Please respect copyright.PENANAbtotDE1caT
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to677Please respect copyright.PENANArDE1k06Je9
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 677Please respect copyright.PENANA86aBTxHxd0
same for Fernand.677Please respect copyright.PENANAnRALHWosnz
Fernand was about to say677Please respect copyright.PENANAxOM0ctIPzl
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 677Please respect copyright.PENANAtOo2GS8Gww
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 677Please respect copyright.PENANA5NX8E1q9pJ
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 677Please respect copyright.PENANAq2ICZE24xH
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."677Please respect copyright.PENANAoU9IoWaSfP
David quickly rummaged 677Please respect copyright.PENANAxcu1hV5G9O
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back677Please respect copyright.PENANAkfyVYsY7ci
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 677Please respect copyright.PENANA2h4pahqrdo
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 677Please respect copyright.PENANAxWveAeBHuv
able to trap her."677Please respect copyright.PENANARdtfjYcwdr
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 677Please respect copyright.PENANAb6fcqyjlbN
"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.677Please respect copyright.PENANA1KQnckQr39
"And how will you do 677Please respect copyright.PENANA4cR5GRk0WG
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've677Please respect copyright.PENANAe3jYPCkGx9
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 677Please respect copyright.PENANAX4ISj3DXpI
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 677Please respect copyright.PENANAsJGMIY7s9w
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."677Please respect copyright.PENANAGquNGyhUfL
"But I don't! I really 677Please respect copyright.PENANAS1F1Gb07r5
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 677Please respect copyright.PENANA6mA2iqGmj9
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.677Please respect copyright.PENANAUelrc3FDcN
"Ah captain Schumah, a 677Please respect copyright.PENANAic9WxCBnVJ
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 677Please respect copyright.PENANA9IJnc6ejng
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a677Please respect copyright.PENANAXpwwkjMBSJ
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 677Please respect copyright.PENANAHV1sB8VrFk
black. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1lcdFPPZn
"Well, well. What do we 677Please respect copyright.PENANA59g2EElEEN
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 677Please respect copyright.PENANAgoHxdBei8b
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.677Please respect copyright.PENANAvrzxJVOgqV
"Look, I swear to all 677Please respect copyright.PENANA92Iax0lefj
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 677Please respect copyright.PENANA0awtA7zOc6
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAyoUzZRRAW3
"We will find out if you677Please respect copyright.PENANAk70551aF1w
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He677Please respect copyright.PENANAo4EruSL3UV
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by677Please respect copyright.PENANAefzZaTMv2n
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."677Please respect copyright.PENANA3WDyTZ7OY4
David struggled against 677Please respect copyright.PENANABWWpsy9oFD
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 677Please respect copyright.PENANA4NR74TJpT4
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 677Please respect copyright.PENANAgEZUXC9HJX
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch677Please respect copyright.PENANA3KOHQCfT2d
"Now how should we 677Please respect copyright.PENANAaaYJbPQOkZ
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 677Please respect copyright.PENANAg5FmOI97Zb
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 677Please respect copyright.PENANAeLi7khZxpa
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 677Please respect copyright.PENANA57PWYHluBb
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my677Please respect copyright.PENANA3AsqAhsc2Y
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 677Please respect copyright.PENANAobU4RuRPbe
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 677Please respect copyright.PENANAIpJHzLswcX
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as677Please respect copyright.PENANAjEB69JHnU3
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.677Please respect copyright.PENANAjq56yhOoUk
Before David could reply677Please respect copyright.PENANAPyl41gJtBj
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 677Please respect copyright.PENANArT4VPLYfx2
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 677Please respect copyright.PENANAqjfC7oxMsf
and he screamed.677Please respect copyright.PENANAmvyAxtOvoJ
The torturer 677Please respect copyright.PENANAp8LhKypVbl
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 677Please respect copyright.PENANAHsbjrD3WVv
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 677Please respect copyright.PENANA8FOTc5CW7n
this."677Please respect copyright.PENANA0YCTmNgppC
The torturer moved his 677Please respect copyright.PENANAqcvzbAiXSu
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 677Please respect copyright.PENANAWexTiqZ4xx
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 677Please respect copyright.PENANAbxPz35AsnP
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 677Please respect copyright.PENANAOmUoZYlcqf
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 677Please respect copyright.PENANAgkrahJaKCO
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 677Please respect copyright.PENANAPNUgqK7uD1
you agree?"677Please respect copyright.PENANAO9ycb7EY9b
The torturer stopped his677Please respect copyright.PENANATc7pJpml7z
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 677Please respect copyright.PENANAKNaNd2TR2G
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 677Please respect copyright.PENANAW7P5p3PilU
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance677Please respect copyright.PENANAPEjM0Znu47
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 677Please respect copyright.PENANA5QApiaDPGz
go?" 677Please respect copyright.PENANASkTqlUBy4m
David was trying to 677Please respect copyright.PENANAWm3ZBARtf5
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was677Please respect copyright.PENANAx6gtgNQzkG
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 677Please respect copyright.PENANA8rPr9cdikZ
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 677Please respect copyright.PENANA1BReiZROje
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 677Please respect copyright.PENANAgdIrhNBQ4h
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 677Please respect copyright.PENANAb68H0y7CBS
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 677Please respect copyright.PENANAlpmKdpPIsT
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.677Please respect copyright.PENANAPi3bHBGhxH
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.677Please respect copyright.PENANAFEK2M7mKvy
Then suddenly David was 677Please respect copyright.PENANALBeK5n2lzF
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 677Please respect copyright.PENANAnMNj16NOzE
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 677Please respect copyright.PENANAYtddV15NON
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 677Please respect copyright.PENANAPESwYSXEXy
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 677Please respect copyright.PENANAbGQHSHgNmo
don't know."677Please respect copyright.PENANA4YfSjm4c4U
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."677Please respect copyright.PENANAkAPZ0zArJA
"Now, while magic is 677Please respect copyright.PENANAmApC0ReHtZ
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 677Please respect copyright.PENANAsxn8SU5IOg
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some677Please respect copyright.PENANA99vNYZGqCi
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 677Please respect copyright.PENANA8lucPwXBjO
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 677Please respect copyright.PENANAtCTdmKUvlC
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 677Please respect copyright.PENANAwwVFRKjArm
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain677Please respect copyright.PENANA68NGKmSG3k
came and David screamed for someone to help677Please respect copyright.PENANAGfmDnQMwUQ
~no one will come.~677Please respect copyright.PENANAbRVuW1mCQR
After pulling out all 677Please respect copyright.PENANAkVq9ElEfni
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was677Please respect copyright.PENANAGrCIZRMehG
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 677Please respect copyright.PENANA52g38sGoJz
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 677Please respect copyright.PENANAdrbewSjFtr
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 677Please respect copyright.PENANAPFijqmw1Ey
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 677Please respect copyright.PENANA3e86aNHpCu
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 677Please respect copyright.PENANAKthyyxrjtU
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 677Please respect copyright.PENANAS72S7oUGTI
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 677Please respect copyright.PENANACuvvLxcWUl
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 677Please respect copyright.PENANAbxcUw9T9Lo
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone677Please respect copyright.PENANAo9PJNaUv4H
would rescue him.677Please respect copyright.PENANAguN2yeIjX5
~no one cares.~677Please respect copyright.PENANAvXQquvEXPY
Next few moments were a 677Please respect copyright.PENANA9YjrKEHDND
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea677Please respect copyright.PENANAxqNPSfByII
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.677Please respect copyright.PENANAx46DwjkiPZ
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 677Please respect copyright.PENANAhIpfJsmSoX
companion in the darkness.
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677Please respect copyright.PENANAdH5dusTFRM