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All taxes must be paid 716Please respect copyright.PENANAnvOlbpQlDj
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 716Please respect copyright.PENANAS613kOXARm
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 716Please respect copyright.PENANAb66ND6klB9
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 716Please respect copyright.PENANAau2Y1gwmcb
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 716Please respect copyright.PENANATzz6ha7T8N
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 716Please respect copyright.PENANALW7tVbt1FJ
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 716Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZdSkqE20T
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 716Please respect copyright.PENANAurfwEnXreR
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade716Please respect copyright.PENANAdF6vMfZMRA
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 716Please respect copyright.PENANA3P7uJruNhP
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 716Please respect copyright.PENANAb7crJ5NDL7
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 716Please respect copyright.PENANA3ORHr6fhFa
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 716Please respect copyright.PENANAgbzicjTlYc
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted716Please respect copyright.PENANASHGYbmiGmr
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.716Please respect copyright.PENANAAQBdDPO10l
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'716Please respect copyright.PENANAeR3qAqGWj1
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David has been in jail 716Please respect copyright.PENANARS5PH6vZ4K
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.716Please respect copyright.PENANAjPN9vz2yev
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor716Please respect copyright.PENANAlEk7dMjdqt
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.716Please respect copyright.PENANAplPrtwQ35V
The cell was big enough 716Please respect copyright.PENANArsbchNdbdf
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 716Please respect copyright.PENANAV1mhym1Yjo
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAY0aSjS9kYv
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAG627AHzfZR
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.716Please respect copyright.PENANAL1RxDGdw6r
David didn't even 716Please respect copyright.PENANAVLS8JXoQj0
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAhmGb1tyoWG
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 716Please respect copyright.PENANAiEO1peNKqk
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 716Please respect copyright.PENANAoCSOCvR1PY
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAgwkLxoUq2b
Sadly event the best 716Please respect copyright.PENANA8VzKFhasy8
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall716Please respect copyright.PENANALLIX4QHpka
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that716Please respect copyright.PENANAQLKyQpJxtB
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 716Please respect copyright.PENANAJX2jubusQB
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 716Please respect copyright.PENANAkSEuo76GTh
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could716Please respect copyright.PENANA3jlBx9EiJ3
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 716Please respect copyright.PENANAiYpvZaJFX6
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob716Please respect copyright.PENANAZCjaEjTa98
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 716Please respect copyright.PENANAWkMv98MmYx
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 716Please respect copyright.PENANABlqvycT2g3
cell next door.716Please respect copyright.PENANAVgSoyv7k8z
Another soldier came up 716Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0F9Q8Fb93
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 716Please respect copyright.PENANA5sd2zWqE67
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 716Please respect copyright.PENANAexO3kDJ4Jh
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAEbF2GhNmHK
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAspFaqIZwgj
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 716Please respect copyright.PENANAToFC3s2chR
back.716Please respect copyright.PENANAB8QPQWkEW1
While David would've 716Please respect copyright.PENANA1ofBkcfMIo
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 716Please respect copyright.PENANAEk1SpI2rbv
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 716Please respect copyright.PENANAWldnb2AC3M
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 716Please respect copyright.PENANA3QOGERyTpL
Jesters words came back to him. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAntkZKJBOo9
The walk itself didn't 716Please respect copyright.PENANALEJ3Udod0l
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 716Please respect copyright.PENANAhi7YlGjHjW
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 716Please respect copyright.PENANAEwHsepXqqq
splatters all around the room.716Please respect copyright.PENANA5WYzD4aKJY
David was put into the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAdR6aOTuO8l
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 716Please respect copyright.PENANArwTyf3W6Ds
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAHvCJ2HTlNS
other chair, staring into David's soul.716Please respect copyright.PENANAHcfYi2fEaH
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.716Please respect copyright.PENANA9kzwDRM8Yu
"I'm David, the rebels 716Please respect copyright.PENANAQt6XEXpoU8
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 716Please respect copyright.PENANAye2PytUfTW
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.716Please respect copyright.PENANAtzJuLK1D20
"Where are you from?"716Please respect copyright.PENANAL0kizsox96
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.716Please respect copyright.PENANAjD9FQG5mMb
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"716Please respect copyright.PENANAsEGwtbxWmW
"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 nodded716Please respect copyright.PENANAN1OBpG9kJM
"Where did the rebels move?"716Please respect copyright.PENANAK1hs5PCpke
"Gods, we're not getting716Please respect copyright.PENANAAerKYFWX8K
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want716Please respect copyright.PENANAVJbWTrXJjg
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."716Please respect copyright.PENANAK8T66h0yvM
"We know the rebellion 716Please respect copyright.PENANAX1iFVrKKW9
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 716Please respect copyright.PENANAu1uwV2G04a
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."716Please respect copyright.PENANA4Y3mvo7Agj
"Well if you know all 716Please respect copyright.PENANAIVg6ChYe7U
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 716Please respect copyright.PENANAlMxFugjFlk
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 716Please respect copyright.PENANAra08Uo5UdC
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 716Please respect copyright.PENANA3hLKnr4QUD
on the imperial soldier.716Please respect copyright.PENANAC4ebgsfl2w
"I wanted to make this 716Please respect copyright.PENANAONmSXSFYg9
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 716Please respect copyright.PENANABMyIVCEVF5
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 716Please respect copyright.PENANAG3VCvzETa8
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 716Please respect copyright.PENANAC41DOyW27F
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 716Please respect copyright.PENANARNyzW18Oed
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 716Please respect copyright.PENANAorosh7BaBm
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.716Please respect copyright.PENANAB1osJ0nFv6
"Wait wait!" Fernand 716Please respect copyright.PENANAjIGR8DPxYh
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 716Please respect copyright.PENANAoTMnjPSY7p
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."716Please respect copyright.PENANAqVoepMnITm
Fernand was shaking his 716Please respect copyright.PENANAuLBiZxc4DP
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't716Please respect copyright.PENANAClfq8Z6AHc
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 716Please respect copyright.PENANArip1WEfpc3
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely716Please respect copyright.PENANARCQlSnL65I
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 716Please respect copyright.PENANAXrb70PGSP7
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ9CgY4qTi
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"716Please respect copyright.PENANAUbpvJaMF1g
That made Ferdinand 716Please respect copyright.PENANAs1DWGYDwyf
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAEhEvsI55gx
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"716Please respect copyright.PENANA2UVEhaXevG
Fernand wasn't denying 716Please respect copyright.PENANApMoNsttL65
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did716Please respect copyright.PENANAgDfKHo5tdy
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 716Please respect copyright.PENANAXPSEwkR1zG
get us do something." 716Please respect copyright.PENANAhDQAEas9uN
"Blasphemy, he 716Please respect copyright.PENANANCyiBmfVhT
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 716Please respect copyright.PENANAbF3nyC2JQV
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.716Please respect copyright.PENANAjgQboAVItw
"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" 716Please respect copyright.PENANAez1C13RT1V
"Demons tend to plan 716Please respect copyright.PENANADgW50q76DM
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 716Please respect copyright.PENANA5gduyeLMLR
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"716Please respect copyright.PENANA9C6HYOpGUJ
"To find something, he 716Please respect copyright.PENANAASb6aU3OI4
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to716Please respect copyright.PENANA1vRT5KZSH3
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 716Please respect copyright.PENANA86WtTBkAmp
same for Fernand.716Please respect copyright.PENANAeMm55iEmGA
Fernand was about to say716Please respect copyright.PENANALm3ro2DSKp
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 716Please respect copyright.PENANAwZfh8YRW4K
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 716Please respect copyright.PENANAUGrbFJ0lMj
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 716Please respect copyright.PENANAaduiSONC5k
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."716Please respect copyright.PENANApT3svbC6sy
David quickly rummaged 716Please respect copyright.PENANAeom1p72URi
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back716Please respect copyright.PENANAFFVNCPiiJ5
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 716Please respect copyright.PENANA8UkbkEK8qi
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 716Please respect copyright.PENANAL3Fgxub44L
able to trap her."716Please respect copyright.PENANArdaNg4L31n
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 716Please respect copyright.PENANAz81e2VjizQ
"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.716Please respect copyright.PENANA6XtBkAu0LR
"And how will you do 716Please respect copyright.PENANAMX1h3gNyDg
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've716Please respect copyright.PENANA6na83zwyLZ
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 716Please respect copyright.PENANAFdTWwk0iQz
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 716Please respect copyright.PENANA11at5RPBZA
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."716Please respect copyright.PENANAyFYnDeNfkp
"But I don't! I really 716Please respect copyright.PENANAmnWn25biYN
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 716Please respect copyright.PENANAlKyfPzqbEQ
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.716Please respect copyright.PENANAkCaOIp6PO6
"Ah captain Schumah, a 716Please respect copyright.PENANAji0G3RNice
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 716Please respect copyright.PENANAb1k5qVwOHn
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a716Please respect copyright.PENANAXt2WNMLPVe
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 716Please respect copyright.PENANADmCGcscvDm
black. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAcEZSEIUaa5
"Well, well. What do we 716Please respect copyright.PENANAG0v5V1k7Vc
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 716Please respect copyright.PENANA73oApTTOGJ
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.716Please respect copyright.PENANAYd5OzS7tcN
"Look, I swear to all 716Please respect copyright.PENANABffc1oSrCU
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 716Please respect copyright.PENANApOO7JWUrA3
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 716Please respect copyright.PENANASJQuM2JwYf
"We will find out if you716Please respect copyright.PENANAexQJ7SENy6
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He716Please respect copyright.PENANAGmChXcrOBA
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by716Please respect copyright.PENANA19xWTGFTvk
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."716Please respect copyright.PENANA9zlce0owWK
David struggled against 716Please respect copyright.PENANAZDfH3TzJu7
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAJk1a5YNTsh
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9hW8GXKvo
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch716Please respect copyright.PENANAraqMovp15W
"Now how should we 716Please respect copyright.PENANAUHWd5f7UeH
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 716Please respect copyright.PENANAgorZyxqsOO
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 716Please respect copyright.PENANA0FWYuu04gt
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 716Please respect copyright.PENANAupGy9f2lrt
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my716Please respect copyright.PENANABNXXG56K7T
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 716Please respect copyright.PENANA24VFHg2i2W
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 716Please respect copyright.PENANAKFzppTbDe3
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as716Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4ff96F6Jh
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.716Please respect copyright.PENANAMRal3QjvDN
Before David could reply716Please respect copyright.PENANAgy98babvVe
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 716Please respect copyright.PENANAtoVuAJyMLF
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 716Please respect copyright.PENANA7fPXOmrcET
and he screamed.716Please respect copyright.PENANAJG3HdTLH9B
The torturer 716Please respect copyright.PENANAXSoxOq6Nng
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 716Please respect copyright.PENANAPhvlAwn1Z3
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 716Please respect copyright.PENANA8Oo8kKZznv
this."716Please respect copyright.PENANARdVZ4MNCmL
The torturer moved his 716Please respect copyright.PENANApaihw3wLPG
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 716Please respect copyright.PENANA0iokE3aTpk
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 716Please respect copyright.PENANA4DvWwuG7qQ
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 716Please respect copyright.PENANADw98ZDycbS
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 716Please respect copyright.PENANAeyo2kPZisr
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 716Please respect copyright.PENANAV9OBsomilg
you agree?"716Please respect copyright.PENANAXty5sXT9rn
The torturer stopped his716Please respect copyright.PENANAKDRogyzrNV
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 716Please respect copyright.PENANAddfURPeNPt
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 716Please respect copyright.PENANAPzP0YruypC
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance716Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q4px3XJy1
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 716Please respect copyright.PENANAYzLlSau7kD
go?" 716Please respect copyright.PENANAUy6ZvuJ2UY
David was trying to 716Please respect copyright.PENANAhHd5Zx9f3y
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was716Please respect copyright.PENANAURx3PKQveW
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 716Please respect copyright.PENANAN7TLjnpAt9
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 716Please respect copyright.PENANAPkfOUoa0uT
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 716Please respect copyright.PENANAG4Ci9pWhE4
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 716Please respect copyright.PENANAefWSVjaaOi
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 716Please respect copyright.PENANAwVINuEW9Fm
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.716Please respect copyright.PENANANXj56D7SZU
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.716Please respect copyright.PENANA1FiKEJMDbn
Then suddenly David was 716Please respect copyright.PENANAgToWShSCRK
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 716Please respect copyright.PENANASsL7UHEvzD
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 716Please respect copyright.PENANAFaGpyyEDDP
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 716Please respect copyright.PENANA1KJrGk1GZ0
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 716Please respect copyright.PENANAqcBUTjuugV
don't know."716Please respect copyright.PENANAgiOG7Z1oAH
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."716Please respect copyright.PENANAjfU4YaF5ak
"Now, while magic is 716Please respect copyright.PENANAu2R7PJk2hA
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 716Please respect copyright.PENANAFeG7dEKIhs
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some716Please respect copyright.PENANA3NFNa2vy6q
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 716Please respect copyright.PENANAiTX86PrA4U
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 716Please respect copyright.PENANA146cWjHQjq
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 716Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9NZLre5Db
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain716Please respect copyright.PENANAxEuUKY3FQY
came and David screamed for someone to help716Please respect copyright.PENANACsXCe41Ocl
~no one will come.~716Please respect copyright.PENANArEQFopcElZ
After pulling out all 716Please respect copyright.PENANA4C8EdOQYAs
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was716Please respect copyright.PENANAWrAzcULQ3q
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 716Please respect copyright.PENANACblCR9drw8
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 716Please respect copyright.PENANAxqD8q5Zp89
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 716Please respect copyright.PENANAnEsdU74Ult
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 716Please respect copyright.PENANAYIrtcJ72NX
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 716Please respect copyright.PENANA93Ehj6CbcY
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 716Please respect copyright.PENANANXMV1gbUZb
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 716Please respect copyright.PENANAU1psYR89vE
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 716Please respect copyright.PENANAz84dbKoqB2
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone716Please respect copyright.PENANAFvSrdaes1x
would rescue him.716Please respect copyright.PENANARuv1I4tSan
~no one cares.~716Please respect copyright.PENANAx1JEj5edva
Next few moments were a 716Please respect copyright.PENANAvz6PQbX4Mq
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea716Please respect copyright.PENANAxmGnIspDp4
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.716Please respect copyright.PENANAIIzBgPhmjG
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 716Please respect copyright.PENANA8LVBWO8foZ
companion in the darkness.
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