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All taxes must be paid 718Please respect copyright.PENANAI9vCZQsuUv
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 718Please respect copyright.PENANAqs4Nw2PWz7
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 718Please respect copyright.PENANA7K6rQ4bdo7
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 718Please respect copyright.PENANAIkWNro5EJ9
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 718Please respect copyright.PENANAwbIxAPsACu
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 718Please respect copyright.PENANAd3eq6QLfSs
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAClVrlIpGrw
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 718Please respect copyright.PENANAMy1zyieOF3
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade718Please respect copyright.PENANA7NAFDdOihy
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 718Please respect copyright.PENANAl3HSooxJeE
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 718Please respect copyright.PENANAghwlpRDGhQ
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 718Please respect copyright.PENANAyoNcLkdZnl
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 718Please respect copyright.PENANA9WMysXfZ1X
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted718Please respect copyright.PENANAnXG1kmUXYE
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.718Please respect copyright.PENANAghXfVyozV8
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'718Please respect copyright.PENANAjr0KJzYnV5
___________________________________________________718Please respect copyright.PENANADs4dTi1Gk2
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David has been in jail 718Please respect copyright.PENANAVsBy8dMgbj
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.718Please respect copyright.PENANAEPRrfmaop6
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor718Please respect copyright.PENANAPvJvkAUNOS
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.718Please respect copyright.PENANAjqHr5oUWV7
The cell was big enough 718Please respect copyright.PENANAIWoOpX7wTG
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 718Please respect copyright.PENANAd8ZbJYoLyH
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 718Please respect copyright.PENANAkf6V9o3NMe
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAN9y1nPpZzK
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.718Please respect copyright.PENANAAtBvlswWO7
David didn't even 718Please respect copyright.PENANALEjHbpqtt4
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAQeV15vK4Rz
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 718Please respect copyright.PENANAvKCjCgJlz4
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 718Please respect copyright.PENANA4WEz4hiFyI
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 718Please respect copyright.PENANAWcdXJ5RBiD
Sadly event the best 718Please respect copyright.PENANA74U5nT8XGw
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall718Please respect copyright.PENANARm8D3kYaRk
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that718Please respect copyright.PENANAWdNRoT6Pmh
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 718Please respect copyright.PENANAf6T2fm0230
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 718Please respect copyright.PENANAgJnirCBZjz
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could718Please respect copyright.PENANApkXHmoiz6n
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 718Please respect copyright.PENANACY9FJgvc5i
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob718Please respect copyright.PENANASsnW2PbKCG
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 718Please respect copyright.PENANA18a3oA28nf
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAUJBR9NEb4p
cell next door.718Please respect copyright.PENANAnfSS5RVItX
Another soldier came up 718Please respect copyright.PENANAczNmTQYQUV
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 718Please respect copyright.PENANAAH3cmS5T9N
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 718Please respect copyright.PENANAVykPcQy7pQ
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 718Please respect copyright.PENANA2WKvi3zqi5
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 718Please respect copyright.PENANA1oWobLgiVH
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 718Please respect copyright.PENANAa2LwvL6m5I
back.718Please respect copyright.PENANApYlw3L4Zvg
While David would've 718Please respect copyright.PENANAt7Bxqdc73e
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 718Please respect copyright.PENANAyOkudlqJsJ
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 718Please respect copyright.PENANApLo2FifuQA
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 718Please respect copyright.PENANAwKlf3zcRYy
Jesters words came back to him. 718Please respect copyright.PENANA8ztprcEliF
The walk itself didn't 718Please respect copyright.PENANA7IkI7VLjwi
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 718Please respect copyright.PENANAYV5wspEydg
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 718Please respect copyright.PENANAlCAnjO4yf2
splatters all around the room.718Please respect copyright.PENANAfgjxvY147m
David was put into the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAnCayQMuyPq
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 718Please respect copyright.PENANAJTfumgvqVm
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 718Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bsih8lGFj
other chair, staring into David's soul.718Please respect copyright.PENANAu8aesxjTKb
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.718Please respect copyright.PENANAxHRefAq0RA
"I'm David, the rebels 718Please respect copyright.PENANAHIKEp5cPpv
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 718Please respect copyright.PENANACt1ThaHTWk
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.718Please respect copyright.PENANA7RUb90UYVf
"Where are you from?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAlxKaCF5Fkg
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.718Please respect copyright.PENANAsm2vIaX083
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAXrSz9Lwtg3
"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 nodded718Please respect copyright.PENANAjL8yk16kek
"Where did the rebels move?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAXRzEuhse1o
"Gods, we're not getting718Please respect copyright.PENANAX0OeSPb3cK
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want718Please respect copyright.PENANATJ3LWiGwh9
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."718Please respect copyright.PENANAsUTLS2ct4Q
"We know the rebellion 718Please respect copyright.PENANAIBgYKwcPhC
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 718Please respect copyright.PENANA8a7bat88Wu
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."718Please respect copyright.PENANA7KOlarfWVE
"Well if you know all 718Please respect copyright.PENANAtYWEbp8lui
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 718Please respect copyright.PENANAVU9k6tslXl
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 718Please respect copyright.PENANA9t9oy8WIXo
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 718Please respect copyright.PENANA7kWeWRxk0u
on the imperial soldier.718Please respect copyright.PENANAz3leNzDYlf
"I wanted to make this 718Please respect copyright.PENANA82K9jAJL6K
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 718Please respect copyright.PENANAsR9KmlKhQZ
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 718Please respect copyright.PENANAnR1pWvO7zf
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 718Please respect copyright.PENANAvKTIY3vMaj
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 718Please respect copyright.PENANAZtibuIdeHc
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 718Please respect copyright.PENANAOg1pdw2cYF
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.718Please respect copyright.PENANA0CBQ2NAv1T
"Wait wait!" Fernand 718Please respect copyright.PENANATsBonYVmli
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 718Please respect copyright.PENANAUz4c4mmuzb
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."718Please respect copyright.PENANArh6vE3Yish
Fernand was shaking his 718Please respect copyright.PENANAsaOqBm1lae
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't718Please respect copyright.PENANA1j918C3YsI
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 718Please respect copyright.PENANASx1BNogy8D
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely718Please respect copyright.PENANAYop8yagtU2
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 718Please respect copyright.PENANAnypZNG6NCG
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 718Please respect copyright.PENANAulVCMRnqow
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAhDddyyu5jP
That made Ferdinand 718Please respect copyright.PENANAct9TYhQQVo
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAacvfsZ3aax
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAQ74wnhv67G
Fernand wasn't denying 718Please respect copyright.PENANAuOx8XrUlf7
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did718Please respect copyright.PENANA1MSM4NOXKQ
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 718Please respect copyright.PENANAsKkYjuZF1M
get us do something." 718Please respect copyright.PENANAJWRpnuPZ2C
"Blasphemy, he 718Please respect copyright.PENANADcXwMFGNqa
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 718Please respect copyright.PENANAhXKysc00r7
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.718Please respect copyright.PENANAFKWfAc8H1l
"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" 718Please respect copyright.PENANARrPJ9RIudh
"Demons tend to plan 718Please respect copyright.PENANAB5PyDw1y2O
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 718Please respect copyright.PENANAA9BLRAtuxE
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAhD7V0niONu
"To find something, he 718Please respect copyright.PENANAz0AvKqaEZj
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to718Please respect copyright.PENANAK1mmDDDKUd
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAyKnj551VEg
same for Fernand.718Please respect copyright.PENANAlNQLaCrU50
Fernand was about to say718Please respect copyright.PENANA1lQPm7w71S
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 718Please respect copyright.PENANAxBMU7rmK9i
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 718Please respect copyright.PENANAN8SGfSl9K8
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 718Please respect copyright.PENANAnLzV40jfBI
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."718Please respect copyright.PENANAP6FuVbLLzM
David quickly rummaged 718Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7wRSjcsM5
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back718Please respect copyright.PENANAqELjL8LUFi
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 718Please respect copyright.PENANAWDd60brfF0
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 718Please respect copyright.PENANAL2qSCyQcNd
able to trap her."718Please respect copyright.PENANAavgMjWWbug
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 718Please respect copyright.PENANADCxPs4z4XB
"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.718Please respect copyright.PENANArixHMDTYWZ
"And how will you do 718Please respect copyright.PENANAkMiPoF1h0q
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've718Please respect copyright.PENANACZJG8l8Tqf
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 718Please respect copyright.PENANAFQYCFd2QCD
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 718Please respect copyright.PENANAcgmenZv7Ul
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."718Please respect copyright.PENANAwvjR7asTnm
"But I don't! I really 718Please respect copyright.PENANAzEb79YUsbA
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 718Please respect copyright.PENANASaR6uzjMcx
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.718Please respect copyright.PENANAiOnOTDkihw
"Ah captain Schumah, a 718Please respect copyright.PENANAoYoljgmtBF
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 718Please respect copyright.PENANA2d0LO4pHkB
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a718Please respect copyright.PENANAAShQAYVzWi
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 718Please respect copyright.PENANA74kW2ZJtVc
black. 718Please respect copyright.PENANAfacWSdzrkL
"Well, well. What do we 718Please respect copyright.PENANAS1wVSEvyCj
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 718Please respect copyright.PENANALyHOgitGL5
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.718Please respect copyright.PENANADHQfLhcaXV
"Look, I swear to all 718Please respect copyright.PENANAX3B4DM41IO
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 718Please respect copyright.PENANAqajLFQjJdy
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 718Please respect copyright.PENANACctDkKRszn
"We will find out if you718Please respect copyright.PENANACxpAP97cJD
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He718Please respect copyright.PENANAjIsmgVPVMv
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by718Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5RededLN2
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."718Please respect copyright.PENANAHLBV4pDCdG
David struggled against 718Please respect copyright.PENANAqqqou5ksDL
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAfeIWEKajMV
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 718Please respect copyright.PENANABlVhYPziHz
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch718Please respect copyright.PENANAc4X8p2iz4B
"Now how should we 718Please respect copyright.PENANAuROb6Yo1bi
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 718Please respect copyright.PENANAB6Aejj3VEf
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 718Please respect copyright.PENANANgh2tzPkBR
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 718Please respect copyright.PENANAKUNJtM8tqp
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my718Please respect copyright.PENANAyllFfUZI7j
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 718Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ115Abj0r
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 718Please respect copyright.PENANACznynTZTBr
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as718Please respect copyright.PENANAllz5f8DMms
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.718Please respect copyright.PENANArjHGBYz9Zu
Before David could reply718Please respect copyright.PENANAvQq8yJYHms
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 718Please respect copyright.PENANAza6whbby7K
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 718Please respect copyright.PENANAFRp0jZziws
and he screamed.718Please respect copyright.PENANAxGrbqF5E31
The torturer 718Please respect copyright.PENANAAfYYYBLQxz
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 718Please respect copyright.PENANAth5HYuQTlw
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 718Please respect copyright.PENANAjwXv6VPihF
this."718Please respect copyright.PENANAlwFwC8Ybia
The torturer moved his 718Please respect copyright.PENANAvhMn0jn6vs
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 718Please respect copyright.PENANAa4zS0EF513
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 718Please respect copyright.PENANAWGO0MS4tL7
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 718Please respect copyright.PENANAtMtgfLuFhO
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 718Please respect copyright.PENANASnuUlTwXjv
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 718Please respect copyright.PENANARKP5WF0j9g
you agree?"718Please respect copyright.PENANAzAcOQEvILc
The torturer stopped his718Please respect copyright.PENANAq3zGKkCpk6
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 718Please respect copyright.PENANAQYzUloWosb
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 718Please respect copyright.PENANAkPESkZKL9h
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance718Please respect copyright.PENANAi4J5EFk7A1
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 718Please respect copyright.PENANAA1C0yIC2Yz
go?" 718Please respect copyright.PENANAxBozh8RHo5
David was trying to 718Please respect copyright.PENANA4aaa1BgKWB
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was718Please respect copyright.PENANARy2PmxKq33
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 718Please respect copyright.PENANAD2NBo3lisW
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 718Please respect copyright.PENANAJoBHxCSeet
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 718Please respect copyright.PENANAu0SBEGAw4p
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 718Please respect copyright.PENANAm41qOjXAVW
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 718Please respect copyright.PENANAZetccBNjXj
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.718Please respect copyright.PENANAH2BB02H2qO
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.718Please respect copyright.PENANABXGZBVfvpS
Then suddenly David was 718Please respect copyright.PENANAHqr4QL1sbE
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 718Please respect copyright.PENANAQvyelhrB3X
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 718Please respect copyright.PENANAuTrPg6U8iA
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 718Please respect copyright.PENANATh4UAcQXkC
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 718Please respect copyright.PENANAglkGTbdY0Y
don't know."718Please respect copyright.PENANAdbngr29tgP
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."718Please respect copyright.PENANAumfDc4CZHm
"Now, while magic is 718Please respect copyright.PENANApp03Kt8MXW
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 718Please respect copyright.PENANAvvKkdHV3Bf
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some718Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0q0iDA90F
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 718Please respect copyright.PENANAtc0FrjnPkV
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 718Please respect copyright.PENANAcOgnr3okb4
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 718Please respect copyright.PENANAge1yKFaXRR
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain718Please respect copyright.PENANA03dMyiRW47
came and David screamed for someone to help718Please respect copyright.PENANATdhedG8rPt
~no one will come.~718Please respect copyright.PENANAyS8Bn6F9ag
After pulling out all 718Please respect copyright.PENANAqvLL4vZPSb
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was718Please respect copyright.PENANAAynT782Gvo
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 718Please respect copyright.PENANAkizi4lvh05
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 718Please respect copyright.PENANASquNw7Ehjm
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 718Please respect copyright.PENANAcuH0odf5tT
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 718Please respect copyright.PENANAWuWh7aJH2W
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 718Please respect copyright.PENANAGLC4dzb08v
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 718Please respect copyright.PENANARKA8fKHl7F
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 718Please respect copyright.PENANAj3kWbvVzvE
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 718Please respect copyright.PENANADjlIaKr7Vu
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone718Please respect copyright.PENANAItpDxV8zsA
would rescue him.718Please respect copyright.PENANAs1cS74szQB
~no one cares.~718Please respect copyright.PENANADoUBGxruog
Next few moments were a 718Please respect copyright.PENANAJUTG4yMI8Q
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea718Please respect copyright.PENANARGXu8S2RTw
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.718Please respect copyright.PENANAUm4evLNxoD
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 718Please respect copyright.PENANA4UEFxtssfa
companion in the darkness.
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