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All taxes must be paid 648Please respect copyright.PENANAkxfsZoHTWe
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 648Please respect copyright.PENANACmatziWCZR
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 648Please respect copyright.PENANAIwe1Y8qxId
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 648Please respect copyright.PENANAupkawDBfEY
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 648Please respect copyright.PENANApAfJ2ZnXig
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 648Please respect copyright.PENANAxiJhKLhooE
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 648Please respect copyright.PENANARrGU3BzKRE
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 648Please respect copyright.PENANAIv6vqf0HuR
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade648Please respect copyright.PENANAqB1xwZqjzN
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 648Please respect copyright.PENANABzy7OWm9rY
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 648Please respect copyright.PENANAKAqmuUZMso
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 648Please respect copyright.PENANAtgM6eAFHMr
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 648Please respect copyright.PENANATQp4hZLdV6
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted648Please respect copyright.PENANAZCXO2K3srv
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.648Please respect copyright.PENANAVFuismZLJ5
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'648Please respect copyright.PENANAJdPG5jtjgP
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David has been in jail 648Please respect copyright.PENANAPPIFDxdXaS
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.648Please respect copyright.PENANAN9cJfKhtD7
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor648Please respect copyright.PENANALjAGK6SRjV
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.648Please respect copyright.PENANAKd5wT9RnB8
The cell was big enough 648Please respect copyright.PENANAymSnZlSTDa
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 648Please respect copyright.PENANAypsjTf0SyP
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 648Please respect copyright.PENANAEQOXV0Ooji
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAorOZSGJRnH
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.648Please respect copyright.PENANAAZIZDH4ITr
David didn't even 648Please respect copyright.PENANAzNOVlJ4jKb
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAoQLMk18yl3
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 648Please respect copyright.PENANAOwdTGQtWi5
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 648Please respect copyright.PENANA1anm6bqedr
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 648Please respect copyright.PENANApwpr135Zl4
Sadly event the best 648Please respect copyright.PENANAKeeN7cEUh7
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall648Please respect copyright.PENANACc2BoW106t
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that648Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ4q4IviZE
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 648Please respect copyright.PENANA5L5JPH1hTb
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 648Please respect copyright.PENANAoEBf6oygym
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could648Please respect copyright.PENANAlZMrJC0vwp
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 648Please respect copyright.PENANAfd0NglAtH4
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob648Please respect copyright.PENANAEBjDtDsBJ5
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 648Please respect copyright.PENANAWz5e53GKgH
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAh3ct4xsdUS
cell next door.648Please respect copyright.PENANAn5YYX6mtIj
Another soldier came up 648Please respect copyright.PENANApkEhafqRAw
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 648Please respect copyright.PENANAtCHmvlx6Tl
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 648Please respect copyright.PENANAmLceLnesN2
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 648Please respect copyright.PENANAIUFAEvZiVh
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAEdUYwF5nrm
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 648Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5ER6sLysx
back.648Please respect copyright.PENANAos7fleVfW3
While David would've 648Please respect copyright.PENANA1KZSI9K3dI
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 648Please respect copyright.PENANA2c8jSf6OOf
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 648Please respect copyright.PENANAEN6pblCT5s
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 648Please respect copyright.PENANA85Tz2jpZdR
Jesters words came back to him. 648Please respect copyright.PENANAu7oDLe4qPT
The walk itself didn't 648Please respect copyright.PENANAjl4JlArKeP
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 648Please respect copyright.PENANAgkqIo4Jbs8
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 648Please respect copyright.PENANAWdzFmbLBi0
splatters all around the room.648Please respect copyright.PENANAdJRZ6U2281
David was put into the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAUzrf9chtEu
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 648Please respect copyright.PENANAaN5K6tsFus
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 648Please respect copyright.PENANA9D7krvHGF5
other chair, staring into David's soul.648Please respect copyright.PENANAueAwBDCY19
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.648Please respect copyright.PENANAbocyvYsrZF
"I'm David, the rebels 648Please respect copyright.PENANAfX8f0bL1y0
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 648Please respect copyright.PENANADHpVWuH8Eg
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.648Please respect copyright.PENANAm9mLO0ZKke
"Where are you from?"648Please respect copyright.PENANATPpbmZcZQk
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.648Please respect copyright.PENANAflDRbIdeTd
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"648Please respect copyright.PENANA4L1zxTUBKn
"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 nodded648Please respect copyright.PENANADjYOsvofE6
"Where did the rebels move?"648Please respect copyright.PENANAVSs6gHUvmg
"Gods, we're not getting648Please respect copyright.PENANADooYz4EG4Q
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want648Please respect copyright.PENANAk2upx56UTW
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."648Please respect copyright.PENANAR90ArNnOkp
"We know the rebellion 648Please respect copyright.PENANAAYiMnaUkkd
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 648Please respect copyright.PENANAFCnhpRp5qB
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."648Please respect copyright.PENANAD5ux6UqBV5
"Well if you know all 648Please respect copyright.PENANAqMWNRZuPe3
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 648Please respect copyright.PENANApR63rh8xpV
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 648Please respect copyright.PENANAjkKjndzHNN
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 648Please respect copyright.PENANAKAiJ1Ewxfu
on the imperial soldier.648Please respect copyright.PENANAtepg02kGWA
"I wanted to make this 648Please respect copyright.PENANA8c8SOjnAQ4
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 648Please respect copyright.PENANAY9Z5mMQC4A
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 648Please respect copyright.PENANA5khsWzo4oi
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 648Please respect copyright.PENANArhG3k7oyww
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 648Please respect copyright.PENANABwfwtIQnEH
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 648Please respect copyright.PENANAqECbL0MG4F
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.648Please respect copyright.PENANAvQo4TxYMqX
"Wait wait!" Fernand 648Please respect copyright.PENANAquaV4hhDcA
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 648Please respect copyright.PENANACgrVTjcBn2
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."648Please respect copyright.PENANA5hBGBNKQLb
Fernand was shaking his 648Please respect copyright.PENANAWyI1JMmNVw
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't648Please respect copyright.PENANAsk3L2KR9JM
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 648Please respect copyright.PENANAji3Expw92G
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely648Please respect copyright.PENANAdcdhXoxLC1
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 648Please respect copyright.PENANA49EHKP8E7t
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 648Please respect copyright.PENANA1lYqrF1sbz
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"648Please respect copyright.PENANArUOiiWnWNY
That made Ferdinand 648Please respect copyright.PENANA4hEpaazXtB
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAG7zGFfIA9P
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"648Please respect copyright.PENANAxYJ9xkYKzr
Fernand wasn't denying 648Please respect copyright.PENANApq5utaak2q
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did648Please respect copyright.PENANABmgZsnWJR5
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 648Please respect copyright.PENANAUuNucaEPuY
get us do something." 648Please respect copyright.PENANAb9eKifZKsa
"Blasphemy, he 648Please respect copyright.PENANA9c6VJrpnXm
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 648Please respect copyright.PENANA7CWi50Yz8G
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.648Please respect copyright.PENANA2TyhlYL5gQ
"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" 648Please respect copyright.PENANAbm7F26pNYd
"Demons tend to plan 648Please respect copyright.PENANAMNtSvlSeH3
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 648Please respect copyright.PENANAslQYPbosvx
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"648Please respect copyright.PENANAKZPXsuUIjE
"To find something, he 648Please respect copyright.PENANA31KAOYyhBf
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to648Please respect copyright.PENANALfMaiGjxrn
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAUwl7OLv88k
same for Fernand.648Please respect copyright.PENANAI4t3msGPQc
Fernand was about to say648Please respect copyright.PENANAbxobltSNHe
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 648Please respect copyright.PENANAsKAU3L44zI
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 648Please respect copyright.PENANAqwpJo7ZE0X
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 648Please respect copyright.PENANAyBad11FA2h
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."648Please respect copyright.PENANAGIfvxLps43
David quickly rummaged 648Please respect copyright.PENANAAHs6JC1AGi
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back648Please respect copyright.PENANAvp0ViniVgM
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 648Please respect copyright.PENANAkIRYlox0nF
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 648Please respect copyright.PENANAPAOt2owdIc
able to trap her."648Please respect copyright.PENANA1kPpDcaWVa
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 648Please respect copyright.PENANAGFiWGcCgQI
"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.648Please respect copyright.PENANAdqhFuoaNFV
"And how will you do 648Please respect copyright.PENANAqlsUPv8cid
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've648Please respect copyright.PENANA0TmyFgwLru
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 648Please respect copyright.PENANAfmyMjLquhe
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 648Please respect copyright.PENANAzuQi2TLY4u
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."648Please respect copyright.PENANAMsAhIEY5g4
"But I don't! I really 648Please respect copyright.PENANAcOiCtcR3rR
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 648Please respect copyright.PENANAyfRbOO1jA6
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.648Please respect copyright.PENANA2uAC86y8EZ
"Ah captain Schumah, a 648Please respect copyright.PENANAwg91tMzgOc
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 648Please respect copyright.PENANA7XhD7y0lvY
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a648Please respect copyright.PENANApS1v2DdyXv
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 648Please respect copyright.PENANAloXLTaCzWb
black. 648Please respect copyright.PENANAHAaQ5BquWU
"Well, well. What do we 648Please respect copyright.PENANAhxacZliVG4
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 648Please respect copyright.PENANAQnI0BT6820
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.648Please respect copyright.PENANAL6Ss8o38Ph
"Look, I swear to all 648Please respect copyright.PENANAjo8nXvPHRe
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 648Please respect copyright.PENANAtcJsMNDL1y
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 648Please respect copyright.PENANATTomzLzaOu
"We will find out if you648Please respect copyright.PENANA8htjCFAwqh
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He648Please respect copyright.PENANALtHjan1BeE
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by648Please respect copyright.PENANADFZGxHEVpq
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."648Please respect copyright.PENANATT35f4upZP
David struggled against 648Please respect copyright.PENANA4rXwuAyxVL
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAdpmnTViji1
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAd3YVxFPtLQ
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch648Please respect copyright.PENANA468tWtPimA
"Now how should we 648Please respect copyright.PENANA9Zu7m0LE7u
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 648Please respect copyright.PENANAwimL2g6fsx
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 648Please respect copyright.PENANAOK5hO7ICyp
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 648Please respect copyright.PENANArf2kNGNTYg
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my648Please respect copyright.PENANA0A6ov0R4jS
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 648Please respect copyright.PENANANnZcJYjAKB
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 648Please respect copyright.PENANAmJBcNw9Obz
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as648Please respect copyright.PENANANynOYrFWW2
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.648Please respect copyright.PENANAsd1xwhXXpK
Before David could reply648Please respect copyright.PENANAwgGtolbKJb
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 648Please respect copyright.PENANAlrarfSKvg6
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 648Please respect copyright.PENANA7UW2Am59F8
and he screamed.648Please respect copyright.PENANAcIhekdL7vc
The torturer 648Please respect copyright.PENANAnztOkYa5iE
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 648Please respect copyright.PENANAFPGiF11csb
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 648Please respect copyright.PENANAUe8tVPUClo
this."648Please respect copyright.PENANAghDt5SUA2O
The torturer moved his 648Please respect copyright.PENANAAlFM1S71D4
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 648Please respect copyright.PENANAMuINNXIOZM
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 648Please respect copyright.PENANAnRTyZATIxc
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 648Please respect copyright.PENANAwSfGL5JPcB
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 648Please respect copyright.PENANAXDHSSDyLCC
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 648Please respect copyright.PENANAFxJ14hQnDZ
you agree?"648Please respect copyright.PENANAbz6tDYiuYD
The torturer stopped his648Please respect copyright.PENANAoNJX9bhgce
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 648Please respect copyright.PENANAhEIL0ExTfS
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 648Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3vK5egsga
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance648Please respect copyright.PENANA7E9SJI53p1
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 648Please respect copyright.PENANAEOurhVyyK9
go?" 648Please respect copyright.PENANATn62C8cHWl
David was trying to 648Please respect copyright.PENANA27WgA3tONx
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was648Please respect copyright.PENANAI1Ov7lqlgY
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 648Please respect copyright.PENANAuSJW3DZ4qE
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 648Please respect copyright.PENANAyg6cvJjDNF
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 648Please respect copyright.PENANANLhq96aVc4
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 648Please respect copyright.PENANAmY9m6BIhOj
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 648Please respect copyright.PENANAGOdJmOktKk
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.648Please respect copyright.PENANADKserpqSkV
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.648Please respect copyright.PENANAjOHljtAxty
Then suddenly David was 648Please respect copyright.PENANAsmHg1XhS9q
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 648Please respect copyright.PENANAjpnwnIbgl3
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 648Please respect copyright.PENANAFb22JSbcJp
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 648Please respect copyright.PENANAYxh6O9o2Dr
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 648Please respect copyright.PENANAJGY6OnlxXh
don't know."648Please respect copyright.PENANAFgroJYH0XG
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."648Please respect copyright.PENANAjnL8bRZduP
"Now, while magic is 648Please respect copyright.PENANAecYQXbDvYR
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 648Please respect copyright.PENANAL2vC43M6ho
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some648Please respect copyright.PENANAa8a8XRpwa4
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 648Please respect copyright.PENANAfHWzV9K2LE
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 648Please respect copyright.PENANAQYU22bfi7G
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 648Please respect copyright.PENANAZnQXOBUfGC
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain648Please respect copyright.PENANAFultQKDjLS
came and David screamed for someone to help648Please respect copyright.PENANAAW2w4OpboI
~no one will come.~648Please respect copyright.PENANATzE59zr8dI
After pulling out all 648Please respect copyright.PENANA9K4CzDnF3S
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was648Please respect copyright.PENANA89MOFakVpb
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 648Please respect copyright.PENANAhXx8WD8XRZ
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 648Please respect copyright.PENANA2XsLdaaZMN
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 648Please respect copyright.PENANAVxr7nukblV
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 648Please respect copyright.PENANACfP2BVHqlk
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 648Please respect copyright.PENANAcgFJVQvwhx
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 648Please respect copyright.PENANAxoWmyaiXmi
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 648Please respect copyright.PENANARcuJfuUXQU
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 648Please respect copyright.PENANARMlXiPgCqB
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone648Please respect copyright.PENANA6RdsgrOoZh
would rescue him.648Please respect copyright.PENANALbtPigosFB
~no one cares.~648Please respect copyright.PENANAFTwnOZYBXs
Next few moments were a 648Please respect copyright.PENANAW3f2wi8Vyz
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea648Please respect copyright.PENANAENcOVEWdCG
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.648Please respect copyright.PENANAHJbeMwfPwP
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 648Please respect copyright.PENANALaOUNTFA0W
companion in the darkness.
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648Please respect copyright.PENANAq7dPohIPAQ