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All taxes must be paid 645Please respect copyright.PENANAl1Gis5xHt1
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 645Please respect copyright.PENANA3FiXUVSkpC
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 645Please respect copyright.PENANAg925PGkKpT
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFtzemsBMAd
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 645Please respect copyright.PENANAaB0GimITEC
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 645Please respect copyright.PENANAfe4Pu3swZv
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAMH7yanoyOx
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 645Please respect copyright.PENANAs3y2dW7Z2f
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade645Please respect copyright.PENANAKARsDDQNQc
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 645Please respect copyright.PENANAgfOpT5q0UB
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 645Please respect copyright.PENANAVgcaFfqmj6
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 645Please respect copyright.PENANApeMkXQK9Im
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 645Please respect copyright.PENANARAB9IKLzGR
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted645Please respect copyright.PENANAg7XROdesCH
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.645Please respect copyright.PENANAd4Fduppq0P
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'645Please respect copyright.PENANAld9NYqqmGq
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David has been in jail 645Please respect copyright.PENANAq7Jdd9qzMA
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.645Please respect copyright.PENANA38qiT8zHc7
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor645Please respect copyright.PENANAbqndc3OlOP
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.645Please respect copyright.PENANAx4j2AExFi0
The cell was big enough 645Please respect copyright.PENANAK0j7Rwexid
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 645Please respect copyright.PENANAMUP4PX96Fy
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAO8WkQNZQJH
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 645Please respect copyright.PENANApjyAk1yUKy
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.645Please respect copyright.PENANAXCh5FL3S2D
David didn't even 645Please respect copyright.PENANAiKWTn8in4B
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAA12iDdzhq0
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 645Please respect copyright.PENANAfF2qkVWCmD
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 645Please respect copyright.PENANACh4plftAxI
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAtPqtfBbRpH
Sadly event the best 645Please respect copyright.PENANAlLJneAkoj1
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall645Please respect copyright.PENANAXL0FVnFe1d
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that645Please respect copyright.PENANAS4b9BVgvwe
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmpbvwC4UJ5
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmnMMHIGCmu
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could645Please respect copyright.PENANAAta10FbcP5
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 645Please respect copyright.PENANAT514XapMdT
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob645Please respect copyright.PENANA6B09czXPjL
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 645Please respect copyright.PENANA1pHOZTatxX
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 645Please respect copyright.PENANArFPSOSfmC5
cell next door.645Please respect copyright.PENANA6bHnw0UCUy
Another soldier came up 645Please respect copyright.PENANAewvKoYXR8G
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 645Please respect copyright.PENANATp6gUiK5Rk
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 645Please respect copyright.PENANAG2IEaUTsks
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAIgbXkRFyxe
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 645Please respect copyright.PENANASUcdRPMWua
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 645Please respect copyright.PENANAhyURZOlZE5
back.645Please respect copyright.PENANA5iFnocy1Ox
While David would've 645Please respect copyright.PENANARXMbpgIUSL
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 645Please respect copyright.PENANAvpETyhY958
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 645Please respect copyright.PENANAG1mSAkmQQO
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 645Please respect copyright.PENANACkUVhA1vMv
Jesters words came back to him. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAWIKP1HK9wT
The walk itself didn't 645Please respect copyright.PENANArC8DwvtmPc
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 645Please respect copyright.PENANAaUH7JTEyD1
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 645Please respect copyright.PENANAXM6eZyvJjF
splatters all around the room.645Please respect copyright.PENANAfMuY98nakV
David was put into the 645Please respect copyright.PENANADuDnI4sken
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAKHf8CpT1lN
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 645Please respect copyright.PENANA3l270vA0Qx
other chair, staring into David's soul.645Please respect copyright.PENANAksn2hdvgru
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.645Please respect copyright.PENANAsk426SnvpM
"I'm David, the rebels 645Please respect copyright.PENANAyqWloOzBwp
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 645Please respect copyright.PENANArnUQ24TOFB
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.645Please respect copyright.PENANAUNlChBKgjB
"Where are you from?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAqkPQozdm5R
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.645Please respect copyright.PENANAwqZjJW7GPt
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"645Please respect copyright.PENANATIuljwsDOv
"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 nodded645Please respect copyright.PENANA7c9mQeVNZ2
"Where did the rebels move?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAJpGqiS0hwP
"Gods, we're not getting645Please respect copyright.PENANAzWjb2y6OG7
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want645Please respect copyright.PENANAyStGxHxdvp
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."645Please respect copyright.PENANALz1DOAvQWr
"We know the rebellion 645Please respect copyright.PENANAh6H9FKR58r
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 645Please respect copyright.PENANAC1tj0fSrgR
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."645Please respect copyright.PENANA0LwOgJXXT7
"Well if you know all 645Please respect copyright.PENANAlB7AuwXsQt
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 645Please respect copyright.PENANAyJruz62jtO
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 645Please respect copyright.PENANArLEGMyVvRO
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 645Please respect copyright.PENANAbc77ASQUnj
on the imperial soldier.645Please respect copyright.PENANA1brevICHZq
"I wanted to make this 645Please respect copyright.PENANANb1ZqIqdip
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 645Please respect copyright.PENANA8IJG4xfvKz
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 645Please respect copyright.PENANA8Q63cESqJh
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 645Please respect copyright.PENANAtW07puslhG
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 645Please respect copyright.PENANA2Gr04eifsY
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 645Please respect copyright.PENANAfxKv3byi01
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.645Please respect copyright.PENANArUjdPKbXWM
"Wait wait!" Fernand 645Please respect copyright.PENANA7WqFIeyaTc
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 645Please respect copyright.PENANAiwfqfSVJX2
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."645Please respect copyright.PENANAbkBvDWsGC4
Fernand was shaking his 645Please respect copyright.PENANA5nOmcaptlI
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't645Please respect copyright.PENANATA3hkKxfv7
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 645Please respect copyright.PENANAp1efIEopfU
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely645Please respect copyright.PENANAAvE7m2FU5R
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 645Please respect copyright.PENANAtBPfv8BuJM
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAhCyADEcYNA
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAtPIrW9BJ6q
That made Ferdinand 645Please respect copyright.PENANA7uPvttlIUI
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAsVrrUEZtZI
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAmlC8nVAYwj
Fernand wasn't denying 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFMQqKt0eDR
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did645Please respect copyright.PENANACEa3byAeTx
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 645Please respect copyright.PENANAuITSqCS57P
get us do something." 645Please respect copyright.PENANAVgHafU1jPZ
"Blasphemy, he 645Please respect copyright.PENANAx6KlcB6Ir7
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 645Please respect copyright.PENANADqeAWlC7M4
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.645Please respect copyright.PENANAMg7C3kpPwM
"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" 645Please respect copyright.PENANAnwfO7QGuPf
"Demons tend to plan 645Please respect copyright.PENANAPpu35qpeb6
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 645Please respect copyright.PENANAcceBn9i9nI
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAovBEtvg6OJ
"To find something, he 645Please respect copyright.PENANAWDTgBsdbi5
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to645Please respect copyright.PENANAEYB6BW9eLG
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 645Please respect copyright.PENANA09gHaLFFoI
same for Fernand.645Please respect copyright.PENANApWxWEAwBCZ
Fernand was about to say645Please respect copyright.PENANAE9XUkR0oSZ
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 645Please respect copyright.PENANAMDCGqkKlBq
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 645Please respect copyright.PENANAKdj5YtmfZC
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 645Please respect copyright.PENANAdW24wAOftm
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."645Please respect copyright.PENANA4BFStarY6K
David quickly rummaged 645Please respect copyright.PENANAsukNAmJ02Q
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back645Please respect copyright.PENANATov9nrFuU1
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 645Please respect copyright.PENANA4O9HrGFOG2
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 645Please respect copyright.PENANA66G5J4R2E7
able to trap her."645Please respect copyright.PENANAvw57nIqmia
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 645Please respect copyright.PENANAlefVaz2MPx
"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.645Please respect copyright.PENANAyf2FFAJa0i
"And how will you do 645Please respect copyright.PENANA4WaIZKovru
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've645Please respect copyright.PENANAccmRYGkOoE
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 645Please respect copyright.PENANAqDIcZiO8ZK
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 645Please respect copyright.PENANA540Sri4pJs
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."645Please respect copyright.PENANAUkDV7SaMTc
"But I don't! I really 645Please respect copyright.PENANAR6v21SdTtU
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 645Please respect copyright.PENANAI5C4t1Z7sR
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.645Please respect copyright.PENANAOqACx5I3qY
"Ah captain Schumah, a 645Please respect copyright.PENANAfh4s6NCQz4
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 645Please respect copyright.PENANAYEt71dACSp
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a645Please respect copyright.PENANAdXhpiUCJJQ
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 645Please respect copyright.PENANAUzx2tszwLY
black. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAdDshwJcvg8
"Well, well. What do we 645Please respect copyright.PENANARLsJonN37R
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 645Please respect copyright.PENANA3zO78AosVQ
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.645Please respect copyright.PENANA5KymuZIQ33
"Look, I swear to all 645Please respect copyright.PENANAp025DbV11E
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 645Please respect copyright.PENANAnYjzfH1wct
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 645Please respect copyright.PENANAc0YbDpqER1
"We will find out if you645Please respect copyright.PENANAbzNApbUARw
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He645Please respect copyright.PENANAd8wb0FH3Uv
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by645Please respect copyright.PENANApk88qoQ4px
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."645Please respect copyright.PENANAC0fTRwIEFx
David struggled against 645Please respect copyright.PENANAit0LwqWH50
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAklZBgFKXbn
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAjTp3yWsZAC
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch645Please respect copyright.PENANAWHyW9bc4ww
"Now how should we 645Please respect copyright.PENANAIqLVwyFOm8
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 645Please respect copyright.PENANApkP2RlDIl7
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 645Please respect copyright.PENANAt3vivuc42m
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 645Please respect copyright.PENANA2NzFPHvdce
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my645Please respect copyright.PENANAS13os9IDEB
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAmG3pDPKqkB
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAsPtOuhWA06
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as645Please respect copyright.PENANAsElIGxglwr
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.645Please respect copyright.PENANAGq3ccYhSt5
Before David could reply645Please respect copyright.PENANAfk5pL2EAj1
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFCCRo5Q5D3
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 645Please respect copyright.PENANAGiewccey9l
and he screamed.645Please respect copyright.PENANAIksxdSOeHN
The torturer 645Please respect copyright.PENANAewi8N1qbPq
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 645Please respect copyright.PENANAs93FOp1w9E
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 645Please respect copyright.PENANAkCAJvCAFeC
this."645Please respect copyright.PENANArRDBlIY1UY
The torturer moved his 645Please respect copyright.PENANApbFIUQDQfH
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 645Please respect copyright.PENANAvcYjw5hFeY
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 645Please respect copyright.PENANAgMDocPvlKc
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFGMYwYu8SA
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 645Please respect copyright.PENANAljgpVID0B1
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 645Please respect copyright.PENANAWVpXi3ebCe
you agree?"645Please respect copyright.PENANAaJLILPuKS5
The torturer stopped his645Please respect copyright.PENANAOoeLm1LFBY
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 645Please respect copyright.PENANAHxIcWhKmHZ
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 645Please respect copyright.PENANAc861YZ9nWd
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance645Please respect copyright.PENANAdeIp5DJEWr
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 645Please respect copyright.PENANAPzDDgaSwPr
go?" 645Please respect copyright.PENANAhl9rASZCcC
David was trying to 645Please respect copyright.PENANAhDzrKCddv6
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was645Please respect copyright.PENANADZHGFUBEjI
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 645Please respect copyright.PENANA0BJaCrExcc
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFy52Ajwfcy
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 645Please respect copyright.PENANAvPpvzDWTin
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 645Please respect copyright.PENANAPnlCmvP9Hj
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 645Please respect copyright.PENANAgnnhHjQvYl
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.645Please respect copyright.PENANAWBTAN1E8XJ
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.645Please respect copyright.PENANAmtHdfae85f
Then suddenly David was 645Please respect copyright.PENANANw6Q6MBSkL
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 645Please respect copyright.PENANAGzmiIJf7Q1
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 645Please respect copyright.PENANAFloWgKNZxA
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 645Please respect copyright.PENANAfEKjJVLXtG
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 645Please respect copyright.PENANAuYMmrown5t
don't know."645Please respect copyright.PENANAZIpySfuylJ
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."645Please respect copyright.PENANAHGCMd3zC35
"Now, while magic is 645Please respect copyright.PENANADqjAfTGY66
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 645Please respect copyright.PENANAGECdAIMFrF
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some645Please respect copyright.PENANAObT9tYo7Ua
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 645Please respect copyright.PENANA9kk4MnQibJ
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 645Please respect copyright.PENANAAbICXsfiGj
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 645Please respect copyright.PENANAW797UH6EUE
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain645Please respect copyright.PENANAlqKEzynhBe
came and David screamed for someone to help645Please respect copyright.PENANArsrQyuvImM
~no one will come.~645Please respect copyright.PENANAru8lpGpJQE
After pulling out all 645Please respect copyright.PENANAC15w9W6BmD
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was645Please respect copyright.PENANAlvxToqNkOP
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 645Please respect copyright.PENANADu2yu8timK
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 645Please respect copyright.PENANAw3hWog1Qe3
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 645Please respect copyright.PENANAlrS8TNpRoA
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 645Please respect copyright.PENANAxoAKtY0Vgj
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 645Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5rg9xU6gP
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 645Please respect copyright.PENANAei6esxu2ar
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 645Please respect copyright.PENANAXA5NayAumT
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 645Please respect copyright.PENANARphoGUVGR1
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone645Please respect copyright.PENANAk1KWtiQtBq
would rescue him.645Please respect copyright.PENANAJWcxjKYhTc
~no one cares.~645Please respect copyright.PENANA16PSztnRCn
Next few moments were a 645Please respect copyright.PENANARTJLUa0oAc
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea645Please respect copyright.PENANAJejdr83gzx
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.645Please respect copyright.PENANAwBsnA2e6nj
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 645Please respect copyright.PENANA9BY9zz2sA3
companion in the darkness.
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