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All taxes must be paid 721Please respect copyright.PENANAk3FxtgFFJ9
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 721Please respect copyright.PENANAj50H0RRX8L
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 721Please respect copyright.PENANAMK9NzVRBSD
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 721Please respect copyright.PENANAwf5HdMWpJT
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 721Please respect copyright.PENANA7hqYzJ9lnR
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAHq55EIjlKZ
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAOuyWRX18fx
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgLRK35ne5o
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade721Please respect copyright.PENANAdDswQqgXyQ
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 721Please respect copyright.PENANADDvPNV9N4W
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 721Please respect copyright.PENANAc7EoDfEbGs
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 721Please respect copyright.PENANAatnXaVr6ru
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVSihan46sb
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted721Please respect copyright.PENANAKkYc28Nvaw
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.721Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5RqN7ndyg
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'721Please respect copyright.PENANA0Zi1PqrjSR
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David has been in jail 721Please respect copyright.PENANA5ktKQY53Xy
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.721Please respect copyright.PENANA6fXbhyr976
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor721Please respect copyright.PENANARzFYUxByHn
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.721Please respect copyright.PENANAZKso2Wsody
The cell was big enough 721Please respect copyright.PENANA1gXdodPwPC
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 721Please respect copyright.PENANAUtF4IRLBdQ
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAX7zfGBytO6
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAzY51rVTitv
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.721Please respect copyright.PENANAIAjSn8YFpk
David didn't even 721Please respect copyright.PENANADNIdFxPoU6
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAHAks9hbylc
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVcpTcrwKwS
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 721Please respect copyright.PENANALYvZOHDUYx
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAoQSnviOwg1
Sadly event the best 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgX088ywzhh
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall721Please respect copyright.PENANAPZm1wtVOhC
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that721Please respect copyright.PENANASxcTUUZwFg
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 721Please respect copyright.PENANAUvkIv9XV65
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgSim6vSU7K
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could721Please respect copyright.PENANAUcbdfndnn1
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdztgSrlt5F
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob721Please respect copyright.PENANA5jZK62DxQj
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 721Please respect copyright.PENANAaxqQxPOBCl
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAAXJlz4FjBj
cell next door.721Please respect copyright.PENANAh582K12w0q
Another soldier came up 721Please respect copyright.PENANASuevio9U7e
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 721Please respect copyright.PENANAebX3rfrnkx
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 721Please respect copyright.PENANAep1k71IL0s
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAhg0OsMVB2o
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAFinboe9CTG
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 721Please respect copyright.PENANAvzIVvwQbVT
back.721Please respect copyright.PENANAzBM6DXMrH1
While David would've 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZcyiQozOf7
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 721Please respect copyright.PENANApYHvSd9faC
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 721Please respect copyright.PENANAoF6VETRfUv
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 721Please respect copyright.PENANAeY5p6pyckT
Jesters words came back to him. 721Please respect copyright.PENANASwBfYO8J8M
The walk itself didn't 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtfpdbvdq8n
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtnvcvDDpUl
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 721Please respect copyright.PENANAwbQdX0IfDd
splatters all around the room.721Please respect copyright.PENANAQUFGx3qoUP
David was put into the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAPCVGAnuyjS
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAI6te5fI1Ao
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAsyW65UZfgI
other chair, staring into David's soul.721Please respect copyright.PENANAJnl4ld8KuT
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.721Please respect copyright.PENANAgyrCAVgOxb
"I'm David, the rebels 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZPX90E9heE
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 721Please respect copyright.PENANAqo4VVp9HKN
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.721Please respect copyright.PENANAEbJBtlOgB6
"Where are you from?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAYB8thKy1S7
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.721Please respect copyright.PENANAJFYeN8N7Zz
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAKNWBAmZtM3
"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 nodded721Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZG6iXGci6
"Where did the rebels move?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAcMOW3f7ZRS
"Gods, we're not getting721Please respect copyright.PENANADLxc8zLhyL
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want721Please respect copyright.PENANAL36roYRADx
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."721Please respect copyright.PENANAQWma2qEcRs
"We know the rebellion 721Please respect copyright.PENANAML2fvn5d5M
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 721Please respect copyright.PENANADyECPhQkAQ
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."721Please respect copyright.PENANAGnttgKDbJ8
"Well if you know all 721Please respect copyright.PENANAfjCjc63S36
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 721Please respect copyright.PENANAQ4AmoE0IVv
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 721Please respect copyright.PENANAOYJr35KNUK
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZNlSpz9CAB
on the imperial soldier.721Please respect copyright.PENANARNLY2RGXLB
"I wanted to make this 721Please respect copyright.PENANAcdtZetX5bb
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 721Please respect copyright.PENANA4p53BX8qb2
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 721Please respect copyright.PENANASTCfeFJWbD
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 721Please respect copyright.PENANAr1hPOHFvLa
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 721Please respect copyright.PENANALKYrfLIpG3
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdMpfdglxmm
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.721Please respect copyright.PENANAlj2EwdPz4n
"Wait wait!" Fernand 721Please respect copyright.PENANAusApyORe8s
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 721Please respect copyright.PENANA3rKlIyNDH7
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."721Please respect copyright.PENANAIVNtonx36G
Fernand was shaking his 721Please respect copyright.PENANA9of0RwUs0X
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't721Please respect copyright.PENANA7NP3LXHoFz
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 721Please respect copyright.PENANA8V8xIzPmZk
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely721Please respect copyright.PENANAh3vfi9WOBm
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 721Please respect copyright.PENANA6yiXuQkYzo
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAx83cfvMjIe
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAbA2KySj8eE
That made Ferdinand 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVgbwCVM9SA
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAnZzJb5LwDX
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAT13yfz9LIz
Fernand wasn't denying 721Please respect copyright.PENANAl1R5GRWPJy
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did721Please respect copyright.PENANAZo4rV7HzTd
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 721Please respect copyright.PENANAEljEEMhy4s
get us do something." 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVqfOdjgc38
"Blasphemy, he 721Please respect copyright.PENANAkKa524Jjxx
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 721Please respect copyright.PENANA1cimVeamFD
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.721Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0OqlVoeyS
"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" 721Please respect copyright.PENANAn4TG0FBCma
"Demons tend to plan 721Please respect copyright.PENANAsAeOXWUBRr
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 721Please respect copyright.PENANAoVg8tRzICF
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"721Please respect copyright.PENANARgMNbukxTS
"To find something, he 721Please respect copyright.PENANAi8F1nIGWNV
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to721Please respect copyright.PENANAMkYU79IPKv
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAsQGsYfGNSE
same for Fernand.721Please respect copyright.PENANA6tpqgpdi5A
Fernand was about to say721Please respect copyright.PENANAhUX310Kgsu
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 721Please respect copyright.PENANAOWhKn9swgI
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZwUtUR3ngF
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 721Please respect copyright.PENANABSkNTVtf88
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."721Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ1h5c2oBv
David quickly rummaged 721Please respect copyright.PENANAfOU2zlY2JK
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back721Please respect copyright.PENANABv8t4joxtu
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 721Please respect copyright.PENANAhz2SXJ6Hi9
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 721Please respect copyright.PENANAN2Tg83jGhR
able to trap her."721Please respect copyright.PENANA1iTcz4WmTA
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 721Please respect copyright.PENANAqBtn2Pf9BA
"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.721Please respect copyright.PENANAFytsesKdrp
"And how will you do 721Please respect copyright.PENANADSiukoEaed
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've721Please respect copyright.PENANAxeoYH8UcET
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 721Please respect copyright.PENANAK3oPStPN3D
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 721Please respect copyright.PENANAeq7n2NU57f
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."721Please respect copyright.PENANAfm27Vsi7a1
"But I don't! I really 721Please respect copyright.PENANACgvUkqIbE3
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 721Please respect copyright.PENANAcTYMtjSvcD
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.721Please respect copyright.PENANAQCgu4zNkKr
"Ah captain Schumah, a 721Please respect copyright.PENANACgfexzFGIk
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 721Please respect copyright.PENANAyB4h38Pld3
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a721Please respect copyright.PENANAPRBMPc2Oxb
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 721Please respect copyright.PENANA28uv6aE3O1
black. 721Please respect copyright.PENANACm7n9chA8H
"Well, well. What do we 721Please respect copyright.PENANAkvhjQM7Sgk
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 721Please respect copyright.PENANAiMkRm4ShPo
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.721Please respect copyright.PENANAKCbHQjGhsf
"Look, I swear to all 721Please respect copyright.PENANAErybXL5sRz
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVOXByVqOBZ
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAY8HpBtXmUN
"We will find out if you721Please respect copyright.PENANADWDTqywaDi
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He721Please respect copyright.PENANANcRr28TkfE
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by721Please respect copyright.PENANAipD6iHo3wT
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."721Please respect copyright.PENANAIbH8bKvztX
David struggled against 721Please respect copyright.PENANAi17jkOBMsE
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAxOU9imnIOL
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAsJmwpzaR0i
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch721Please respect copyright.PENANAHelHNd9VdH
"Now how should we 721Please respect copyright.PENANANXYTVzgH3I
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAc6Eu9aizlc
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAwm3HXBkyyt
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 721Please respect copyright.PENANAmffHPu8yEa
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my721Please respect copyright.PENANAY5pFW2jQGv
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 721Please respect copyright.PENANAuIpR9NnDKS
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 721Please respect copyright.PENANA2bwo8gIXfh
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as721Please respect copyright.PENANAsgz5rNy2fi
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.721Please respect copyright.PENANA7f95SF9DPK
Before David could reply721Please respect copyright.PENANANFH9kAcouu
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdgcclRuT2q
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 721Please respect copyright.PENANAs5h2vQiSKZ
and he screamed.721Please respect copyright.PENANAPDwDMRoOOb
The torturer 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtdrIuVbftQ
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 721Please respect copyright.PENANAd64ywss4pT
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 721Please respect copyright.PENANAMjB0Wwy7JZ
this."721Please respect copyright.PENANAYZvr30jYHf
The torturer moved his 721Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4buaUkkcl
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 721Please respect copyright.PENANAmprbETT3vu
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 721Please respect copyright.PENANALqfUVqtc9B
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 721Please respect copyright.PENANAC42X8Tx9sj
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 721Please respect copyright.PENANAKKdWrPeXyz
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 721Please respect copyright.PENANAFrD0tZKSED
you agree?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAVgCZOtoxhp
The torturer stopped his721Please respect copyright.PENANA8xzbFWF0bD
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 721Please respect copyright.PENANAG4ovcW2H3A
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZihvsbD3aO
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance721Please respect copyright.PENANA9nmoT2fTY2
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtxSsw5XzOe
go?" 721Please respect copyright.PENANAC8bi1WuOtO
David was trying to 721Please respect copyright.PENANA570FmY7B0p
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was721Please respect copyright.PENANA9cBQRxM5T5
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZIlamI8Ay5
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 721Please respect copyright.PENANACJmVHRn8YZ
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 721Please respect copyright.PENANA1hB4ozk1mP
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 721Please respect copyright.PENANAu2j2XJQRzB
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 721Please respect copyright.PENANAkZDaz2Cahe
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.721Please respect copyright.PENANA7JnFrA1J8c
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.721Please respect copyright.PENANAVgaNAsQ55N
Then suddenly David was 721Please respect copyright.PENANAqBm7mKLV3m
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 721Please respect copyright.PENANA7MhAtZSUMh
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 721Please respect copyright.PENANAaGjrf0wGKm
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 721Please respect copyright.PENANAnWjSvWV75O
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 721Please respect copyright.PENANAWN7CfetekJ
don't know."721Please respect copyright.PENANA3ihk8ZyonO
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."721Please respect copyright.PENANA17HKZvV61i
"Now, while magic is 721Please respect copyright.PENANA1Kt53F0Hjj
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 721Please respect copyright.PENANAMcxuhD3iVm
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some721Please respect copyright.PENANA4QwYvA5d6O
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 721Please respect copyright.PENANArzsYJu5K5j
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAEBHZUzXJub
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 721Please respect copyright.PENANA69ber8YBks
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain721Please respect copyright.PENANAPTOn463eL5
came and David screamed for someone to help721Please respect copyright.PENANAU9QR6QrYXW
~no one will come.~721Please respect copyright.PENANAOX6YhsLcAe
After pulling out all 721Please respect copyright.PENANAUrE5aBcSbt
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was721Please respect copyright.PENANAJrRgz5b6JY
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgcjjOoHuXP
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 721Please respect copyright.PENANATjLpUJw6BR
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 721Please respect copyright.PENANAQznXOSKiYY
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 721Please respect copyright.PENANAleb1ATItAM
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 721Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5Teyall3K
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 721Please respect copyright.PENANAu2r7xyTAI1
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtLTbiBqsmP
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 721Please respect copyright.PENANAmus4M59bxU
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone721Please respect copyright.PENANAjtuaAFNbGE
would rescue him.721Please respect copyright.PENANAvkIqqL2B5Y
~no one cares.~721Please respect copyright.PENANARaFLdeER6B
Next few moments were a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAC2Fc0kjP4s
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea721Please respect copyright.PENANA3s8hmmOIVU
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.721Please respect copyright.PENANAyKK2zkrZsK
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 721Please respect copyright.PENANAUfY9zMOYDF
companion in the darkness.
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