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All taxes must be paid 577Please respect copyright.PENANAB41d5QguH2
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 577Please respect copyright.PENANAmuf53cPMoF
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 577Please respect copyright.PENANAE7nTTnIEx1
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 577Please respect copyright.PENANAntM0xfEcFD
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 577Please respect copyright.PENANApGSo7ZwuFK
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 577Please respect copyright.PENANAJdUrCyOWzP
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 577Please respect copyright.PENANA6inniUsWkk
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 577Please respect copyright.PENANAKsOvY91aK5
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade577Please respect copyright.PENANAcLPLl5XJf0
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 577Please respect copyright.PENANAG0ZIVHIreF
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 577Please respect copyright.PENANAUFXztT0VTM
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 577Please respect copyright.PENANAcXwxLvysna
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 577Please respect copyright.PENANAapZGcsYiia
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted577Please respect copyright.PENANAJdjMqei3Jp
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.577Please respect copyright.PENANAe6stMJS363
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'577Please respect copyright.PENANABihXLHPtHX
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David has been in jail 577Please respect copyright.PENANAnRRY0zZY4r
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.577Please respect copyright.PENANAtU3I5AubYc
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor577Please respect copyright.PENANAlrbSIEuRyK
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.577Please respect copyright.PENANAgTSHiVGB7w
The cell was big enough 577Please respect copyright.PENANAmJm8qT585J
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 577Please respect copyright.PENANA6ToEPoqojd
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAf2JW5jztRd
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAcNLTUFqJGZ
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.577Please respect copyright.PENANAlqOmWwQLaU
David didn't even 577Please respect copyright.PENANAwLuxvUZ4n2
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAL9BMIKuEnH
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 577Please respect copyright.PENANADWebADeLpH
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 577Please respect copyright.PENANAov9ElCsrhk
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAcxHosMGtTA
Sadly event the best 577Please respect copyright.PENANAdnjoBgKYdi
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall577Please respect copyright.PENANAkeCtTDgpSf
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that577Please respect copyright.PENANA7CIOZxOBTd
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 577Please respect copyright.PENANA8SINO4YGc7
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 577Please respect copyright.PENANAUsUw8JfIz1
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could577Please respect copyright.PENANA50hlsYevk6
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 577Please respect copyright.PENANAioP9mSUiyL
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob577Please respect copyright.PENANAOfAy1u0UeW
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 577Please respect copyright.PENANAXP0m9cDeH4
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 577Please respect copyright.PENANA6KWJqX4IzT
cell next door.577Please respect copyright.PENANA2CKcTmfJ2f
Another soldier came up 577Please respect copyright.PENANAkNvd15x2u9
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 577Please respect copyright.PENANAxId55g4Do5
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 577Please respect copyright.PENANAqjrpVwxzU0
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 577Please respect copyright.PENANARpKjoiGLh4
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAssdm9uXV0c
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 577Please respect copyright.PENANAw9LsqJiLMh
back.577Please respect copyright.PENANAVddme0X8Ew
While David would've 577Please respect copyright.PENANAt8kkhrvgk0
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 577Please respect copyright.PENANAfyYDRQwFkd
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 577Please respect copyright.PENANAcsGntIl2wl
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 577Please respect copyright.PENANAgLfERNFuq2
Jesters words came back to him. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAVs7hszmrD4
The walk itself didn't 577Please respect copyright.PENANA3uNCF0gtB7
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 577Please respect copyright.PENANAIcwTJ3RX6a
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 577Please respect copyright.PENANAAYGitJr6kx
splatters all around the room.577Please respect copyright.PENANAWsjmg7w8Ma
David was put into the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAvXYMyT3MO7
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAvhS4bLvIUw
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAdTAzHwl9xJ
other chair, staring into David's soul.577Please respect copyright.PENANAktQs4KN2w6
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.577Please respect copyright.PENANAbv0B7V3xXs
"I'm David, the rebels 577Please respect copyright.PENANA3c52M5gtKN
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 577Please respect copyright.PENANAx31k6P4hen
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.577Please respect copyright.PENANADDEffiM2uX
"Where are you from?"577Please respect copyright.PENANAsJrCltTTJH
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.577Please respect copyright.PENANA4Z6uVdNA7U
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"577Please respect copyright.PENANAUXICtTIXks
"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 nodded577Please respect copyright.PENANAQpHSOQ0le0
"Where did the rebels move?"577Please respect copyright.PENANA7wXmizh6Di
"Gods, we're not getting577Please respect copyright.PENANAWBOYDTTR5A
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want577Please respect copyright.PENANAqHiS0DpjQs
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."577Please respect copyright.PENANAqob9JgCYrC
"We know the rebellion 577Please respect copyright.PENANA3GZFpndr8k
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 577Please respect copyright.PENANAZlEQrilNvu
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."577Please respect copyright.PENANA9lEn6EVa1a
"Well if you know all 577Please respect copyright.PENANAV08KWX9LW0
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 577Please respect copyright.PENANA6cqfOJDxN7
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 577Please respect copyright.PENANAILMty79CuP
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 577Please respect copyright.PENANA9AiRwQ6FOm
on the imperial soldier.577Please respect copyright.PENANA53ujcPD5BR
"I wanted to make this 577Please respect copyright.PENANAIkV3FeeEBE
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 577Please respect copyright.PENANAXIrbzzgP3y
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 577Please respect copyright.PENANACTNf6WucqP
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 577Please respect copyright.PENANAo7JxNP8uOK
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 577Please respect copyright.PENANAs6QwK0R6qV
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 577Please respect copyright.PENANADTd8ML3Fik
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.577Please respect copyright.PENANAsN8sLmpSPa
"Wait wait!" Fernand 577Please respect copyright.PENANA3fWYpyvcek
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 577Please respect copyright.PENANAnpFSQCwTfW
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."577Please respect copyright.PENANAjstWVPSgvC
Fernand was shaking his 577Please respect copyright.PENANAoBa5bRjNfS
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't577Please respect copyright.PENANA4HilGYzGtk
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 577Please respect copyright.PENANApwmLC7FC1k
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely577Please respect copyright.PENANA6Li03G1vAc
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 577Please respect copyright.PENANAazzzT7lSyL
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAEiEjmjCMck
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"577Please respect copyright.PENANArSxGSXFzvB
That made Ferdinand 577Please respect copyright.PENANA7nKWBPiClS
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAK96u5B5boJ
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"577Please respect copyright.PENANAcE4nTOk5T6
Fernand wasn't denying 577Please respect copyright.PENANA90Wn2Yz8Fd
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did577Please respect copyright.PENANAi5WCY7A1d0
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 577Please respect copyright.PENANAjFipQOMhhb
get us do something." 577Please respect copyright.PENANAbCnimM20Ru
"Blasphemy, he 577Please respect copyright.PENANAIgdpRrDl9W
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 577Please respect copyright.PENANA4s63i1vtrz
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.577Please respect copyright.PENANAtqGS1e56yg
"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" 577Please respect copyright.PENANAc6rwTRqt9p
"Demons tend to plan 577Please respect copyright.PENANAXpKolnOa64
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 577Please respect copyright.PENANAmpybxPn4PZ
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"577Please respect copyright.PENANAVrqXlypruw
"To find something, he 577Please respect copyright.PENANABZdaXsAxSC
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to577Please respect copyright.PENANAYyQlizFp2b
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAftdYfTgOom
same for Fernand.577Please respect copyright.PENANAyrhVoDjo7N
Fernand was about to say577Please respect copyright.PENANAdDBAud08r3
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 577Please respect copyright.PENANAj8jUf0Uksb
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 577Please respect copyright.PENANAWiV09f07uW
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 577Please respect copyright.PENANArHYO2CR7gA
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."577Please respect copyright.PENANAEgfPjlHOxK
David quickly rummaged 577Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZDDPabwHx
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back577Please respect copyright.PENANANVwytsDQ0S
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 577Please respect copyright.PENANAbqym9nlFmL
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 577Please respect copyright.PENANAdbYLBiOquQ
able to trap her."577Please respect copyright.PENANANc3Y1lenD8
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 577Please respect copyright.PENANAEUTQxfR3T6
"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.577Please respect copyright.PENANART6u4eyA5U
"And how will you do 577Please respect copyright.PENANAcfkk8ZuOPC
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've577Please respect copyright.PENANAranpHpQoKj
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 577Please respect copyright.PENANAm6VXWYkMj7
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 577Please respect copyright.PENANAZzTvmmwjVf
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."577Please respect copyright.PENANATZVa2nAzRk
"But I don't! I really 577Please respect copyright.PENANAoOtYsecEdo
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 577Please respect copyright.PENANAY5557WtvPj
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.577Please respect copyright.PENANALiltMOSqis
"Ah captain Schumah, a 577Please respect copyright.PENANA0nab1AlY2N
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 577Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ7ywd2Hry
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a577Please respect copyright.PENANAdwsWaGzUON
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 577Please respect copyright.PENANAZrZdtV7iwn
black. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAnnE2UVHi6u
"Well, well. What do we 577Please respect copyright.PENANAeLvSMhXlUv
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 577Please respect copyright.PENANAhA0wnSsO43
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.577Please respect copyright.PENANAss0lIljMvh
"Look, I swear to all 577Please respect copyright.PENANAPT28wFEzBz
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 577Please respect copyright.PENANABPVydaU4SK
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAGIbMX6Bbcu
"We will find out if you577Please respect copyright.PENANAH0UnCSI8gp
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He577Please respect copyright.PENANAHwhwSxhWP4
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by577Please respect copyright.PENANAdS9v867JeZ
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."577Please respect copyright.PENANAxtlEqWN4NE
David struggled against 577Please respect copyright.PENANA39rm5KpW2J
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAhGdYwGHMfS
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAw56jNsk9wj
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch577Please respect copyright.PENANA9nRbw4qpNa
"Now how should we 577Please respect copyright.PENANASzzxLe6iq9
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 577Please respect copyright.PENANAiMBAQNab26
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 577Please respect copyright.PENANAqbpgP3r6tr
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 577Please respect copyright.PENANASgmp8f7lnh
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my577Please respect copyright.PENANAKzlOJ9X4Vu
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 577Please respect copyright.PENANArp0UsfUmpk
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 577Please respect copyright.PENANALnNsGZMhdz
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as577Please respect copyright.PENANAyXOwLq6tK6
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.577Please respect copyright.PENANAM31u5rKTob
Before David could reply577Please respect copyright.PENANA8UGzpEhAyk
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 577Please respect copyright.PENANAzPzKOAWu0i
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 577Please respect copyright.PENANARUzFuRJ2RO
and he screamed.577Please respect copyright.PENANAxv5Qcn8x6p
The torturer 577Please respect copyright.PENANAbaslFRO7bT
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 577Please respect copyright.PENANArlvCbyEMZx
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 577Please respect copyright.PENANAo4G8RqmQ3z
this."577Please respect copyright.PENANAosPd3yNKTg
The torturer moved his 577Please respect copyright.PENANAilVX4w4e65
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 577Please respect copyright.PENANA6A60j3dc8R
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 577Please respect copyright.PENANAIFBLScZO6k
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 577Please respect copyright.PENANAAccFCcxFwo
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 577Please respect copyright.PENANAOXFjZGwmKy
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 577Please respect copyright.PENANA0RwKZy8aIB
you agree?"577Please respect copyright.PENANAzZmdWjwMSI
The torturer stopped his577Please respect copyright.PENANAUEvNDpHdQB
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 577Please respect copyright.PENANAraT5H4GAsW
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 577Please respect copyright.PENANA4qxB8MxPhL
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance577Please respect copyright.PENANAk5qqf43dhY
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 577Please respect copyright.PENANAw467XsOoc6
go?" 577Please respect copyright.PENANAQvvMsYLPag
David was trying to 577Please respect copyright.PENANAgthdNilBN9
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was577Please respect copyright.PENANAhG0mUZKGv8
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 577Please respect copyright.PENANA9r9HlYGNFl
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 577Please respect copyright.PENANAotiCf8wo2h
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 577Please respect copyright.PENANACTzkI1jnRU
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 577Please respect copyright.PENANA9fWFybj7ga
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 577Please respect copyright.PENANANfXaXbAhoF
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.577Please respect copyright.PENANA1vWDdRxya4
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.577Please respect copyright.PENANAiO8Of5wuI0
Then suddenly David was 577Please respect copyright.PENANAP6CUzEZ3NM
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 577Please respect copyright.PENANAeeqYJ4tG02
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 577Please respect copyright.PENANAuV1qviAlBM
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 577Please respect copyright.PENANAMOidUcZAj2
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 577Please respect copyright.PENANAmT6MMzsWv1
don't know."577Please respect copyright.PENANAfG1GBZfWnD
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."577Please respect copyright.PENANAfQnG8oYiyg
"Now, while magic is 577Please respect copyright.PENANAUhAQRKbpNg
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 577Please respect copyright.PENANAk4LcHUOdGR
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some577Please respect copyright.PENANAqVS9zYWP2F
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 577Please respect copyright.PENANAdJnvoMXXX8
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 577Please respect copyright.PENANADmbMZDvKsH
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 577Please respect copyright.PENANAcYOwkxYmgi
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain577Please respect copyright.PENANAHb9Dz0jogN
came and David screamed for someone to help577Please respect copyright.PENANALDI00Ji7sr
~no one will come.~577Please respect copyright.PENANAGwY4fPTmDx
After pulling out all 577Please respect copyright.PENANAXyODhe11Mt
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was577Please respect copyright.PENANA77FvAIdK8I
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 577Please respect copyright.PENANAlUxBehDzWK
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 577Please respect copyright.PENANAPyia3MPEON
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 577Please respect copyright.PENANARTjxJAepmW
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 577Please respect copyright.PENANALYyB45fJAU
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 577Please respect copyright.PENANAiAko69rg3o
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 577Please respect copyright.PENANATjAvvK8Uyt
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 577Please respect copyright.PENANA3LhnR0YdzN
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 577Please respect copyright.PENANATExabnu57W
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone577Please respect copyright.PENANA3aWg8IDcm5
would rescue him.577Please respect copyright.PENANAkjv3pMXSm3
~no one cares.~577Please respect copyright.PENANAFgJ1GX201V
Next few moments were a 577Please respect copyright.PENANAXV5vJqou7V
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea577Please respect copyright.PENANAPdgrobxVtX
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.577Please respect copyright.PENANAwPhnJIlRPt
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 577Please respect copyright.PENANAhP175e3myn
companion in the darkness.
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