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All taxes must be paid 507Please respect copyright.PENANAHuHaGWMG8Z
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 507Please respect copyright.PENANAO02EUJFlJd
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 507Please respect copyright.PENANAMBvhtk2Yev
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 507Please respect copyright.PENANAWA6JbZpsS6
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 507Please respect copyright.PENANAEsAPeUuXtb
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 507Please respect copyright.PENANATSB78bZoRz
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAx6OUr72DC8
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 507Please respect copyright.PENANAtqkirvhWwz
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade507Please respect copyright.PENANAiiqo5GiCca
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 507Please respect copyright.PENANAxTpMnKKwyV
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 507Please respect copyright.PENANAV9hY2hhJ15
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 507Please respect copyright.PENANAmt0DNnetSa
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 507Please respect copyright.PENANAq0RQeZFuaD
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted507Please respect copyright.PENANAX8Dv6RUOSI
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.507Please respect copyright.PENANA1SbRNerY1Y
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'507Please respect copyright.PENANAcFagt6DZeP
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David has been in jail 507Please respect copyright.PENANA5ScIXpNyuP
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.507Please respect copyright.PENANAnPVqIGvSrT
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor507Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8A1s1BRmy
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.507Please respect copyright.PENANAv1DyiHLbAj
The cell was big enough 507Please respect copyright.PENANAXAK2MluBA5
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 507Please respect copyright.PENANAn2sfuAyha8
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAs4HEAbWsE0
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAxq1yjmWiBs
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.507Please respect copyright.PENANAw2Gw7ngm8t
David didn't even 507Please respect copyright.PENANAh01KX33mfP
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAXKFlg53q4v
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 507Please respect copyright.PENANAisok8YE0SB
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 507Please respect copyright.PENANAg2l66phMbD
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 507Please respect copyright.PENANA407pzgyuOl
Sadly event the best 507Please respect copyright.PENANADdlTAYhBre
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall507Please respect copyright.PENANAtkvQvs6rKB
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that507Please respect copyright.PENANAFBGTjRmGxO
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 507Please respect copyright.PENANADbSPaYj81J
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 507Please respect copyright.PENANAhJSdtatnto
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could507Please respect copyright.PENANACLqPsswUhN
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 507Please respect copyright.PENANA24Y142UQ7h
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob507Please respect copyright.PENANAC5nvGkB5B3
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 507Please respect copyright.PENANAhyVPPeIVLW
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 507Please respect copyright.PENANApuF4iC0LcI
cell next door.507Please respect copyright.PENANAZomI9f7pK4
Another soldier came up 507Please respect copyright.PENANAyNss20qQfu
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 507Please respect copyright.PENANA1D5NZhr0Uv
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 507Please respect copyright.PENANAtFx7QYefYZ
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAQkpATYShw0
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAGf3DsJERIy
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 507Please respect copyright.PENANA4zPDlFbVeG
back.507Please respect copyright.PENANAw1gOLWzQNz
While David would've 507Please respect copyright.PENANAtZFNNiEJoO
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 507Please respect copyright.PENANAePFKtLjQ7G
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 507Please respect copyright.PENANAcyxaC0syPt
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 507Please respect copyright.PENANAWr8iDCryxj
Jesters words came back to him. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAI8QGAmWWKD
The walk itself didn't 507Please respect copyright.PENANAW76yp2wQ42
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 507Please respect copyright.PENANAp1uBozLwBa
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 507Please respect copyright.PENANAprYrcYQrdv
splatters all around the room.507Please respect copyright.PENANALpeVxBxWlJ
David was put into the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAjcB1qY8I4L
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAOAxotQ3Q6f
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 507Please respect copyright.PENANA8R4vYSLhgV
other chair, staring into David's soul.507Please respect copyright.PENANAUVYEGALxhD
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.507Please respect copyright.PENANAh72oT9HJKM
"I'm David, the rebels 507Please respect copyright.PENANA56ynFZgqIr
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 507Please respect copyright.PENANAB99uyYR3Md
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.507Please respect copyright.PENANAaxMWOnUYCV
"Where are you from?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAxtVZDp4U1O
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.507Please respect copyright.PENANAsTRVph59iI
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAsGADNK9w93
"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 nodded507Please respect copyright.PENANANCqfakeNN4
"Where did the rebels move?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAcXq00ByBG2
"Gods, we're not getting507Please respect copyright.PENANApsKBBPvPQW
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want507Please respect copyright.PENANAiiECilFwmq
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."507Please respect copyright.PENANAWJIgX2dXpT
"We know the rebellion 507Please respect copyright.PENANAZuer6IxGG3
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 507Please respect copyright.PENANAFWD6R4GiyY
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."507Please respect copyright.PENANARiHUMzqOCn
"Well if you know all 507Please respect copyright.PENANAKVnIXnowI5
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 507Please respect copyright.PENANASrDI88vzLW
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 507Please respect copyright.PENANAmpi84ZfjSU
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 507Please respect copyright.PENANAXheBDc9IrK
on the imperial soldier.507Please respect copyright.PENANAMKBEsWqfWL
"I wanted to make this 507Please respect copyright.PENANAgj0QioR3E1
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 507Please respect copyright.PENANATfIMbjEHXC
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 507Please respect copyright.PENANAnK2XJ2EPnB
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 507Please respect copyright.PENANAsMa6Y32KWM
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 507Please respect copyright.PENANADeLWcMx7YM
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 507Please respect copyright.PENANApIg6QgYz3Z
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.507Please respect copyright.PENANAyEor5BMa8m
"Wait wait!" Fernand 507Please respect copyright.PENANA0M77ktklqO
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 507Please respect copyright.PENANAXmacEB13Y6
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."507Please respect copyright.PENANAGVlbro0rnh
Fernand was shaking his 507Please respect copyright.PENANAQXpyNU5Qjz
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't507Please respect copyright.PENANAmhuBYB0FTt
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 507Please respect copyright.PENANAJO6mS4YKke
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely507Please respect copyright.PENANAWWzd9sZ4rq
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 507Please respect copyright.PENANASA3q633QpE
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAp535mA3pDK
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAB3XX3RyXB8
That made Ferdinand 507Please respect copyright.PENANANoorkjIn5m
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAtkoLlGRgAG
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAp5v0kM850d
Fernand wasn't denying 507Please respect copyright.PENANAwb0RM8GjU6
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did507Please respect copyright.PENANA5I8Tiwpy5y
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 507Please respect copyright.PENANARWs8mu8ZNi
get us do something." 507Please respect copyright.PENANArR40bnCAuK
"Blasphemy, he 507Please respect copyright.PENANAz4Zd3kgwGQ
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 507Please respect copyright.PENANA3FEbldeV7K
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.507Please respect copyright.PENANAvchR5xywIL
"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" 507Please respect copyright.PENANAlFvcesWCUH
"Demons tend to plan 507Please respect copyright.PENANAObK0W48C2k
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 507Please respect copyright.PENANAPVLE48KMGW
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAbYGmuTQzY0
"To find something, he 507Please respect copyright.PENANAbrHBE56rat
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to507Please respect copyright.PENANA5IcVDfRy8y
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 507Please respect copyright.PENANACqPz4LRGeH
same for Fernand.507Please respect copyright.PENANAArE3hF7hji
Fernand was about to say507Please respect copyright.PENANAeEQvg8vsZZ
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 507Please respect copyright.PENANAj5kKYa9SkV
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 507Please respect copyright.PENANAlNSPbjmVjO
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 507Please respect copyright.PENANAZskOzsCmNh
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."507Please respect copyright.PENANAYHOlvMF7lm
David quickly rummaged 507Please respect copyright.PENANA3DxoEDpQAj
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back507Please respect copyright.PENANAvcx6vhE53f
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 507Please respect copyright.PENANAR7y3eMJDeF
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 507Please respect copyright.PENANA9ATbzmy7jA
able to trap her."507Please respect copyright.PENANAHODz6OkYAs
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 507Please respect copyright.PENANA5VT9IdVi9Z
"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.507Please respect copyright.PENANA23LFMBUbXv
"And how will you do 507Please respect copyright.PENANA18p41IzLrI
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've507Please respect copyright.PENANAuXIidbIz0p
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 507Please respect copyright.PENANAmxmf4J6Vgv
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 507Please respect copyright.PENANA3Retsre6p8
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."507Please respect copyright.PENANAkmzgWWuedI
"But I don't! I really 507Please respect copyright.PENANAt7X5ffsEB0
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 507Please respect copyright.PENANAuV4XYUTf0v
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.507Please respect copyright.PENANAEO3Ta37W7F
"Ah captain Schumah, a 507Please respect copyright.PENANAI0vLgVv3lP
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 507Please respect copyright.PENANABohAIKxUHN
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a507Please respect copyright.PENANAyYjN0SiR5A
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 507Please respect copyright.PENANAjIQ1JmhhtF
black. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAGNTJQXNlCd
"Well, well. What do we 507Please respect copyright.PENANAlmjRDjK5Bv
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 507Please respect copyright.PENANACIdPGfQjJj
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.507Please respect copyright.PENANARFLeNeGoMY
"Look, I swear to all 507Please respect copyright.PENANAAonQtInMhX
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 507Please respect copyright.PENANAXSn66lV4iy
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAeNmvvehenu
"We will find out if you507Please respect copyright.PENANA7Py7qpnBSM
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He507Please respect copyright.PENANAd86F4MPjt5
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by507Please respect copyright.PENANAgbJH5pQdcJ
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."507Please respect copyright.PENANAVwLcW5KzSA
David struggled against 507Please respect copyright.PENANAutEQYqaUDs
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 507Please respect copyright.PENANADVswLayYRG
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAA29M0XDwWo
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch507Please respect copyright.PENANA1RlmeZbp19
"Now how should we 507Please respect copyright.PENANAXfm1afUfCH
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 507Please respect copyright.PENANAjL0l0WaZ5G
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 507Please respect copyright.PENANANCXaxDc0r8
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 507Please respect copyright.PENANA7foWdV92gC
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my507Please respect copyright.PENANAkqpBVtu2xZ
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 507Please respect copyright.PENANA3wpQ7R7HkG
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 507Please respect copyright.PENANASM4GiFTj03
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as507Please respect copyright.PENANAiHegDilHaT
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.507Please respect copyright.PENANAE8a2VnES6o
Before David could reply507Please respect copyright.PENANAbxX41kCeqM
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 507Please respect copyright.PENANAVFgqsbJyIE
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 507Please respect copyright.PENANAUA4ajlGZrh
and he screamed.507Please respect copyright.PENANAORNc6ja5H0
The torturer 507Please respect copyright.PENANAQYdRlFEZrn
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 507Please respect copyright.PENANAhEmNJORUE7
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 507Please respect copyright.PENANACtz2tVY79t
this."507Please respect copyright.PENANAhjCLaSUVjH
The torturer moved his 507Please respect copyright.PENANA4eJRKhlChb
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 507Please respect copyright.PENANA7NELVr7xja
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 507Please respect copyright.PENANAmtmifUnx6h
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 507Please respect copyright.PENANAWOHFX4yWkb
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 507Please respect copyright.PENANA9LF4kSMbPz
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 507Please respect copyright.PENANAJVniUiq4Ro
you agree?"507Please respect copyright.PENANAF64XD5DiyJ
The torturer stopped his507Please respect copyright.PENANAgFdh5ZbFk3
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 507Please respect copyright.PENANAYw9iYl3PjA
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 507Please respect copyright.PENANAw1yuTLr8et
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance507Please respect copyright.PENANAXSMiTo0h3h
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 507Please respect copyright.PENANArihLOpMwXl
go?" 507Please respect copyright.PENANAB7R5Op96bZ
David was trying to 507Please respect copyright.PENANAQDe9pvP0AS
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was507Please respect copyright.PENANAa6OcyTGyzS
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 507Please respect copyright.PENANA0ASyEh23Kx
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 507Please respect copyright.PENANAbh33lWszS3
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 507Please respect copyright.PENANAVdiSZiD1Z9
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 507Please respect copyright.PENANA8QKCWXymvx
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 507Please respect copyright.PENANA034AWsvTXx
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.507Please respect copyright.PENANAbvyBpGERAa
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.507Please respect copyright.PENANAwcQcDsKldz
Then suddenly David was 507Please respect copyright.PENANAkE5oC9dtj2
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 507Please respect copyright.PENANA6wcKyUpQcB
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 507Please respect copyright.PENANAUpXksFW21V
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 507Please respect copyright.PENANAfzxuHEUE2C
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 507Please respect copyright.PENANAmMttzx4NcV
don't know."507Please respect copyright.PENANAa3Jv6iDMIW
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."507Please respect copyright.PENANAbKcBVHlQgs
"Now, while magic is 507Please respect copyright.PENANAntHod1LY5n
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 507Please respect copyright.PENANA9YxDpx8L6c
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some507Please respect copyright.PENANAcsOpTR2ron
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 507Please respect copyright.PENANAlkrNVFvPRI
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 507Please respect copyright.PENANAzsK4ChZbnY
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 507Please respect copyright.PENANALq8RD0hw8Z
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain507Please respect copyright.PENANA4JUH6B0uVL
came and David screamed for someone to help507Please respect copyright.PENANAgqilU3adxd
~no one will come.~507Please respect copyright.PENANAOdORDO1Drr
After pulling out all 507Please respect copyright.PENANAwoYm8asMTJ
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was507Please respect copyright.PENANAlULtkjlYXP
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 507Please respect copyright.PENANAPupk6iKD4C
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 507Please respect copyright.PENANAjnPnRzYVDY
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 507Please respect copyright.PENANAK6UtZ1AKmT
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 507Please respect copyright.PENANAxxkZWOr1PJ
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 507Please respect copyright.PENANAtEvZztMEu6
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 507Please respect copyright.PENANATl8cm2hhKN
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 507Please respect copyright.PENANAsqskcFn2tR
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 507Please respect copyright.PENANAYoPNiDtpbc
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone507Please respect copyright.PENANA80fmCZN3e1
would rescue him.507Please respect copyright.PENANAH89Dlr3kdz
~no one cares.~507Please respect copyright.PENANACVLQiWphlZ
Next few moments were a 507Please respect copyright.PENANAHEof01gfdp
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea507Please respect copyright.PENANAlTwM5X6wAZ
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.507Please respect copyright.PENANAQBc1vJhiOX
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 507Please respect copyright.PENANAfIBqM7Trhq
companion in the darkness.
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