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All taxes must be paid 531Please respect copyright.PENANAQjP1iuvjNr
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 531Please respect copyright.PENANAve4Kg5IEaa
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 531Please respect copyright.PENANATACieHiyyh
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 531Please respect copyright.PENANA0a2nzHkEMn
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 531Please respect copyright.PENANAkje6U09fx6
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 531Please respect copyright.PENANA1ATy3J0wdT
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 531Please respect copyright.PENANA5q3quGHhTv
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 531Please respect copyright.PENANA3En5Rfx751
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade531Please respect copyright.PENANASasfhF5vmr
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 531Please respect copyright.PENANA52YTeFtojJ
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 531Please respect copyright.PENANAF6YSF0kZ6c
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 531Please respect copyright.PENANAsMWxoxDT2w
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 531Please respect copyright.PENANA3zcASsp8Yh
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted531Please respect copyright.PENANAPqkfBNzJ4t
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.531Please respect copyright.PENANAvDDempPVzp
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'531Please respect copyright.PENANAfkLJE2LhSq
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David has been in jail 531Please respect copyright.PENANAaxoe9IBgqy
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.531Please respect copyright.PENANAKXy9DgMq6K
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor531Please respect copyright.PENANAT7biik35Ud
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.531Please respect copyright.PENANA5CsrTufufT
The cell was big enough 531Please respect copyright.PENANAdvDUMW3kf8
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 531Please respect copyright.PENANA9sK7aFY7Cx
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 531Please respect copyright.PENANAh7s9zYNlFi
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAGLnUjkNRRb
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.531Please respect copyright.PENANA8RHEh4zHMh
David didn't even 531Please respect copyright.PENANAA68Vzf9cFk
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjHCUjCzUA7
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 531Please respect copyright.PENANAR94upCa2Au
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 531Please respect copyright.PENANAJfLGy9YnyX
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 531Please respect copyright.PENANA7CSmLLcFU9
Sadly event the best 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjg00OhOFhz
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall531Please respect copyright.PENANAy7G1RtinJe
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that531Please respect copyright.PENANAc39Fs2YZWA
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 531Please respect copyright.PENANAo3tdOlH7mn
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 531Please respect copyright.PENANAq1KaiowuI1
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could531Please respect copyright.PENANAfIeTyb0Hea
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 531Please respect copyright.PENANAGYH9hfTxb8
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob531Please respect copyright.PENANAD8SqTNLPGP
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 531Please respect copyright.PENANAhtFpiMgTCS
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAoYr1y6srHS
cell next door.531Please respect copyright.PENANAcSMt0efZhT
Another soldier came up 531Please respect copyright.PENANAxcly22aJRc
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 531Please respect copyright.PENANAX7Yu75F6qa
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 531Please respect copyright.PENANAWfeHpzBHzR
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 531Please respect copyright.PENANAPB2SOqhhZp
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAM2LLwqoU8a
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 531Please respect copyright.PENANA4I4NaZ7XbG
back.531Please respect copyright.PENANAH80XQVv5Po
While David would've 531Please respect copyright.PENANA0iUOaVSpeG
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 531Please respect copyright.PENANAsRKw1co8OF
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjNrHhmL4BW
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 531Please respect copyright.PENANAbtsJmQfNNk
Jesters words came back to him. 531Please respect copyright.PENANATEIFeCuCba
The walk itself didn't 531Please respect copyright.PENANAFUeAwegKmH
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 531Please respect copyright.PENANALoXcnSYp0w
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 531Please respect copyright.PENANAutYaLpymxE
splatters all around the room.531Please respect copyright.PENANA98qUUwSMAq
David was put into the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAQBEGQoAxj0
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 531Please respect copyright.PENANA7TXz7VLVXX
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAXQHKyosjVo
other chair, staring into David's soul.531Please respect copyright.PENANAaPytMzfdaX
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.531Please respect copyright.PENANAHUwgynVRer
"I'm David, the rebels 531Please respect copyright.PENANA9ICrIN5vf1
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 531Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8xWCte6R7
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.531Please respect copyright.PENANAwvv6pRMdGM
"Where are you from?"531Please respect copyright.PENANAnTkzNfhSTT
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.531Please respect copyright.PENANARv4CYEjEiT
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"531Please respect copyright.PENANADo27rVEBNI
"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 nodded531Please respect copyright.PENANAXnmB4UW2sx
"Where did the rebels move?"531Please respect copyright.PENANAVO0Vwcbids
"Gods, we're not getting531Please respect copyright.PENANASmd0lD77Q0
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want531Please respect copyright.PENANANDaBnuosbp
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."531Please respect copyright.PENANA2L8Cj0He2Z
"We know the rebellion 531Please respect copyright.PENANAIViyInu4d1
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjn6dhtmxE0
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."531Please respect copyright.PENANADqhrB87f7b
"Well if you know all 531Please respect copyright.PENANAvVsqLRN53F
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 531Please respect copyright.PENANAPiVfETvxKV
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 531Please respect copyright.PENANAG7E6SldAep
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 531Please respect copyright.PENANAbORp7e3EV8
on the imperial soldier.531Please respect copyright.PENANAiFip0n5HOw
"I wanted to make this 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjZ7TpdeSrT
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 531Please respect copyright.PENANAaYX8V4Ntjo
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 531Please respect copyright.PENANALVqf65a80J
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 531Please respect copyright.PENANAcLV7CMztVc
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 531Please respect copyright.PENANA0kQKnEq9xl
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 531Please respect copyright.PENANAEgpZzyy3sP
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.531Please respect copyright.PENANAaEuxHxWA2q
"Wait wait!" Fernand 531Please respect copyright.PENANA0OSwkLX3Fv
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 531Please respect copyright.PENANAQyKwA3wdHz
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."531Please respect copyright.PENANAeSboiaL6FR
Fernand was shaking his 531Please respect copyright.PENANASmsHvre0Hf
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't531Please respect copyright.PENANAXlN3vZqXEp
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 531Please respect copyright.PENANAYYABaEqAIx
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely531Please respect copyright.PENANABkPEONRC2A
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 531Please respect copyright.PENANA4s2iiWXejJ
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 531Please respect copyright.PENANA71uInIrBQ5
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"531Please respect copyright.PENANAlukYoFWEzA
That made Ferdinand 531Please respect copyright.PENANAUYedswPeQH
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 531Please respect copyright.PENANALzHlhn82Hg
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"531Please respect copyright.PENANAH4vQxtCGp6
Fernand wasn't denying 531Please respect copyright.PENANAijnYsoRMIk
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did531Please respect copyright.PENANA0le9BRJKpg
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 531Please respect copyright.PENANAhYj3FraaKk
get us do something." 531Please respect copyright.PENANAbTT9HER4dU
"Blasphemy, he 531Please respect copyright.PENANAOdaDvU3bTD
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 531Please respect copyright.PENANAlXE6cN6qeK
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.531Please respect copyright.PENANAk752HvXTKO
"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" 531Please respect copyright.PENANAr6SjVlGnI3
"Demons tend to plan 531Please respect copyright.PENANAFF3sD7SG6b
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 531Please respect copyright.PENANAstmvRF7MQd
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"531Please respect copyright.PENANAOUvPQ6kiPd
"To find something, he 531Please respect copyright.PENANAabZr8iDq5u
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to531Please respect copyright.PENANAUyfDomaVSN
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 531Please respect copyright.PENANA8SP9NKc5aS
same for Fernand.531Please respect copyright.PENANAKUHES92RI0
Fernand was about to say531Please respect copyright.PENANAG4v8mCrW20
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 531Please respect copyright.PENANAsqQYRfHCHW
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 531Please respect copyright.PENANAEXZyVDs3vi
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 531Please respect copyright.PENANAqWy1IDUfXU
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."531Please respect copyright.PENANAcvD6JEj1Sa
David quickly rummaged 531Please respect copyright.PENANAKymLuBMA29
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back531Please respect copyright.PENANA3hAq5JRkXT
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 531Please respect copyright.PENANASdUH89Zf4x
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 531Please respect copyright.PENANA4eyVSdPEkY
able to trap her."531Please respect copyright.PENANA71JfOPGwKd
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjIQX2jaEGF
"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.531Please respect copyright.PENANAx23CDSlMCV
"And how will you do 531Please respect copyright.PENANA5Tr5vkMsyn
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've531Please respect copyright.PENANAf42j9heczg
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 531Please respect copyright.PENANA9pGLWdJOpH
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 531Please respect copyright.PENANAJGyKyUjfCN
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."531Please respect copyright.PENANA4VS3JJr8cf
"But I don't! I really 531Please respect copyright.PENANAeNKd8cnglr
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 531Please respect copyright.PENANAXPcCd2jlbe
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.531Please respect copyright.PENANAyWfUFoa8V5
"Ah captain Schumah, a 531Please respect copyright.PENANAOf5wj7gfii
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 531Please respect copyright.PENANAGdSmlWCGw1
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a531Please respect copyright.PENANA2abj81fZIB
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 531Please respect copyright.PENANAzrXLgU5kff
black. 531Please respect copyright.PENANAyY6DbuVGPO
"Well, well. What do we 531Please respect copyright.PENANARfBn550PhW
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 531Please respect copyright.PENANAhMiDbnLPv8
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.531Please respect copyright.PENANA0efB36PbWE
"Look, I swear to all 531Please respect copyright.PENANA6GdxZv4w4T
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 531Please respect copyright.PENANAm2Q7AO3ZKg
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjU6lXyojqb
"We will find out if you531Please respect copyright.PENANA4yqGCrXLou
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He531Please respect copyright.PENANA3fVEv9Wf2l
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by531Please respect copyright.PENANAs6qpHvoATn
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."531Please respect copyright.PENANASsd5dtWsT6
David struggled against 531Please respect copyright.PENANAlVHLiacJLN
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 531Please respect copyright.PENANAFYJJchghGA
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 531Please respect copyright.PENANA9kXXNkjSYl
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch531Please respect copyright.PENANA1bVNEUscDs
"Now how should we 531Please respect copyright.PENANAu9DepXWWCK
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 531Please respect copyright.PENANAgnJccCdhVP
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 531Please respect copyright.PENANAU7yh54vp0m
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 531Please respect copyright.PENANAXmURA45AJA
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my531Please respect copyright.PENANA5nqX45kn2S
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 531Please respect copyright.PENANAvxjt42PbT7
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 531Please respect copyright.PENANAgvcYFocVDN
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as531Please respect copyright.PENANA87UrN29NZO
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.531Please respect copyright.PENANAJPjtppDk6E
Before David could reply531Please respect copyright.PENANAAhu80I7GmJ
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 531Please respect copyright.PENANARKzU1SxKu6
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 531Please respect copyright.PENANAkGTVs3tlPZ
and he screamed.531Please respect copyright.PENANAOvLQfPLw1K
The torturer 531Please respect copyright.PENANAnMF1kIS767
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 531Please respect copyright.PENANAK7CRa1UMH4
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 531Please respect copyright.PENANAsWrpHIolSH
this."531Please respect copyright.PENANAnu4PKXmMlu
The torturer moved his 531Please respect copyright.PENANA6NvuuITcAg
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 531Please respect copyright.PENANAERVOwaNyyr
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 531Please respect copyright.PENANAd99be9FOCT
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjnSzTBZTcJ
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 531Please respect copyright.PENANArCyjMTzPlB
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 531Please respect copyright.PENANAoLkDKvYKG2
you agree?"531Please respect copyright.PENANAEtCFsyOSmN
The torturer stopped his531Please respect copyright.PENANA2jWuNMZzzI
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 531Please respect copyright.PENANAh3lWxtHqlh
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 531Please respect copyright.PENANAvMHuPHs7fi
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance531Please respect copyright.PENANANI5jDu3jxX
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 531Please respect copyright.PENANALB6kyDIweH
go?" 531Please respect copyright.PENANAq0UNuKRmzG
David was trying to 531Please respect copyright.PENANAvMrDDmgtWb
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was531Please respect copyright.PENANAUqIY47LgqQ
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 531Please respect copyright.PENANA1EX2zqU1HN
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 531Please respect copyright.PENANAWoimIcZmfB
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 531Please respect copyright.PENANAk3rDnwxO5C
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 531Please respect copyright.PENANAlO4675lzYZ
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 531Please respect copyright.PENANAceIV44j7U1
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.531Please respect copyright.PENANA15m5mwD6hR
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.531Please respect copyright.PENANAV2tCHKFkyb
Then suddenly David was 531Please respect copyright.PENANAq9ByvGQULK
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 531Please respect copyright.PENANAjL8Wa3tNvz
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 531Please respect copyright.PENANAr7lY0yPaHS
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 531Please respect copyright.PENANALhvqFLJtmE
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 531Please respect copyright.PENANA6xtT3LMf5v
don't know."531Please respect copyright.PENANAjnpexCC0AJ
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."531Please respect copyright.PENANAnOlWMI2AuM
"Now, while magic is 531Please respect copyright.PENANAc5WFsrJxOs
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 531Please respect copyright.PENANAmUPyeaXDGz
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some531Please respect copyright.PENANABqGysZv1Ks
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 531Please respect copyright.PENANAYivi1ogXyo
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 531Please respect copyright.PENANAhD7YG6JlxN
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 531Please respect copyright.PENANAIZP8yjAtrA
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain531Please respect copyright.PENANAfr7LALmrEp
came and David screamed for someone to help531Please respect copyright.PENANAdhuNEuOplk
~no one will come.~531Please respect copyright.PENANACCdp34nbZh
After pulling out all 531Please respect copyright.PENANA9BCWcfBr85
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was531Please respect copyright.PENANA7xASgo60dP
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 531Please respect copyright.PENANAVFw7srZJRn
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 531Please respect copyright.PENANAz5f1KGxvhD
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 531Please respect copyright.PENANAmsa1AqugiQ
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 531Please respect copyright.PENANAuftQwJPjQd
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 531Please respect copyright.PENANA2aNoKLlTpH
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 531Please respect copyright.PENANAmFymwqJtUf
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 531Please respect copyright.PENANAAuN59dYMHb
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 531Please respect copyright.PENANASdXbsCzntB
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone531Please respect copyright.PENANAysQef6LaAx
would rescue him.531Please respect copyright.PENANAbruLf5J3FM
~no one cares.~531Please respect copyright.PENANAx7mt5I5yuX
Next few moments were a 531Please respect copyright.PENANA7fPJzh99pG
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea531Please respect copyright.PENANAVfuA59ilEa
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.531Please respect copyright.PENANAGgU5McYGBD
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 531Please respect copyright.PENANA1Mz60T6F9J
companion in the darkness.
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