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All taxes must be paid 441Please respect copyright.PENANAXMNkRArrh8
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 441Please respect copyright.PENANAsMPmYkBPL6
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 441Please respect copyright.PENANA4SEy5CxCdD
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 441Please respect copyright.PENANAnZUWzmZsq6
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 441Please respect copyright.PENANA3iQTmonzIS
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 441Please respect copyright.PENANAu2getSUstn
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAdiRIyC8hMh
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 441Please respect copyright.PENANACAEIKmFD2y
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade441Please respect copyright.PENANAXqZ1lYjwTG
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 441Please respect copyright.PENANAaQk7MTdxWv
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 441Please respect copyright.PENANAvkHMN1Dtdb
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 441Please respect copyright.PENANAb0rEEBww0p
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 441Please respect copyright.PENANA7BdsW6Cej0
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted441Please respect copyright.PENANA9ctOlykDGL
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.441Please respect copyright.PENANArD3XJKBK95
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'441Please respect copyright.PENANAaTbI58BNUp
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David has been in jail 441Please respect copyright.PENANAaIeXo1bsrC
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.441Please respect copyright.PENANAKyFZstKnvv
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor441Please respect copyright.PENANAf8mwukWz3y
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.441Please respect copyright.PENANAsVhI5nA56P
The cell was big enough 441Please respect copyright.PENANA4MFuOVA42N
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 441Please respect copyright.PENANAzchNXSyb1y
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 441Please respect copyright.PENANAh8AKtizzc7
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAN0Fbv3wz90
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.441Please respect copyright.PENANAYjPxsl6zFD
David didn't even 441Please respect copyright.PENANAOkT8cRgomm
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAVkBtDKZD3S
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 441Please respect copyright.PENANAYnr8ifAxjo
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 441Please respect copyright.PENANAI0es7xBdyZ
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 441Please respect copyright.PENANA5ai8EmHRTU
Sadly event the best 441Please respect copyright.PENANAskE3d6ymtp
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall441Please respect copyright.PENANA5C8i2SsoPy
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that441Please respect copyright.PENANAHUK4XHrKcf
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 441Please respect copyright.PENANAimz18knG2o
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 441Please respect copyright.PENANA2rhUd99H4X
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could441Please respect copyright.PENANAyAew6hotk3
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 441Please respect copyright.PENANAGxUi8yd533
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob441Please respect copyright.PENANAqe4jCwk3wb
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 441Please respect copyright.PENANAo2HC93dtQd
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAiISkSMk1ab
cell next door.441Please respect copyright.PENANACd7FduczAr
Another soldier came up 441Please respect copyright.PENANAbqdAp2Mw75
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 441Please respect copyright.PENANAX2e4lsAjRv
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 441Please respect copyright.PENANAUaTIt9e2as
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 441Please respect copyright.PENANA1UN23v6KZf
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAVKcj5akAH5
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 441Please respect copyright.PENANAI9HnUFXUOq
back.441Please respect copyright.PENANAxhRB8ph6S2
While David would've 441Please respect copyright.PENANAroTpZ7N3Lp
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 441Please respect copyright.PENANAmRVwXxuBLD
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 441Please respect copyright.PENANAWV9YDFPd7z
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 441Please respect copyright.PENANAzB4f4t2H3i
Jesters words came back to him. 441Please respect copyright.PENANApN7u8O8fem
The walk itself didn't 441Please respect copyright.PENANAOVVeZYHPcI
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 441Please respect copyright.PENANAd4LUIZuoiS
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 441Please respect copyright.PENANAc4mG6oPegp
splatters all around the room.441Please respect copyright.PENANAbVdqmWSt5c
David was put into the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAIUHCeSWLDB
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 441Please respect copyright.PENANAWCmPiaXHtO
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 441Please respect copyright.PENANA0b484mcgNC
other chair, staring into David's soul.441Please respect copyright.PENANAR2831NxiJG
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.441Please respect copyright.PENANAEJaxgMC6z0
"I'm David, the rebels 441Please respect copyright.PENANA8U4xJuAv0i
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 441Please respect copyright.PENANAav3HXLeiPE
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.441Please respect copyright.PENANAE3cMTTZY11
"Where are you from?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAUHnNA33FOu
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.441Please respect copyright.PENANAvvPRiV6wSU
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAnCRtdOkgsr
"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 nodded441Please respect copyright.PENANAWkyV2Kfsuu
"Where did the rebels move?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAb20AiKQwgW
"Gods, we're not getting441Please respect copyright.PENANAar4prUutS9
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want441Please respect copyright.PENANANKOE7ofHOS
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."441Please respect copyright.PENANAxhW7m4LWXp
"We know the rebellion 441Please respect copyright.PENANAkgUbAfro5j
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 441Please respect copyright.PENANAwoAXZWloyy
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."441Please respect copyright.PENANAYoiupaCS8V
"Well if you know all 441Please respect copyright.PENANAsJDZq9PXUB
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 441Please respect copyright.PENANAdufUt55Nw9
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 441Please respect copyright.PENANAsTW7hkyhIM
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 441Please respect copyright.PENANACCct8IaYr2
on the imperial soldier.441Please respect copyright.PENANAbDT2w1POwp
"I wanted to make this 441Please respect copyright.PENANAunsPHoLPE7
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 441Please respect copyright.PENANA1XPl3iiO8B
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 441Please respect copyright.PENANAo7aUMNLEGb
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 441Please respect copyright.PENANAPr8r8gVQHV
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 441Please respect copyright.PENANAYuergzJkzR
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 441Please respect copyright.PENANAKUTOUMd38e
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.441Please respect copyright.PENANA2qBSzdDcUG
"Wait wait!" Fernand 441Please respect copyright.PENANAQrc7P3KfRk
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 441Please respect copyright.PENANAiQtzvUKYUW
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."441Please respect copyright.PENANAWFFv9c6Zmd
Fernand was shaking his 441Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ly2ZK6bBu
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't441Please respect copyright.PENANA5zNHHaHjw5
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 441Please respect copyright.PENANAAvJyBA2gqe
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely441Please respect copyright.PENANAb0JoOaWIxd
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 441Please respect copyright.PENANAd215hrv7Ze
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 441Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZfGDYkwJW
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"441Please respect copyright.PENANATxyYQ9tNY1
That made Ferdinand 441Please respect copyright.PENANA9fgBMADOFK
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAbXHEfhT8Hw
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAZrCItz1ej6
Fernand wasn't denying 441Please respect copyright.PENANAfOtNbbSz6B
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did441Please respect copyright.PENANAT9OMJpeJJz
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 441Please respect copyright.PENANA624dHv3076
get us do something." 441Please respect copyright.PENANAKotw4PLhPi
"Blasphemy, he 441Please respect copyright.PENANAQfLV1zHjmE
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 441Please respect copyright.PENANAmMFRNsV0vY
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.441Please respect copyright.PENANAuZYCViVyGf
"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" 441Please respect copyright.PENANAqpLIq2RQ02
"Demons tend to plan 441Please respect copyright.PENANAosDzZtqnQb
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 441Please respect copyright.PENANARHY3AdzMFe
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAlLgCD3X0wy
"To find something, he 441Please respect copyright.PENANA1UEK5Sc18L
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to441Please respect copyright.PENANAQDNfrgpWA6
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAOC4NYNcvqa
same for Fernand.441Please respect copyright.PENANAXaWbvCWS9v
Fernand was about to say441Please respect copyright.PENANAQQiN3E9Nl2
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 441Please respect copyright.PENANA1qnH2j1VSR
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 441Please respect copyright.PENANAvleop82gol
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 441Please respect copyright.PENANAc7PPoqKm3F
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."441Please respect copyright.PENANAxfZ7VdsL4q
David quickly rummaged 441Please respect copyright.PENANANvdJBeq5Ew
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back441Please respect copyright.PENANAIhxQ0W7HKO
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 441Please respect copyright.PENANArDWG74nYWS
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 441Please respect copyright.PENANA36s8Twvr6k
able to trap her."441Please respect copyright.PENANAkDMatQF4hJ
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 441Please respect copyright.PENANAc8QQ5u32Rv
"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.441Please respect copyright.PENANASVzWQC9CI2
"And how will you do 441Please respect copyright.PENANAdg4HoyDvsu
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've441Please respect copyright.PENANAxqg8M2JU4A
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 441Please respect copyright.PENANAoWTPreoDZ9
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 441Please respect copyright.PENANAukTko8FrZY
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."441Please respect copyright.PENANAniJi9mdZVI
"But I don't! I really 441Please respect copyright.PENANAdiqmNj2mir
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 441Please respect copyright.PENANARYEbMLgH7w
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.441Please respect copyright.PENANAsA3NCJGSLU
"Ah captain Schumah, a 441Please respect copyright.PENANAHezDj24EPT
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 441Please respect copyright.PENANAEMsIHaiCvq
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a441Please respect copyright.PENANAXZHECTQpyU
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 441Please respect copyright.PENANAYEVqL275ck
black. 441Please respect copyright.PENANAVfjQasQtgh
"Well, well. What do we 441Please respect copyright.PENANAf1CXtrQGXc
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 441Please respect copyright.PENANAxldZrMxAut
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.441Please respect copyright.PENANANhG0U2Qq5Y
"Look, I swear to all 441Please respect copyright.PENANArnHFE7JaJx
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 441Please respect copyright.PENANAGEVnFkdokw
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 441Please respect copyright.PENANA2qOR8Eb3NA
"We will find out if you441Please respect copyright.PENANAK60l6IMwB1
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He441Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2Tt9XSAYU
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by441Please respect copyright.PENANAabItVVpA4E
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."441Please respect copyright.PENANAhofA8IKUEe
David struggled against 441Please respect copyright.PENANAFX4fX6kyFZ
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 441Please respect copyright.PENANA1FDWvqUr7e
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 441Please respect copyright.PENANA3d5h0rW6Aa
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch441Please respect copyright.PENANAWvjyu9fDva
"Now how should we 441Please respect copyright.PENANAoRMyfZKLWr
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 441Please respect copyright.PENANA8fVAgnTumP
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 441Please respect copyright.PENANAnVYtyypYhA
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 441Please respect copyright.PENANAx7q7aB9xEO
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my441Please respect copyright.PENANArqDvlOtQta
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 441Please respect copyright.PENANAMVCtNkiolK
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 441Please respect copyright.PENANArbb7cG9OIS
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as441Please respect copyright.PENANAhkFPo0KSna
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.441Please respect copyright.PENANA1x8mixyNR1
Before David could reply441Please respect copyright.PENANAZxjW0S2zlu
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 441Please respect copyright.PENANAbGIAZIiEZJ
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 441Please respect copyright.PENANASOREMT79ed
and he screamed.441Please respect copyright.PENANA195RjMTxP2
The torturer 441Please respect copyright.PENANA3bI6ke8UO9
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 441Please respect copyright.PENANAXtiYmQnPxA
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 441Please respect copyright.PENANAso4wt63ZaT
this."441Please respect copyright.PENANAnhtLEBxpGu
The torturer moved his 441Please respect copyright.PENANAaowVluAnfg
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 441Please respect copyright.PENANALrAKf48aVS
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 441Please respect copyright.PENANAztMFhpDLv3
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 441Please respect copyright.PENANAHG4Iclw0aN
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 441Please respect copyright.PENANA9HXGDv5JRt
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 441Please respect copyright.PENANAE4hHN7HEh9
you agree?"441Please respect copyright.PENANAmKtaSpEox6
The torturer stopped his441Please respect copyright.PENANAD66p1hutl5
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 441Please respect copyright.PENANAvRqCnZaDMK
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 441Please respect copyright.PENANANo4N4A6pH1
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance441Please respect copyright.PENANAy5nCop8NEl
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 441Please respect copyright.PENANAgiQpdesZPm
go?" 441Please respect copyright.PENANAAOLfz71lPi
David was trying to 441Please respect copyright.PENANAAfBhkPTzaj
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was441Please respect copyright.PENANAH60jObmkzT
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 441Please respect copyright.PENANADZWS2QDo04
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 441Please respect copyright.PENANAFvz1XFc2GD
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 441Please respect copyright.PENANAMudT66o2Yj
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 441Please respect copyright.PENANA7WsGY7FNfe
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 441Please respect copyright.PENANAAoPcv65BJI
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.441Please respect copyright.PENANAYl6sH67O9h
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.441Please respect copyright.PENANAJKzT5AQ2Lm
Then suddenly David was 441Please respect copyright.PENANAonr69BCmU8
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 441Please respect copyright.PENANA46YnwM5Aex
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 441Please respect copyright.PENANAXs8JewJkFW
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 441Please respect copyright.PENANADzDOkJawyZ
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 441Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9PdkukJM7
don't know."441Please respect copyright.PENANAPshN7PGQiN
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."441Please respect copyright.PENANAknDCmih8cB
"Now, while magic is 441Please respect copyright.PENANALrJE3YAIGe
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 441Please respect copyright.PENANAMazUNNFS9u
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some441Please respect copyright.PENANA0oIhZQrWsr
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 441Please respect copyright.PENANAMHkSHkrU4l
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 441Please respect copyright.PENANAwhH6rEJqR5
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 441Please respect copyright.PENANAoUvdPWd9JS
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain441Please respect copyright.PENANAXSNByMO1mk
came and David screamed for someone to help441Please respect copyright.PENANAFjxzl7vqQd
~no one will come.~441Please respect copyright.PENANAJtF3BPfvel
After pulling out all 441Please respect copyright.PENANAH3JceTCB9a
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was441Please respect copyright.PENANA1vOZxQy29U
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 441Please respect copyright.PENANA2tpGKtV4J5
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 441Please respect copyright.PENANAd0UBPbVaVJ
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 441Please respect copyright.PENANAHX5RqxFdTd
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 441Please respect copyright.PENANA0wUcE9CPFh
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 441Please respect copyright.PENANAinddtN2sm2
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 441Please respect copyright.PENANAXyZNBCpT3g
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 441Please respect copyright.PENANAFgQ92yfDXy
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 441Please respect copyright.PENANAZC2l28cykK
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone441Please respect copyright.PENANAosAHdPNi0I
would rescue him.441Please respect copyright.PENANAtus0kJrnbb
~no one cares.~441Please respect copyright.PENANAJz86lf3nbE
Next few moments were a 441Please respect copyright.PENANAM3JCsNImcS
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea441Please respect copyright.PENANAEfYxx7FeRk
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.441Please respect copyright.PENANAcmiw7PCukf
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 441Please respect copyright.PENANApHyPbGZoAz
companion in the darkness.
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