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All taxes must be paid 487Please respect copyright.PENANAcutb22jokL
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 487Please respect copyright.PENANA6tuGEbXoIs
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 487Please respect copyright.PENANAG68uIPAp6n
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 487Please respect copyright.PENANAupIPojXhro
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 487Please respect copyright.PENANAzpU5yLBw7x
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 487Please respect copyright.PENANAqYKPJopFNj
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAZMeumPQVGF
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 487Please respect copyright.PENANATPoKPeJ50f
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade487Please respect copyright.PENANAHECY6f2ui5
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 487Please respect copyright.PENANAUW3xHQBIB4
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 487Please respect copyright.PENANAmQnV5D5jLp
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 487Please respect copyright.PENANAic0AHnj1tD
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 487Please respect copyright.PENANAXfX7nM4ZeO
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted487Please respect copyright.PENANAqtKUT4dYjS
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.487Please respect copyright.PENANAYm35dcGjCU
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'487Please respect copyright.PENANAa0I1hbQmPs
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David has been in jail 487Please respect copyright.PENANACebo84Ay18
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.487Please respect copyright.PENANA4HsXIrSxwM
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor487Please respect copyright.PENANATc2oYkBKcG
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.487Please respect copyright.PENANA5OdXP5Jjt6
The cell was big enough 487Please respect copyright.PENANAq9UrT3m5aL
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 487Please respect copyright.PENANAxWbBkNqCzP
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAuDLNdXVc3Y
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAgbhnF3FFyj
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.487Please respect copyright.PENANAIEp5IkmUNB
David didn't even 487Please respect copyright.PENANAZk7Dy2KcdK
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAmrHZFcvQiM
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 487Please respect copyright.PENANAD1JpkgjF6Z
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 487Please respect copyright.PENANAsAc5Wm3Zv5
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAMnx5EWypZH
Sadly event the best 487Please respect copyright.PENANAF80W4xCcqR
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall487Please respect copyright.PENANAM8Vesu1mPD
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that487Please respect copyright.PENANArKf5Xzl4Vn
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 487Please respect copyright.PENANA7d6xPBKMT2
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 487Please respect copyright.PENANAZkB1gK3nZQ
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could487Please respect copyright.PENANAGmh4s1iMQS
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 487Please respect copyright.PENANApeSRWWB0kR
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob487Please respect copyright.PENANAn2GHS1UsYt
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 487Please respect copyright.PENANAUbMaWiDT4U
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAqowBoXPgMd
cell next door.487Please respect copyright.PENANAcyT9oQAx1U
Another soldier came up 487Please respect copyright.PENANAdwZkHGUWS5
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 487Please respect copyright.PENANAz6D7bYHqdO
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 487Please respect copyright.PENANAVtrYT1MTnT
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 487Please respect copyright.PENANA7jf3EQA2mQ
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAtHZiVtWCij
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 487Please respect copyright.PENANAcmPMq77yfU
back.487Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0LdGVRTN0
While David would've 487Please respect copyright.PENANAT6PKUmpwTB
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 487Please respect copyright.PENANAVMtsSnEy7b
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 487Please respect copyright.PENANAuTaCmCyjij
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 487Please respect copyright.PENANAnY1TXUMxrX
Jesters words came back to him. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAgq794xns7b
The walk itself didn't 487Please respect copyright.PENANAyhCOL6EluV
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 487Please respect copyright.PENANAXwXM80Yrv0
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 487Please respect copyright.PENANAdlL39IIeJO
splatters all around the room.487Please respect copyright.PENANAHn1jIt8Vwv
David was put into the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAZyuTrY62g0
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAycselipOYQ
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 487Please respect copyright.PENANADwodMYnidR
other chair, staring into David's soul.487Please respect copyright.PENANAHRwz5aDBwS
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.487Please respect copyright.PENANA6hHgqnPdLC
"I'm David, the rebels 487Please respect copyright.PENANALFFz04IECH
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 487Please respect copyright.PENANAW8fGruzWPl
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.487Please respect copyright.PENANAHgzqIMtvrB
"Where are you from?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAP3fchK4BtG
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.487Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ssr39X00L
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAZIvfKlS7v1
"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 nodded487Please respect copyright.PENANA8BiZ8ElCXD
"Where did the rebels move?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAwrkpOuUfna
"Gods, we're not getting487Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3BoFyp1gk
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want487Please respect copyright.PENANASYjsNHIb4j
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."487Please respect copyright.PENANAkBeS2ccJTs
"We know the rebellion 487Please respect copyright.PENANAjp6yfr5Ifs
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 487Please respect copyright.PENANA9xq61gJsJj
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."487Please respect copyright.PENANABIPG7TFdsR
"Well if you know all 487Please respect copyright.PENANAufoPusthPN
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 487Please respect copyright.PENANAPsobESOCm2
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 487Please respect copyright.PENANAVWvefLkCiW
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 487Please respect copyright.PENANARJ6k9Pjrez
on the imperial soldier.487Please respect copyright.PENANAOX896bmNe8
"I wanted to make this 487Please respect copyright.PENANAbASdzLsSCW
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 487Please respect copyright.PENANAXMVOBQCYqq
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 487Please respect copyright.PENANANjHmMU9F4y
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 487Please respect copyright.PENANALkg9T4zVIZ
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 487Please respect copyright.PENANA4QJIyhg1GK
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 487Please respect copyright.PENANAG7k6s9TXfl
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.487Please respect copyright.PENANAL34KszhExb
"Wait wait!" Fernand 487Please respect copyright.PENANAQEloOYJqQy
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 487Please respect copyright.PENANAx0aaWS9NSx
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."487Please respect copyright.PENANAsHTi7nhGoa
Fernand was shaking his 487Please respect copyright.PENANAdXPVqcD2ci
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't487Please respect copyright.PENANAkvVgwMS00O
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 487Please respect copyright.PENANAuMVtJE9QkS
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely487Please respect copyright.PENANA5rAZNhgvRF
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 487Please respect copyright.PENANA8aIoECkk8U
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAQPv42MYI4M
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAH4WIVIGaQi
That made Ferdinand 487Please respect copyright.PENANAe4X3zxSBv0
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAjjhg3BjwWT
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAgl5WQecA8c
Fernand wasn't denying 487Please respect copyright.PENANATbbpD4geeB
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did487Please respect copyright.PENANANSRiATV9yZ
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 487Please respect copyright.PENANAE75mLEP4PS
get us do something." 487Please respect copyright.PENANAeYdbjl7KlD
"Blasphemy, he 487Please respect copyright.PENANAXoILfWZlFU
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 487Please respect copyright.PENANAweRJldoYmL
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.487Please respect copyright.PENANAzHKkvHxHht
"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" 487Please respect copyright.PENANAWhSFRYShcP
"Demons tend to plan 487Please respect copyright.PENANAt3tb0yrejv
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 487Please respect copyright.PENANAPyOsTdp7d4
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAmhoS0AWFZ7
"To find something, he 487Please respect copyright.PENANAvWFRV1ZPQG
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to487Please respect copyright.PENANAWm4S3l9FkE
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAGJnOCCvhLu
same for Fernand.487Please respect copyright.PENANA7dNkyxNNat
Fernand was about to say487Please respect copyright.PENANA1EY6XTbe7O
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 487Please respect copyright.PENANAzl3mT4vy8j
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 487Please respect copyright.PENANA7WDFtWN3JH
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 487Please respect copyright.PENANAUItCZzAOWj
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."487Please respect copyright.PENANAlLpZOL27TD
David quickly rummaged 487Please respect copyright.PENANAwU2EPve4me
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back487Please respect copyright.PENANAW8lObSOvOO
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 487Please respect copyright.PENANAFCxPfzL1HK
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 487Please respect copyright.PENANA2DFJUBBmuR
able to trap her."487Please respect copyright.PENANAD62euonb3P
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 487Please respect copyright.PENANAgpoUVI8Bpt
"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.487Please respect copyright.PENANA0pMHC51Oqb
"And how will you do 487Please respect copyright.PENANAKsF3efaeK5
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've487Please respect copyright.PENANAL7f32i0jKP
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 487Please respect copyright.PENANA0jDPT5L3gz
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 487Please respect copyright.PENANAkx9xSJ6COa
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."487Please respect copyright.PENANAf4tQtJhEX4
"But I don't! I really 487Please respect copyright.PENANABJxD2HIKTw
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 487Please respect copyright.PENANAo1xUpXQjAA
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.487Please respect copyright.PENANArChGYDV8l0
"Ah captain Schumah, a 487Please respect copyright.PENANAZXD9cbLidf
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 487Please respect copyright.PENANAMktd0tB9QY
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a487Please respect copyright.PENANAyU7deP41Nw
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 487Please respect copyright.PENANAZLlwnO33z1
black. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAjSfOQUOOqD
"Well, well. What do we 487Please respect copyright.PENANAl28As9EZ5X
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 487Please respect copyright.PENANAIDPHlMwiE4
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.487Please respect copyright.PENANAAILuxdnsfp
"Look, I swear to all 487Please respect copyright.PENANAoIFPsOsRCP
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 487Please respect copyright.PENANAj1oSLGRxUb
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 487Please respect copyright.PENANAeLsQ6v9F4b
"We will find out if you487Please respect copyright.PENANAF7OpnzT1Xv
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He487Please respect copyright.PENANAK5HiKKfQaI
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by487Please respect copyright.PENANAFnRuNWYAJY
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."487Please respect copyright.PENANALcItC06sNs
David struggled against 487Please respect copyright.PENANAg0fZmPJ5n4
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAHvfULaX0PB
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 487Please respect copyright.PENANANXpJ7DWXSr
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch487Please respect copyright.PENANAkrJsYrvnFt
"Now how should we 487Please respect copyright.PENANAv2Wr02TFn2
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 487Please respect copyright.PENANA0xEEJDsK7c
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 487Please respect copyright.PENANAMYml0mD3EV
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 487Please respect copyright.PENANA6dPiLkodAn
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my487Please respect copyright.PENANAssyjwCfZI4
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 487Please respect copyright.PENANAx2cbR2zadE
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 487Please respect copyright.PENANAqiPTGoTVsB
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as487Please respect copyright.PENANAUyawuarVhy
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.487Please respect copyright.PENANAxvNqcowm7S
Before David could reply487Please respect copyright.PENANAnktnQdDKIR
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 487Please respect copyright.PENANAOuUfo2miQC
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 487Please respect copyright.PENANAcgx4dAhoKS
and he screamed.487Please respect copyright.PENANALvGY42nTej
The torturer 487Please respect copyright.PENANAhNdB4JImVu
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 487Please respect copyright.PENANAuKdYPGqrra
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 487Please respect copyright.PENANAXe8OcB6jkv
this."487Please respect copyright.PENANAkCHAqm7kzv
The torturer moved his 487Please respect copyright.PENANAIGyIYPRh19
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 487Please respect copyright.PENANAdyRH4yFLdQ
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 487Please respect copyright.PENANAO1Fyn3635q
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 487Please respect copyright.PENANArupHPBDCAZ
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 487Please respect copyright.PENANAV9CMTJM2Pa
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 487Please respect copyright.PENANArlzsvo52G0
you agree?"487Please respect copyright.PENANAshLoy8ihRq
The torturer stopped his487Please respect copyright.PENANA3EeEF3Z8ze
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 487Please respect copyright.PENANAFqxKNKqBYB
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 487Please respect copyright.PENANAjOupWX6osM
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance487Please respect copyright.PENANAvxgTjqVuAx
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 487Please respect copyright.PENANAUy47mC0QWJ
go?" 487Please respect copyright.PENANA6AyYfVxluI
David was trying to 487Please respect copyright.PENANAyOcCaip7WO
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was487Please respect copyright.PENANAl7ivppTADz
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 487Please respect copyright.PENANArtsgdtGIB9
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 487Please respect copyright.PENANAq6mA1sL3rC
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 487Please respect copyright.PENANA9n0lySwe71
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 487Please respect copyright.PENANASGLQ3fCyEk
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 487Please respect copyright.PENANA0JgPUZ7O3g
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.487Please respect copyright.PENANANpUxfWEec0
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.487Please respect copyright.PENANAa0oqRfdx9c
Then suddenly David was 487Please respect copyright.PENANAlmSinXOhj6
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 487Please respect copyright.PENANAl7hWgQJ1H6
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 487Please respect copyright.PENANAUUIeGkqVuD
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 487Please respect copyright.PENANAc9T19z4tvY
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 487Please respect copyright.PENANAoMFEmpx5CK
don't know."487Please respect copyright.PENANAISygvW1tm3
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."487Please respect copyright.PENANArKfd57VizG
"Now, while magic is 487Please respect copyright.PENANAwAVFSdGD1G
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 487Please respect copyright.PENANArubBiSo5Pc
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some487Please respect copyright.PENANA3Hg0BwpQk5
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 487Please respect copyright.PENANASGXp2e41fM
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 487Please respect copyright.PENANAFoURDi97J2
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 487Please respect copyright.PENANArM67R9cwQy
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain487Please respect copyright.PENANAjsPhL1YmmD
came and David screamed for someone to help487Please respect copyright.PENANAmhsmblCBAm
~no one will come.~487Please respect copyright.PENANATj5CvSWDVY
After pulling out all 487Please respect copyright.PENANAmN01NLzFTv
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was487Please respect copyright.PENANAMidXegH5ie
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 487Please respect copyright.PENANA4uMFCOvLWk
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 487Please respect copyright.PENANAyG0WbJpZ2H
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 487Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6LXsVd2ab
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 487Please respect copyright.PENANApH4K29WSmc
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 487Please respect copyright.PENANAOcSrOxLtPr
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 487Please respect copyright.PENANAlNturflIYJ
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 487Please respect copyright.PENANA8oITJ3w93A
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 487Please respect copyright.PENANAFtdvIOZtF1
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone487Please respect copyright.PENANAU0NKy7F3FP
would rescue him.487Please respect copyright.PENANAkvmlYhfdws
~no one cares.~487Please respect copyright.PENANAW9mAktdgrg
Next few moments were a 487Please respect copyright.PENANAft13Uu9M23
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea487Please respect copyright.PENANAmXSWfeTvjc
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.487Please respect copyright.PENANA1CW54ZQ6x5
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 487Please respect copyright.PENANANvxX4A3GXQ
companion in the darkness.
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