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All taxes must be paid 532Please respect copyright.PENANAoOiftB7IBa
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 532Please respect copyright.PENANAXh5VFlqYRx
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 532Please respect copyright.PENANAMRu4ilEtcd
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 532Please respect copyright.PENANAEUAUGGhokS
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 532Please respect copyright.PENANAEaoatm0kNq
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 532Please respect copyright.PENANA6BdbesXv9Y
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAwGnJlaYx1W
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 532Please respect copyright.PENANAHFzEqS5oIa
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade532Please respect copyright.PENANAra0USTDrVn
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 532Please respect copyright.PENANAXG9n2hl8LI
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 532Please respect copyright.PENANAF2yKPzAGrL
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 532Please respect copyright.PENANASUJ7sk2gHR
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 532Please respect copyright.PENANAUDhL3dSfZP
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted532Please respect copyright.PENANA7r1K5NUoDo
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.532Please respect copyright.PENANALtkkP3y2Uj
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'532Please respect copyright.PENANACjREaG2DhY
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David has been in jail 532Please respect copyright.PENANAR4HF8sActI
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.532Please respect copyright.PENANAONnbyG8F3i
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor532Please respect copyright.PENANAqwDQwhxYST
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.532Please respect copyright.PENANAd6LrLcnbLL
The cell was big enough 532Please respect copyright.PENANA91urj3Wk1S
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 532Please respect copyright.PENANA9DIq9fwWN1
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0IIOmKdR2w
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAe2QfiCz5L4
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.532Please respect copyright.PENANAIycYOOmU08
David didn't even 532Please respect copyright.PENANAtYYTHJLsMp
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAEhX0nRorps
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 532Please respect copyright.PENANAFsXHGg9YQx
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 532Please respect copyright.PENANAUZaN6qU4TG
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAxis5WufqWM
Sadly event the best 532Please respect copyright.PENANAdp5pUjBPq1
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall532Please respect copyright.PENANA3ny8aTbYu9
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that532Please respect copyright.PENANAD154G25dYg
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 532Please respect copyright.PENANAyLGBlJj3Ti
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJqkBgM29BR
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could532Please respect copyright.PENANANolkBqLNUD
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 532Please respect copyright.PENANAHDfn5X8GVQ
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob532Please respect copyright.PENANAa18BoKFx1Z
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 532Please respect copyright.PENANAZrCKEwTArx
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 532Please respect copyright.PENANA5GciRooRU6
cell next door.532Please respect copyright.PENANASl3DYOioGy
Another soldier came up 532Please respect copyright.PENANADUa5viRdJF
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 532Please respect copyright.PENANAczhgtrBH06
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 532Please respect copyright.PENANAieb8HLNjQD
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAm4tGdS1fW5
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAeK5OG4GDLB
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 532Please respect copyright.PENANA88GxEKGUDm
back.532Please respect copyright.PENANANdvs4pC7Sd
While David would've 532Please respect copyright.PENANA3LVtP5fqyT
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 532Please respect copyright.PENANAQuEAk9yUTW
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 532Please respect copyright.PENANAtaPqBgG7E6
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 532Please respect copyright.PENANAPohfRrpYkR
Jesters words came back to him. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAHFB8yuCIs4
The walk itself didn't 532Please respect copyright.PENANAjyy7xrCZsU
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 532Please respect copyright.PENANA89Wr046g4N
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 532Please respect copyright.PENANA4XCkxx49OZ
splatters all around the room.532Please respect copyright.PENANAkqO44UBjdK
David was put into the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAv9nqSGpn9Y
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0qBReREHWU
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJVxN29zyJq
other chair, staring into David's soul.532Please respect copyright.PENANAF07mWfs6u9
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.532Please respect copyright.PENANADcT7QSTJT2
"I'm David, the rebels 532Please respect copyright.PENANARUmOzNo7Yo
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 532Please respect copyright.PENANAYfktLUDy4U
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.532Please respect copyright.PENANAS3Mf3yfrHN
"Where are you from?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAo0UFhQKkVo
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.532Please respect copyright.PENANAZQbYjDk65k
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"532Please respect copyright.PENANA0nWcXtq3BB
"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 nodded532Please respect copyright.PENANA1NzPILe3Vo
"Where did the rebels move?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAUOiRqu14NT
"Gods, we're not getting532Please respect copyright.PENANAxgUmyROxm8
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want532Please respect copyright.PENANABsyODJef5L
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."532Please respect copyright.PENANAn8zCGHab9J
"We know the rebellion 532Please respect copyright.PENANAsEUUYGSLPG
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0kj9Z2L9yo
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."532Please respect copyright.PENANA4YGoCMQRDk
"Well if you know all 532Please respect copyright.PENANAXH4RR16OAF
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 532Please respect copyright.PENANAck2vZU8DR7
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 532Please respect copyright.PENANAg2zQv9Fwq8
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 532Please respect copyright.PENANAQZKHkYj7ih
on the imperial soldier.532Please respect copyright.PENANAUN9YR99cdn
"I wanted to make this 532Please respect copyright.PENANAr5nzw1YuTj
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 532Please respect copyright.PENANAAOoWct60pu
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 532Please respect copyright.PENANADYxSuIYFy7
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 532Please respect copyright.PENANAFMXx6F18Wd
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 532Please respect copyright.PENANAHTgZQup6mC
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 532Please respect copyright.PENANA4cKVbBCUMB
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.532Please respect copyright.PENANApjwUvAjh9p
"Wait wait!" Fernand 532Please respect copyright.PENANA9STG86uWrz
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 532Please respect copyright.PENANAB1HjTlasEJ
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."532Please respect copyright.PENANAE2X6xDLDC8
Fernand was shaking his 532Please respect copyright.PENANAqmnkMVlg0A
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't532Please respect copyright.PENANALAdm7znGKB
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 532Please respect copyright.PENANA3uHkz9V0UL
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely532Please respect copyright.PENANAW6fbXlImGH
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 532Please respect copyright.PENANA73F23SA19m
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 532Please respect copyright.PENANARIi68CxMw5
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAmTheWmOsmG
That made Ferdinand 532Please respect copyright.PENANAfEE9NgY9Rh
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAM2P7MyTi7h
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"532Please respect copyright.PENANA9gqLEgaR5p
Fernand wasn't denying 532Please respect copyright.PENANAskA2ocqwg5
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did532Please respect copyright.PENANAtaore4cwP7
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 532Please respect copyright.PENANAYJHQoIFH6D
get us do something." 532Please respect copyright.PENANALW2mRY0KGF
"Blasphemy, he 532Please respect copyright.PENANAdOh4PfnYRx
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 532Please respect copyright.PENANAlgsZi8QA3B
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.532Please respect copyright.PENANAaERL7VwnpH
"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" 532Please respect copyright.PENANAgsZ2AqOblC
"Demons tend to plan 532Please respect copyright.PENANAsPXDnSEinr
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 532Please respect copyright.PENANAbvgSQhK1rL
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAbCdwHgYOiM
"To find something, he 532Please respect copyright.PENANAeQyYBpqXGl
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to532Please respect copyright.PENANAcRbcFTwTJt
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAqrHjufkyxv
same for Fernand.532Please respect copyright.PENANAQXTCfmFzwY
Fernand was about to say532Please respect copyright.PENANA55KOoVXtS7
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 532Please respect copyright.PENANAgD3QRM0HXg
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1A8h3u44Wm
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 532Please respect copyright.PENANAFM0mPq9wio
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."532Please respect copyright.PENANAXIfh82YcUL
David quickly rummaged 532Please respect copyright.PENANAuhXSm5IFnD
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back532Please respect copyright.PENANAXUHNxo0mxK
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 532Please respect copyright.PENANAN8HQCjpsld
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 532Please respect copyright.PENANAokhtu97L9j
able to trap her."532Please respect copyright.PENANAwxP6HYg81J
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 532Please respect copyright.PENANAE8VAHCXel2
"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.532Please respect copyright.PENANAC0D5A1LxnM
"And how will you do 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJSfvxmVv9i
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've532Please respect copyright.PENANA1iGWkLg5J3
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1SPF3JbzAD
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 532Please respect copyright.PENANA4f64UB22Na
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."532Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0y6rDdmOE
"But I don't! I really 532Please respect copyright.PENANAUdPxEhfPVb
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 532Please respect copyright.PENANAE25F5k3igS
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.532Please respect copyright.PENANA9PrHXQHxAD
"Ah captain Schumah, a 532Please respect copyright.PENANA7d1Je4jmrm
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJCstWmKlD1
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a532Please respect copyright.PENANA5XriZNNHwW
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 532Please respect copyright.PENANAR5oWztHuWu
black. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAdMhAeJpt64
"Well, well. What do we 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0IMuxSnDrJ
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 532Please respect copyright.PENANAof2R60W4eE
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.532Please respect copyright.PENANApAa2zUHBsa
"Look, I swear to all 532Please respect copyright.PENANAsjwfwFH19b
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 532Please respect copyright.PENANA8RaVmaQJSG
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 532Please respect copyright.PENANALB2t5P8pbC
"We will find out if you532Please respect copyright.PENANAXx4tLI8JQy
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He532Please respect copyright.PENANA5Lil6x5vMZ
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by532Please respect copyright.PENANAB1cUcprOPF
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."532Please respect copyright.PENANAHMEbgzjt31
David struggled against 532Please respect copyright.PENANA08krK8toIZ
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAtIF6VfvzN2
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 532Please respect copyright.PENANALcYI8vNF58
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch532Please respect copyright.PENANA5sRnvt5nkd
"Now how should we 532Please respect copyright.PENANAmguGHeObjQ
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 532Please respect copyright.PENANAQZDda8jpoJ
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 532Please respect copyright.PENANAOMhjvFSrhO
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 532Please respect copyright.PENANAkAGFzfan2h
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my532Please respect copyright.PENANANhHOuwYlq9
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAndanb7OiVQ
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAeAmX3HrOnb
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as532Please respect copyright.PENANAAPjBHgCkUE
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.532Please respect copyright.PENANAbNHjuSfgRN
Before David could reply532Please respect copyright.PENANATUI5EBglyv
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 532Please respect copyright.PENANAEnUFi4ZS2p
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 532Please respect copyright.PENANAhN96gxdDkN
and he screamed.532Please respect copyright.PENANARflEkiiVnt
The torturer 532Please respect copyright.PENANA239SmgTrGM
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 532Please respect copyright.PENANAq0zhu6J6av
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 532Please respect copyright.PENANAz9rq7W6wrX
this."532Please respect copyright.PENANABmiYCWGZfB
The torturer moved his 532Please respect copyright.PENANAC6uy68kb5r
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1mIkciG3uI
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 532Please respect copyright.PENANA1j7wYPvKlg
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 532Please respect copyright.PENANAGOl61EMO3N
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 532Please respect copyright.PENANADvGj73p6Mu
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 532Please respect copyright.PENANAUYjxR4sm1V
you agree?"532Please respect copyright.PENANAdZPQosXYke
The torturer stopped his532Please respect copyright.PENANAwe44QbpE9J
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 532Please respect copyright.PENANApzjaYG9HpI
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 532Please respect copyright.PENANAMZApHLWGFX
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance532Please respect copyright.PENANAssOBpN9FgB
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 532Please respect copyright.PENANAPUtLY4tiFn
go?" 532Please respect copyright.PENANAlvjS1k6nx5
David was trying to 532Please respect copyright.PENANAEZE8z3ctyz
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was532Please respect copyright.PENANAU3kjVt9r0X
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 532Please respect copyright.PENANAVzBdtW5q4p
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 532Please respect copyright.PENANAwzxY5dByKb
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 532Please respect copyright.PENANA4HPTTPa2ov
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 532Please respect copyright.PENANAdA8IStDoBw
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 532Please respect copyright.PENANA4OqL6zvC3m
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.532Please respect copyright.PENANALv5JjsoOxZ
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.532Please respect copyright.PENANARlQtNkxcOc
Then suddenly David was 532Please respect copyright.PENANAgWcVWS69Xi
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 532Please respect copyright.PENANA6SjVpAKAJu
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 532Please respect copyright.PENANAHPv1UlVPBH
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 532Please respect copyright.PENANAa3PBTASUdu
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 532Please respect copyright.PENANAp4tGwc5itC
don't know."532Please respect copyright.PENANASr5GK92UcA
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."532Please respect copyright.PENANA8idhg2iCbo
"Now, while magic is 532Please respect copyright.PENANAMSHjOW1v0R
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 532Please respect copyright.PENANAXp8AGmJADm
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some532Please respect copyright.PENANAZTuTpgLvR3
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 532Please respect copyright.PENANAjHVMLPn7Ga
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 532Please respect copyright.PENANA6BwZUJ6ICV
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 532Please respect copyright.PENANAATEVWxhbzb
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain532Please respect copyright.PENANAv1iMTNHY8m
came and David screamed for someone to help532Please respect copyright.PENANA1QrkTQC8IH
~no one will come.~532Please respect copyright.PENANAbdOOvQSQK4
After pulling out all 532Please respect copyright.PENANAJrtGBuboyf
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was532Please respect copyright.PENANAECv01JRogd
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 532Please respect copyright.PENANA7agyWjsRzx
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 532Please respect copyright.PENANA0HAtastjxC
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 532Please respect copyright.PENANAgXC02MgTeL
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 532Please respect copyright.PENANA54ktexNzTc
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 532Please respect copyright.PENANAYRgsAwwyja
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 532Please respect copyright.PENANAi1H6h2JOYe
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 532Please respect copyright.PENANAPsLdYXmmR6
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 532Please respect copyright.PENANAfgCb1nhCP5
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone532Please respect copyright.PENANAxE9AdBx7hm
would rescue him.532Please respect copyright.PENANANIayy02wjK
~no one cares.~532Please respect copyright.PENANAh03hDMifA0
Next few moments were a 532Please respect copyright.PENANAGqEoHELNWz
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea532Please respect copyright.PENANA4V2vZNK40U
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.532Please respect copyright.PENANA2cRYpGDfTU
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 532Please respect copyright.PENANAfcmNpDEH8f
companion in the darkness.
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