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All taxes must be paid 486Please respect copyright.PENANAwXSJUR0Z8h
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 486Please respect copyright.PENANA12IoItr8P5
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 486Please respect copyright.PENANA652R251tMj
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 486Please respect copyright.PENANASNrXZCG3DQ
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 486Please respect copyright.PENANAlqGLIwT4Tz
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 486Please respect copyright.PENANApFwnlvc8KF
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAZyJB8MIhyT
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 486Please respect copyright.PENANAZZnYBf8tHd
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade486Please respect copyright.PENANAIYh9egCw2Y
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 486Please respect copyright.PENANAhdXZ8mLib4
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 486Please respect copyright.PENANAYMfXdmBEaR
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 486Please respect copyright.PENANAW1jNTNWkSn
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 486Please respect copyright.PENANAjNnM7uXPJd
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted486Please respect copyright.PENANA0YzZAb15bC
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.486Please respect copyright.PENANAIDpDNlNXIZ
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'486Please respect copyright.PENANAWZDrWef1lt
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David has been in jail 486Please respect copyright.PENANA7yyktDzgwK
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.486Please respect copyright.PENANA424ltVkZgd
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor486Please respect copyright.PENANAAgy7ULVOYE
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.486Please respect copyright.PENANAy8m3LXF2Cz
The cell was big enough 486Please respect copyright.PENANAGpK9olcX8A
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 486Please respect copyright.PENANALcUwR0JTsh
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 486Please respect copyright.PENANASxHOgkk4g8
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAsyRZnOhlSZ
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.486Please respect copyright.PENANA8XxUARzTzZ
David didn't even 486Please respect copyright.PENANACfPBDOoCYJ
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAKWBir9jarZ
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 486Please respect copyright.PENANAnQatmqxquR
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 486Please respect copyright.PENANAwMiu651GGn
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 486Please respect copyright.PENANAqIffcWk6UO
Sadly event the best 486Please respect copyright.PENANAXYpzvO2mLx
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall486Please respect copyright.PENANAxN9z2ATigp
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that486Please respect copyright.PENANAAyjkWZz5oB
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 486Please respect copyright.PENANAWqNxOp7sOA
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 486Please respect copyright.PENANAXaXIWRU4HD
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could486Please respect copyright.PENANAxuZUgUltXL
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 486Please respect copyright.PENANACi0MfzlvBt
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob486Please respect copyright.PENANATARFYm2kQW
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 486Please respect copyright.PENANAhM1aiSAKs3
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 486Please respect copyright.PENANA1xhZ1Uwvhp
cell next door.486Please respect copyright.PENANAt3VXThOoS0
Another soldier came up 486Please respect copyright.PENANAg24DncYNOl
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 486Please respect copyright.PENANAlPwJYZ2WC2
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 486Please respect copyright.PENANAdUgbihDHMV
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 486Please respect copyright.PENANARM9GfZALre
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 486Please respect copyright.PENANARqejBfV0DY
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 486Please respect copyright.PENANASatoGQq680
back.486Please respect copyright.PENANAwIag9WNLBJ
While David would've 486Please respect copyright.PENANADzsjhqhGEg
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 486Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ6k5wpKEv
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 486Please respect copyright.PENANAdWuf4bKqQI
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 486Please respect copyright.PENANALhGZqpmXYy
Jesters words came back to him. 486Please respect copyright.PENANAgG9qgakY9Q
The walk itself didn't 486Please respect copyright.PENANA0JXLkGRwI0
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 486Please respect copyright.PENANAQYFTlncIVZ
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 486Please respect copyright.PENANAplzn2t55IW
splatters all around the room.486Please respect copyright.PENANArHRk0UIylr
David was put into the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6H0Ua96Rx
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 486Please respect copyright.PENANAQBr6yqIXTJ
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAX956jpTBN6
other chair, staring into David's soul.486Please respect copyright.PENANATLnZfYkYdZ
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.486Please respect copyright.PENANAYEOT51UdmS
"I'm David, the rebels 486Please respect copyright.PENANAzKeqriMe6i
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 486Please respect copyright.PENANASSXGmc9BXX
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.486Please respect copyright.PENANAxnsXMCe8lv
"Where are you from?"486Please respect copyright.PENANANtxR537lfi
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.486Please respect copyright.PENANA3OaOLJpZ1f
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"486Please respect copyright.PENANAbJiLq9N3TK
"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 nodded486Please respect copyright.PENANAysgIpqwPnB
"Where did the rebels move?"486Please respect copyright.PENANAPR8yo206d8
"Gods, we're not getting486Please respect copyright.PENANApP1i2Rzzf8
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want486Please respect copyright.PENANAc4xSuLtf3Z
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."486Please respect copyright.PENANApk3NrKtTbT
"We know the rebellion 486Please respect copyright.PENANA8nG36hpPco
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 486Please respect copyright.PENANAUZsw2wYHtJ
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."486Please respect copyright.PENANAsMulouJV74
"Well if you know all 486Please respect copyright.PENANA9RgF7k9GYT
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 486Please respect copyright.PENANAcQg1cAiNYJ
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 486Please respect copyright.PENANA8vSoDZCvD2
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 486Please respect copyright.PENANA5K5BgmroVo
on the imperial soldier.486Please respect copyright.PENANAKVQ6GLIUIp
"I wanted to make this 486Please respect copyright.PENANAOuoI1WVF1U
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 486Please respect copyright.PENANAEsCPsTVnVP
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 486Please respect copyright.PENANAh0D46jRwxy
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 486Please respect copyright.PENANAwA6uhTIHML
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 486Please respect copyright.PENANAu9bX9dJYTl
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 486Please respect copyright.PENANABqwmIucQOo
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.486Please respect copyright.PENANApMDgdf50QI
"Wait wait!" Fernand 486Please respect copyright.PENANAKdkcx4SYNf
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 486Please respect copyright.PENANA3Py4VyZaJC
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."486Please respect copyright.PENANAR1wCXl0n7U
Fernand was shaking his 486Please respect copyright.PENANA5BPPNreUAo
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't486Please respect copyright.PENANA8lFFWLCZL8
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 486Please respect copyright.PENANA2xJ40AzTA7
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely486Please respect copyright.PENANAeuP5HO85tg
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 486Please respect copyright.PENANApIB6Mou7o9
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 486Please respect copyright.PENANAtbPRmsm9Oz
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"486Please respect copyright.PENANA4XOnDdESN1
That made Ferdinand 486Please respect copyright.PENANALhhzxSwq1N
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAqp1TrKUVm3
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"486Please respect copyright.PENANA1sVkgMQENb
Fernand wasn't denying 486Please respect copyright.PENANAvppnjNpHbh
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did486Please respect copyright.PENANAMMZt2xgJtp
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 486Please respect copyright.PENANAzDSZJvKSly
get us do something." 486Please respect copyright.PENANAndcGzsF2H3
"Blasphemy, he 486Please respect copyright.PENANAjiBMPhRv0W
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 486Please respect copyright.PENANAXLxrgZX6Il
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.486Please respect copyright.PENANAllDUphSh8j
"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" 486Please respect copyright.PENANARHgWcunvqb
"Demons tend to plan 486Please respect copyright.PENANAvCbTvBk4dJ
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 486Please respect copyright.PENANAByLS88VHUD
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"486Please respect copyright.PENANAO0uhbqzoAl
"To find something, he 486Please respect copyright.PENANAaWPXKBb5Ww
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to486Please respect copyright.PENANA53vGLRh0mZ
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 486Please respect copyright.PENANA9SgYUH7U8T
same for Fernand.486Please respect copyright.PENANAQyOIxyfPRt
Fernand was about to say486Please respect copyright.PENANAG3gEW4Dqn1
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 486Please respect copyright.PENANA323GLKhzIf
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 486Please respect copyright.PENANAzmuX6ul8hn
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 486Please respect copyright.PENANArWa523MJXD
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."486Please respect copyright.PENANAGtOT2ogWRh
David quickly rummaged 486Please respect copyright.PENANA1til9xvhMK
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back486Please respect copyright.PENANAl1pPTIJlc1
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 486Please respect copyright.PENANAgHkLlOlC4d
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 486Please respect copyright.PENANAjbidGn9bkP
able to trap her."486Please respect copyright.PENANAMEL9hdf526
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 486Please respect copyright.PENANAi3Yx0cP9ub
"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.486Please respect copyright.PENANAj4mqWDTJcM
"And how will you do 486Please respect copyright.PENANAZYY2XaY1WL
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've486Please respect copyright.PENANAPuBzRtypj6
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 486Please respect copyright.PENANAtS5HUjb3lY
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 486Please respect copyright.PENANAsRueb8Hi62
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."486Please respect copyright.PENANArsJvYMzq6G
"But I don't! I really 486Please respect copyright.PENANACkWnihWOWM
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 486Please respect copyright.PENANAc6XKJnRWQP
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.486Please respect copyright.PENANAxKujET6TZg
"Ah captain Schumah, a 486Please respect copyright.PENANA1BasHg8ECK
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 486Please respect copyright.PENANAoWXw3kteyW
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a486Please respect copyright.PENANAfg5ztF9JuS
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 486Please respect copyright.PENANAEjAUqcpEiA
black. 486Please respect copyright.PENANACASQeqT3CO
"Well, well. What do we 486Please respect copyright.PENANABMmhmqpsuX
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 486Please respect copyright.PENANAHTWJMTd0Xo
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.486Please respect copyright.PENANAacMbsDWQuB
"Look, I swear to all 486Please respect copyright.PENANA51ZJcKLCVV
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 486Please respect copyright.PENANAizoV57V4D8
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 486Please respect copyright.PENANAbbJk6lRrpT
"We will find out if you486Please respect copyright.PENANAihMGJppTSp
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He486Please respect copyright.PENANAhf9FXtcMT5
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by486Please respect copyright.PENANAqjcBYXStLM
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."486Please respect copyright.PENANAFm2GItZZzY
David struggled against 486Please respect copyright.PENANAUeG11SNRNM
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAPVQHRUnXk1
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAJZ9kqsO965
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch486Please respect copyright.PENANAPAdi8eWxB8
"Now how should we 486Please respect copyright.PENANAS5FA3Fvjx8
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 486Please respect copyright.PENANAoNMK4Gxp4M
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 486Please respect copyright.PENANAvU1BoXjMUu
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 486Please respect copyright.PENANAu5RJkInUTe
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my486Please respect copyright.PENANAgGdgEM8BUs
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 486Please respect copyright.PENANARbxgRAxt9M
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 486Please respect copyright.PENANASnf11zP8Dh
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as486Please respect copyright.PENANAoxz6hn8zPx
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.486Please respect copyright.PENANAWjGRoXw2Io
Before David could reply486Please respect copyright.PENANALiZaPAkaHQ
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 486Please respect copyright.PENANAxirWLHbELx
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 486Please respect copyright.PENANA8LkAZBqSkB
and he screamed.486Please respect copyright.PENANAhOnqUJ1L8d
The torturer 486Please respect copyright.PENANAspYmWPFVF4
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 486Please respect copyright.PENANAQAepZU9EZ0
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 486Please respect copyright.PENANAB6U7bdtWei
this."486Please respect copyright.PENANAfo2YWtbNpV
The torturer moved his 486Please respect copyright.PENANAh5XPbXsOCK
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 486Please respect copyright.PENANAPkTZ5Nw6ky
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 486Please respect copyright.PENANA9FUVt9wSne
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 486Please respect copyright.PENANAzPjCryCqBz
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 486Please respect copyright.PENANAlfOTRXBLyF
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 486Please respect copyright.PENANA3GW9fwYHMu
you agree?"486Please respect copyright.PENANATMbFOsw19h
The torturer stopped his486Please respect copyright.PENANAB3qvojLUeT
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 486Please respect copyright.PENANA82SMyJQrGj
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 486Please respect copyright.PENANA2K3E2qnNk4
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance486Please respect copyright.PENANAQpksAy7B5n
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 486Please respect copyright.PENANATPsCAejEdo
go?" 486Please respect copyright.PENANAce2uDto9Qi
David was trying to 486Please respect copyright.PENANAY2aYarKdEr
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was486Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ0NHOefec
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 486Please respect copyright.PENANAhmOdcqLQQd
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 486Please respect copyright.PENANANOmbOPXYdD
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 486Please respect copyright.PENANAQERGoKqalp
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 486Please respect copyright.PENANACzCz9McezV
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 486Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8e4bMe12V
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.486Please respect copyright.PENANANMtLf6NvTU
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.486Please respect copyright.PENANATB25yXd0JO
Then suddenly David was 486Please respect copyright.PENANAl0AiZY6bzE
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 486Please respect copyright.PENANA9KlWn7Jbiy
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 486Please respect copyright.PENANA8QPx7MhFIl
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 486Please respect copyright.PENANAD86VlIl1MU
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 486Please respect copyright.PENANAcNDR6yQnMa
don't know."486Please respect copyright.PENANAaPCYQUOY7k
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."486Please respect copyright.PENANAb3yZ3KJmzl
"Now, while magic is 486Please respect copyright.PENANAvODDP5WrfB
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 486Please respect copyright.PENANAG4ib5DKOaa
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some486Please respect copyright.PENANAiEQFuGNFc4
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 486Please respect copyright.PENANAIZdKiqeXIg
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 486Please respect copyright.PENANAys83joLDSB
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 486Please respect copyright.PENANAOxH4ngTFfb
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain486Please respect copyright.PENANALril0wvwIG
came and David screamed for someone to help486Please respect copyright.PENANA0ux2qcevDz
~no one will come.~486Please respect copyright.PENANA94fz2htavH
After pulling out all 486Please respect copyright.PENANAKmOEGKet7W
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was486Please respect copyright.PENANAYU2jLAelwm
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 486Please respect copyright.PENANAjwX5fHQ4Vw
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 486Please respect copyright.PENANAFJeUFdgD0s
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 486Please respect copyright.PENANADuI31v0lmG
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 486Please respect copyright.PENANAKdl0Ri3OFg
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 486Please respect copyright.PENANADKeGV1DFet
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 486Please respect copyright.PENANAsBFKqgA6o5
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 486Please respect copyright.PENANArlk5mWoKFl
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 486Please respect copyright.PENANAk1p7FWjEBN
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone486Please respect copyright.PENANAXyFysozr9h
would rescue him.486Please respect copyright.PENANAvjk694P29T
~no one cares.~486Please respect copyright.PENANA1fz14TdmmY
Next few moments were a 486Please respect copyright.PENANAb13jYvWc6s
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea486Please respect copyright.PENANAAJtxrCaVCK
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.486Please respect copyright.PENANAEvsouishir
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 486Please respect copyright.PENANANiS96Umhgm
companion in the darkness.
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486Please respect copyright.PENANADwDyWXLNVA