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All taxes must be paid 576Please respect copyright.PENANA3CpUUpKLcT
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 576Please respect copyright.PENANAOf6mla7Pme
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 576Please respect copyright.PENANAZVVgE0eq4I
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 576Please respect copyright.PENANARRppf1z73P
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 576Please respect copyright.PENANAm61ILhOEQ8
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 576Please respect copyright.PENANAfNtRspWBh1
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAAQAYfNKHiT
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 576Please respect copyright.PENANAKoZfarBvv6
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade576Please respect copyright.PENANAoWm9GJvHbM
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 576Please respect copyright.PENANANgcgc1GAdZ
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 576Please respect copyright.PENANAELlT0HxNbE
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 576Please respect copyright.PENANACZlwiE3zDL
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 576Please respect copyright.PENANAjUPaRoOAPH
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted576Please respect copyright.PENANAVroTVpkt3S
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.576Please respect copyright.PENANACTN4odSaqT
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'576Please respect copyright.PENANAWB59bYbepJ
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David has been in jail 576Please respect copyright.PENANAINdaXCmRTA
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.576Please respect copyright.PENANAhy7dk5nIxi
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor576Please respect copyright.PENANAeiUEANW6q8
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.576Please respect copyright.PENANAnsvMz7PVSV
The cell was big enough 576Please respect copyright.PENANAC8mfPQFj6G
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 576Please respect copyright.PENANACvx1XA1L2t
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 576Please respect copyright.PENANAu7Tff57wNv
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAoCfzjvHw4i
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.576Please respect copyright.PENANA2Tbvhjibxn
David didn't even 576Please respect copyright.PENANAQAAlG9XHAZ
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 576Please respect copyright.PENANA6FCS3w6M93
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 576Please respect copyright.PENANATSBwlXl8I3
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 576Please respect copyright.PENANAuAISrXUoKz
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 576Please respect copyright.PENANAptQhtYsltQ
Sadly event the best 576Please respect copyright.PENANAi1XmQg8QiQ
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall576Please respect copyright.PENANAwqwjPqdAVW
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that576Please respect copyright.PENANAJZV3HWrqHL
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 576Please respect copyright.PENANABw3eEVmtzy
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 576Please respect copyright.PENANArfaByMeC0H
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could576Please respect copyright.PENANAMuVWC91jDq
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 576Please respect copyright.PENANAAL7wci7olx
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob576Please respect copyright.PENANA4eMazc2dxk
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 576Please respect copyright.PENANAcRG2uNV1Ku
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAJILoCOMZnp
cell next door.576Please respect copyright.PENANAsdaK4LhdfD
Another soldier came up 576Please respect copyright.PENANA9mHH8SN0i8
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 576Please respect copyright.PENANAfmNG1tiAsr
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 576Please respect copyright.PENANAfL9zJ2PVsb
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 576Please respect copyright.PENANATdHfCtR5TP
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAyx43VF3VUt
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 576Please respect copyright.PENANA8ljV7qH7Rz
back.576Please respect copyright.PENANA2h3CXqaWe9
While David would've 576Please respect copyright.PENANAmC7Xpa48o5
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 576Please respect copyright.PENANAXoTUA5xTtZ
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 576Please respect copyright.PENANAQzz3GYsfWq
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 576Please respect copyright.PENANAmN1hJaPgot
Jesters words came back to him. 576Please respect copyright.PENANAE2UnmPHc71
The walk itself didn't 576Please respect copyright.PENANAuu1ddmUFez
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 576Please respect copyright.PENANAC10wDhDNO6
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 576Please respect copyright.PENANAvMjZvdLuek
splatters all around the room.576Please respect copyright.PENANAFwFAjhSllP
David was put into the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAaoDtaMnBia
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 576Please respect copyright.PENANA86ehkNC4cG
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAAASDa0NN7Y
other chair, staring into David's soul.576Please respect copyright.PENANAfpKwQ7hOI0
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.576Please respect copyright.PENANA9DbekM1c5Q
"I'm David, the rebels 576Please respect copyright.PENANAfiipnRFWkO
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 576Please respect copyright.PENANAJbXsI49BSc
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.576Please respect copyright.PENANAqboxA6LcaP
"Where are you from?"576Please respect copyright.PENANA6kzrfm4ud3
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.576Please respect copyright.PENANA1Yom8EoAD7
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"576Please respect copyright.PENANAxsfsyxlKB8
"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 nodded576Please respect copyright.PENANAXsL9VFWXcX
"Where did the rebels move?"576Please respect copyright.PENANACM0yoPP25h
"Gods, we're not getting576Please respect copyright.PENANAG8AHkmGIhZ
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want576Please respect copyright.PENANADzuubyhYGj
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."576Please respect copyright.PENANAqxZx7KBeif
"We know the rebellion 576Please respect copyright.PENANArW72sal347
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 576Please respect copyright.PENANAjOzHzd3Oxa
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."576Please respect copyright.PENANAPc7Z9yH1k8
"Well if you know all 576Please respect copyright.PENANAP6PmqhiJSr
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 576Please respect copyright.PENANAoRSIU33yoj
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 576Please respect copyright.PENANA89fOn3Itnk
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 576Please respect copyright.PENANAGqz2zNMzv8
on the imperial soldier.576Please respect copyright.PENANAbBAaE7lEQN
"I wanted to make this 576Please respect copyright.PENANApVfe6e7Wqx
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 576Please respect copyright.PENANAdE9DX4DqtR
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 576Please respect copyright.PENANAFeoms6rwgT
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 576Please respect copyright.PENANATpIbPCt6TQ
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 576Please respect copyright.PENANAR2vVnqWlSp
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 576Please respect copyright.PENANApR1mXcFWhd
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.576Please respect copyright.PENANAf0SXcl6P9j
"Wait wait!" Fernand 576Please respect copyright.PENANA4clIXwqHJb
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 576Please respect copyright.PENANAdKvQ5QMRv7
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."576Please respect copyright.PENANAKM5gpumVBy
Fernand was shaking his 576Please respect copyright.PENANAdHYLfuWTWi
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't576Please respect copyright.PENANApEqtSeAS5h
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 576Please respect copyright.PENANAGn7kigSYAj
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely576Please respect copyright.PENANAa2z5MnZKqV
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 576Please respect copyright.PENANALwawhZ4Q6n
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 576Please respect copyright.PENANAkW6bu6XSAa
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"576Please respect copyright.PENANApRJ9fPRZZ1
That made Ferdinand 576Please respect copyright.PENANAQAdzfrbv0o
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAujLKnI8q3P
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"576Please respect copyright.PENANAjHLmWzG2TA
Fernand wasn't denying 576Please respect copyright.PENANAnokTeR1Zzj
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did576Please respect copyright.PENANAgUJFhJ4akV
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 576Please respect copyright.PENANAEu15zbPDIL
get us do something." 576Please respect copyright.PENANAZTJ6mZLR48
"Blasphemy, he 576Please respect copyright.PENANAN5CD9dXQbr
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 576Please respect copyright.PENANAoR4hEWQyds
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.576Please respect copyright.PENANAiOESctmd0k
"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" 576Please respect copyright.PENANA7R7eOlHh9Z
"Demons tend to plan 576Please respect copyright.PENANABhlW5Eh6FK
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 576Please respect copyright.PENANAa87sCRbqbd
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"576Please respect copyright.PENANAANYtZ5m0NX
"To find something, he 576Please respect copyright.PENANA96CizRws73
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to576Please respect copyright.PENANA5UbiPdjEZz
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 576Please respect copyright.PENANA7wtAQIdycf
same for Fernand.576Please respect copyright.PENANART2eiP4KNb
Fernand was about to say576Please respect copyright.PENANAdyYywCSbDS
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 576Please respect copyright.PENANAwQjHtsC7Oy
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 576Please respect copyright.PENANASXZaGYMb2H
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 576Please respect copyright.PENANAEF4t6WZv7e
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."576Please respect copyright.PENANAEu1HXLkqgS
David quickly rummaged 576Please respect copyright.PENANAKKxTRKo5t2
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back576Please respect copyright.PENANAv92EjvoUqI
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 576Please respect copyright.PENANAJTV8TbAJPI
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 576Please respect copyright.PENANAHFPE686A2E
able to trap her."576Please respect copyright.PENANACAI737HOj1
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 576Please respect copyright.PENANAyETNTbNLar
"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.576Please respect copyright.PENANAR6RQGhuOMT
"And how will you do 576Please respect copyright.PENANAHbJwhMOLr4
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've576Please respect copyright.PENANAPJarByft9V
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 576Please respect copyright.PENANAW2ulKqY04I
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 576Please respect copyright.PENANAzJtyq2wTYx
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."576Please respect copyright.PENANAmPVzKJTU25
"But I don't! I really 576Please respect copyright.PENANAP5Ps0vzpqR
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 576Please respect copyright.PENANAXHUakP0VZ5
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.576Please respect copyright.PENANAYhai4rSsRv
"Ah captain Schumah, a 576Please respect copyright.PENANAzn7V9jzcfe
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 576Please respect copyright.PENANAP7GN9h1MLw
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a576Please respect copyright.PENANA3mnF1bkJIe
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 576Please respect copyright.PENANAPh6lWDOHvJ
black. 576Please respect copyright.PENANAEBBeiXMfo2
"Well, well. What do we 576Please respect copyright.PENANAIxZ14huK3z
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 576Please respect copyright.PENANAbi3t9Ml0oM
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.576Please respect copyright.PENANAFTOG1kyilY
"Look, I swear to all 576Please respect copyright.PENANAnYyhjryNuF
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 576Please respect copyright.PENANAQfnQ1x1Akl
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 576Please respect copyright.PENANASUd3Z5Zkf4
"We will find out if you576Please respect copyright.PENANAhRyhima3Ap
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He576Please respect copyright.PENANAuHYVbgCieI
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by576Please respect copyright.PENANAsDi6jJvTEr
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."576Please respect copyright.PENANAd3F3UWjRv2
David struggled against 576Please respect copyright.PENANAtG0Tp0iry3
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 576Please respect copyright.PENANA6FWNZJTLIw
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 576Please respect copyright.PENANApzq7tcjWgW
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch576Please respect copyright.PENANAUHinfCxsyM
"Now how should we 576Please respect copyright.PENANAw6IU9JWuyg
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 576Please respect copyright.PENANA9tpy26N9xU
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 576Please respect copyright.PENANAinDOMakrwF
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 576Please respect copyright.PENANAW8E1itPsi6
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my576Please respect copyright.PENANAgizoFnSfaI
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 576Please respect copyright.PENANAs9rjZ6QYOm
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 576Please respect copyright.PENANAqfoxbu1dEa
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as576Please respect copyright.PENANAirizcQF7en
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.576Please respect copyright.PENANAXvsjI50otR
Before David could reply576Please respect copyright.PENANAVfrmxPXKVB
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 576Please respect copyright.PENANAbKih1da113
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 576Please respect copyright.PENANApNvpBvjH7G
and he screamed.576Please respect copyright.PENANAUWIvUPnPjD
The torturer 576Please respect copyright.PENANARGrlkkpZAK
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 576Please respect copyright.PENANAS8DmdeqN4G
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 576Please respect copyright.PENANA56Ob0XBvIO
this."576Please respect copyright.PENANA7SyPORD4b0
The torturer moved his 576Please respect copyright.PENANA2U9wtsWf9t
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 576Please respect copyright.PENANAm63iBBmwHG
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 576Please respect copyright.PENANA20UzkQyXkj
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 576Please respect copyright.PENANASSGmoDnXGx
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 576Please respect copyright.PENANAzEe4obCB3v
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 576Please respect copyright.PENANAPRPjQ6HN4g
you agree?"576Please respect copyright.PENANAWb5peC40zm
The torturer stopped his576Please respect copyright.PENANADwrVA574Ey
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 576Please respect copyright.PENANAVfDcWvwU1R
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 576Please respect copyright.PENANAjb7uSJUBC7
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance576Please respect copyright.PENANA9xAiyAzVJ6
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 576Please respect copyright.PENANAfO2Oz7SSUT
go?" 576Please respect copyright.PENANADsStnil9pk
David was trying to 576Please respect copyright.PENANAkQLNP8aBgx
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was576Please respect copyright.PENANA6WroEG7N4Q
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 576Please respect copyright.PENANABcJlOjcoxr
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 576Please respect copyright.PENANAFUyJru9CT9
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 576Please respect copyright.PENANA2tYwwk5CuR
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 576Please respect copyright.PENANAkkJ3pJn76k
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 576Please respect copyright.PENANAW8t6W9YKt3
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.576Please respect copyright.PENANAFk61ng2p4I
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.576Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ3yDUSiJ3
Then suddenly David was 576Please respect copyright.PENANAJzkrsrSy3h
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 576Please respect copyright.PENANAs0GIUJ92YM
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 576Please respect copyright.PENANAeDBtzynq4H
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 576Please respect copyright.PENANA8vDi6Fb7aU
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 576Please respect copyright.PENANAN0FGMyuCHO
don't know."576Please respect copyright.PENANA0YaWhZImAx
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."576Please respect copyright.PENANAqNfR7RIIV8
"Now, while magic is 576Please respect copyright.PENANAEt195ktx4U
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 576Please respect copyright.PENANAvMAxMnlY8b
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some576Please respect copyright.PENANAPP53tSJLAw
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 576Please respect copyright.PENANAA0IdZAJPWo
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 576Please respect copyright.PENANAfFtfWojeEs
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 576Please respect copyright.PENANAViIVT2wOKZ
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain576Please respect copyright.PENANAWFVF3Qz0iQ
came and David screamed for someone to help576Please respect copyright.PENANAntunVgX7on
~no one will come.~576Please respect copyright.PENANAtoBgpfe0da
After pulling out all 576Please respect copyright.PENANA31TShpOb6P
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was576Please respect copyright.PENANALbbTH2JUag
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 576Please respect copyright.PENANABGKtqtZzrI
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 576Please respect copyright.PENANAhGVDUiccdW
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 576Please respect copyright.PENANAP6C9Sa0Yz4
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 576Please respect copyright.PENANAbs9pDhFwWo
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 576Please respect copyright.PENANAce7mYhNOWj
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 576Please respect copyright.PENANAz18IPZedVT
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 576Please respect copyright.PENANACz4YUojgqA
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 576Please respect copyright.PENANASJ2TFlufjh
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone576Please respect copyright.PENANAmo86nknXWA
would rescue him.576Please respect copyright.PENANAFSq72WbHbs
~no one cares.~576Please respect copyright.PENANAe3HbBvXPTD
Next few moments were a 576Please respect copyright.PENANAVr4aeKby0N
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea576Please respect copyright.PENANAO3IMSPklS7
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.576Please respect copyright.PENANAxg5LnpCDqQ
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 576Please respect copyright.PENANAlVNvUUmCgw
companion in the darkness.
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