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All taxes must be paid 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMNV1nhXD3F
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 678Please respect copyright.PENANAThJVhTiz05
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 678Please respect copyright.PENANAUEVjm12sPT
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 678Please respect copyright.PENANAO5M8XCC3ZS
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 678Please respect copyright.PENANAbusBrE0udj
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 678Please respect copyright.PENANAgo2tHIGlgU
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAAr6tA0TjHj
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 678Please respect copyright.PENANAJEZ4Dvekid
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade678Please respect copyright.PENANAUM5XrOwASC
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 678Please respect copyright.PENANAAYCZBSvTdO
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 678Please respect copyright.PENANAi5la34fnyY
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 678Please respect copyright.PENANA5vFp7AEXOC
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 678Please respect copyright.PENANAP7IwuYhkgy
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted678Please respect copyright.PENANAVOE4OBgK9y
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.678Please respect copyright.PENANAso5fCLqWg5
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'678Please respect copyright.PENANARG4pkxZKVR
___________________________________________________678Please respect copyright.PENANAsMMxShmxgq
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David has been in jail 678Please respect copyright.PENANADqssR22Gz3
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.678Please respect copyright.PENANA2JvKCodJsC
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor678Please respect copyright.PENANAdPTZO182P8
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.678Please respect copyright.PENANAuP0B40D1OB
The cell was big enough 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQPKK4xpIoQ
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 678Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3dfs0bk2y
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAvP5pO4FWCz
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzy3mkVTHHA
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.678Please respect copyright.PENANAIohktXovUZ
David didn't even 678Please respect copyright.PENANAJg4nV6OdZo
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAOaJKlyLm1E
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 678Please respect copyright.PENANADuK20KNyUd
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 678Please respect copyright.PENANADO6RB3rz7L
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA7fDxZjQaYj
Sadly event the best 678Please respect copyright.PENANAoNJL3yXaDP
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall678Please respect copyright.PENANAEHOYezSwGp
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that678Please respect copyright.PENANAk2XjLde2y9
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 678Please respect copyright.PENANAAFzIsaDQjB
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 678Please respect copyright.PENANApgDcKlrSt6
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could678Please respect copyright.PENANAvUxYJVz8He
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 678Please respect copyright.PENANAFVYQEYz9FL
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob678Please respect copyright.PENANAFf6oKmDQON
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 678Please respect copyright.PENANAuPDwcz4g8M
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAVVPuH3jpwl
cell next door.678Please respect copyright.PENANAwMJ7lL32mQ
Another soldier came up 678Please respect copyright.PENANAP9Yg780xQz
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 678Please respect copyright.PENANAcSORvwZixn
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 678Please respect copyright.PENANAplMbCtBGtj
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA8IBqOvhTNH
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAH30HQZanMs
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 678Please respect copyright.PENANAM1gYPN5fe0
back.678Please respect copyright.PENANAUsBTf3KT24
While David would've 678Please respect copyright.PENANALVia4UhC6Q
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 678Please respect copyright.PENANA0XFDkgWDcK
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 678Please respect copyright.PENANARSTMv7ZV8y
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 678Please respect copyright.PENANABHnyXZijP9
Jesters words came back to him. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMVz4D2lLAe
The walk itself didn't 678Please respect copyright.PENANATYUAdCCZ4Z
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 678Please respect copyright.PENANArpDulUmmTL
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 678Please respect copyright.PENANAwtld8AMuIf
splatters all around the room.678Please respect copyright.PENANAy4VP8MdNni
David was put into the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAYW21GiwNzB
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAiDEpkps9Y6
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 678Please respect copyright.PENANA1vXZKxWe4m
other chair, staring into David's soul.678Please respect copyright.PENANA0ed68cEQ0y
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.678Please respect copyright.PENANA5uBCS4aXBA
"I'm David, the rebels 678Please respect copyright.PENANACmTga10yCL
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 678Please respect copyright.PENANANTuKsGLlZe
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.678Please respect copyright.PENANAd8XWx7lOZX
"Where are you from?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAn1R99VXd4S
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.678Please respect copyright.PENANAwdgcbT5ylg
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAzrEjL2aTLm
"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 nodded678Please respect copyright.PENANAFlQ3qLlIwK
"Where did the rebels move?"678Please respect copyright.PENANA1mgAQuN9et
"Gods, we're not getting678Please respect copyright.PENANAq2XowFft7w
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want678Please respect copyright.PENANAy7YsdzvxlI
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."678Please respect copyright.PENANATAVdRpbeog
"We know the rebellion 678Please respect copyright.PENANAvSDZYYFeii
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 678Please respect copyright.PENANA3XGQaOE1Wp
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."678Please respect copyright.PENANAHDwv6bwSId
"Well if you know all 678Please respect copyright.PENANAfMHCQ7qzWx
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 678Please respect copyright.PENANA9m4BWKlMwR
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 678Please respect copyright.PENANA4PBlpbpo6P
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 678Please respect copyright.PENANAeBgaWPYY27
on the imperial soldier.678Please respect copyright.PENANAGRT3tvTSuY
"I wanted to make this 678Please respect copyright.PENANAEZnbFytjBL
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 678Please respect copyright.PENANAIXOcp98IHf
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 678Please respect copyright.PENANASS66Zbx4EE
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 678Please respect copyright.PENANAObw6C43ddI
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 678Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4dmLPXNFg
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMFBT7pMvnP
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.678Please respect copyright.PENANA2QmqN35PAC
"Wait wait!" Fernand 678Please respect copyright.PENANAS8JAu7ISQd
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 678Please respect copyright.PENANAmMp0tGqLwH
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."678Please respect copyright.PENANAGlFlLYstjp
Fernand was shaking his 678Please respect copyright.PENANAkBUu5LUz0B
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't678Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9AfXru0nB
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 678Please respect copyright.PENANAOBNu7WYQ5i
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely678Please respect copyright.PENANAIfqh6NhAfn
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMzHobjcvmG
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA1Xgp0j5pXb
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAKsOa4duQbC
That made Ferdinand 678Please respect copyright.PENANAFTgUmnmXdq
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQpM4WFB3wo
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9So4BllU1
Fernand wasn't denying 678Please respect copyright.PENANAuVofRnb8Ys
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did678Please respect copyright.PENANA7O2dqUKEWg
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 678Please respect copyright.PENANANmKrjg6iPF
get us do something." 678Please respect copyright.PENANAYpr5PYMPyX
"Blasphemy, he 678Please respect copyright.PENANAgRZo0Wkmzc
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 678Please respect copyright.PENANADC7taHrsin
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.678Please respect copyright.PENANAJsQP93z1Or
"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" 678Please respect copyright.PENANAaHG36bhWep
"Demons tend to plan 678Please respect copyright.PENANAPzCVSlxNIb
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 678Please respect copyright.PENANA4fKvz8wqwL
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAGm9uToC3c8
"To find something, he 678Please respect copyright.PENANA3PW3ao3iK1
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to678Please respect copyright.PENANA2jWja8O73f
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzDElITrr0j
same for Fernand.678Please respect copyright.PENANATE58NUzfLE
Fernand was about to say678Please respect copyright.PENANAAHPro1q6X4
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 678Please respect copyright.PENANAe77Khz3Gi0
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 678Please respect copyright.PENANASplmop331V
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQpJZmcrmiw
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."678Please respect copyright.PENANA9RpVojFzqL
David quickly rummaged 678Please respect copyright.PENANAw1aX93Kveh
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back678Please respect copyright.PENANANeDNeSZDDo
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 678Please respect copyright.PENANApSo2IYIEIx
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 678Please respect copyright.PENANAxZvnwocxXk
able to trap her."678Please respect copyright.PENANAGRazc3XdEY
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 678Please respect copyright.PENANABcNS0l93l9
"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.678Please respect copyright.PENANAP0x0DgK0ue
"And how will you do 678Please respect copyright.PENANATtcXgH26H8
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've678Please respect copyright.PENANAtOrggBqP0t
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 678Please respect copyright.PENANAKEa3Tofwwy
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 678Please respect copyright.PENANAhAU80Be7Y2
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."678Please respect copyright.PENANAFRy0DYBRJB
"But I don't! I really 678Please respect copyright.PENANALtR1sTrTNx
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 678Please respect copyright.PENANAebWAL09n0o
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.678Please respect copyright.PENANAbF5swmHVkq
"Ah captain Schumah, a 678Please respect copyright.PENANAjx2oUK6kra
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 678Please respect copyright.PENANA59uKyx2qaO
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a678Please respect copyright.PENANA12Iznb0WSl
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 678Please respect copyright.PENANATYykR9U4ZX
black. 678Please respect copyright.PENANA6qzUrVfu3W
"Well, well. What do we 678Please respect copyright.PENANALm37MTRg2P
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 678Please respect copyright.PENANAOBjyV9mR2Z
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.678Please respect copyright.PENANAb7SUj0ibgB
"Look, I swear to all 678Please respect copyright.PENANAJoD2gpWChK
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 678Please respect copyright.PENANANgDP4X5feR
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAWaRu3IUf7c
"We will find out if you678Please respect copyright.PENANAaB2lMmNFrf
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He678Please respect copyright.PENANARxybysmjeO
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by678Please respect copyright.PENANAicqOKLAl8L
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."678Please respect copyright.PENANATvFIcRWNTo
David struggled against 678Please respect copyright.PENANAYBrRo90Xxi
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAdjxEZlNLjh
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 678Please respect copyright.PENANASu92o6j6Ca
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch678Please respect copyright.PENANAuwVCjN090L
"Now how should we 678Please respect copyright.PENANAqdCUUyjyvZ
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzYZXYyGE4s
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 678Please respect copyright.PENANADrsVHH753W
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 678Please respect copyright.PENANAp4AcZxoMDW
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my678Please respect copyright.PENANAEDEKEE4Z99
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 678Please respect copyright.PENANA8jfkUbGzMT
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAcE6fgSCWmQ
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as678Please respect copyright.PENANAxRR5AJePbW
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.678Please respect copyright.PENANAWnGvGegHTG
Before David could reply678Please respect copyright.PENANAIOL0vwGAbF
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 678Please respect copyright.PENANAezLb7wnJmq
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 678Please respect copyright.PENANAd4sm71AkcF
and he screamed.678Please respect copyright.PENANAomQUYnapvB
The torturer 678Please respect copyright.PENANALhkLLs7Ect
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 678Please respect copyright.PENANAnUTQzcRFBP
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 678Please respect copyright.PENANAzMRmWuYwai
this."678Please respect copyright.PENANAi3EHIQO7Dx
The torturer moved his 678Please respect copyright.PENANA69CB2vjoPb
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 678Please respect copyright.PENANAw46BNxY1uC
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 678Please respect copyright.PENANAlcC5uQUHJ0
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 678Please respect copyright.PENANAbs2TxXzyY7
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 678Please respect copyright.PENANAq5OCijVxeM
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 678Please respect copyright.PENANANPOASHdGo6
you agree?"678Please respect copyright.PENANAx1tohboiux
The torturer stopped his678Please respect copyright.PENANAqryQUWexE0
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 678Please respect copyright.PENANAZ2k7GxWpdO
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 678Please respect copyright.PENANApABI3i2XYU
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance678Please respect copyright.PENANAFq8kx55gto
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 678Please respect copyright.PENANAwrRoUdzTIQ
go?" 678Please respect copyright.PENANAG7RNkGw0Mc
David was trying to 678Please respect copyright.PENANAKO0vYPkMuF
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was678Please respect copyright.PENANAJd2FQJItqG
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 678Please respect copyright.PENANAC4EtyPIl0v
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 678Please respect copyright.PENANA9m6KTgtPcu
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 678Please respect copyright.PENANAauKxqNA3v5
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 678Please respect copyright.PENANAUNFUslYSKv
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 678Please respect copyright.PENANAQwWxBdvTxY
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.678Please respect copyright.PENANAomfQIe0YG3
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.678Please respect copyright.PENANAvaI9x3kzB3
Then suddenly David was 678Please respect copyright.PENANA78xiZ8jCHw
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 678Please respect copyright.PENANAcj0vKaHSYN
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 678Please respect copyright.PENANA3bJOCNAiyL
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 678Please respect copyright.PENANATZQGqA6qBM
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 678Please respect copyright.PENANAJxNc8DXqqK
don't know."678Please respect copyright.PENANAo7smfpj8bj
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."678Please respect copyright.PENANA3FPowQMi4W
"Now, while magic is 678Please respect copyright.PENANAYusZaqsYzR
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 678Please respect copyright.PENANAP6yuJYBgnN
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some678Please respect copyright.PENANAU7UdT25gUZ
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 678Please respect copyright.PENANA76tNiL67ZB
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 678Please respect copyright.PENANA3wQgeu6A6v
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 678Please respect copyright.PENANA738TBEO756
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain678Please respect copyright.PENANA0OsicJfDU9
came and David screamed for someone to help678Please respect copyright.PENANAasxgldSq6m
~no one will come.~678Please respect copyright.PENANAglXXZg3k0D
After pulling out all 678Please respect copyright.PENANAaCSsM0dOJy
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was678Please respect copyright.PENANANiqe1LAeWD
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 678Please respect copyright.PENANAYzcyOfnx8L
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 678Please respect copyright.PENANAOHoxXf0ueR
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 678Please respect copyright.PENANAi0xRXaLcVC
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 678Please respect copyright.PENANAMSItUlTG1f
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 678Please respect copyright.PENANAWO1mzrUI2f
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 678Please respect copyright.PENANAoI0Fgh6lwW
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 678Please respect copyright.PENANAbLhABLg9ff
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 678Please respect copyright.PENANAigfMdvw4Ki
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone678Please respect copyright.PENANA32wggFfwNa
would rescue him.678Please respect copyright.PENANAYR8pKbse2n
~no one cares.~678Please respect copyright.PENANAPcqbHIISPG
Next few moments were a 678Please respect copyright.PENANAnPFsIF96K3
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea678Please respect copyright.PENANAg4Kz8PoEM7
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.678Please respect copyright.PENANAOyftGFYWxk
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 678Please respect copyright.PENANAddXLKX5m3r
companion in the darkness.
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678Please respect copyright.PENANAHNd8uwcKVV