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All taxes must be paid 649Please respect copyright.PENANAd32HnPg9LO
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 649Please respect copyright.PENANA3x4nSHT7oi
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 649Please respect copyright.PENANA1gyPAyHAIQ
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 649Please respect copyright.PENANAONfXfv2cMi
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 649Please respect copyright.PENANAIQoVhtsxex
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 649Please respect copyright.PENANA8Xid6vtbSQ
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 649Please respect copyright.PENANApLsmtNJGOa
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 649Please respect copyright.PENANAbnNF0G2FUM
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade649Please respect copyright.PENANArOle6vqkzd
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 649Please respect copyright.PENANATAab5kQTFm
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 649Please respect copyright.PENANAnWxRgdzh2G
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 649Please respect copyright.PENANASVAHk97dz2
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 649Please respect copyright.PENANAPO68bCVOrV
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted649Please respect copyright.PENANADd4gnga5Am
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.649Please respect copyright.PENANA3KRMX7NRqc
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'649Please respect copyright.PENANALr2VaWyDR7
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David has been in jail 649Please respect copyright.PENANAtOZqw2l0BM
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.649Please respect copyright.PENANALLG8jqg2w7
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor649Please respect copyright.PENANAvkxSnyvF1z
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.649Please respect copyright.PENANA6MA7TTVDu5
The cell was big enough 649Please respect copyright.PENANAAc6JDM356v
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 649Please respect copyright.PENANAwvmKKtxYuW
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAlt1K2Fc3vz
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAFqs0pPDDf5
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.649Please respect copyright.PENANAvxcxNXYMIr
David didn't even 649Please respect copyright.PENANAZahhLwsRQC
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAdrA50hYTRG
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 649Please respect copyright.PENANAXNmHAJl1aj
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 649Please respect copyright.PENANADZVx1UPnHW
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 649Please respect copyright.PENANALFpzeYZjnr
Sadly event the best 649Please respect copyright.PENANAvodyliEXlr
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall649Please respect copyright.PENANAcdMLXqnXOK
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that649Please respect copyright.PENANA9eiZdzjqEK
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 649Please respect copyright.PENANAYXM5mpQ54i
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 649Please respect copyright.PENANAIzCBTdMhqz
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could649Please respect copyright.PENANAkJfv51RwvH
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 649Please respect copyright.PENANAHydEyPKkyy
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob649Please respect copyright.PENANAMWiCpy6BvM
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 649Please respect copyright.PENANAt696aJ7uwW
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAh9Dwrt4oMk
cell next door.649Please respect copyright.PENANAg8EEB0Nt9Z
Another soldier came up 649Please respect copyright.PENANA2Neb26wJsX
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 649Please respect copyright.PENANACHpwvdNdyb
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 649Please respect copyright.PENANAsSfObqm1mG
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAxI1xSGoh5d
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAlspdrUPFg0
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 649Please respect copyright.PENANAGapjrhoxxq
back.649Please respect copyright.PENANADnnHvg1svW
While David would've 649Please respect copyright.PENANA8WPOXb5yDX
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 649Please respect copyright.PENANAOYjiKLPP9R
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 649Please respect copyright.PENANAqlV1hDdk8H
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 649Please respect copyright.PENANA0lF5xiUYr4
Jesters words came back to him. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5wffSiRC9
The walk itself didn't 649Please respect copyright.PENANA1oXxj4ewop
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 649Please respect copyright.PENANA9vGxJDTtK2
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 649Please respect copyright.PENANAx5bjDXn9bK
splatters all around the room.649Please respect copyright.PENANAKA2xNefemX
David was put into the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1sNzSbgsB
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 649Please respect copyright.PENANA99PkHSFTAJ
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAxQFJGDUXPp
other chair, staring into David's soul.649Please respect copyright.PENANAgTu9XoBzIc
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.649Please respect copyright.PENANAOILvKCIh4j
"I'm David, the rebels 649Please respect copyright.PENANA1gGK1XD3O5
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 649Please respect copyright.PENANAILZ2fj0fh5
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.649Please respect copyright.PENANA2NGh0KsPCT
"Where are you from?"649Please respect copyright.PENANADC43uFuzuy
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.649Please respect copyright.PENANA6eLt2HtXv0
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"649Please respect copyright.PENANAEWdppPPlIW
"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 nodded649Please respect copyright.PENANAkN3pQBzqzI
"Where did the rebels move?"649Please respect copyright.PENANAi5CG7fLXP5
"Gods, we're not getting649Please respect copyright.PENANAZEsARIn6U9
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want649Please respect copyright.PENANAPtlD3l0gVP
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."649Please respect copyright.PENANA3frvYNCRng
"We know the rebellion 649Please respect copyright.PENANAzcs2RcAZdN
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 649Please respect copyright.PENANAa63S7Qappp
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."649Please respect copyright.PENANA3slTiRaqv8
"Well if you know all 649Please respect copyright.PENANAEcvPNzowLE
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 649Please respect copyright.PENANAd9o46tQH3e
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 649Please respect copyright.PENANAPVrxWgowik
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 649Please respect copyright.PENANAnMOlT3R2Ct
on the imperial soldier.649Please respect copyright.PENANAPGw0wEGhNt
"I wanted to make this 649Please respect copyright.PENANA2TG8nbnr2n
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 649Please respect copyright.PENANA1RWneJMwvP
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 649Please respect copyright.PENANAW6GJAlRSh7
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 649Please respect copyright.PENANAd37NzHunyb
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 649Please respect copyright.PENANAzFbC2PQ84d
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 649Please respect copyright.PENANAi4HNPnyOEs
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.649Please respect copyright.PENANABuSRzI31gh
"Wait wait!" Fernand 649Please respect copyright.PENANAsmM5WjX44W
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 649Please respect copyright.PENANAeYCEJ7v0Vk
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."649Please respect copyright.PENANAxy4NrCKZCj
Fernand was shaking his 649Please respect copyright.PENANAgRQYA8e8Gy
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't649Please respect copyright.PENANAOxEJ5HGUeQ
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 649Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9CfQNYZ36
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely649Please respect copyright.PENANACECO7vd2bi
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 649Please respect copyright.PENANAdgTiSbwad5
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAbGjAXekeDr
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"649Please respect copyright.PENANA7u1ozR2Wx8
That made Ferdinand 649Please respect copyright.PENANA4qBbOvRA52
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 649Please respect copyright.PENANASp2uZiEEUt
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"649Please respect copyright.PENANApn2jPjzsdn
Fernand wasn't denying 649Please respect copyright.PENANAxQLmf1w2L7
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did649Please respect copyright.PENANAjIZDqhn8D8
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 649Please respect copyright.PENANAXoasrdeLW8
get us do something." 649Please respect copyright.PENANAL40LURjcmm
"Blasphemy, he 649Please respect copyright.PENANAnpeMDMMZ8h
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 649Please respect copyright.PENANADmlUbtCIw9
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.649Please respect copyright.PENANAJsnKZLlJct
"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" 649Please respect copyright.PENANAwqP1ZdfrRD
"Demons tend to plan 649Please respect copyright.PENANAjZXPHGBIL8
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 649Please respect copyright.PENANAX5aBoehL58
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"649Please respect copyright.PENANAUtspGuiC6x
"To find something, he 649Please respect copyright.PENANA327TXChNV4
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to649Please respect copyright.PENANA0i42iEbR6g
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAhyKKlAbzS8
same for Fernand.649Please respect copyright.PENANAFYQa8xbwzC
Fernand was about to say649Please respect copyright.PENANAKZKpxrwqDB
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 649Please respect copyright.PENANAwCXhEGippy
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 649Please respect copyright.PENANAbC6MM6jvx5
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 649Please respect copyright.PENANA9uBlXDGfY6
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."649Please respect copyright.PENANA9HUQZIQgUD
David quickly rummaged 649Please respect copyright.PENANATZTHGJdsQA
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back649Please respect copyright.PENANAo2n5Fjglet
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 649Please respect copyright.PENANATYTVk3L3TY
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 649Please respect copyright.PENANAmtnCnkiMds
able to trap her."649Please respect copyright.PENANADHWznfJjp7
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 649Please respect copyright.PENANAsi5RxY63gw
"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.649Please respect copyright.PENANAfVxIch8JBO
"And how will you do 649Please respect copyright.PENANAIb3cS9lJtB
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've649Please respect copyright.PENANAk7mHSSvvvy
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 649Please respect copyright.PENANAm6kmi6PSDP
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 649Please respect copyright.PENANAf4VOXbJB3F
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."649Please respect copyright.PENANArUEaInv2ju
"But I don't! I really 649Please respect copyright.PENANADsYfoaMtaM
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 649Please respect copyright.PENANAaywap67Noy
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.649Please respect copyright.PENANAUnceAJ3dLg
"Ah captain Schumah, a 649Please respect copyright.PENANAkz2AxWpcPi
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 649Please respect copyright.PENANA35snLscswP
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a649Please respect copyright.PENANAzLHnzDG8Zb
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 649Please respect copyright.PENANAhzzKbMYDRY
black. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAbu4IuqyUNq
"Well, well. What do we 649Please respect copyright.PENANAMod0IJ1IGf
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 649Please respect copyright.PENANA6HcJIlxLyG
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.649Please respect copyright.PENANAlweacKyT9G
"Look, I swear to all 649Please respect copyright.PENANAd9ijaQvaz1
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 649Please respect copyright.PENANAQMnOMxYLVA
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAoEtvI9YkE5
"We will find out if you649Please respect copyright.PENANACY0oOhX0ji
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He649Please respect copyright.PENANAYfR0ia7T3w
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by649Please respect copyright.PENANAyWjRpE4qxt
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."649Please respect copyright.PENANAjKWWSIBzKa
David struggled against 649Please respect copyright.PENANAu61ZopEzx8
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAyTzjcyGexB
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAJqa2faErbS
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch649Please respect copyright.PENANAaVNftais3l
"Now how should we 649Please respect copyright.PENANAqBOvtHGQEl
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 649Please respect copyright.PENANAvywqJROiL7
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 649Please respect copyright.PENANAASJHW9JLA6
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 649Please respect copyright.PENANAjxJjwFFA8D
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my649Please respect copyright.PENANA3MrKQQZlt5
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 649Please respect copyright.PENANAnidmLoeMP7
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 649Please respect copyright.PENANAFgWEUGJevb
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as649Please respect copyright.PENANAiHXeyvQG9Z
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.649Please respect copyright.PENANAj5Ad2j2lh8
Before David could reply649Please respect copyright.PENANAlFZut7UBhU
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 649Please respect copyright.PENANAjmB4gyza7a
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 649Please respect copyright.PENANAw6yKfLWW5i
and he screamed.649Please respect copyright.PENANAsrX36djFNe
The torturer 649Please respect copyright.PENANAKZAoNu7txy
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 649Please respect copyright.PENANANNJRD8Nwsm
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 649Please respect copyright.PENANAjHtHsLKWFi
this."649Please respect copyright.PENANAZpbRG8pjzo
The torturer moved his 649Please respect copyright.PENANA0ADuRM6rUc
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 649Please respect copyright.PENANAF62GY08IZ7
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 649Please respect copyright.PENANANDdN3PscvO
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 649Please respect copyright.PENANAa45ssVuGfu
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 649Please respect copyright.PENANABkXhUj6tSW
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 649Please respect copyright.PENANAgTYMEL1dAE
you agree?"649Please respect copyright.PENANAWQzm3Vitpd
The torturer stopped his649Please respect copyright.PENANA4WceA9SQmk
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 649Please respect copyright.PENANAa36wD99Fzj
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 649Please respect copyright.PENANAqOyiGGxOXd
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance649Please respect copyright.PENANAGUUmrKitFc
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 649Please respect copyright.PENANAzhmBi7ROO0
go?" 649Please respect copyright.PENANAI9reZzCTxx
David was trying to 649Please respect copyright.PENANA0xxpNHYX1c
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was649Please respect copyright.PENANAgKfxdZhzjz
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 649Please respect copyright.PENANAvNyPy0tugB
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 649Please respect copyright.PENANApbpQJ8Wv3t
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 649Please respect copyright.PENANADCYX0aAWAU
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 649Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6pNJXeIWc
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 649Please respect copyright.PENANABSKDgKiCuM
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.649Please respect copyright.PENANA7AXWJWyoXZ
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.649Please respect copyright.PENANA5uNbbkb5Hi
Then suddenly David was 649Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8gNOid6XF
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 649Please respect copyright.PENANAzHaVYCGLpD
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 649Please respect copyright.PENANAt4X9OPcfdw
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 649Please respect copyright.PENANAVIHiV164ru
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 649Please respect copyright.PENANAl5UYMpHGu8
don't know."649Please respect copyright.PENANAK6vOdpUWm9
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."649Please respect copyright.PENANAZy4KVZWF19
"Now, while magic is 649Please respect copyright.PENANADb7NIts4G6
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 649Please respect copyright.PENANA5QqQAVE7ke
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some649Please respect copyright.PENANANY704MIPJ4
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 649Please respect copyright.PENANAzbZ5F54pPX
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 649Please respect copyright.PENANAkyJXYt9gxy
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 649Please respect copyright.PENANAwKUBSlrvjm
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain649Please respect copyright.PENANAZH67PEjDdn
came and David screamed for someone to help649Please respect copyright.PENANAQCPdAjbijP
~no one will come.~649Please respect copyright.PENANAVdChsBdYYr
After pulling out all 649Please respect copyright.PENANAnpEi1j2Kjr
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was649Please respect copyright.PENANAQrbXNnckZT
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 649Please respect copyright.PENANAtabfpZWJbI
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 649Please respect copyright.PENANASy6fETTsWE
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 649Please respect copyright.PENANAdI5jtD7Gv4
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 649Please respect copyright.PENANAWoCxgsCAEu
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 649Please respect copyright.PENANAOhBa2iFuPi
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 649Please respect copyright.PENANAi9t9rtOPcu
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 649Please respect copyright.PENANApPdWKBkwCO
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 649Please respect copyright.PENANAKq5ZS4wwNJ
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone649Please respect copyright.PENANA30XsLaWBqf
would rescue him.649Please respect copyright.PENANALNLpHMyJSu
~no one cares.~649Please respect copyright.PENANAFhDzqCzvEX
Next few moments were a 649Please respect copyright.PENANAegdNqrAVqF
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea649Please respect copyright.PENANA5WsbLhjQ9K
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.649Please respect copyright.PENANAnS40CDw0wQ
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 649Please respect copyright.PENANAfuRXqmHLQn
companion in the darkness.
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