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All taxes must be paid 615Please respect copyright.PENANAhbTJ9vNTA5
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 615Please respect copyright.PENANAkVoUhmdfC9
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 615Please respect copyright.PENANA7YTL0kdVvD
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 615Please respect copyright.PENANANz396BPdMN
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 615Please respect copyright.PENANA69btEy2Ugb
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 615Please respect copyright.PENANAIjBeP9qEra
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 615Please respect copyright.PENANApDxG7lzg5p
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 615Please respect copyright.PENANAwJHBEtoMfP
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade615Please respect copyright.PENANAuPaUP92r3E
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 615Please respect copyright.PENANAQeSJceZfi5
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 615Please respect copyright.PENANA9ayXL5KGFn
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 615Please respect copyright.PENANAVQY0b2XnrX
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 615Please respect copyright.PENANAyLU7L2scbj
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted615Please respect copyright.PENANAdjD4WwHUtS
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.615Please respect copyright.PENANAIZWUkiaVFJ
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'615Please respect copyright.PENANAFBv6yEgoOu
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David has been in jail 615Please respect copyright.PENANANrjxrkkLQG
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.615Please respect copyright.PENANAcV0KxtDPXk
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor615Please respect copyright.PENANA78uLbemSRY
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.615Please respect copyright.PENANAIDxClneElB
The cell was big enough 615Please respect copyright.PENANAcik2Po6r7Z
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 615Please respect copyright.PENANAcIgbUMNpFP
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAm4fzuNAK8d
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 615Please respect copyright.PENANATZI37GAShh
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.615Please respect copyright.PENANA9SGn0ymF8W
David didn't even 615Please respect copyright.PENANADLKdCghazT
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAJLlLTPdkr9
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 615Please respect copyright.PENANAlcQfsU6hRV
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 615Please respect copyright.PENANAbEKBCrI4HR
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAbJqhVHyWxq
Sadly event the best 615Please respect copyright.PENANAoM45I8qdFP
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall615Please respect copyright.PENANA4OdynULBn9
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that615Please respect copyright.PENANADxYyZeKurl
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 615Please respect copyright.PENANArvt6D7wnrh
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 615Please respect copyright.PENANAYeNCc0oN7j
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could615Please respect copyright.PENANA0RTtUPHhaL
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 615Please respect copyright.PENANAsLrKlbvthy
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob615Please respect copyright.PENANA1sL9kCxGQY
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 615Please respect copyright.PENANAMoh7XHVtZb
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAuFI2nFjngy
cell next door.615Please respect copyright.PENANAGSclnzZr6B
Another soldier came up 615Please respect copyright.PENANAsQzbXmRRIi
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 615Please respect copyright.PENANAjHZfq4DAQ6
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 615Please respect copyright.PENANAAyjZptwlIi
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAdLnmMilzmN
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 615Please respect copyright.PENANA8jNTf1YtuG
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 615Please respect copyright.PENANAwZe8Huip7I
back.615Please respect copyright.PENANAXLqKjk9e2l
While David would've 615Please respect copyright.PENANANpQ39M9pcQ
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 615Please respect copyright.PENANA9mtqb3EM6o
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 615Please respect copyright.PENANAhhfjwdGzDv
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 615Please respect copyright.PENANAq57m5Iwy7Z
Jesters words came back to him. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAztbISDZHjw
The walk itself didn't 615Please respect copyright.PENANA1ARmjcn2XG
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 615Please respect copyright.PENANAWVaG1oWzer
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 615Please respect copyright.PENANAqNDhRBF3sJ
splatters all around the room.615Please respect copyright.PENANA765FRsnLCz
David was put into the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAJrF9ccYkLa
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAu1Px047um6
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 615Please respect copyright.PENANADQ1kyvyhkx
other chair, staring into David's soul.615Please respect copyright.PENANAkqsYJkKq9K
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.615Please respect copyright.PENANAWgj380QlI5
"I'm David, the rebels 615Please respect copyright.PENANA8nrCfyGiAp
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 615Please respect copyright.PENANAdwpgcW7DgN
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.615Please respect copyright.PENANAJFbSq2Q8VS
"Where are you from?"615Please respect copyright.PENANAzLa0U5OgGT
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.615Please respect copyright.PENANAS78CUN1E3J
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"615Please respect copyright.PENANAmx2Efz8oSU
"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 nodded615Please respect copyright.PENANA9qJ9EzNmkn
"Where did the rebels move?"615Please respect copyright.PENANAd9VgfEXtVe
"Gods, we're not getting615Please respect copyright.PENANANGrrnvA5kb
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want615Please respect copyright.PENANAVnLCsOkxJc
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."615Please respect copyright.PENANAOg8xul6B5d
"We know the rebellion 615Please respect copyright.PENANAObuAUDc8qh
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 615Please respect copyright.PENANAsAWhNrptSm
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."615Please respect copyright.PENANAnrXbAlQwGm
"Well if you know all 615Please respect copyright.PENANAjsKWaIdExS
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 615Please respect copyright.PENANAN99E05TJF4
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 615Please respect copyright.PENANAtbpGL7SOF4
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 615Please respect copyright.PENANAVAfdaIbBFe
on the imperial soldier.615Please respect copyright.PENANAAuAbep62PN
"I wanted to make this 615Please respect copyright.PENANA652hoqswpq
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 615Please respect copyright.PENANAgZJnwHaLIi
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 615Please respect copyright.PENANAMYAd68uWyz
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 615Please respect copyright.PENANAdodO3WRr1c
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 615Please respect copyright.PENANATlonwlB2En
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 615Please respect copyright.PENANAZUnAjb5ydc
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.615Please respect copyright.PENANAHL6soHRdc7
"Wait wait!" Fernand 615Please respect copyright.PENANALeWuRhPX8m
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 615Please respect copyright.PENANAL4lKszZgrH
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."615Please respect copyright.PENANA0QevDo3xSS
Fernand was shaking his 615Please respect copyright.PENANAnsPgGI68ZJ
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't615Please respect copyright.PENANAmWAxNQdweY
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 615Please respect copyright.PENANA5CoTF91k7I
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely615Please respect copyright.PENANALQAzVcI700
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 615Please respect copyright.PENANATXZC14FJbe
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAdC8mI6FHcU
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"615Please respect copyright.PENANAqdiw2osenr
That made Ferdinand 615Please respect copyright.PENANAULiblhU9Kz
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAarOBZkOi9h
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"615Please respect copyright.PENANA7LDIwpjV2n
Fernand wasn't denying 615Please respect copyright.PENANApp4EU6y8mC
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did615Please respect copyright.PENANA5j4Fq1LBAf
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 615Please respect copyright.PENANAKb5lMB4A2z
get us do something." 615Please respect copyright.PENANAGA3ufAUy1q
"Blasphemy, he 615Please respect copyright.PENANAx2Viay8iO8
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 615Please respect copyright.PENANAkqyApI9O79
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.615Please respect copyright.PENANAQHoaDxS947
"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" 615Please respect copyright.PENANAZUrOCNI3nV
"Demons tend to plan 615Please respect copyright.PENANAXX6lGKdHga
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 615Please respect copyright.PENANAazjhA26S64
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"615Please respect copyright.PENANAif8dnRaKvj
"To find something, he 615Please respect copyright.PENANAMluu1OYyYr
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to615Please respect copyright.PENANAFG9qIknZAk
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAptRHyUOB5c
same for Fernand.615Please respect copyright.PENANAjmCoiwT1q9
Fernand was about to say615Please respect copyright.PENANA2KnzzQHxAs
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 615Please respect copyright.PENANASl66ScPZdR
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 615Please respect copyright.PENANAvhLaA7hKUn
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 615Please respect copyright.PENANA8nzk6xIGQB
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."615Please respect copyright.PENANAw256veiCnC
David quickly rummaged 615Please respect copyright.PENANArmJVMJZIod
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back615Please respect copyright.PENANAlHBbFfaLyG
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 615Please respect copyright.PENANAZzCHBkSebX
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 615Please respect copyright.PENANAX3teLKhjbs
able to trap her."615Please respect copyright.PENANABYvnCUCv2n
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 615Please respect copyright.PENANASQ3XcwZPxA
"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.615Please respect copyright.PENANAUPeFWKC4mV
"And how will you do 615Please respect copyright.PENANAfREvA0J8tI
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've615Please respect copyright.PENANALJa3gz8NPq
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 615Please respect copyright.PENANAXDhRvAb6SR
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 615Please respect copyright.PENANAmsuuxHFIXm
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."615Please respect copyright.PENANAIWWWZV7Yn6
"But I don't! I really 615Please respect copyright.PENANAimBl7wnswr
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 615Please respect copyright.PENANA0xR5g3LuC3
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.615Please respect copyright.PENANAusFV6dO6o8
"Ah captain Schumah, a 615Please respect copyright.PENANAtkO3748Bpm
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 615Please respect copyright.PENANAB0yPDlI2ji
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a615Please respect copyright.PENANACPCkGAkp1t
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 615Please respect copyright.PENANAd0ewPkIzA3
black. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAr4W6vuFq8j
"Well, well. What do we 615Please respect copyright.PENANAt0zZxSumyU
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 615Please respect copyright.PENANAlrwSzFlSYb
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.615Please respect copyright.PENANAhWCL9UA9XH
"Look, I swear to all 615Please respect copyright.PENANADCeGsJMe9C
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 615Please respect copyright.PENANAYFHjM2Gteq
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAUkO0AQYbb7
"We will find out if you615Please respect copyright.PENANAJjkJZr9lpe
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He615Please respect copyright.PENANAeBZmLDzvYs
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by615Please respect copyright.PENANAirFhN1478P
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."615Please respect copyright.PENANAHn24PkEbop
David struggled against 615Please respect copyright.PENANAbIoyLQ1TIA
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAPeHfBGcr5Z
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 615Please respect copyright.PENANAuN4kCulu7D
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch615Please respect copyright.PENANA1eXocwYc0q
"Now how should we 615Please respect copyright.PENANA0w8KeOBcpT
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 615Please respect copyright.PENANAO3PdMUT5Q4
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 615Please respect copyright.PENANAuKOJ7TOwKZ
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 615Please respect copyright.PENANAjbnbM6yxHe
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my615Please respect copyright.PENANA69vNzW4ABP
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 615Please respect copyright.PENANAf9NhcBoHae
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 615Please respect copyright.PENANAghx9kmaTZF
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as615Please respect copyright.PENANA7m8GXPA4Mf
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.615Please respect copyright.PENANAriNxOPlnVr
Before David could reply615Please respect copyright.PENANAh9ZugjwGP1
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 615Please respect copyright.PENANABSRIzYZQo0
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 615Please respect copyright.PENANABFuSkjR8dK
and he screamed.615Please respect copyright.PENANAi5vnF85AuE
The torturer 615Please respect copyright.PENANAzOvWRdlWml
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 615Please respect copyright.PENANA4iQKox1meL
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 615Please respect copyright.PENANAxKEsgsS9eU
this."615Please respect copyright.PENANArHmqtbmplj
The torturer moved his 615Please respect copyright.PENANAOxZLHwrTpN
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 615Please respect copyright.PENANAHOyhBxBKkn
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 615Please respect copyright.PENANASaNHsNHzFm
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 615Please respect copyright.PENANA2aWx6ZIRjj
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 615Please respect copyright.PENANAbfyWGc6Ygf
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 615Please respect copyright.PENANAKhIewon9Jv
you agree?"615Please respect copyright.PENANAmVqxpjdOXD
The torturer stopped his615Please respect copyright.PENANAhD0yffN7c1
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 615Please respect copyright.PENANARz9m6i74jp
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 615Please respect copyright.PENANA0XLGrsxQNP
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance615Please respect copyright.PENANAAKgsO8tIH2
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 615Please respect copyright.PENANAHH6L4ihG55
go?" 615Please respect copyright.PENANAqjwHtj6Qb9
David was trying to 615Please respect copyright.PENANAoyFBqXFGF9
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was615Please respect copyright.PENANAGm2QUf3j0f
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 615Please respect copyright.PENANAjGdQMmNqho
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 615Please respect copyright.PENANAPKuyhxTJng
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 615Please respect copyright.PENANAg1qS7AdIRr
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 615Please respect copyright.PENANA0nqF78dAxZ
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 615Please respect copyright.PENANAG80iHjVm31
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.615Please respect copyright.PENANAjZtxLt0ab5
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.615Please respect copyright.PENANANPYalSCvHN
Then suddenly David was 615Please respect copyright.PENANAK6wXQsagvp
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 615Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ4g6AanQH
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 615Please respect copyright.PENANAONoiI8Mjae
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 615Please respect copyright.PENANASJYfGgSjcF
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 615Please respect copyright.PENANArH7xW50Vm3
don't know."615Please respect copyright.PENANAp0UeDCOCd9
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."615Please respect copyright.PENANAioYIjcg79I
"Now, while magic is 615Please respect copyright.PENANAm6MqedRJ4x
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 615Please respect copyright.PENANA9UpwVFq03G
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some615Please respect copyright.PENANAiSpoL7usU3
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 615Please respect copyright.PENANAhU2tP4ArFj
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 615Please respect copyright.PENANAwliWqgqFo8
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 615Please respect copyright.PENANAP2DN6HxfZ8
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain615Please respect copyright.PENANAce0fMtHRBT
came and David screamed for someone to help615Please respect copyright.PENANAXzp2tU9oOa
~no one will come.~615Please respect copyright.PENANArUBlFgYg4E
After pulling out all 615Please respect copyright.PENANA36XtGxBdut
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was615Please respect copyright.PENANAWpT1GAAXkA
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 615Please respect copyright.PENANAFYaoBYoYHG
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 615Please respect copyright.PENANAEZkkeSbVLp
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 615Please respect copyright.PENANAFTpUyonkxC
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 615Please respect copyright.PENANABgfgBBs5TX
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 615Please respect copyright.PENANAoqrI8YMgcY
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 615Please respect copyright.PENANAtkvfOW8ScX
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 615Please respect copyright.PENANAjg9NqvifRh
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 615Please respect copyright.PENANA8OGofXcZkg
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone615Please respect copyright.PENANAi3QgZLJInc
would rescue him.615Please respect copyright.PENANAcRmaIzDgOx
~no one cares.~615Please respect copyright.PENANAtfTMoiH5qB
Next few moments were a 615Please respect copyright.PENANAZBjn55TF01
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea615Please respect copyright.PENANAAO5jGJ2Liw
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.615Please respect copyright.PENANANdpIeDelyF
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 615Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ85KYqYGw
companion in the darkness.
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