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All taxes must be paid 721Please respect copyright.PENANAXzaEF4JMY6
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtwk8X3alUL
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgRPfzD85Yb
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 721Please respect copyright.PENANA3h0Ue5eg3F
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 721Please respect copyright.PENANANNODKIKDXR
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 721Please respect copyright.PENANA8ChdwjaQ9n
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAQyD6VOl0Ts
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 721Please respect copyright.PENANAffT95NN5m6
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade721Please respect copyright.PENANA8tEtLcfgqv
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 721Please respect copyright.PENANAw35NJjhakZ
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 721Please respect copyright.PENANAAxQENz0TQJ
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgOqMApZIRw
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 721Please respect copyright.PENANA7GHmpP6Ngo
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted721Please respect copyright.PENANAGdmegHdKL1
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.721Please respect copyright.PENANAIxUr8xxGFb
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'721Please respect copyright.PENANA5S2tJGY4x7
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David has been in jail 721Please respect copyright.PENANAx8LfASCkfr
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.721Please respect copyright.PENANAqUFdTndRih
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor721Please respect copyright.PENANAjUaSZSmg57
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.721Please respect copyright.PENANAA9Y8mi5o6z
The cell was big enough 721Please respect copyright.PENANAE0OkxrZjmO
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 721Please respect copyright.PENANAInlX9mTge5
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAirLNw6orgG
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAQvg5jJj41V
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.721Please respect copyright.PENANAP5bVxd0ytB
David didn't even 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZxBZtl0UZw
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVnIL8VMUwX
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 721Please respect copyright.PENANAQPoUOFGrWK
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 721Please respect copyright.PENANA2gcyb97W8x
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAE3eSLP0C2J
Sadly event the best 721Please respect copyright.PENANABcvAI7JtCl
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall721Please respect copyright.PENANAdb9QSC21ai
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that721Please respect copyright.PENANArweQKQh1NC
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 721Please respect copyright.PENANAA0x8L35MQ2
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 721Please respect copyright.PENANAd3n1hZgeOk
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could721Please respect copyright.PENANAtQAe9S05O2
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 721Please respect copyright.PENANAwLxjkAsQQQ
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob721Please respect copyright.PENANAwSrUwOOFMd
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 721Please respect copyright.PENANABa4tNpDeLo
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 721Please respect copyright.PENANADFBg8geUXq
cell next door.721Please respect copyright.PENANACbO6GKO746
Another soldier came up 721Please respect copyright.PENANACaRBNhkVBw
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 721Please respect copyright.PENANAce081bXf9G
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 721Please respect copyright.PENANAP1cziNV4YS
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdkpIRwgKpZ
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 721Please respect copyright.PENANA3OPSOJP0JN
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 721Please respect copyright.PENANAhLjPAeEWvh
back.721Please respect copyright.PENANADPhrW9kISC
While David would've 721Please respect copyright.PENANAqy1MNKZO8V
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 721Please respect copyright.PENANAKir8GmR9R2
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 721Please respect copyright.PENANA7UvanvIkLZ
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZvtlEPHwd2
Jesters words came back to him. 721Please respect copyright.PENANArCWePlDv8Y
The walk itself didn't 721Please respect copyright.PENANAT2l6eofpNu
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 721Please respect copyright.PENANAuE8tXsJqXu
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 721Please respect copyright.PENANAnhe1R5aPWl
splatters all around the room.721Please respect copyright.PENANAj8V8xuFUSP
David was put into the 721Please respect copyright.PENANA1mJDBes5cn
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZEnAsaIOhR
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAqFiQCV3D3X
other chair, staring into David's soul.721Please respect copyright.PENANATJMTWQ2cVx
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.721Please respect copyright.PENANA1JJiGq4P98
"I'm David, the rebels 721Please respect copyright.PENANAW5JXDLPBKY
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 721Please respect copyright.PENANAowyNidOwwz
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.721Please respect copyright.PENANAuGbpIDrqRV
"Where are you from?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAj8ORsrEdsK
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.721Please respect copyright.PENANAze4gigAZvz
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAhq4x1bfQlt
"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 nodded721Please respect copyright.PENANAadUd4rhgLi
"Where did the rebels move?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAfyRmn4k5BO
"Gods, we're not getting721Please respect copyright.PENANAky5AidrWe3
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want721Please respect copyright.PENANAygC5BPVR5R
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."721Please respect copyright.PENANASTlYELwNdZ
"We know the rebellion 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVOTEF4l7vi
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 721Please respect copyright.PENANAb9lzB0bEO8
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."721Please respect copyright.PENANAv6RCQdOWze
"Well if you know all 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtyXmKkq8Uu
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdDYPk3l8KN
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 721Please respect copyright.PENANAaXulLYNSqA
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 721Please respect copyright.PENANAKM83LnGca6
on the imperial soldier.721Please respect copyright.PENANAqtpbiaYiPh
"I wanted to make this 721Please respect copyright.PENANARB9c9haO10
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 721Please respect copyright.PENANA8VPoZyiZsp
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 721Please respect copyright.PENANAGC4erT0TPV
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 721Please respect copyright.PENANAI2Funf0IPE
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 721Please respect copyright.PENANAlU9hhDdrZr
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 721Please respect copyright.PENANAknbE48nZG9
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.721Please respect copyright.PENANAc03GRji3sT
"Wait wait!" Fernand 721Please respect copyright.PENANAGsvmEmJ2UB
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 721Please respect copyright.PENANASUfR77J9ay
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."721Please respect copyright.PENANAWdwoRrLcSj
Fernand was shaking his 721Please respect copyright.PENANABqlNKktbmc
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't721Please respect copyright.PENANAFZifXmMt5a
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 721Please respect copyright.PENANA8eoiuxENRh
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely721Please respect copyright.PENANAt200d6XdJh
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 721Please respect copyright.PENANAyAwAaRLNYq
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAyz0TYNr62z
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAF7jkzsHfDL
That made Ferdinand 721Please respect copyright.PENANA5UFiCpVV0k
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAx8WG9Gn466
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"721Please respect copyright.PENANATCaBUv3vNl
Fernand wasn't denying 721Please respect copyright.PENANAGN5MU70C2F
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did721Please respect copyright.PENANAOZjKR08dcn
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 721Please respect copyright.PENANAeFmjOkJviw
get us do something." 721Please respect copyright.PENANA0sb4b4CjZd
"Blasphemy, he 721Please respect copyright.PENANAl1GgT3S737
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgXZ5wLQa1J
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.721Please respect copyright.PENANAcXwC6J41Tw
"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" 721Please respect copyright.PENANAxbaIXH057L
"Demons tend to plan 721Please respect copyright.PENANAB0mP5XqNgC
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 721Please respect copyright.PENANArszb0xI7pG
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAUVmcKXED7c
"To find something, he 721Please respect copyright.PENANATQqFDda3hG
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to721Please respect copyright.PENANAclm3XLbgNy
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAk4JVFxc5NY
same for Fernand.721Please respect copyright.PENANAPxhalWjPOU
Fernand was about to say721Please respect copyright.PENANA86l32qb3v9
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 721Please respect copyright.PENANABdMoC63UGe
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 721Please respect copyright.PENANAAVvP7TMm2x
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 721Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5Ikti1lP3
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."721Please respect copyright.PENANAaKp9xfxg77
David quickly rummaged 721Please respect copyright.PENANAGZgJPlqi55
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back721Please respect copyright.PENANAvPwrlLjLRN
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 721Please respect copyright.PENANAA5gTzJR7nW
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 721Please respect copyright.PENANAha55mltn6I
able to trap her."721Please respect copyright.PENANA2amzPip800
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtPS97Fj1du
"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.721Please respect copyright.PENANAxlrwmXWJ7P
"And how will you do 721Please respect copyright.PENANAd7GzpMOBFc
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've721Please respect copyright.PENANAixOoFw3jwL
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 721Please respect copyright.PENANAk37TlMFzqu
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 721Please respect copyright.PENANAATO2TA68Qg
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."721Please respect copyright.PENANAynSEMFFGtN
"But I don't! I really 721Please respect copyright.PENANAXEgflogMaB
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 721Please respect copyright.PENANAJhS76Kpe9O
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.721Please respect copyright.PENANArmDFHJvAgl
"Ah captain Schumah, a 721Please respect copyright.PENANA5eD57c138g
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 721Please respect copyright.PENANAk8oGiRodld
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a721Please respect copyright.PENANAuOJqp6IpZp
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 721Please respect copyright.PENANAtQqkGHCPUx
black. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAlo2r1lod8J
"Well, well. What do we 721Please respect copyright.PENANAuO85Kx2KOU
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 721Please respect copyright.PENANA9OLRQ4joGU
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.721Please respect copyright.PENANA2KxEH7dEQ8
"Look, I swear to all 721Please respect copyright.PENANAG6n5MSf6Xj
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 721Please respect copyright.PENANAh46rtveFPT
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 721Please respect copyright.PENANAS7gONgeRCL
"We will find out if you721Please respect copyright.PENANACodAQ0bTZM
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He721Please respect copyright.PENANAaODzGr39yA
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by721Please respect copyright.PENANAyqJhUuta4w
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."721Please respect copyright.PENANAbiizYrl1uI
David struggled against 721Please respect copyright.PENANA70IWdFWNhX
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAaraxXWX3cp
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAiSjFnzUV1y
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch721Please respect copyright.PENANA6XAe16jquB
"Now how should we 721Please respect copyright.PENANAc8ZGmQOdFf
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 721Please respect copyright.PENANA5dwR7QMksI
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 721Please respect copyright.PENANA7Kc7oo0kdX
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 721Please respect copyright.PENANArvemFWxj8o
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my721Please respect copyright.PENANAaCIIM8OW55
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 721Please respect copyright.PENANAZvFWsp1siv
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 721Please respect copyright.PENANAAIcps5akx4
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as721Please respect copyright.PENANA1Af7apEwkd
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.721Please respect copyright.PENANAZpggnmOix8
Before David could reply721Please respect copyright.PENANALJCNdGlZQN
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 721Please respect copyright.PENANAaEiB8RAdeM
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 721Please respect copyright.PENANAA5tYj2C0a1
and he screamed.721Please respect copyright.PENANAzZuLul9eUg
The torturer 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdF1juMMWXW
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 721Please respect copyright.PENANAOdLldNqkyo
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 721Please respect copyright.PENANAgRdaPdcooK
this."721Please respect copyright.PENANAHbjOZstdLF
The torturer moved his 721Please respect copyright.PENANAndgym8hVb9
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 721Please respect copyright.PENANArUXrBr0rLK
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 721Please respect copyright.PENANA4FlTUfGpCW
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 721Please respect copyright.PENANAWrdpMLM8pL
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVV9Y3L9a6w
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 721Please respect copyright.PENANAdCLxawiCmo
you agree?"721Please respect copyright.PENANAeJHbqPK52q
The torturer stopped his721Please respect copyright.PENANAvWDOrA0wj3
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 721Please respect copyright.PENANARDAtTNrsf0
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAcmu67Q2R3B
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance721Please respect copyright.PENANAeKH1j8MkYg
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 721Please respect copyright.PENANA7JCXWDOxCk
go?" 721Please respect copyright.PENANAEWNIG9gHQR
David was trying to 721Please respect copyright.PENANANIDW6HESIE
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was721Please respect copyright.PENANAs3tOWWS9N5
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 721Please respect copyright.PENANApeFMsolmAT
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVOpPnMYmdm
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 721Please respect copyright.PENANArIuRQeg0HX
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 721Please respect copyright.PENANAfc6pPJv2Lz
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 721Please respect copyright.PENANADXyrr5TNTd
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.721Please respect copyright.PENANAReUUWPzcWH
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.721Please respect copyright.PENANA6ys5kW8A0H
Then suddenly David was 721Please respect copyright.PENANAXwNp7gXYxL
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 721Please respect copyright.PENANAEOl5tUavFy
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 721Please respect copyright.PENANAiihGm9HDYS
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 721Please respect copyright.PENANAJg4jkBtAWt
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 721Please respect copyright.PENANA4aj6L9vk29
don't know."721Please respect copyright.PENANAJqjFwXAUEZ
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."721Please respect copyright.PENANAk3pUxy3yei
"Now, while magic is 721Please respect copyright.PENANAAITRIoggcd
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 721Please respect copyright.PENANA3zEe99Qz7X
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some721Please respect copyright.PENANARcfrOznWGl
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 721Please respect copyright.PENANAztLTxGxh6H
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 721Please respect copyright.PENANAg2HOKSJFnx
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 721Please respect copyright.PENANAex0g4WENmj
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain721Please respect copyright.PENANAvmqTGrc6uK
came and David screamed for someone to help721Please respect copyright.PENANAq8U851JYVG
~no one will come.~721Please respect copyright.PENANAKaFS2xyl7x
After pulling out all 721Please respect copyright.PENANAvTYyk6uAKR
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was721Please respect copyright.PENANAB7jSEMtObm
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 721Please respect copyright.PENANAVdNxAd6WfW
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 721Please respect copyright.PENANA4OdpgtT6gH
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 721Please respect copyright.PENANAL9bu2B4Vb2
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 721Please respect copyright.PENANAHY8D7htK7y
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 721Please respect copyright.PENANAxxJyrEi6Z5
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 721Please respect copyright.PENANA6TG7Hqdt5k
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 721Please respect copyright.PENANAMC9pzRXvPJ
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 721Please respect copyright.PENANAeyWVnpLtDx
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone721Please respect copyright.PENANAdOyoFhqTPo
would rescue him.721Please respect copyright.PENANAhbwQiYbBi6
~no one cares.~721Please respect copyright.PENANAYaRNtwNEYA
Next few moments were a 721Please respect copyright.PENANASubUzKlC6s
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea721Please respect copyright.PENANAhfQfo4gT0V
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.721Please respect copyright.PENANAINfn8RJKvc
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 721Please respect copyright.PENANAh78nBLTQ0W
companion in the darkness.
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