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All taxes must be paid 659Please respect copyright.PENANALVjza2VCfH
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 659Please respect copyright.PENANAAtASBIZLXh
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 659Please respect copyright.PENANAKvHAg8kigN
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 659Please respect copyright.PENANAfbisvNEunB
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 659Please respect copyright.PENANAaDVS8aLJ4Y
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 659Please respect copyright.PENANA11x0zJdDCA
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAfACkNQ4si0
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 659Please respect copyright.PENANAmQBwsPSNzz
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade659Please respect copyright.PENANAP245VKvUfh
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 659Please respect copyright.PENANATiudZ0cDZx
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 659Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hsdx2PQBt
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 659Please respect copyright.PENANAcUpL0DKdZs
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 659Please respect copyright.PENANAMQorIIfh2a
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted659Please respect copyright.PENANAPNeL2Uf08Z
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.659Please respect copyright.PENANAVpULxz5Exb
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'659Please respect copyright.PENANA1Px5wqKphl
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David has been in jail 659Please respect copyright.PENANAqiOFW3kOhJ
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.659Please respect copyright.PENANASi1886ytqv
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor659Please respect copyright.PENANAcDCTJb3fXA
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.659Please respect copyright.PENANA1bsRiFsXhb
The cell was big enough 659Please respect copyright.PENANAexMa4900Nh
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 659Please respect copyright.PENANAkKK313RF2x
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 659Please respect copyright.PENANA84EUSR9W0G
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAteJUOg1djF
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.659Please respect copyright.PENANAjE5dJSzy3Y
David didn't even 659Please respect copyright.PENANAU5ZUc6KuYK
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 659Please respect copyright.PENANA9drnsHHiTh
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 659Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZWEJgdN1G
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 659Please respect copyright.PENANAJARrkUQsFo
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 659Please respect copyright.PENANAzOizBspDgH
Sadly event the best 659Please respect copyright.PENANAqVeR4vKFaq
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall659Please respect copyright.PENANAl2Yjf1fDKl
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that659Please respect copyright.PENANAuLQTTsgtuJ
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 659Please respect copyright.PENANACZCuGojPSN
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 659Please respect copyright.PENANAIskYwX21x9
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could659Please respect copyright.PENANANnJdqa1C9a
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 659Please respect copyright.PENANAKVlkgkqPyv
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob659Please respect copyright.PENANAGNtYKdbouJ
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 659Please respect copyright.PENANA0WHJtmA6Wh
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAH8CE671uQ4
cell next door.659Please respect copyright.PENANABsCCMGXVJt
Another soldier came up 659Please respect copyright.PENANAdivtAbj5U5
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 659Please respect copyright.PENANAcl4aQXS3iO
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 659Please respect copyright.PENANAop9KzkyHJr
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 659Please respect copyright.PENANAtLXFEn2gEu
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAIDi1XsoDLH
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 659Please respect copyright.PENANArVwUXMpHmF
back.659Please respect copyright.PENANAtdOLjQ7KYT
While David would've 659Please respect copyright.PENANA8Lg6IJ3T9m
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 659Please respect copyright.PENANArOryhT6C6j
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 659Please respect copyright.PENANAA1BSy2YtQg
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 659Please respect copyright.PENANA6FVX50tm9q
Jesters words came back to him. 659Please respect copyright.PENANAXcErL5uyls
The walk itself didn't 659Please respect copyright.PENANAg6SQHQ1VOL
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 659Please respect copyright.PENANAFNxIMukcHL
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 659Please respect copyright.PENANAbPiYVvJheI
splatters all around the room.659Please respect copyright.PENANApZNyZF2oX4
David was put into the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAzjOOJYeIeC
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 659Please respect copyright.PENANAOuux9QteaA
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAoUwiGUCr1x
other chair, staring into David's soul.659Please respect copyright.PENANAlUtB8R5avT
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.659Please respect copyright.PENANAmsZRGo3pEf
"I'm David, the rebels 659Please respect copyright.PENANA5sGXsnMcyP
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 659Please respect copyright.PENANAqipm7U7mnV
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.659Please respect copyright.PENANA1P5Gl5Vfns
"Where are you from?"659Please respect copyright.PENANAqiABsyxPiK
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.659Please respect copyright.PENANAA7VC2rPkmd
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"659Please respect copyright.PENANAKX7wvmsydS
"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 nodded659Please respect copyright.PENANA32fD6c55RB
"Where did the rebels move?"659Please respect copyright.PENANACluG5Voa1j
"Gods, we're not getting659Please respect copyright.PENANAYEVtuh3e6r
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want659Please respect copyright.PENANAclP6PhVMPM
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."659Please respect copyright.PENANAbkVZyeUagy
"We know the rebellion 659Please respect copyright.PENANAwQRIwdY3w9
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 659Please respect copyright.PENANAg48WQNMPiu
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."659Please respect copyright.PENANAZLnXJV64NJ
"Well if you know all 659Please respect copyright.PENANARjyKpukcEk
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 659Please respect copyright.PENANArgcYs8WdXR
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 659Please respect copyright.PENANA4ljDBoWgSf
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 659Please respect copyright.PENANAUSQF66SKTz
on the imperial soldier.659Please respect copyright.PENANA9SJzv8oUvm
"I wanted to make this 659Please respect copyright.PENANAaIvTyuB4Dh
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 659Please respect copyright.PENANARlzO9r7eJu
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 659Please respect copyright.PENANAq6sUJk9HXn
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 659Please respect copyright.PENANAOfwLu3RdtR
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 659Please respect copyright.PENANAGTDUrawSXa
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 659Please respect copyright.PENANAW2sbi7b9Sx
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.659Please respect copyright.PENANAVGArzcZDlM
"Wait wait!" Fernand 659Please respect copyright.PENANA0W6NneDCX4
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 659Please respect copyright.PENANArn4pg6QQDz
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."659Please respect copyright.PENANAJlPRUwGv3z
Fernand was shaking his 659Please respect copyright.PENANAEpjcwDdDdx
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't659Please respect copyright.PENANAM5RKIfziBS
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 659Please respect copyright.PENANASQ4SyHgOMV
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely659Please respect copyright.PENANARvyV7B7Cvt
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 659Please respect copyright.PENANAWjrJ075mGn
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 659Please respect copyright.PENANA3jKGjBEgNt
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"659Please respect copyright.PENANAkhFa9GcrEs
That made Ferdinand 659Please respect copyright.PENANAFUJPqA1TZk
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAFkbIwPYUuC
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"659Please respect copyright.PENANAn3GH85uEZr
Fernand wasn't denying 659Please respect copyright.PENANAgPWNHwNEXV
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did659Please respect copyright.PENANA1IefpS8PBA
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 659Please respect copyright.PENANAfL9LzuTe6v
get us do something." 659Please respect copyright.PENANAzigPR1x1DC
"Blasphemy, he 659Please respect copyright.PENANAO4l0PqcsvJ
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 659Please respect copyright.PENANA2tbbfZIEbl
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.659Please respect copyright.PENANAoPrznwXecW
"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" 659Please respect copyright.PENANA1jafpjVWYL
"Demons tend to plan 659Please respect copyright.PENANAJkeoiEqQiy
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 659Please respect copyright.PENANAE2zUUo6Ldo
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"659Please respect copyright.PENANAqMrD5eh6GK
"To find something, he 659Please respect copyright.PENANAr0FHcSJHNI
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to659Please respect copyright.PENANAliykfiAU9D
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 659Please respect copyright.PENANANZL1ie2AiM
same for Fernand.659Please respect copyright.PENANAnK7x7qZIct
Fernand was about to say659Please respect copyright.PENANApJgGcxYK8A
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 659Please respect copyright.PENANAEJpaVZjYJ3
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 659Please respect copyright.PENANADyhp39DTmS
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 659Please respect copyright.PENANAliBdQhflUn
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."659Please respect copyright.PENANA5mIlyzsWkj
David quickly rummaged 659Please respect copyright.PENANARjqc8iB8OU
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back659Please respect copyright.PENANARFZURTYLyn
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 659Please respect copyright.PENANAwoe7dsaJdf
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 659Please respect copyright.PENANAJQ5wjW2Sol
able to trap her."659Please respect copyright.PENANAnJGw93MHQP
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 659Please respect copyright.PENANA5OKzYFMYW4
"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.659Please respect copyright.PENANANdL5qq08FA
"And how will you do 659Please respect copyright.PENANA33xBRnrJ6r
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've659Please respect copyright.PENANADzxNYZAgkq
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 659Please respect copyright.PENANAwmoKTQ8us9
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 659Please respect copyright.PENANA4ztTONgC3K
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."659Please respect copyright.PENANAerdvLNeXft
"But I don't! I really 659Please respect copyright.PENANAJRmYdtHSHg
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 659Please respect copyright.PENANAaO5MMBYTQ6
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.659Please respect copyright.PENANAizgNh1zcLT
"Ah captain Schumah, a 659Please respect copyright.PENANAr3jtt97rip
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 659Please respect copyright.PENANAOD0ZmViCBt
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a659Please respect copyright.PENANAFWeXOoTnLf
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 659Please respect copyright.PENANARNcVN9tPQD
black. 659Please respect copyright.PENANAxnL4fyWncd
"Well, well. What do we 659Please respect copyright.PENANAvKJCJ1qKml
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 659Please respect copyright.PENANAD9WIQJN8ep
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.659Please respect copyright.PENANAtPdPzwDKaL
"Look, I swear to all 659Please respect copyright.PENANARwx15zGDG7
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 659Please respect copyright.PENANAEWad3BPvKd
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 659Please respect copyright.PENANAEhwKJdNZA6
"We will find out if you659Please respect copyright.PENANAzRedeDzMXT
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He659Please respect copyright.PENANAHAIS6ONepe
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by659Please respect copyright.PENANAgC0ImFQHlH
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."659Please respect copyright.PENANAHh32SiNcTp
David struggled against 659Please respect copyright.PENANARYSin892n9
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 659Please respect copyright.PENANADv4GuUtQXy
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAQbqjFPN1BZ
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch659Please respect copyright.PENANAxqPGWL6HVn
"Now how should we 659Please respect copyright.PENANAZOHi2aZqwn
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 659Please respect copyright.PENANArCGXWkVB74
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 659Please respect copyright.PENANAT9jaLhyrx9
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 659Please respect copyright.PENANAZNrvYuJpu7
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my659Please respect copyright.PENANAkaIBOKOiK1
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 659Please respect copyright.PENANAhiGoWcDvW1
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 659Please respect copyright.PENANAc4MrkTqMft
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as659Please respect copyright.PENANAIcFBJcmYTz
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.659Please respect copyright.PENANApHp5eAeue2
Before David could reply659Please respect copyright.PENANAVEvXoZqs0R
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 659Please respect copyright.PENANAHSaESETQjn
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 659Please respect copyright.PENANAsapQ7yWIVd
and he screamed.659Please respect copyright.PENANA94oDAGYGb6
The torturer 659Please respect copyright.PENANAtsXSjA7SOp
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 659Please respect copyright.PENANACCZW8ZsOsu
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 659Please respect copyright.PENANA6Rl6nNYA80
this."659Please respect copyright.PENANAWK4qcR2Zo8
The torturer moved his 659Please respect copyright.PENANAvHQRX39uV4
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 659Please respect copyright.PENANAVxT1ny9kLL
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 659Please respect copyright.PENANAzXvSwpwRow
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 659Please respect copyright.PENANAR9syddqjXt
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 659Please respect copyright.PENANA1E3uufj1ke
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 659Please respect copyright.PENANAMZNeJ49U5w
you agree?"659Please respect copyright.PENANAofvbF3JwXM
The torturer stopped his659Please respect copyright.PENANAFT6ivHoxYs
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 659Please respect copyright.PENANAq1djCAWl4k
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 659Please respect copyright.PENANAC8C0PfpAdv
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance659Please respect copyright.PENANAaRI1dUQzRR
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 659Please respect copyright.PENANAOoX156yk5g
go?" 659Please respect copyright.PENANAfYe0Uz58GA
David was trying to 659Please respect copyright.PENANAleSxfEAU2o
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was659Please respect copyright.PENANADjiKasD85S
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 659Please respect copyright.PENANA1OcjmOvHLZ
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 659Please respect copyright.PENANAGzlRJd4khy
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 659Please respect copyright.PENANAkq6MuxjkZf
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 659Please respect copyright.PENANAlDebVEdELT
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 659Please respect copyright.PENANAyMDeJcHIDH
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.659Please respect copyright.PENANAQbXlCamUmP
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.659Please respect copyright.PENANAhnO7jrQWRL
Then suddenly David was 659Please respect copyright.PENANAsgwEEc5Ck7
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 659Please respect copyright.PENANAafvA51wjBn
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 659Please respect copyright.PENANARvAonlivD0
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 659Please respect copyright.PENANAL8CZaG96un
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 659Please respect copyright.PENANAXpsP2qCT2C
don't know."659Please respect copyright.PENANAXE0RxcTnG1
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."659Please respect copyright.PENANA45MJ0QKUma
"Now, while magic is 659Please respect copyright.PENANAHLxjJCznZ3
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 659Please respect copyright.PENANAClo5Rs3D0r
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some659Please respect copyright.PENANAMxhToXEoUI
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 659Please respect copyright.PENANAeH2fqnli6b
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 659Please respect copyright.PENANAgLRXSnKzvA
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 659Please respect copyright.PENANAPsBmaL0PXV
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain659Please respect copyright.PENANAEtfyOLDebc
came and David screamed for someone to help659Please respect copyright.PENANAHqOI9mKREE
~no one will come.~659Please respect copyright.PENANAoDJEzhpkFR
After pulling out all 659Please respect copyright.PENANAUJN5JU0Kgv
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was659Please respect copyright.PENANAwvNdQipnG0
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 659Please respect copyright.PENANAOTnhSoLKst
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 659Please respect copyright.PENANAhWb14hEQQ7
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 659Please respect copyright.PENANAYIZjxlt0dw
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 659Please respect copyright.PENANA1mq7SCQPik
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 659Please respect copyright.PENANAOGP47i1xyF
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 659Please respect copyright.PENANAiCtlaACL4c
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 659Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q1Ju29jam
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 659Please respect copyright.PENANA9RSm8j3AJi
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone659Please respect copyright.PENANAclwrB29HfK
would rescue him.659Please respect copyright.PENANA0gaYywrT5M
~no one cares.~659Please respect copyright.PENANAJbQ8cK73lm
Next few moments were a 659Please respect copyright.PENANAVfWoDokRBO
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea659Please respect copyright.PENANAb658jHSXJL
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.659Please respect copyright.PENANAkVdRHrGBpr
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 659Please respect copyright.PENANAs36uAqimOQ
companion in the darkness.
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