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All taxes must be paid 634Please respect copyright.PENANArO34ZPuVCT
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 634Please respect copyright.PENANAn28MdeF2n2
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 634Please respect copyright.PENANA1QHeLvqn06
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 634Please respect copyright.PENANAE0T4AWL44m
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 634Please respect copyright.PENANAaJQMidxwpD
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 634Please respect copyright.PENANAMagGEcudGd
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 634Please respect copyright.PENANAqcVQSz5g2O
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 634Please respect copyright.PENANA9FkMJgWyib
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade634Please respect copyright.PENANAWsGOCGklKR
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 634Please respect copyright.PENANAeCwC56ogr8
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 634Please respect copyright.PENANAo67byUuzKN
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 634Please respect copyright.PENANAVeT4y8n82y
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 634Please respect copyright.PENANAJx3Fnxaz33
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted634Please respect copyright.PENANAGPwbNVgSFa
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.634Please respect copyright.PENANAo0lvhzXQkg
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'634Please respect copyright.PENANAR1csz0RZZE
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David has been in jail 634Please respect copyright.PENANAfYp2thi5IL
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.634Please respect copyright.PENANAjAgWlAuLIr
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor634Please respect copyright.PENANAG49PDuxcnm
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.634Please respect copyright.PENANAzuVDZi6UUf
The cell was big enough 634Please respect copyright.PENANAHoHZ5XenTR
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 634Please respect copyright.PENANAvlCcCkKOEP
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 634Please respect copyright.PENANACcD1WbW6My
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 634Please respect copyright.PENANAwwgCo8hGrx
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.634Please respect copyright.PENANAlDGp4eAalC
David didn't even 634Please respect copyright.PENANAk2wOJYnkNu
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 634Please respect copyright.PENANATzoXaHGwJZ
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 634Please respect copyright.PENANAifnhaoRGin
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 634Please respect copyright.PENANAtbezZk18nV
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 634Please respect copyright.PENANAiLZLLRa3zK
Sadly event the best 634Please respect copyright.PENANAWWHOOR3cqV
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall634Please respect copyright.PENANAwZJdhg1p3E
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that634Please respect copyright.PENANAfb6gfebiOs
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 634Please respect copyright.PENANArhuHF4W8Pj
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 634Please respect copyright.PENANAOOaLzK9xuO
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could634Please respect copyright.PENANAZa1lkzozms
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 634Please respect copyright.PENANAGqFMuxCC08
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob634Please respect copyright.PENANA3TH5J1O9bh
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 634Please respect copyright.PENANASg7RzdQZvQ
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 634Please respect copyright.PENANABKhAA7SXKV
cell next door.634Please respect copyright.PENANATx9mpdcZLT
Another soldier came up 634Please respect copyright.PENANAC5fiW0Da79
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 634Please respect copyright.PENANAtkxIes8dRK
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 634Please respect copyright.PENANA44bwHXLJIt
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 634Please respect copyright.PENANAhXKW3hO4CO
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 634Please respect copyright.PENANAZMhDbMVryB
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 634Please respect copyright.PENANAs223UmHWEh
back.634Please respect copyright.PENANAcPAaOtiKDq
While David would've 634Please respect copyright.PENANA6CvvxbqfK0
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 634Please respect copyright.PENANAwML37pRB4a
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 634Please respect copyright.PENANAzWpCJPiTNL
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 634Please respect copyright.PENANASiE9FJzhtK
Jesters words came back to him. 634Please respect copyright.PENANAauFTSYH6s4
The walk itself didn't 634Please respect copyright.PENANAULF1sOY4UY
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 634Please respect copyright.PENANAApzL2Pgs3f
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 634Please respect copyright.PENANAfqTU6cC7M5
splatters all around the room.634Please respect copyright.PENANAyeOCehCMiN
David was put into the 634Please respect copyright.PENANARMAucgOOzj
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 634Please respect copyright.PENANAI1HPEfJVRs
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 634Please respect copyright.PENANASsnZROvAfK
other chair, staring into David's soul.634Please respect copyright.PENANAKO3l055Jix
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.634Please respect copyright.PENANA1Kh5PaltYF
"I'm David, the rebels 634Please respect copyright.PENANAYEvtZplmyS
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 634Please respect copyright.PENANAA45Vs9bhY8
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.634Please respect copyright.PENANAeqTi90Jsfj
"Where are you from?"634Please respect copyright.PENANAHXtCceKjNf
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.634Please respect copyright.PENANAlzmvjawXIA
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"634Please respect copyright.PENANAT8tGzoOemH
"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 nodded634Please respect copyright.PENANAXYYc55injg
"Where did the rebels move?"634Please respect copyright.PENANAqzID3IuJFj
"Gods, we're not getting634Please respect copyright.PENANAwQyOFgbTEi
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want634Please respect copyright.PENANAvy2g62LU2o
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."634Please respect copyright.PENANA5TuQkYqMvv
"We know the rebellion 634Please respect copyright.PENANAc2WSbbqCll
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 634Please respect copyright.PENANAvJA9bDWBBB
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."634Please respect copyright.PENANApvvxgGAOCb
"Well if you know all 634Please respect copyright.PENANA2CMCjN5If5
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 634Please respect copyright.PENANAaqAzGzsPNG
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 634Please respect copyright.PENANAIB4RgS6Gpe
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 634Please respect copyright.PENANAvroxtUJBvx
on the imperial soldier.634Please respect copyright.PENANABynQftB8td
"I wanted to make this 634Please respect copyright.PENANAySkGlqd1tP
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 634Please respect copyright.PENANA4InH89N839
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 634Please respect copyright.PENANAdyOlTn9x2F
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 634Please respect copyright.PENANAKHvypDgTUv
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 634Please respect copyright.PENANAHwO4YIHFGg
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 634Please respect copyright.PENANA9cuZkcnB6W
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.634Please respect copyright.PENANAgc27akjYFX
"Wait wait!" Fernand 634Please respect copyright.PENANAOvHaZj6Z2u
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 634Please respect copyright.PENANA9iUDi5k584
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."634Please respect copyright.PENANA6B1ogJyGM0
Fernand was shaking his 634Please respect copyright.PENANAubft1DOf0f
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't634Please respect copyright.PENANAUhVhWUHCqs
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 634Please respect copyright.PENANAT2nJn8rDXg
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely634Please respect copyright.PENANAejl5hoUF9S
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 634Please respect copyright.PENANARnX1d38q8P
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 634Please respect copyright.PENANA1V4TgmySGz
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"634Please respect copyright.PENANARrmfoayTfl
That made Ferdinand 634Please respect copyright.PENANACmq34MQKpz
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 634Please respect copyright.PENANANns8fQ5drU
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"634Please respect copyright.PENANAENO6QRuTl3
Fernand wasn't denying 634Please respect copyright.PENANAtPbkxW1TgB
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did634Please respect copyright.PENANAgKifV7Fkx1
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 634Please respect copyright.PENANA9tFHXBE7lu
get us do something." 634Please respect copyright.PENANAgTbXFNZX8e
"Blasphemy, he 634Please respect copyright.PENANAlSbwGJpO32
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 634Please respect copyright.PENANA3jxEbmJ6VZ
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.634Please respect copyright.PENANAhw1fsi6qDS
"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" 634Please respect copyright.PENANAa82DxI5ESf
"Demons tend to plan 634Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8Mydfb6rs
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 634Please respect copyright.PENANAEuG1mJDbyH
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"634Please respect copyright.PENANAQrQfJOb5pE
"To find something, he 634Please respect copyright.PENANAQxKO7lmyFl
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to634Please respect copyright.PENANAdMI35t432C
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 634Please respect copyright.PENANAWVcAdPH5rE
same for Fernand.634Please respect copyright.PENANAmKHfUYW6hJ
Fernand was about to say634Please respect copyright.PENANAm5Zc4fluNC
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 634Please respect copyright.PENANACOSUFXo1iE
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 634Please respect copyright.PENANAseFjncgaZD
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 634Please respect copyright.PENANA2FQxxxv4qQ
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."634Please respect copyright.PENANApLn7UcG7mN
David quickly rummaged 634Please respect copyright.PENANAPNHsojCo5S
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back634Please respect copyright.PENANAtZCk5rEgeR
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 634Please respect copyright.PENANAyNqkQvZzAO
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 634Please respect copyright.PENANAI8P3HoGA6J
able to trap her."634Please respect copyright.PENANAwlvQRqmNJX
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 634Please respect copyright.PENANAml8ltAzE8A
"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.634Please respect copyright.PENANAzllNBRAozv
"And how will you do 634Please respect copyright.PENANARzJb5rSoMC
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've634Please respect copyright.PENANAxCKnof2hVW
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 634Please respect copyright.PENANAjYJFAcKUbG
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 634Please respect copyright.PENANAtPU3U8wPmc
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."634Please respect copyright.PENANAA6inFMnmdP
"But I don't! I really 634Please respect copyright.PENANADJcjrydDtT
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 634Please respect copyright.PENANAJmvQ31uXfY
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.634Please respect copyright.PENANAHz0iM5LGqa
"Ah captain Schumah, a 634Please respect copyright.PENANAbHSaNa52t0
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 634Please respect copyright.PENANA54LULKoM3I
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a634Please respect copyright.PENANAdK67GX1DVn
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 634Please respect copyright.PENANAaznkvUBVBq
black. 634Please respect copyright.PENANADLZ3B5kZMk
"Well, well. What do we 634Please respect copyright.PENANANplt6tVGWk
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 634Please respect copyright.PENANATerV5XPUYs
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.634Please respect copyright.PENANABNAFZE2Km4
"Look, I swear to all 634Please respect copyright.PENANASOYcBtc5e1
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 634Please respect copyright.PENANAj2fvHbusP4
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 634Please respect copyright.PENANASuSi98x0oc
"We will find out if you634Please respect copyright.PENANA5X2kJvcjgo
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He634Please respect copyright.PENANAKuwZARZL7t
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by634Please respect copyright.PENANA975QTWC0qY
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."634Please respect copyright.PENANANF4oexGZ54
David struggled against 634Please respect copyright.PENANAi7nnynpxBq
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 634Please respect copyright.PENANAo3OB0g8lIL
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 634Please respect copyright.PENANAsnxyJYp6w6
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch634Please respect copyright.PENANAbJWkdUEzFr
"Now how should we 634Please respect copyright.PENANAvydOm19Zyn
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 634Please respect copyright.PENANAEio1jlJeCn
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 634Please respect copyright.PENANAiTGfh4RnJ3
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 634Please respect copyright.PENANAbHiz3Z2um9
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my634Please respect copyright.PENANAqQPO9iArOI
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 634Please respect copyright.PENANAEaXeW6KBkM
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 634Please respect copyright.PENANA6tKAwldQC1
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as634Please respect copyright.PENANAPN02e4VkKm
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.634Please respect copyright.PENANAOCdfpVAfM9
Before David could reply634Please respect copyright.PENANARa2zUymr9S
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 634Please respect copyright.PENANA3FMBuDEsEt
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 634Please respect copyright.PENANATlMlx2HeyN
and he screamed.634Please respect copyright.PENANAanLSKdnlTA
The torturer 634Please respect copyright.PENANAz4AZ2OGMcc
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 634Please respect copyright.PENANAOpJR1beuOF
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 634Please respect copyright.PENANADImtAdSkE3
this."634Please respect copyright.PENANADfMYk0b4r6
The torturer moved his 634Please respect copyright.PENANA8Swn68BYK6
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 634Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ19OJc7Eg
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 634Please respect copyright.PENANAzIMQPQ9MUc
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 634Please respect copyright.PENANAjzlSrhr8wr
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 634Please respect copyright.PENANAWYHQgXahC8
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 634Please respect copyright.PENANAlaYc91areZ
you agree?"634Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ztb4AsEWT
The torturer stopped his634Please respect copyright.PENANAfGxsYeO1pT
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 634Please respect copyright.PENANA1ds3Aq5RAW
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 634Please respect copyright.PENANANwc4lPsqte
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance634Please respect copyright.PENANArtXFSffX2L
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 634Please respect copyright.PENANAPMpRKVUxar
go?" 634Please respect copyright.PENANAl6M324hki9
David was trying to 634Please respect copyright.PENANArh9EF6UPAt
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was634Please respect copyright.PENANAMuccmND6kQ
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 634Please respect copyright.PENANAfKvsol0Vtp
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 634Please respect copyright.PENANAajwLjBKt40
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 634Please respect copyright.PENANAgpkTl3QYIf
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 634Please respect copyright.PENANAqU2yZ72OJM
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 634Please respect copyright.PENANAKXDsWuiOde
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.634Please respect copyright.PENANAOQEi9egsR9
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.634Please respect copyright.PENANAwWV0jojB7k
Then suddenly David was 634Please respect copyright.PENANAGMgnZp3W9y
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 634Please respect copyright.PENANAjreJym0qwX
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 634Please respect copyright.PENANAyG1BNq76GT
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 634Please respect copyright.PENANAHAYArf9QmU
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 634Please respect copyright.PENANACf3Sx1GUTq
don't know."634Please respect copyright.PENANAYXuTeGLEaY
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."634Please respect copyright.PENANARw17loK32N
"Now, while magic is 634Please respect copyright.PENANAgQxjyo0mvj
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 634Please respect copyright.PENANA74GYm2zTUb
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some634Please respect copyright.PENANAecEYPOGeX3
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 634Please respect copyright.PENANACRVgcruOSI
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 634Please respect copyright.PENANAbhXKA3kfB5
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 634Please respect copyright.PENANAHDKImNcR71
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain634Please respect copyright.PENANAj1HFnj6PzZ
came and David screamed for someone to help634Please respect copyright.PENANAu0aUkVY2NF
~no one will come.~634Please respect copyright.PENANA9q6USvai9m
After pulling out all 634Please respect copyright.PENANAv3sy5hrXzr
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was634Please respect copyright.PENANAh3nLPyvmdr
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 634Please respect copyright.PENANAEEl6jAup8T
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 634Please respect copyright.PENANAEf2U2nBSki
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 634Please respect copyright.PENANA9HTnMO6CCJ
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 634Please respect copyright.PENANAhsqqpDXFdw
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 634Please respect copyright.PENANAmpK3KW0Vz5
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 634Please respect copyright.PENANAlPpY9zgcZg
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 634Please respect copyright.PENANAapJRV3dhC8
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 634Please respect copyright.PENANAHY3Vqicgwj
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone634Please respect copyright.PENANA7Quo3LbD6D
would rescue him.634Please respect copyright.PENANARUPCAfiWgT
~no one cares.~634Please respect copyright.PENANA72pQ4hZiYU
Next few moments were a 634Please respect copyright.PENANAT0jjgTCPaP
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea634Please respect copyright.PENANAnHA4asDS5D
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.634Please respect copyright.PENANAFW5yYQvpwa
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 634Please respect copyright.PENANA05VLdbj7G2
companion in the darkness.
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