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All taxes must be paid 611Please respect copyright.PENANAoXL5Aqa7Nx
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 611Please respect copyright.PENANAGc8VwkQZyv
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 611Please respect copyright.PENANAjd6LsUBe9o
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmEpiwNeIyu
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 611Please respect copyright.PENANAoYH4hWPhmM
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 611Please respect copyright.PENANAOBKsl8NLwX
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmrPTFVwH1N
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 611Please respect copyright.PENANAlAG5ffi5WN
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade611Please respect copyright.PENANApk7VZw2VGk
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 611Please respect copyright.PENANA2KoEw7XUct
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 611Please respect copyright.PENANAQQcNMyTVr0
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 611Please respect copyright.PENANApfqEtbJDfx
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 611Please respect copyright.PENANAKsiinnIGVu
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted611Please respect copyright.PENANAqrOg9mQpxq
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.611Please respect copyright.PENANA9VjIlSaMy2
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'611Please respect copyright.PENANAwvA7FFayuP
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David has been in jail 611Please respect copyright.PENANAgZdogNACjl
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.611Please respect copyright.PENANAPSEbjjQ0jf
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor611Please respect copyright.PENANAgEGn9gayUK
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.611Please respect copyright.PENANAkk3zemnuxP
The cell was big enough 611Please respect copyright.PENANAbeT7mxIiwR
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 611Please respect copyright.PENANA9U9RBk3KET
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 611Please respect copyright.PENANAK3osbsjvZC
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAvL5Vba0Sv1
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.611Please respect copyright.PENANADBUMe8wcHJ
David didn't even 611Please respect copyright.PENANAw9iOjSe7OF
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAMljfJcU4Ox
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 611Please respect copyright.PENANAh0Cd9BpFSb
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 611Please respect copyright.PENANAA0x951N2Rw
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 611Please respect copyright.PENANAjoYkpQMTrg
Sadly event the best 611Please respect copyright.PENANAwk4jAOi9dd
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall611Please respect copyright.PENANAzupOF2H5Pl
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that611Please respect copyright.PENANAHWSk6mB12O
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 611Please respect copyright.PENANAHiegpjr99z
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 611Please respect copyright.PENANAvlo4ASP1Rr
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could611Please respect copyright.PENANAIbYlSBmqvQ
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 611Please respect copyright.PENANACUffBrI2rl
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob611Please respect copyright.PENANAMfMGzEoBOU
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 611Please respect copyright.PENANAVN13pL7Imw
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAe8IJZLZhOe
cell next door.611Please respect copyright.PENANAgPc5gamib9
Another soldier came up 611Please respect copyright.PENANARAmQraspzC
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 611Please respect copyright.PENANAQAuDFlRPaE
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 611Please respect copyright.PENANAZLylK57kvp
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 611Please respect copyright.PENANANONBqNBU6W
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 611Please respect copyright.PENANADcBmeNtNcE
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 611Please respect copyright.PENANANpgQ0zLuZq
back.611Please respect copyright.PENANAhicns3TJKc
While David would've 611Please respect copyright.PENANAeHK2Yinfoh
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 611Please respect copyright.PENANAugGhounYVu
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 611Please respect copyright.PENANAzGcijPW70y
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 611Please respect copyright.PENANAXOWRcgmvS7
Jesters words came back to him. 611Please respect copyright.PENANApKifBQN4Wz
The walk itself didn't 611Please respect copyright.PENANAQt3KWUsiFm
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 611Please respect copyright.PENANAWjYpEhQSPn
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 611Please respect copyright.PENANA0eeY4VmMJa
splatters all around the room.611Please respect copyright.PENANAiVbKJnBssW
David was put into the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAlUvJR6tYmP
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 611Please respect copyright.PENANAuaQK63Cmpr
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAx8RrRfwntK
other chair, staring into David's soul.611Please respect copyright.PENANARMTzr7YjB3
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.611Please respect copyright.PENANAVWhVF1umgC
"I'm David, the rebels 611Please respect copyright.PENANAN5tfMcxbmW
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 611Please respect copyright.PENANAYN7bGzpXr5
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.611Please respect copyright.PENANAlh8g3AiV1m
"Where are you from?"611Please respect copyright.PENANA8MKBge2PhD
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.611Please respect copyright.PENANANabZyPj3Ur
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"611Please respect copyright.PENANASKcK4W5ajz
"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 nodded611Please respect copyright.PENANAJb8VjsBxSP
"Where did the rebels move?"611Please respect copyright.PENANAV2f9bieEit
"Gods, we're not getting611Please respect copyright.PENANAEIsNWtsDPy
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want611Please respect copyright.PENANAi1nm1ETNUt
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."611Please respect copyright.PENANAX3S4Iu9dwP
"We know the rebellion 611Please respect copyright.PENANAaof96lQgF0
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 611Please respect copyright.PENANAK2L3of9PSE
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."611Please respect copyright.PENANAbEYWl5BRyS
"Well if you know all 611Please respect copyright.PENANAEWthsr48Yc
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 611Please respect copyright.PENANAKTYhxNXg4K
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 611Please respect copyright.PENANAuOVsm1XGmW
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 611Please respect copyright.PENANAkCArwKvki1
on the imperial soldier.611Please respect copyright.PENANA5aeAyOb76i
"I wanted to make this 611Please respect copyright.PENANAzZL14JniUC
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 611Please respect copyright.PENANAVaOfoNnN4Z
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 611Please respect copyright.PENANAfSEuVX3fZs
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 611Please respect copyright.PENANAPZts83Sj8F
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 611Please respect copyright.PENANA5gPvWSxRJP
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 611Please respect copyright.PENANAVyAGjLB53y
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.611Please respect copyright.PENANAgpNkH46SnS
"Wait wait!" Fernand 611Please respect copyright.PENANA0rHgkMreax
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 611Please respect copyright.PENANA5Xwte0iJlC
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."611Please respect copyright.PENANAcrpwpNT0He
Fernand was shaking his 611Please respect copyright.PENANAEL8tqzIi4U
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't611Please respect copyright.PENANAu4Zil2ovDh
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 611Please respect copyright.PENANAnRTLEWfgRC
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely611Please respect copyright.PENANAxAcGIJpNd4
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmYkQTFFyht
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 611Please respect copyright.PENANA6zGcJzZ314
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"611Please respect copyright.PENANAfaTLC1gQNN
That made Ferdinand 611Please respect copyright.PENANA6dYTAKxSSj
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 611Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZUe8zic2c
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"611Please respect copyright.PENANACrZiPDHXD9
Fernand wasn't denying 611Please respect copyright.PENANAJSuUWgOd9Q
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did611Please respect copyright.PENANAVjTz2Zjr3K
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 611Please respect copyright.PENANAZyoTukx7GI
get us do something." 611Please respect copyright.PENANAyp5Es73ppj
"Blasphemy, he 611Please respect copyright.PENANATaDsxuUSxU
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 611Please respect copyright.PENANASNVsjf79Qh
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.611Please respect copyright.PENANALawy4m98Co
"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" 611Please respect copyright.PENANAdDArGaq4V9
"Demons tend to plan 611Please respect copyright.PENANAAJY8JHr9ND
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 611Please respect copyright.PENANAEgf9K2Okwc
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"611Please respect copyright.PENANAdgTOcnqwNi
"To find something, he 611Please respect copyright.PENANA2PUKe6Gt2g
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to611Please respect copyright.PENANADmZJOFzFSj
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 611Please respect copyright.PENANA2RolQefiWW
same for Fernand.611Please respect copyright.PENANAv5uZLoNXxg
Fernand was about to say611Please respect copyright.PENANAlkdNx6BfTY
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 611Please respect copyright.PENANAaXDdg339fb
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 611Please respect copyright.PENANAIkakfRbZsW
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 611Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7xCK4GLnQ
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."611Please respect copyright.PENANAEvZYIJCsKz
David quickly rummaged 611Please respect copyright.PENANAyoEePgzyAh
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back611Please respect copyright.PENANA7fRFqnbZkH
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmThW7MwvoW
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 611Please respect copyright.PENANAq1vR58a8FB
able to trap her."611Please respect copyright.PENANAHnTrbRE4K3
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 611Please respect copyright.PENANARRyTGWrxMh
"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.611Please respect copyright.PENANADKgPHlC9ZH
"And how will you do 611Please respect copyright.PENANAWoK7ZKJTeq
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've611Please respect copyright.PENANA5J5ztet24v
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 611Please respect copyright.PENANAlo04mcqK2I
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmGSm0ASf8x
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."611Please respect copyright.PENANA0SSxo4BHUe
"But I don't! I really 611Please respect copyright.PENANAxGuRztmWGX
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 611Please respect copyright.PENANAr1s5iwU8ne
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.611Please respect copyright.PENANAOPIyOm9DSR
"Ah captain Schumah, a 611Please respect copyright.PENANASWC8SGWzVJ
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 611Please respect copyright.PENANACBuxbCbMcb
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a611Please respect copyright.PENANAhQpZXqJHnj
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 611Please respect copyright.PENANAX7uKkZIUv4
black. 611Please respect copyright.PENANAi1bHAcnTas
"Well, well. What do we 611Please respect copyright.PENANAfR7Umu22sz
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 611Please respect copyright.PENANAV8YEPpzBUd
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.611Please respect copyright.PENANACPD13As2lE
"Look, I swear to all 611Please respect copyright.PENANAyovap42WnA
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 611Please respect copyright.PENANAKOCyX0feCs
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 611Please respect copyright.PENANA9XfK3atwGU
"We will find out if you611Please respect copyright.PENANA6kzTXixK1b
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He611Please respect copyright.PENANA1d9EDKdq0k
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by611Please respect copyright.PENANA0lomezA7kD
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."611Please respect copyright.PENANATfHrovuFqD
David struggled against 611Please respect copyright.PENANAASHANzn2Cs
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAoTeYHqO7ge
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 611Please respect copyright.PENANAuaygQcCp8S
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch611Please respect copyright.PENANAEDsJZEnec4
"Now how should we 611Please respect copyright.PENANAs0AcOwrHxf
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 611Please respect copyright.PENANAY5jJI9M1Tk
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 611Please respect copyright.PENANAAEOaomIJ51
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 611Please respect copyright.PENANAceqgdX0URU
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my611Please respect copyright.PENANAurQQbNVaBA
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 611Please respect copyright.PENANAa9ZLLF977J
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 611Please respect copyright.PENANApGu7SMP7Cz
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as611Please respect copyright.PENANArM3UagRIfQ
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.611Please respect copyright.PENANAdMSUR9btrH
Before David could reply611Please respect copyright.PENANACPQYRK9m34
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 611Please respect copyright.PENANA1YXklpYhcO
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmX7PE21iOf
and he screamed.611Please respect copyright.PENANAnKm1jhFfOl
The torturer 611Please respect copyright.PENANAVGQa351Glg
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 611Please respect copyright.PENANAnUhJe5Z5Bd
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 611Please respect copyright.PENANAeEhOObxxiE
this."611Please respect copyright.PENANAjZfPwX8bGO
The torturer moved his 611Please respect copyright.PENANAL8fjYy6gc6
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 611Please respect copyright.PENANAr3vX4RSypj
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 611Please respect copyright.PENANAdv7P45fZ1t
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 611Please respect copyright.PENANAeu2cvxitr1
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 611Please respect copyright.PENANAw2UzyRFmUV
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 611Please respect copyright.PENANA18tr050vve
you agree?"611Please respect copyright.PENANAkeiXXclgyV
The torturer stopped his611Please respect copyright.PENANAugm1kLPhUh
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 611Please respect copyright.PENANA0vd7xgFxvX
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 611Please respect copyright.PENANAOXl0g6pEj3
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance611Please respect copyright.PENANAxpRKQ7oWqT
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 611Please respect copyright.PENANAWymosbb9C7
go?" 611Please respect copyright.PENANA2EhSkfF4hc
David was trying to 611Please respect copyright.PENANADBtgGsAT7q
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was611Please respect copyright.PENANACp4Kq1AR1V
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 611Please respect copyright.PENANAO4BOfc3nR6
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmh8ModI7N9
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 611Please respect copyright.PENANANOTpKDxWmX
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 611Please respect copyright.PENANA4lspKb0hc8
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 611Please respect copyright.PENANAnFuRokQieg
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.611Please respect copyright.PENANAJmgPG5X82f
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.611Please respect copyright.PENANA8SIVhiBQlo
Then suddenly David was 611Please respect copyright.PENANAgRxNC1Mlig
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 611Please respect copyright.PENANAiZfYan5ANc
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 611Please respect copyright.PENANAeUUb03BdoW
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 611Please respect copyright.PENANAk7OWGr31tD
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 611Please respect copyright.PENANAqSsaPNe4N9
don't know."611Please respect copyright.PENANAPg0JDGgI8R
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."611Please respect copyright.PENANAwZvfnuX3k7
"Now, while magic is 611Please respect copyright.PENANA3TI2eiYgjW
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 611Please respect copyright.PENANAIi3YemPy3p
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some611Please respect copyright.PENANAnqezLNJ9pk
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 611Please respect copyright.PENANAlzs8YiGxkr
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 611Please respect copyright.PENANAb2eNmBFds4
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 611Please respect copyright.PENANASWiRzThn9c
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain611Please respect copyright.PENANAIVN9pKbk4S
came and David screamed for someone to help611Please respect copyright.PENANApgN46Jlk8k
~no one will come.~611Please respect copyright.PENANACMzgOfVKfp
After pulling out all 611Please respect copyright.PENANAU2hB6SrKeZ
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was611Please respect copyright.PENANAd18Bg7WqW1
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 611Please respect copyright.PENANA4wJ5vMqkeG
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 611Please respect copyright.PENANAIMNTz78UJJ
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 611Please respect copyright.PENANAyBWbhqejDd
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 611Please respect copyright.PENANAw9eEqSs2Xh
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 611Please respect copyright.PENANA6r3Q4v5cI1
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 611Please respect copyright.PENANAcWJaDpO6zc
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 611Please respect copyright.PENANAjaOoLBGPfi
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 611Please respect copyright.PENANAfj5XFvMLuD
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone611Please respect copyright.PENANAOuvHXuv3J4
would rescue him.611Please respect copyright.PENANAvyQ7KbQg1c
~no one cares.~611Please respect copyright.PENANAzKo2qr1nXH
Next few moments were a 611Please respect copyright.PENANAtehBv5bAdk
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea611Please respect copyright.PENANAIjUFVHx6Is
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.611Please respect copyright.PENANAcGC8NdtMdL
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 611Please respect copyright.PENANAmz5sCaIdr6
companion in the darkness.
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