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All taxes must be paid 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbqXoWpu9Lz
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 735Please respect copyright.PENANAW6cjotAxQE
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 735Please respect copyright.PENANAoifX9ZitDN
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 735Please respect copyright.PENANAefeDDv62Sm
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 735Please respect copyright.PENANArnyefvyWeU
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAyJ8NdUnlm5
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZpMJ1P1mwk
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 735Please respect copyright.PENANAlOq8XBj7WV
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade735Please respect copyright.PENANAsJkdfAn8WJ
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWE7uvyAILq
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 735Please respect copyright.PENANAqf5metwjK3
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 735Please respect copyright.PENANA1s4363DGOU
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvkRmkWhsFa
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted735Please respect copyright.PENANACS8PhJotBZ
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.735Please respect copyright.PENANAvJMt6BQCWd
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'735Please respect copyright.PENANAYxo6OFl07N
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David has been in jail 735Please respect copyright.PENANALrrnu8JXVx
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.735Please respect copyright.PENANAVPzIK7REzK
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor735Please respect copyright.PENANA88EPiNd4Mm
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.735Please respect copyright.PENANACS1YAnBlIh
The cell was big enough 735Please respect copyright.PENANA7KnXGinxfc
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 735Please respect copyright.PENANAQz6VZJ7Ye7
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 735Please respect copyright.PENANA3D95gxTfns
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbZxBKy1ikZ
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.735Please respect copyright.PENANAaLnCWaDSto
David didn't even 735Please respect copyright.PENANATUAjHzhhz1
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAVjlmxQR4ld
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 735Please respect copyright.PENANABdykuPQ68q
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 735Please respect copyright.PENANA7EVnUfm6dB
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbZqDTOmYyb
Sadly event the best 735Please respect copyright.PENANAocFIFkyQju
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall735Please respect copyright.PENANAh9qafS0aFz
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that735Please respect copyright.PENANAAPwOHinLeJ
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkJhNQDEMDl
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 735Please respect copyright.PENANALQNN2BFSxv
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could735Please respect copyright.PENANA99bPoTVtpI
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 735Please respect copyright.PENANAGj1zF7TM6X
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob735Please respect copyright.PENANAGRF6nS9r7c
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnLNvWWILuR
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 735Please respect copyright.PENANABYvsHuuMYA
cell next door.735Please respect copyright.PENANA1sW631M55g
Another soldier came up 735Please respect copyright.PENANABS2AeyTf03
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0WGLFjfiC4
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 735Please respect copyright.PENANA3w6ECXtJlj
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZiYexM4z0T
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 735Please respect copyright.PENANABc8st2UakD
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 735Please respect copyright.PENANAUlnFfwOo5Y
back.735Please respect copyright.PENANAZh7Utdc6A7
While David would've 735Please respect copyright.PENANAP2b2ZPMdsl
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 735Please respect copyright.PENANAw9qNz0zrNl
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 735Please respect copyright.PENANAisxHPjxq0J
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 735Please respect copyright.PENANAOQigKNbIQR
Jesters words came back to him. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAHhEl2gTC2C
The walk itself didn't 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtZS8e7Z3vt
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 735Please respect copyright.PENANAVJyQMMV7Oj
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 735Please respect copyright.PENANAW1cxXeQWbb
splatters all around the room.735Please respect copyright.PENANAe3pTAKmoNl
David was put into the 735Please respect copyright.PENANArwBxHchOhd
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAlusBdo19yr
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAg5ItB637em
other chair, staring into David's soul.735Please respect copyright.PENANA0k9LbNIklI
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.735Please respect copyright.PENANAqdM5Pjrzf5
"I'm David, the rebels 735Please respect copyright.PENANAxKwf2A5Rdo
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0rYMSQ5Lu8
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.735Please respect copyright.PENANA79tn4KeFhG
"Where are you from?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAJm6PHZ7ZnF
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.735Please respect copyright.PENANAUJEwfdsDEI
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAOhZlaZVwzF
"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 nodded735Please respect copyright.PENANAqGIaK6HvkL
"Where did the rebels move?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAUmIsYh6fIR
"Gods, we're not getting735Please respect copyright.PENANAEr9ltdE79P
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want735Please respect copyright.PENANARSvjkp2hax
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."735Please respect copyright.PENANAtjw4i02IvQ
"We know the rebellion 735Please respect copyright.PENANAitgoIyjF5D
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 735Please respect copyright.PENANAld77NHLCwX
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."735Please respect copyright.PENANAgBePhFU3L2
"Well if you know all 735Please respect copyright.PENANAcaF38IqnCb
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 735Please respect copyright.PENANAiKQiYpI4Pa
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 735Please respect copyright.PENANASZHizXq3th
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 735Please respect copyright.PENANAs2xPWCjY2W
on the imperial soldier.735Please respect copyright.PENANAjSMXW9dp5m
"I wanted to make this 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtm0in2K9KH
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkw8Ur5zK9U
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 735Please respect copyright.PENANAdeBIFQfyXq
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 735Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0sxOiLtX6
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAqrJom1yqR8
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 735Please respect copyright.PENANAmcwFd5MJay
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.735Please respect copyright.PENANAFinpqRe9PG
"Wait wait!" Fernand 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJsEQou7H4K
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 735Please respect copyright.PENANAj0lMernQsQ
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."735Please respect copyright.PENANAbaJChb4KQI
Fernand was shaking his 735Please respect copyright.PENANAKgjrYiWwTq
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't735Please respect copyright.PENANAkTjedK7Gtd
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0edVAbFC7
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely735Please respect copyright.PENANAQWi0WDbbG7
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 735Please respect copyright.PENANATS7WqSJHUW
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4n24rvFRgY
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"735Please respect copyright.PENANASJfIr2lr9z
That made Ferdinand 735Please respect copyright.PENANAqlpZOAdmxu
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAFdpBtypkIj
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAOQmeEMTQMd
Fernand wasn't denying 735Please respect copyright.PENANAjYoE5vZrek
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did735Please respect copyright.PENANAosbqEjKn6C
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 735Please respect copyright.PENANAeNHCOSSJPm
get us do something." 735Please respect copyright.PENANAo1cQrcCXau
"Blasphemy, he 735Please respect copyright.PENANAPuQSvNQ5ZI
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 735Please respect copyright.PENANAIWNoyAPlcp
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.735Please respect copyright.PENANAJcgfY6VXVM
"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" 735Please respect copyright.PENANArgt1s3Fwwo
"Demons tend to plan 735Please respect copyright.PENANAdIfipQ3zF5
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 735Please respect copyright.PENANABvJVtRTJRl
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAhz4wn1Uhkw
"To find something, he 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkPTW5N8emq
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to735Please respect copyright.PENANAzwSmDMYDYE
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXE3gF5aks4
same for Fernand.735Please respect copyright.PENANAiNNFxrW1nJ
Fernand was about to say735Please respect copyright.PENANAPkmZtfFCbF
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 735Please respect copyright.PENANAmpWEouHe8j
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 735Please respect copyright.PENANACN3mnMRl94
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAfCZJYzOznV
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."735Please respect copyright.PENANArgk0wVixvZ
David quickly rummaged 735Please respect copyright.PENANAiH1uj1MSMJ
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back735Please respect copyright.PENANA78lo1NAXYk
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 735Please respect copyright.PENANApu8zUgmuj2
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 735Please respect copyright.PENANAJHF9T4nEow
able to trap her."735Please respect copyright.PENANAd23vJhzjFP
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 735Please respect copyright.PENANATyT8H5aSLN
"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.735Please respect copyright.PENANAeXYZuuM3tB
"And how will you do 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWIdRJUZUZ1
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've735Please respect copyright.PENANAuWJs7M49HA
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 735Please respect copyright.PENANAoexAEp8RtH
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 735Please respect copyright.PENANAXVehYZK10S
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."735Please respect copyright.PENANAaYoj297gSC
"But I don't! I really 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnll7nXXVC2
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 735Please respect copyright.PENANAzYnOqEfiUy
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.735Please respect copyright.PENANAV6bCMzqoVS
"Ah captain Schumah, a 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4MgBxCuAdr
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 735Please respect copyright.PENANAy69eyHmJQs
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a735Please respect copyright.PENANAUx8o2pN2YF
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 735Please respect copyright.PENANA51oaam0Ico
black. 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4XmyZqK02W
"Well, well. What do we 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnn3DXgSGn5
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 735Please respect copyright.PENANAOL7uRGgHyo
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.735Please respect copyright.PENANAgEJRyUq3tw
"Look, I swear to all 735Please respect copyright.PENANAw0z8N5mVNd
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 735Please respect copyright.PENANAE1cEGFpGRA
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbQKhtub50A
"We will find out if you735Please respect copyright.PENANAWO4CRNANZz
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He735Please respect copyright.PENANAiKFco339k7
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by735Please respect copyright.PENANAReXZN21uYR
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."735Please respect copyright.PENANAMGgQ3ksL5z
David struggled against 735Please respect copyright.PENANA4sZUgXQETN
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAzwo5VGEpDn
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAtl89lsvDeT
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch735Please respect copyright.PENANAYAnB5XuFCq
"Now how should we 735Please respect copyright.PENANANcVORSwVA2
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 735Please respect copyright.PENANAb3uTYVeTyf
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 735Please respect copyright.PENANA9eMU0LKiFp
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 735Please respect copyright.PENANADtLdDPEJ5z
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my735Please respect copyright.PENANAsmyhkThgen
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 735Please respect copyright.PENANAeA4T4ldc67
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 735Please respect copyright.PENANACjhPIdn1zt
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as735Please respect copyright.PENANAdyQvnBXTve
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.735Please respect copyright.PENANAMaod4Ymjha
Before David could reply735Please respect copyright.PENANAQHSTq4TlgU
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 735Please respect copyright.PENANAEPIUke7dk9
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 735Please respect copyright.PENANAInNge0tcDg
and he screamed.735Please respect copyright.PENANAcPSXm6DW7R
The torturer 735Please respect copyright.PENANAzaygj0GUdy
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 735Please respect copyright.PENANA2rLh18ttu8
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 735Please respect copyright.PENANAFEHPUQwrLv
this."735Please respect copyright.PENANAqnHuCglJPQ
The torturer moved his 735Please respect copyright.PENANA0RFH766RhL
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 735Please respect copyright.PENANAMBQyh9EgtK
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 735Please respect copyright.PENANA61XnsA4Seg
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 735Please respect copyright.PENANAvTxKy0zEJb
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZYG4cb21hx
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 735Please respect copyright.PENANA31MRwpuMCr
you agree?"735Please respect copyright.PENANAR0xnNlcSF2
The torturer stopped his735Please respect copyright.PENANAUwtK2lDqCW
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 735Please respect copyright.PENANAbEZdAeSyif
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ75QKBRBI
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance735Please respect copyright.PENANA0IyZ9GEtnS
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 735Please respect copyright.PENANAzHAhSCkPrs
go?" 735Please respect copyright.PENANAWWdDKzQ9Vr
David was trying to 735Please respect copyright.PENANAl8iNwWtD1J
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was735Please respect copyright.PENANA7U8MDyOzjK
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 735Please respect copyright.PENANApeZoK0LDu6
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 735Please respect copyright.PENANAK3U6kwyIeF
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 735Please respect copyright.PENANAciiITdRVHR
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 735Please respect copyright.PENANAdfnG7AQOf0
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 735Please respect copyright.PENANAxqIz7aG3nj
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.735Please respect copyright.PENANAGLpG4pjkva
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.735Please respect copyright.PENANAxpyKdewr1m
Then suddenly David was 735Please respect copyright.PENANAYBZr44u6Kz
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 735Please respect copyright.PENANAPzQ0T5SaMV
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZSjVMrATyk
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 735Please respect copyright.PENANAzxsAqxstuI
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 735Please respect copyright.PENANAF21X3BGN9g
don't know."735Please respect copyright.PENANABUhXJSvIBz
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."735Please respect copyright.PENANANKxRqvLg4z
"Now, while magic is 735Please respect copyright.PENANATqygMyKpVz
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnUYCT1RjiX
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some735Please respect copyright.PENANAfIVac6If0f
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 735Please respect copyright.PENANAZODvhVvMyc
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAKyiUclWEQb
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 735Please respect copyright.PENANAkw9skzypYl
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain735Please respect copyright.PENANAO2SrMtcamb
came and David screamed for someone to help735Please respect copyright.PENANAKwfugrEpFR
~no one will come.~735Please respect copyright.PENANAYiekEdrfs0
After pulling out all 735Please respect copyright.PENANApYF1wh9TFR
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was735Please respect copyright.PENANAdHXoFdNzk4
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 735Please respect copyright.PENANAi66SLeKu1C
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 735Please respect copyright.PENANApLODDyQvFG
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 735Please respect copyright.PENANApXyJoMOp4R
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 735Please respect copyright.PENANAr1HTgEJpzc
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 735Please respect copyright.PENANA2vzffjhUtZ
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 735Please respect copyright.PENANAIKwZ8iMvZ3
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 735Please respect copyright.PENANALcmlRg7Vxr
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 735Please respect copyright.PENANAugSw1Vk6ge
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone735Please respect copyright.PENANADuDhq6MOiC
would rescue him.735Please respect copyright.PENANAX98JtuEpuE
~no one cares.~735Please respect copyright.PENANAT5hf9AwvyO
Next few moments were a 735Please respect copyright.PENANAza71xQJ7BU
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea735Please respect copyright.PENANAs30pIx5ie6
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.735Please respect copyright.PENANAKiQbRgZAHK
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 735Please respect copyright.PENANAnwcDQf83Gv
companion in the darkness.
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