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All taxes must be paid 960Please respect copyright.PENANApNL58ONSK7
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 960Please respect copyright.PENANAXe0W9SsCoi
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 960Please respect copyright.PENANAN0nQ2k3jLy
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 960Please respect copyright.PENANAjH1hbhamIr
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 960Please respect copyright.PENANAT1impviKa6
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 960Please respect copyright.PENANA5s21zrtYhQ
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAc93Aa9KnJ8
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 960Please respect copyright.PENANA5GKkFBIiTP
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade960Please respect copyright.PENANAvmHQt6c2Se
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 960Please respect copyright.PENANAHqB61SNT2T
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 960Please respect copyright.PENANA0C2a7g7vAo
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 960Please respect copyright.PENANAlxd3UMINcc
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 960Please respect copyright.PENANAbLrUtM9eb2
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted960Please respect copyright.PENANAFFtMXWFkEe
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.960Please respect copyright.PENANA2fE1P5hWlQ
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'960Please respect copyright.PENANAezfQrgTliA
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David has been in jail 960Please respect copyright.PENANAOloHSh8PDx
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.960Please respect copyright.PENANAUOJVPnZcao
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor960Please respect copyright.PENANAkA3DmgjSOJ
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.960Please respect copyright.PENANA3PZRFjOpd7
The cell was big enough 960Please respect copyright.PENANAPPNIGrO1cK
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 960Please respect copyright.PENANAYV2qh3oiTH
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAREKRHoC9we
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAKwjAjUEvZa
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.960Please respect copyright.PENANA1t7FSzqNSe
David didn't even 960Please respect copyright.PENANA7GKf34J8S7
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 960Please respect copyright.PENANA9CiXq07X3E
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 960Please respect copyright.PENANARMVl3fLHXL
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 960Please respect copyright.PENANAqQGhm6fh4R
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAbLPJw4WfCM
Sadly event the best 960Please respect copyright.PENANAFtwITPGDYW
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall960Please respect copyright.PENANAXpqMDa9TMK
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that960Please respect copyright.PENANAMoUZrhzOlw
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 960Please respect copyright.PENANAX2cYPCMJdV
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 960Please respect copyright.PENANAdifLlQe82B
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could960Please respect copyright.PENANADAJ4qbTM8h
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 960Please respect copyright.PENANAy5VV3B38i3
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob960Please respect copyright.PENANAkCxPHzqfs4
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 960Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z0Sr3afTk
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 960Please respect copyright.PENANASnDWrICmVH
cell next door.960Please respect copyright.PENANAUBCXAv4OU5
Another soldier came up 960Please respect copyright.PENANAsDf7cMMG0B
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 960Please respect copyright.PENANAnIDvARwrQl
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 960Please respect copyright.PENANAbwI9TPkcKT
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAxfFeVp3C7c
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAAsWHN9m5D7
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 960Please respect copyright.PENANAuFbFmlCE15
back.960Please respect copyright.PENANAnSnHUH6szg
While David would've 960Please respect copyright.PENANA4fQj9bZOgh
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 960Please respect copyright.PENANAd5GLZGOIyf
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 960Please respect copyright.PENANAcWvthZ2tO9
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 960Please respect copyright.PENANApGSm9YoHLj
Jesters words came back to him. 960Please respect copyright.PENANA6gEjqFFxOI
The walk itself didn't 960Please respect copyright.PENANAUSjFZxRGx8
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 960Please respect copyright.PENANAxhhnkDZFOP
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 960Please respect copyright.PENANAUW53zccAWJ
splatters all around the room.960Please respect copyright.PENANAYExMCS5I8q
David was put into the 960Please respect copyright.PENANA4OmvsRbJLT
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAS5nRoYmjHy
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAtBZvhvxSXF
other chair, staring into David's soul.960Please respect copyright.PENANAHuvkTViNDG
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.960Please respect copyright.PENANAHww2U5NBVY
"I'm David, the rebels 960Please respect copyright.PENANAzwFl9F7X10
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 960Please respect copyright.PENANAsOGq6PPjVE
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.960Please respect copyright.PENANAfDl2mErTSB
"Where are you from?"960Please respect copyright.PENANA1tX21pZsID
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.960Please respect copyright.PENANA03Sg73fQYo
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"960Please respect copyright.PENANAotURW4H6ln
"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 nodded960Please respect copyright.PENANAIhAf9Eo1LZ
"Where did the rebels move?"960Please respect copyright.PENANAY2j1FZQ8oi
"Gods, we're not getting960Please respect copyright.PENANAmcBZiPJrVn
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want960Please respect copyright.PENANAgJOGwpM3eJ
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."960Please respect copyright.PENANAUSuw7Dksro
"We know the rebellion 960Please respect copyright.PENANAScYyuRrxnp
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 960Please respect copyright.PENANAuVFwor8zKk
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."960Please respect copyright.PENANAeZsQ1wJaer
"Well if you know all 960Please respect copyright.PENANAfk8bA952q7
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 960Please respect copyright.PENANAiYMMlBNmM1
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 960Please respect copyright.PENANA1e1Wvwe0Li
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 960Please respect copyright.PENANAK19q8pZV5Q
on the imperial soldier.960Please respect copyright.PENANAg4kbOaA8PJ
"I wanted to make this 960Please respect copyright.PENANAeGc9nZTO1Z
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 960Please respect copyright.PENANAW01Yjd5ilC
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 960Please respect copyright.PENANAZbRkHqtoYN
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 960Please respect copyright.PENANAo9kxDZU6t8
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 960Please respect copyright.PENANA9EPkMlwaR8
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 960Please respect copyright.PENANAIyvzPoCykE
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.960Please respect copyright.PENANAemjxBwAafI
"Wait wait!" Fernand 960Please respect copyright.PENANAfMNcjxE4Y5
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 960Please respect copyright.PENANA3o5sLdeRgF
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."960Please respect copyright.PENANAalwFmADJfM
Fernand was shaking his 960Please respect copyright.PENANAse6ebmvrc8
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't960Please respect copyright.PENANAm99nTFmKuI
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 960Please respect copyright.PENANAKu242w95Yp
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely960Please respect copyright.PENANAtqvGGqohEX
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 960Please respect copyright.PENANA9tckDAjNaq
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAC32f3DczuV
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"960Please respect copyright.PENANACENAlJV0dE
That made Ferdinand 960Please respect copyright.PENANAOwWq3pGl3Q
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAPQ0jGdsKAg
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"960Please respect copyright.PENANAljAjuT7FOP
Fernand wasn't denying 960Please respect copyright.PENANAseazxqMrVL
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did960Please respect copyright.PENANAyXhOaIDz4E
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 960Please respect copyright.PENANANimbtjT3La
get us do something." 960Please respect copyright.PENANANswNqzeO8Q
"Blasphemy, he 960Please respect copyright.PENANAdjFIkr9Quk
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 960Please respect copyright.PENANA3wX60O9SK6
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.960Please respect copyright.PENANAYWX2lOmSRf
"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" 960Please respect copyright.PENANA7HfyzMd7BZ
"Demons tend to plan 960Please respect copyright.PENANA2oS6ygXM7z
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 960Please respect copyright.PENANADgCjGEI51E
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"960Please respect copyright.PENANAMWuY0Og8Q2
"To find something, he 960Please respect copyright.PENANAbYop26NlYW
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to960Please respect copyright.PENANA5ehACX0uw5
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAlnZNooiQcD
same for Fernand.960Please respect copyright.PENANAq8kq4ItjIc
Fernand was about to say960Please respect copyright.PENANAUWcamBiZUN
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 960Please respect copyright.PENANARa5mEK9xyV
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 960Please respect copyright.PENANAKY4NXI2bH8
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 960Please respect copyright.PENANAqIvHHjT0CV
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."960Please respect copyright.PENANAJtnDjKIaqf
David quickly rummaged 960Please respect copyright.PENANAgbPfGESc16
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back960Please respect copyright.PENANAOb4caHCNu4
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 960Please respect copyright.PENANA2d6wFI5NM3
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 960Please respect copyright.PENANAg6mQhGV1A4
able to trap her."960Please respect copyright.PENANAI7Be5iqnEC
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 960Please respect copyright.PENANAQvMM3UiGdz
"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.960Please respect copyright.PENANASJ4J5jgIwP
"And how will you do 960Please respect copyright.PENANACdIgLt0hmM
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've960Please respect copyright.PENANAbBzl3xWkTs
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 960Please respect copyright.PENANAm6uFYTxl7E
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 960Please respect copyright.PENANALjy6pOxRHY
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."960Please respect copyright.PENANAY3c1LcfmBd
"But I don't! I really 960Please respect copyright.PENANAxtuoJki5Xh
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 960Please respect copyright.PENANAfzNd0l0zq3
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.960Please respect copyright.PENANA9L4I9uYmAN
"Ah captain Schumah, a 960Please respect copyright.PENANAPdoopOaYW3
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 960Please respect copyright.PENANAM1MAmLY9PI
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a960Please respect copyright.PENANAZcTAJo9Tes
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 960Please respect copyright.PENANAV5GekQnHQ9
black. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAhWjFYR4FuJ
"Well, well. What do we 960Please respect copyright.PENANA3hs2wEHPI2
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 960Please respect copyright.PENANAj74DKcUAIm
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.960Please respect copyright.PENANAo6lZ1iNncM
"Look, I swear to all 960Please respect copyright.PENANAot9BrwIxqd
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 960Please respect copyright.PENANAV2Qtx1kibc
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAodiwq9fcqj
"We will find out if you960Please respect copyright.PENANA9qzVDbunO9
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He960Please respect copyright.PENANAi5ZFBxQQXJ
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by960Please respect copyright.PENANA1wNp4wD3xI
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."960Please respect copyright.PENANAnx7kivxa6B
David struggled against 960Please respect copyright.PENANAGUp63vFMSe
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAv5himknu3W
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAmTGmJJ6RQ8
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch960Please respect copyright.PENANAeI5aWZbaoJ
"Now how should we 960Please respect copyright.PENANALJSauUJr6C
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 960Please respect copyright.PENANAQ977B0fGvX
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 960Please respect copyright.PENANApknOtUU0MQ
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 960Please respect copyright.PENANABTLr0HLuv9
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my960Please respect copyright.PENANAkMr5ooluRw
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 960Please respect copyright.PENANAuAgwYmwOCV
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 960Please respect copyright.PENANA2PiExghGJc
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as960Please respect copyright.PENANAkYKKn1AnHd
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.960Please respect copyright.PENANAwhWRsvMfSr
Before David could reply960Please respect copyright.PENANAUB6Vw8Mudk
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 960Please respect copyright.PENANAlTrMKvZtJc
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 960Please respect copyright.PENANAcfTuC15aUz
and he screamed.960Please respect copyright.PENANAzXDt7NfXzD
The torturer 960Please respect copyright.PENANAHYM5qQ3fPZ
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 960Please respect copyright.PENANAJdxyFDQ18C
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 960Please respect copyright.PENANAfjDwrHvHsR
this."960Please respect copyright.PENANAMae8JyYTIr
The torturer moved his 960Please respect copyright.PENANAGbjGbcyQgL
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 960Please respect copyright.PENANA6eLL8IsP4H
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 960Please respect copyright.PENANAYlqvsSRB2z
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 960Please respect copyright.PENANAcYZYTxfkhb
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 960Please respect copyright.PENANAojSTgzScth
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 960Please respect copyright.PENANAiqiQ5aKRqu
you agree?"960Please respect copyright.PENANAwiS746xI7g
The torturer stopped his960Please respect copyright.PENANAdkBbcNO6O3
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 960Please respect copyright.PENANAGI1J5RxR5d
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 960Please respect copyright.PENANA3WxIeGq8Xr
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance960Please respect copyright.PENANALDslZzKX2D
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 960Please respect copyright.PENANANwKaTihfF7
go?" 960Please respect copyright.PENANAdQQPkTpSSM
David was trying to 960Please respect copyright.PENANAc91wSqBQwi
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was960Please respect copyright.PENANAhjila6Pvc1
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 960Please respect copyright.PENANA4wPZA1DKKB
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 960Please respect copyright.PENANAcnYwelssTo
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 960Please respect copyright.PENANA76zuQgaR8F
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 960Please respect copyright.PENANAviCEHxQs1s
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 960Please respect copyright.PENANAofAkVoAwUz
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.960Please respect copyright.PENANAj5ZhlRe3Q6
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.960Please respect copyright.PENANA0PXDotjwKN
Then suddenly David was 960Please respect copyright.PENANAE27eNBfOH8
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 960Please respect copyright.PENANAeQCGTHXme7
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 960Please respect copyright.PENANA8UBWSUMwg1
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 960Please respect copyright.PENANABjtbx5vFVw
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 960Please respect copyright.PENANAwyaiwYl2za
don't know."960Please respect copyright.PENANAxd27E3voXR
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."960Please respect copyright.PENANA8npGxiudlt
"Now, while magic is 960Please respect copyright.PENANA27ezLoLcgG
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 960Please respect copyright.PENANAQRvzniv8AW
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some960Please respect copyright.PENANAVTQtPbFHfB
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 960Please respect copyright.PENANAephljXRJgZ
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 960Please respect copyright.PENANADY7UaYx6SF
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 960Please respect copyright.PENANAdYjS0edsBu
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain960Please respect copyright.PENANAKowZ9gFc1V
came and David screamed for someone to help960Please respect copyright.PENANAjjc8dBiz92
~no one will come.~960Please respect copyright.PENANAzucvQLTe0M
After pulling out all 960Please respect copyright.PENANAN4rAWDZgSV
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was960Please respect copyright.PENANAbEM61BWAnx
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 960Please respect copyright.PENANAe3hlIQekYA
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 960Please respect copyright.PENANAskxoJDRhH4
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 960Please respect copyright.PENANAqJqrwp9kS4
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 960Please respect copyright.PENANAFE6v1aFU5T
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 960Please respect copyright.PENANA6nYhkHTJYk
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 960Please respect copyright.PENANAjPGRPpHNVe
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 960Please respect copyright.PENANAe1yqrCFfw1
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 960Please respect copyright.PENANAOTaPQU00PV
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone960Please respect copyright.PENANAPHFBxf0QnI
would rescue him.960Please respect copyright.PENANA0ExA9jJTcF
~no one cares.~960Please respect copyright.PENANAGQpum8DNWC
Next few moments were a 960Please respect copyright.PENANAOvM1LbcEc3
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea960Please respect copyright.PENANAjUnaxxhSDE
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.960Please respect copyright.PENANAeGQBGlaBQT
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 960Please respect copyright.PENANAOrqtBKpiwA
companion in the darkness.
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