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All taxes must be paid 613Please respect copyright.PENANAEaiSlHYj33
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 613Please respect copyright.PENANAXlbdnQNynX
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 613Please respect copyright.PENANAaHcvWlxgq2
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 613Please respect copyright.PENANAFiyXBDf4AU
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 613Please respect copyright.PENANAwXpntwijc2
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 613Please respect copyright.PENANAUPbN97l6jb
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 613Please respect copyright.PENANArEaTdMqGTv
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 613Please respect copyright.PENANAmKEGSZcH7V
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade613Please respect copyright.PENANA6JjeT98H8h
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 613Please respect copyright.PENANADL6KsVHTqJ
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 613Please respect copyright.PENANA3sOQ7NI26Z
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 613Please respect copyright.PENANAyyI7y3nor8
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 613Please respect copyright.PENANAvuSIRWhxhL
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted613Please respect copyright.PENANAMj7dFjtXu5
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.613Please respect copyright.PENANAPlwGJqYnPP
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'613Please respect copyright.PENANAvXcrLr3Kgd
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David has been in jail 613Please respect copyright.PENANAYZPv624Bhg
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.613Please respect copyright.PENANA5CfFTyHVjP
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor613Please respect copyright.PENANAXtIiBUppit
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.613Please respect copyright.PENANA2Dyuu7qYvO
The cell was big enough 613Please respect copyright.PENANAgkA8WAuN6W
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 613Please respect copyright.PENANAMMc9CbyoBs
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 613Please respect copyright.PENANABFEj83wCcj
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAsdBcLql8C3
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.613Please respect copyright.PENANAeRFAXWuMsF
David didn't even 613Please respect copyright.PENANAa93yRxDjon
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAKB3Os7cNNm
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 613Please respect copyright.PENANAUdc3tSuchm
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 613Please respect copyright.PENANASreEJXHcyL
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAd7LQ7hCzvo
Sadly event the best 613Please respect copyright.PENANAsO5BagRaGy
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall613Please respect copyright.PENANA30sVWzbqSb
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that613Please respect copyright.PENANAgaa5hhcGL4
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 613Please respect copyright.PENANAzWwIuSiPX5
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 613Please respect copyright.PENANAcvjFHS188Y
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could613Please respect copyright.PENANADQtMODMDjl
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 613Please respect copyright.PENANAnoVn0tJv9m
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob613Please respect copyright.PENANAcrjbKodskf
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 613Please respect copyright.PENANAbY4weMQOXj
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAbjt0xK3nBs
cell next door.613Please respect copyright.PENANAreLbYE2hTV
Another soldier came up 613Please respect copyright.PENANAXGEVapV7A6
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 613Please respect copyright.PENANAonwO2TwLWE
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 613Please respect copyright.PENANA73BadoT38o
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAWk9qyWUNLX
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 613Please respect copyright.PENANADhYAC2H652
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 613Please respect copyright.PENANApv984h9Md2
back.613Please respect copyright.PENANAKs65w1O7hQ
While David would've 613Please respect copyright.PENANAqOa52wFT4C
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 613Please respect copyright.PENANAbtDw0IwT47
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 613Please respect copyright.PENANALL4ggr2Co7
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 613Please respect copyright.PENANAaGUtItUAhL
Jesters words came back to him. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAekUf1aGWLZ
The walk itself didn't 613Please respect copyright.PENANAa9NLVNRPgl
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 613Please respect copyright.PENANAaZgiLPQhhX
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 613Please respect copyright.PENANA5VNB7mxsN3
splatters all around the room.613Please respect copyright.PENANAp7fshupjET
David was put into the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAbyN9uBUTLk
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAXjmCy5qjQa
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 613Please respect copyright.PENANA4KYN6XhskR
other chair, staring into David's soul.613Please respect copyright.PENANAeW0zdfwejO
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.613Please respect copyright.PENANAwEYa9smdW8
"I'm David, the rebels 613Please respect copyright.PENANAKaFJWPgpqE
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 613Please respect copyright.PENANAKlsUsn5m00
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.613Please respect copyright.PENANAzTOUPwIvqi
"Where are you from?"613Please respect copyright.PENANAdl3OhJeDhX
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.613Please respect copyright.PENANA7vC79RVQTn
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"613Please respect copyright.PENANAyQ3uXLui4H
"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 nodded613Please respect copyright.PENANAe0xTtC3IY3
"Where did the rebels move?"613Please respect copyright.PENANABFvdzroZCM
"Gods, we're not getting613Please respect copyright.PENANAWzFIaUjmXq
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want613Please respect copyright.PENANAz1VOdO13Mp
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."613Please respect copyright.PENANAgOdQIEj6A2
"We know the rebellion 613Please respect copyright.PENANAUrDJioNcoV
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 613Please respect copyright.PENANAnOHqTK7wne
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."613Please respect copyright.PENANAeCQAfn3RK3
"Well if you know all 613Please respect copyright.PENANAExiuDF7ze7
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 613Please respect copyright.PENANAKGE1UoJruY
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 613Please respect copyright.PENANAGtgfEw1Il2
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 613Please respect copyright.PENANALrU4EAMnMo
on the imperial soldier.613Please respect copyright.PENANAmQMYtiknj6
"I wanted to make this 613Please respect copyright.PENANAAblzND8rmN
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 613Please respect copyright.PENANAwVL6IXmWUT
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 613Please respect copyright.PENANA8aydhEWK2B
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 613Please respect copyright.PENANA7nJdU4dwzb
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 613Please respect copyright.PENANAYgyMJowXSH
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 613Please respect copyright.PENANAYdAV8ZwhXP
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.613Please respect copyright.PENANAEnVl42XQwX
"Wait wait!" Fernand 613Please respect copyright.PENANAPedNlLAjkM
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 613Please respect copyright.PENANAOqKiwNxeZC
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."613Please respect copyright.PENANAJEw8cypdRb
Fernand was shaking his 613Please respect copyright.PENANAZWnudIB4cY
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't613Please respect copyright.PENANAFMVWlOVHAY
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 613Please respect copyright.PENANABfoLzgXZFF
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely613Please respect copyright.PENANAOaKGQXOFdt
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 613Please respect copyright.PENANAyuWnsrK2wS
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAenn6ByO3xc
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"613Please respect copyright.PENANA7z1RQJMflo
That made Ferdinand 613Please respect copyright.PENANAPGbeSGWNCk
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAlzYUYCiJyR
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"613Please respect copyright.PENANAxkPWa9fr0l
Fernand wasn't denying 613Please respect copyright.PENANASeB8kJ8bBp
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did613Please respect copyright.PENANAQpmPeAXYfA
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 613Please respect copyright.PENANAzNW5CQ36fG
get us do something." 613Please respect copyright.PENANASvVCCbW74L
"Blasphemy, he 613Please respect copyright.PENANAjeUy6iUOVi
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 613Please respect copyright.PENANAMyfEOVBfxu
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.613Please respect copyright.PENANAmQ8Kptjmw4
"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" 613Please respect copyright.PENANA2iZJOgvhJ3
"Demons tend to plan 613Please respect copyright.PENANAdSZ4WSwA9g
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 613Please respect copyright.PENANAkOmwNPor0f
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"613Please respect copyright.PENANA45x9PT9AVH
"To find something, he 613Please respect copyright.PENANAusrmWabuTe
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to613Please respect copyright.PENANAMyOGJOP14W
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAqA3gf0o8LT
same for Fernand.613Please respect copyright.PENANAJJ4MPRkJQa
Fernand was about to say613Please respect copyright.PENANAMrqaHJIUXX
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 613Please respect copyright.PENANA4BKN08quAj
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 613Please respect copyright.PENANAPCNkduiStb
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 613Please respect copyright.PENANApTyidYDxrm
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."613Please respect copyright.PENANAPo9ILPZ016
David quickly rummaged 613Please respect copyright.PENANAWbwUYstjLt
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back613Please respect copyright.PENANAK1wBh781SV
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 613Please respect copyright.PENANA5WxRPQ8G4Y
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 613Please respect copyright.PENANA0Vn7aBoHvk
able to trap her."613Please respect copyright.PENANAXrnj1G85ml
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 613Please respect copyright.PENANAY6a1Kz435x
"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.613Please respect copyright.PENANAuEIxdK6ViB
"And how will you do 613Please respect copyright.PENANAujuXyATsUx
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've613Please respect copyright.PENANAwsSFePWLIP
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 613Please respect copyright.PENANAR9B6wnQOCh
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 613Please respect copyright.PENANAst0Q8ycMhi
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."613Please respect copyright.PENANA973yLzyaaS
"But I don't! I really 613Please respect copyright.PENANAgYfWxfP7Y0
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 613Please respect copyright.PENANAjYfB3gQtVZ
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.613Please respect copyright.PENANAhboiWNuz1y
"Ah captain Schumah, a 613Please respect copyright.PENANAaYEz3Dii2F
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 613Please respect copyright.PENANAYJWrUktY0I
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a613Please respect copyright.PENANAHhOtW86iHj
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 613Please respect copyright.PENANApm1L0yA1Of
black. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAJwA3NX6k2m
"Well, well. What do we 613Please respect copyright.PENANAkxBl82H0rB
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 613Please respect copyright.PENANAOQIVwISB32
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.613Please respect copyright.PENANARguUxl0Btj
"Look, I swear to all 613Please respect copyright.PENANAEuIi4lFkUv
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 613Please respect copyright.PENANAom24Qx0nJA
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 613Please respect copyright.PENANA9AXPjJpQUL
"We will find out if you613Please respect copyright.PENANAeHWlMu3oLe
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He613Please respect copyright.PENANAsYmcSrOKys
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by613Please respect copyright.PENANAAlaKobGN24
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."613Please respect copyright.PENANAlCGtQxo8wK
David struggled against 613Please respect copyright.PENANApiSkP8PtIO
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAe3e9z130pE
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAaaQxhRGmTc
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch613Please respect copyright.PENANAKxZaZOoTI3
"Now how should we 613Please respect copyright.PENANAH4tiqW2CXC
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 613Please respect copyright.PENANAcx2Go2TrOG
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 613Please respect copyright.PENANAxhhwtq61JB
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 613Please respect copyright.PENANAU3smWEiC74
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my613Please respect copyright.PENANAQCuUNnzThN
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 613Please respect copyright.PENANArkXnnJzl7y
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 613Please respect copyright.PENANARLSBUngoBM
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as613Please respect copyright.PENANAVJRLfHTuZa
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.613Please respect copyright.PENANAjZefC4LObs
Before David could reply613Please respect copyright.PENANASohUvRiHIN
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 613Please respect copyright.PENANAtu7t13vVrj
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 613Please respect copyright.PENANAJFmZmvjeZ8
and he screamed.613Please respect copyright.PENANA2wq6jyeg1i
The torturer 613Please respect copyright.PENANA42wYtF1A3B
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 613Please respect copyright.PENANAxhKlWnk94O
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 613Please respect copyright.PENANAXPOi3miEeB
this."613Please respect copyright.PENANAqvrmFIAO5M
The torturer moved his 613Please respect copyright.PENANALfe0z8i9VC
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 613Please respect copyright.PENANAfdphu8rd5T
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 613Please respect copyright.PENANAwJ8TOdO0v1
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 613Please respect copyright.PENANAK7fKTqabYW
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 613Please respect copyright.PENANAtXIUti9g3J
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 613Please respect copyright.PENANA3n2OPPnZfg
you agree?"613Please respect copyright.PENANAMQrwZl5DVD
The torturer stopped his613Please respect copyright.PENANAOXGq2fNSJw
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 613Please respect copyright.PENANAxkQc3BmDCL
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 613Please respect copyright.PENANAIcNMsi2QjS
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance613Please respect copyright.PENANASXbPZ3RrAH
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 613Please respect copyright.PENANAQODf87pMdR
go?" 613Please respect copyright.PENANAUUz763a1xm
David was trying to 613Please respect copyright.PENANA24NOtUUIcB
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was613Please respect copyright.PENANAxdcUL8Gth2
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 613Please respect copyright.PENANANM0q2Q0Zns
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 613Please respect copyright.PENANAwf3o1jRL3h
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 613Please respect copyright.PENANAxNa0A9WoWH
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 613Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1rqb5tFyA
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 613Please respect copyright.PENANA9pz8Sce56y
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.613Please respect copyright.PENANAicRUaeyNhP
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.613Please respect copyright.PENANAVo7naVakMz
Then suddenly David was 613Please respect copyright.PENANAqAlxAFKnzE
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 613Please respect copyright.PENANAvLTimyyfFZ
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 613Please respect copyright.PENANAwKQOzpZSQt
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 613Please respect copyright.PENANAG4jEWP2tCl
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 613Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZyyJZCE0E
don't know."613Please respect copyright.PENANAjpR88KKAPU
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."613Please respect copyright.PENANAmPYjtZivcb
"Now, while magic is 613Please respect copyright.PENANAVqXAKnS24a
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 613Please respect copyright.PENANAXJgXBN7NBj
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some613Please respect copyright.PENANAfaG5N7WGNC
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 613Please respect copyright.PENANA2sXAVKGuyX
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 613Please respect copyright.PENANAj5DZmBwK0s
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 613Please respect copyright.PENANAyFK81HIB8R
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain613Please respect copyright.PENANAHlvtWOEr1Q
came and David screamed for someone to help613Please respect copyright.PENANACnCuEMvnVP
~no one will come.~613Please respect copyright.PENANAG2W60GaeIt
After pulling out all 613Please respect copyright.PENANAwPxtYQ6Y4o
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was613Please respect copyright.PENANA5C2snFZOsB
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 613Please respect copyright.PENANAvMdmBMegt1
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 613Please respect copyright.PENANAhWTmgUNRtc
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 613Please respect copyright.PENANA3TiU5o5xXO
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 613Please respect copyright.PENANA0k5feP6TQT
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 613Please respect copyright.PENANAOhqeUfNL67
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 613Please respect copyright.PENANAsuppdmWBJ8
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 613Please respect copyright.PENANADccyL25cey
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 613Please respect copyright.PENANAacfotXOt6N
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone613Please respect copyright.PENANAup0ycYpIum
would rescue him.613Please respect copyright.PENANAomCQpT2Ev3
~no one cares.~613Please respect copyright.PENANAJxNPU2PJEw
Next few moments were a 613Please respect copyright.PENANA9cghUjyJS3
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea613Please respect copyright.PENANAj5azMkIpgr
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.613Please respect copyright.PENANAIYafmF3GT5
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 613Please respect copyright.PENANA7x00OcVBci
companion in the darkness.
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