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All taxes must be paid 642Please respect copyright.PENANAKh384rbPzh
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 642Please respect copyright.PENANACnE4J1e2AV
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 642Please respect copyright.PENANAAoIaumu3OT
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 642Please respect copyright.PENANADKT8rGgf6G
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 642Please respect copyright.PENANANXXgTX90zM
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 642Please respect copyright.PENANA3q4sFfdu6z
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAL1ccPQ4reg
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 642Please respect copyright.PENANA6JhXKu64P5
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade642Please respect copyright.PENANAhyioEXNCoY
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 642Please respect copyright.PENANAZZNGYtoRfV
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 642Please respect copyright.PENANAefcFA72Teb
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 642Please respect copyright.PENANADGCL6R3vZA
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 642Please respect copyright.PENANAfM5fKNnvlC
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted642Please respect copyright.PENANAxsHoU7WTfy
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.642Please respect copyright.PENANA54ldXY1TPi
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'642Please respect copyright.PENANAg8I40MktyQ
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David has been in jail 642Please respect copyright.PENANAZHsRySZibb
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.642Please respect copyright.PENANAYDoyjTorcE
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor642Please respect copyright.PENANAHNlW5Rgx8s
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.642Please respect copyright.PENANAKPsN5Xh2H5
The cell was big enough 642Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6AQn9vVV4
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 642Please respect copyright.PENANAYkbKMMLgwE
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 642Please respect copyright.PENANA0e4465IXUL
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAzTrwyFepwc
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.642Please respect copyright.PENANA0wL5d53m89
David didn't even 642Please respect copyright.PENANAv42rJAHN3o
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 642Please respect copyright.PENANA3WugXqcf6m
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 642Please respect copyright.PENANAZnS6Mi00zE
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 642Please respect copyright.PENANAw1XRNRjQjz
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 642Please respect copyright.PENANA6I0Cwvp9xc
Sadly event the best 642Please respect copyright.PENANAqY2KBB119v
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall642Please respect copyright.PENANALA6FzaF5wu
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that642Please respect copyright.PENANAKfWoVwO0dI
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 642Please respect copyright.PENANAK8pcSLMuna
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 642Please respect copyright.PENANAO42vy8fzdL
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could642Please respect copyright.PENANAgyKIkPmuvM
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 642Please respect copyright.PENANAdXi8YQw40y
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob642Please respect copyright.PENANAIIKdtxIrHu
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 642Please respect copyright.PENANA64pg8kZjLP
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 642Please respect copyright.PENANA0oa1r9W6h6
cell next door.642Please respect copyright.PENANAYQP6Egy7bl
Another soldier came up 642Please respect copyright.PENANAgRrzvaa1PL
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 642Please respect copyright.PENANAWBdxEM17FX
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 642Please respect copyright.PENANAht0P2NYlaF
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 642Please respect copyright.PENANAcX24I6GSPv
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAFcsYWhKX9q
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 642Please respect copyright.PENANAM2zPLD3TZY
back.642Please respect copyright.PENANAKHA8jP20CC
While David would've 642Please respect copyright.PENANAU70LlfFo2P
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 642Please respect copyright.PENANA7zag9xcVm9
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 642Please respect copyright.PENANA0T2hQ14E28
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 642Please respect copyright.PENANA5Zu8EviMmm
Jesters words came back to him. 642Please respect copyright.PENANA5ycF2ADBrk
The walk itself didn't 642Please respect copyright.PENANAkD1HytvTAh
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 642Please respect copyright.PENANAGpBSoKS76H
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 642Please respect copyright.PENANA4E24R04INj
splatters all around the room.642Please respect copyright.PENANAuqKhqweA4y
David was put into the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAAPz5khzagt
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 642Please respect copyright.PENANAwgxy0qL1Po
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAKqYJu81hMt
other chair, staring into David's soul.642Please respect copyright.PENANAhXEJoe62X6
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.642Please respect copyright.PENANAUjpqsCFgK3
"I'm David, the rebels 642Please respect copyright.PENANARFO2sqmtwi
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 642Please respect copyright.PENANAnaUdCgckWl
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.642Please respect copyright.PENANABNw3OMOuB3
"Where are you from?"642Please respect copyright.PENANA8qA2O3Nu2f
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.642Please respect copyright.PENANAyaIAoeypuV
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"642Please respect copyright.PENANAzbDGuCzrPu
"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 nodded642Please respect copyright.PENANAd97F399U45
"Where did the rebels move?"642Please respect copyright.PENANAwiW6Ovfx72
"Gods, we're not getting642Please respect copyright.PENANAh7T23GPUBS
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want642Please respect copyright.PENANA4mcXOGqiSF
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."642Please respect copyright.PENANAgIgCFgljiZ
"We know the rebellion 642Please respect copyright.PENANAoLxQyez2Hx
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 642Please respect copyright.PENANAYFdz10I0Ng
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."642Please respect copyright.PENANA12AzmuR7sR
"Well if you know all 642Please respect copyright.PENANAmXHuE89Xwb
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 642Please respect copyright.PENANAqbptV4OFio
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 642Please respect copyright.PENANAKDloOF86JD
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 642Please respect copyright.PENANAUFi0SKJvF0
on the imperial soldier.642Please respect copyright.PENANAkrWgYxouOX
"I wanted to make this 642Please respect copyright.PENANA90LtTYfNQ6
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 642Please respect copyright.PENANAmpAxoSZX4A
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 642Please respect copyright.PENANAPMdRiKl0KL
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 642Please respect copyright.PENANAvYA9qOudjD
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 642Please respect copyright.PENANAns9oQBtv7j
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 642Please respect copyright.PENANAqi9tVRj9rC
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.642Please respect copyright.PENANAHDh6PHW7IN
"Wait wait!" Fernand 642Please respect copyright.PENANAFC7q7ytPov
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 642Please respect copyright.PENANASp9zXGujRO
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."642Please respect copyright.PENANAQFQwDa9mMc
Fernand was shaking his 642Please respect copyright.PENANAoHc3R09WEO
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't642Please respect copyright.PENANAEBHw8dPtcm
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 642Please respect copyright.PENANAPAzYdLTvaC
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely642Please respect copyright.PENANABsOSPmoHLo
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 642Please respect copyright.PENANAPeMQPkegY4
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 642Please respect copyright.PENANAlTYfBExL48
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"642Please respect copyright.PENANA7kWce9bWkC
That made Ferdinand 642Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ss8b4xc5W
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAlcmRlvgIRu
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"642Please respect copyright.PENANAEbJORXgHQW
Fernand wasn't denying 642Please respect copyright.PENANAIYzHfX1p9k
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did642Please respect copyright.PENANAqDdL8pvPH8
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 642Please respect copyright.PENANACGIYXmmCFG
get us do something." 642Please respect copyright.PENANAhDtaB9mnln
"Blasphemy, he 642Please respect copyright.PENANABNvIL5VSvg
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 642Please respect copyright.PENANApv7m6wBcso
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.642Please respect copyright.PENANAUPyQYF1MTR
"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" 642Please respect copyright.PENANAaowxtkA1SL
"Demons tend to plan 642Please respect copyright.PENANAym2KV02Txr
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 642Please respect copyright.PENANAEbhu9VhpmL
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"642Please respect copyright.PENANADsclLZoq9l
"To find something, he 642Please respect copyright.PENANA2gQk9syGxw
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to642Please respect copyright.PENANAd9N5JQ4To2
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAxXb5ci753C
same for Fernand.642Please respect copyright.PENANA2fU5q8RPzf
Fernand was about to say642Please respect copyright.PENANAUNwzSlJMzC
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 642Please respect copyright.PENANAAShJ4jrlpb
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 642Please respect copyright.PENANA1XbM1vDxnr
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 642Please respect copyright.PENANAi8INakUklG
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."642Please respect copyright.PENANADme8t8ZsFE
David quickly rummaged 642Please respect copyright.PENANAqH1tXJ8Dlt
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back642Please respect copyright.PENANAg10gWbGfYD
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 642Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7jGzBGtd1
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 642Please respect copyright.PENANAUrblhGEOE5
able to trap her."642Please respect copyright.PENANAeMCMPsDqGB
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 642Please respect copyright.PENANAzdI42fKzzH
"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.642Please respect copyright.PENANAnrynA9vn3Y
"And how will you do 642Please respect copyright.PENANAGvFEGE6Pjt
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've642Please respect copyright.PENANAjemMB8qWIj
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 642Please respect copyright.PENANA9cFrfhvmMv
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 642Please respect copyright.PENANAvySazjWGli
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."642Please respect copyright.PENANAOf8QwWNJYN
"But I don't! I really 642Please respect copyright.PENANAjyJTlMmgG3
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 642Please respect copyright.PENANAEPYw4Cf7UV
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.642Please respect copyright.PENANAVSyl36DYlf
"Ah captain Schumah, a 642Please respect copyright.PENANAQiAs0JOdl1
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 642Please respect copyright.PENANAzUXjsqFYRJ
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a642Please respect copyright.PENANA8FNiwbABfC
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 642Please respect copyright.PENANAXXCiwT6FHM
black. 642Please respect copyright.PENANAWMRlRRwJMd
"Well, well. What do we 642Please respect copyright.PENANAL0RaPNzHLx
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 642Please respect copyright.PENANApiYoqzqcSO
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.642Please respect copyright.PENANAb37UZZ0SOi
"Look, I swear to all 642Please respect copyright.PENANA9R8MwVOsZw
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 642Please respect copyright.PENANAJWbTIOJnmY
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 642Please respect copyright.PENANAAa3P8EfuJG
"We will find out if you642Please respect copyright.PENANAFFAIBHe0qe
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He642Please respect copyright.PENANAbVz05fXcsq
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by642Please respect copyright.PENANAFlBpuNNzv4
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."642Please respect copyright.PENANA9bYdYFMUCx
David struggled against 642Please respect copyright.PENANARfzEdGdtH1
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAgd3gSoXR21
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAMqSKw2wFSi
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch642Please respect copyright.PENANAsTZlMOsG2w
"Now how should we 642Please respect copyright.PENANApmzb5ALGlk
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 642Please respect copyright.PENANAH47XeGU93N
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 642Please respect copyright.PENANAr1yVFN2Q0t
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 642Please respect copyright.PENANAzbFVTYNf4G
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my642Please respect copyright.PENANACHYDXW2Y2c
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 642Please respect copyright.PENANA8YledIlpHs
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 642Please respect copyright.PENANA8mSYecxmuY
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as642Please respect copyright.PENANAz9O4toUhkm
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.642Please respect copyright.PENANAOqbgn5fQk7
Before David could reply642Please respect copyright.PENANACDIByxJVZh
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 642Please respect copyright.PENANAQN6EmXZxyJ
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 642Please respect copyright.PENANAzXv5gmaS3o
and he screamed.642Please respect copyright.PENANAnteWw16sOD
The torturer 642Please respect copyright.PENANAoUU8ELhuv5
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 642Please respect copyright.PENANAsxyj7h6ye0
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 642Please respect copyright.PENANAUm1RnmmWxb
this."642Please respect copyright.PENANAj2Jj4iRnOT
The torturer moved his 642Please respect copyright.PENANAf0PdGrXyvD
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 642Please respect copyright.PENANAzpCuej92Yo
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 642Please respect copyright.PENANAgnKAUK3nqA
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 642Please respect copyright.PENANAtes2bDXhDP
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 642Please respect copyright.PENANAxCVwcLeBkZ
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 642Please respect copyright.PENANAVrtd5iS2w3
you agree?"642Please respect copyright.PENANA24lycr7fLp
The torturer stopped his642Please respect copyright.PENANAcXlh2PtlOt
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 642Please respect copyright.PENANAmxQrhxF8Cd
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 642Please respect copyright.PENANAfKkaEf4JeY
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance642Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1qSkBR35j
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 642Please respect copyright.PENANApQI4OzZrh1
go?" 642Please respect copyright.PENANASZlgTK3zXy
David was trying to 642Please respect copyright.PENANAgUpfHqgfeS
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was642Please respect copyright.PENANAotVmx3An2R
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 642Please respect copyright.PENANAedKRscmTL5
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 642Please respect copyright.PENANAA5rxzBmySr
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 642Please respect copyright.PENANAYH1fNlrptN
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 642Please respect copyright.PENANAGBWBsWECj2
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 642Please respect copyright.PENANAy65xxfSVjR
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.642Please respect copyright.PENANARVngwa0nUN
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.642Please respect copyright.PENANASNKbv0PQbp
Then suddenly David was 642Please respect copyright.PENANADNcYTcMPRq
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 642Please respect copyright.PENANAJlFJYLoH4c
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 642Please respect copyright.PENANAtIxdMOfmtG
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 642Please respect copyright.PENANAVGfw1U6pVa
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 642Please respect copyright.PENANArOTMV3IdqS
don't know."642Please respect copyright.PENANAhLI57xa8A9
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."642Please respect copyright.PENANAsffDWHPkPf
"Now, while magic is 642Please respect copyright.PENANAGB79PSJ2Zq
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 642Please respect copyright.PENANAbrgH38huBP
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some642Please respect copyright.PENANA2Vox4qZZXi
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 642Please respect copyright.PENANAnNto4dlRvB
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 642Please respect copyright.PENANA7AZYeLipUL
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 642Please respect copyright.PENANAfGiwQD0i6i
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain642Please respect copyright.PENANAgJYfqXkCsh
came and David screamed for someone to help642Please respect copyright.PENANAfz3wJKA7aj
~no one will come.~642Please respect copyright.PENANAGvJGHgb4ji
After pulling out all 642Please respect copyright.PENANAsVVmJrUYi0
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was642Please respect copyright.PENANAfz5SeKxVCC
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 642Please respect copyright.PENANA1sCkkXm3EV
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 642Please respect copyright.PENANAVDoQJm6Frg
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 642Please respect copyright.PENANAOApjIYycLq
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 642Please respect copyright.PENANAVO8RXpmlSw
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 642Please respect copyright.PENANAUVoB2rudkD
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 642Please respect copyright.PENANAnHRuk062gy
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 642Please respect copyright.PENANAKZJMzMAFui
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 642Please respect copyright.PENANAVYeh3lYNip
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone642Please respect copyright.PENANARgWRqMyjcG
would rescue him.642Please respect copyright.PENANAToJYmyM0Ei
~no one cares.~642Please respect copyright.PENANAfNzaMvMCUW
Next few moments were a 642Please respect copyright.PENANAPreRgLrUY2
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea642Please respect copyright.PENANA9h5I4Yexav
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.642Please respect copyright.PENANA386itPN4Zi
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 642Please respect copyright.PENANAoAU2OJ39wd
companion in the darkness.
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