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All taxes must be paid 690Please respect copyright.PENANAZsJIBP3Wf7
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 690Please respect copyright.PENANAX4c9JC7XHn
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 690Please respect copyright.PENANAdEOihuynIw
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 690Please respect copyright.PENANAhsjoCTvetA
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 690Please respect copyright.PENANAaHI2IYeCqQ
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 690Please respect copyright.PENANA4zPRNjGtaZ
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAAI32pdfJbV
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 690Please respect copyright.PENANAfYiuFQhxPP
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade690Please respect copyright.PENANAn8b51PbPzx
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 690Please respect copyright.PENANAbCVXTVBCck
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 690Please respect copyright.PENANAGyzCdTdq7H
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 690Please respect copyright.PENANAJxMZelHYeV
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 690Please respect copyright.PENANAKfmzmmkQBb
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted690Please respect copyright.PENANAFdnkJ6D2NG
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.690Please respect copyright.PENANA5v6bmm5fBN
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'690Please respect copyright.PENANAeWZ733cJkc
___________________________________________________690Please respect copyright.PENANAhFgNy4I97q
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David has been in jail 690Please respect copyright.PENANAZfdTlvb7a5
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.690Please respect copyright.PENANAd4w9TK8CnK
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor690Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZCXHGXHuu
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.690Please respect copyright.PENANA8I8VyKgsKX
The cell was big enough 690Please respect copyright.PENANAMAwIMeNpwn
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 690Please respect copyright.PENANA3a0XEvTrJv
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 690Please respect copyright.PENANAnupddBt3rQ
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAdmgj6SSdgX
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.690Please respect copyright.PENANA11f8rwSALg
David didn't even 690Please respect copyright.PENANAioeCJBkNIP
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 690Please respect copyright.PENANA4IoyLKK1PF
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 690Please respect copyright.PENANAy5q7iNnEEU
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 690Please respect copyright.PENANADkhHeI6J5p
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 690Please respect copyright.PENANA9v0xhWSiHQ
Sadly event the best 690Please respect copyright.PENANASx1wjqjVVN
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall690Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yn8kKebKg
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that690Please respect copyright.PENANA1Cs7fKkDSM
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 690Please respect copyright.PENANAhC9UNy48mt
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 690Please respect copyright.PENANAbUMZXDun53
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could690Please respect copyright.PENANADjRMl8V3WS
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 690Please respect copyright.PENANArmuI9XAZmJ
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob690Please respect copyright.PENANABrXfxpxzLB
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 690Please respect copyright.PENANABltOfgAjjr
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAA1xbkX3Qqz
cell next door.690Please respect copyright.PENANAxwhHREA6Qu
Another soldier came up 690Please respect copyright.PENANAZPXzkJF3VK
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 690Please respect copyright.PENANAC0KA9cef6L
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 690Please respect copyright.PENANAaAZStZ0pob
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 690Please respect copyright.PENANAWsM36Zh2Fb
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAiaeMWP2gR7
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 690Please respect copyright.PENANA6sDOUm9433
back.690Please respect copyright.PENANArsJzuhAvRe
While David would've 690Please respect copyright.PENANATQjq7tb181
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 690Please respect copyright.PENANAsV09OvE3WV
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 690Please respect copyright.PENANAppYYdQnp7I
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 690Please respect copyright.PENANAJEYB6bUV5s
Jesters words came back to him. 690Please respect copyright.PENANAW8FtrqnZ7m
The walk itself didn't 690Please respect copyright.PENANA5HfY7lrkO3
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 690Please respect copyright.PENANA2hkHRoLtr3
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 690Please respect copyright.PENANAHfNa7g7mb1
splatters all around the room.690Please respect copyright.PENANANh51LjqN54
David was put into the 690Please respect copyright.PENANARn0MXGMwxy
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 690Please respect copyright.PENANAlhPPRqStyS
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAFoxDtEwiU2
other chair, staring into David's soul.690Please respect copyright.PENANApJ2LrquosS
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.690Please respect copyright.PENANArFexvhhqjU
"I'm David, the rebels 690Please respect copyright.PENANAON26mFFbVt
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 690Please respect copyright.PENANATYTs9EfjPb
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.690Please respect copyright.PENANAfV8edXpxun
"Where are you from?"690Please respect copyright.PENANAyzvsaGlcGr
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.690Please respect copyright.PENANA1ssBU4oMJO
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"690Please respect copyright.PENANAva8HtNFXI0
"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 nodded690Please respect copyright.PENANAoCRxr9TgsM
"Where did the rebels move?"690Please respect copyright.PENANALb6kt42Trb
"Gods, we're not getting690Please respect copyright.PENANAwt7yOthO86
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want690Please respect copyright.PENANAlwvTtE6qM1
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."690Please respect copyright.PENANAOqEqw3lVzW
"We know the rebellion 690Please respect copyright.PENANAmExONkt4yJ
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 690Please respect copyright.PENANAOcNBRox6UP
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."690Please respect copyright.PENANAorMUmpAKyP
"Well if you know all 690Please respect copyright.PENANAZz7omqmi9y
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 690Please respect copyright.PENANA6YWBILWYsL
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 690Please respect copyright.PENANAVkrQ6LWC9F
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 690Please respect copyright.PENANA7yLhaAAzkx
on the imperial soldier.690Please respect copyright.PENANABt0XB4tpSz
"I wanted to make this 690Please respect copyright.PENANAdK0ualETt0
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 690Please respect copyright.PENANAPf2RF3rcXa
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 690Please respect copyright.PENANAn5Uy2WeIGG
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 690Please respect copyright.PENANALwoNvgmseP
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 690Please respect copyright.PENANAnsfzs4VvJq
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 690Please respect copyright.PENANAtmqRefVlok
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.690Please respect copyright.PENANAEzBhuQKWI0
"Wait wait!" Fernand 690Please respect copyright.PENANAikmnYNE5f5
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 690Please respect copyright.PENANAt6mkdz7UYI
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."690Please respect copyright.PENANAGvX07PpOgm
Fernand was shaking his 690Please respect copyright.PENANAAzOH6ryWes
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't690Please respect copyright.PENANAoEpCbC3YNz
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 690Please respect copyright.PENANArT63NodFPc
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely690Please respect copyright.PENANArdlxgcVDbl
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 690Please respect copyright.PENANAf4uAp4COUa
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 690Please respect copyright.PENANA7dg4650ve0
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"690Please respect copyright.PENANAi8ZAgDvIlx
That made Ferdinand 690Please respect copyright.PENANAuQNvEQnGed
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 690Please respect copyright.PENANA2VZE3ukeZC
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"690Please respect copyright.PENANA6i6lqyofvB
Fernand wasn't denying 690Please respect copyright.PENANAYDCsPyCTyL
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did690Please respect copyright.PENANAlJXRVhLFbY
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 690Please respect copyright.PENANAdPM33rOXEk
get us do something." 690Please respect copyright.PENANArrnI7apy7x
"Blasphemy, he 690Please respect copyright.PENANAETIrHcNBR9
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 690Please respect copyright.PENANAYva6csRy8W
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.690Please respect copyright.PENANA7lbwX04FAq
"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" 690Please respect copyright.PENANADpkHZ3DHfo
"Demons tend to plan 690Please respect copyright.PENANAhJOwzvEqSz
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 690Please respect copyright.PENANAIzXbUlkxc6
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"690Please respect copyright.PENANAoryF6W53Fr
"To find something, he 690Please respect copyright.PENANAJHkCrpA4he
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to690Please respect copyright.PENANAqTo3Ka6SHI
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAuEW1iRos2Y
same for Fernand.690Please respect copyright.PENANA69WWhh17XW
Fernand was about to say690Please respect copyright.PENANAiFpZxhHEfW
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 690Please respect copyright.PENANAXnKtC2V4dI
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 690Please respect copyright.PENANAEqiFNCM0dh
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 690Please respect copyright.PENANA8fLAux1wQp
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."690Please respect copyright.PENANAFM2NtFRKXm
David quickly rummaged 690Please respect copyright.PENANAqq4fsJshRE
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back690Please respect copyright.PENANAQOBfRMSrMe
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 690Please respect copyright.PENANANMgOH5KIQK
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 690Please respect copyright.PENANALWtPayiKX8
able to trap her."690Please respect copyright.PENANADMHMdlerkq
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 690Please respect copyright.PENANAVO4Cf2mLQz
"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.690Please respect copyright.PENANA2lOXkjCySs
"And how will you do 690Please respect copyright.PENANATQHpt18o8i
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've690Please respect copyright.PENANAU94DbJw8h9
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 690Please respect copyright.PENANArZhL8ZcVC0
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 690Please respect copyright.PENANAfGcJ0X2j8F
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."690Please respect copyright.PENANAxgqPJKWKTD
"But I don't! I really 690Please respect copyright.PENANA2CojBGORpm
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 690Please respect copyright.PENANAefJGepPn53
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.690Please respect copyright.PENANAHEEnsCUGYL
"Ah captain Schumah, a 690Please respect copyright.PENANA348rluqRyD
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 690Please respect copyright.PENANAdPqJeeTAhX
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a690Please respect copyright.PENANASyGYzCIgrW
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 690Please respect copyright.PENANAJUjgNZIjsx
black. 690Please respect copyright.PENANAfGr3w3cc7l
"Well, well. What do we 690Please respect copyright.PENANAaaGfK2IRhQ
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 690Please respect copyright.PENANAbglvHZBTx8
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.690Please respect copyright.PENANAVwz7WPMobH
"Look, I swear to all 690Please respect copyright.PENANAmFsrDMqPUh
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 690Please respect copyright.PENANALzPZPoxGPd
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 690Please respect copyright.PENANA1ud4jpA461
"We will find out if you690Please respect copyright.PENANASgtnqPY9lb
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He690Please respect copyright.PENANAM9qNXiCzqP
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by690Please respect copyright.PENANAPxSmHS5Ed9
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."690Please respect copyright.PENANADRZXMWf0RY
David struggled against 690Please respect copyright.PENANAlu2jDItX0w
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAUgPtm98kJh
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAicI787Dk4z
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch690Please respect copyright.PENANAyixIDi2Xnb
"Now how should we 690Please respect copyright.PENANAlKUsThuzWL
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 690Please respect copyright.PENANA7SRuEkQvlI
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 690Please respect copyright.PENANA1HGHRYtXa7
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 690Please respect copyright.PENANAH5xHJrehSF
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my690Please respect copyright.PENANA2TuOmCw2BC
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 690Please respect copyright.PENANA0HyNOKDEXp
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 690Please respect copyright.PENANA8wGcovfidX
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as690Please respect copyright.PENANAHosr3uiPZI
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.690Please respect copyright.PENANANSVuAxhqo5
Before David could reply690Please respect copyright.PENANAd4SldNDt6p
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 690Please respect copyright.PENANAtw2jCc0xIj
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 690Please respect copyright.PENANAcWNukUHytN
and he screamed.690Please respect copyright.PENANAAlplBZXeZl
The torturer 690Please respect copyright.PENANAI7HxPfDVqr
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 690Please respect copyright.PENANAfWxYSSet6I
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 690Please respect copyright.PENANA63qQaNjeK4
this."690Please respect copyright.PENANAwVMzusBrxG
The torturer moved his 690Please respect copyright.PENANAGbu7ZlkVxy
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 690Please respect copyright.PENANATdh3T3acib
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 690Please respect copyright.PENANAhzbZ48GRJC
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 690Please respect copyright.PENANAc6lGUBuOns
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 690Please respect copyright.PENANARZARPADkos
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 690Please respect copyright.PENANA8Er33axDwA
you agree?"690Please respect copyright.PENANAmdFBXltUl5
The torturer stopped his690Please respect copyright.PENANAS5Ocfngxum
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 690Please respect copyright.PENANARrpU34fRRY
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 690Please respect copyright.PENANAy710OeYll9
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance690Please respect copyright.PENANAuK1Ct7MzcF
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 690Please respect copyright.PENANAazQjaBZh2m
go?" 690Please respect copyright.PENANAj0G9pOtSvr
David was trying to 690Please respect copyright.PENANAmZ7Yp1Y2Ru
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was690Please respect copyright.PENANAfHIbWHL2Fd
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 690Please respect copyright.PENANAlvw6A8VEE8
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 690Please respect copyright.PENANAsKWkcWekPf
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 690Please respect copyright.PENANAT5uCGFHO63
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 690Please respect copyright.PENANAuDsPxrPOiI
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 690Please respect copyright.PENANAMNkwHemppt
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.690Please respect copyright.PENANAJPTUe1bpJV
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.690Please respect copyright.PENANAueHbNVFCDo
Then suddenly David was 690Please respect copyright.PENANAEOSq9rgISn
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 690Please respect copyright.PENANAVRNs6lfda4
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 690Please respect copyright.PENANANQIlQwTcEi
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 690Please respect copyright.PENANAavoW76ArxT
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 690Please respect copyright.PENANAuZEOlVR8fF
don't know."690Please respect copyright.PENANAsUje68Nm8N
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."690Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ5VUkVeKJ
"Now, while magic is 690Please respect copyright.PENANAfBaMyMyLnJ
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 690Please respect copyright.PENANAMcsL6zURZ5
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some690Please respect copyright.PENANAdFrRw3krRJ
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 690Please respect copyright.PENANA0MI6udJOo5
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 690Please respect copyright.PENANAozYAnjTJab
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 690Please respect copyright.PENANAaOBfVxj5eq
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain690Please respect copyright.PENANAAdM5UT6TZX
came and David screamed for someone to help690Please respect copyright.PENANAVNlGpHtmhe
~no one will come.~690Please respect copyright.PENANAzBIPIDuQ69
After pulling out all 690Please respect copyright.PENANAgNdVkRK4ar
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was690Please respect copyright.PENANANZembgNnyW
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 690Please respect copyright.PENANAHhr602pp6b
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 690Please respect copyright.PENANADXJG0BZov8
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 690Please respect copyright.PENANA8qItRRPNYc
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 690Please respect copyright.PENANATkmYHqt6S4
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 690Please respect copyright.PENANA1LHJSIRpnL
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 690Please respect copyright.PENANAb9PkuwUI89
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 690Please respect copyright.PENANAroBjGyDUt1
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 690Please respect copyright.PENANAcnHsa0dBfH
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone690Please respect copyright.PENANAn0z0Qon5qN
would rescue him.690Please respect copyright.PENANAGQdH4HkE2M
~no one cares.~690Please respect copyright.PENANAc60QbANNkD
Next few moments were a 690Please respect copyright.PENANAMD7J2vrA2N
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea690Please respect copyright.PENANAUSbY2w7Alp
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.690Please respect copyright.PENANAChMNs18K3z
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 690Please respect copyright.PENANAcnkyzaxr9A
companion in the darkness.
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