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All taxes must be paid 618Please respect copyright.PENANAg8GKYfIiSn
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collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 618Please respect copyright.PENANA6fEbRI8kiy
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 618Please respect copyright.PENANADTmrS1ajoo
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 618Please respect copyright.PENANAkd3A2hkycd
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 618Please respect copyright.PENANAbOxpbOGJHV
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 618Please respect copyright.PENANA6HwNHmD92J
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Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 618Please respect copyright.PENANAwFu89xTNe2
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 618Please respect copyright.PENANA6tBB7ueSWP
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 618Please respect copyright.PENANAWrMTmHZrXO
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted618Please respect copyright.PENANALFm0FNIZg0
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.618Please respect copyright.PENANAWqZnt2mpI7
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David has been in jail 618Please respect copyright.PENANAhSwWX9JkEL
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.618Please respect copyright.PENANA6In1LUDMrI
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor618Please respect copyright.PENANAAi3mrJCnbp
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.618Please respect copyright.PENANAZlSJRFkTL6
The cell was big enough 618Please respect copyright.PENANA0AtP73lLg5
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 618Please respect copyright.PENANAxCS8gQIXsO
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 618Please respect copyright.PENANA9mxaMksnu0
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAvHLLnkRNca
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.618Please respect copyright.PENANAEkK7J2tk15
David didn't even 618Please respect copyright.PENANAenN3O6fRu5
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAnQabbt2i6K
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 618Please respect copyright.PENANAulZrtby8ZP
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 618Please respect copyright.PENANAgZv3dw4cOQ
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 618Please respect copyright.PENANAul7QVQTfoy
Sadly event the best 618Please respect copyright.PENANAKobrNlX3PQ
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall618Please respect copyright.PENANAdBc4ky1FG5
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that618Please respect copyright.PENANAJgk0RSmZ3I
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 618Please respect copyright.PENANAL66zUyeXrS
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 618Please respect copyright.PENANArQkaQKG5JJ
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could618Please respect copyright.PENANATuZZbqk8r2
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 618Please respect copyright.PENANAXzDqsYxWwe
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob618Please respect copyright.PENANAhYLZShWHG6
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 618Please respect copyright.PENANAVpMV5hBNZ1
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAk2WfUWUZT3
cell next door.618Please respect copyright.PENANA5zB9A8cl0b
Another soldier came up 618Please respect copyright.PENANAv7AsSSu397
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 618Please respect copyright.PENANA0OcoaSPXQj
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 618Please respect copyright.PENANAUaW7zdlx56
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 618Please respect copyright.PENANAVrZwaxPgd0
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAEfcQYRcGd3
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 618Please respect copyright.PENANA7Awf0rku24
back.618Please respect copyright.PENANAr6aNSEZa2v
While David would've 618Please respect copyright.PENANAROMJzNzLFg
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 618Please respect copyright.PENANATU5a8sMTXm
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 618Please respect copyright.PENANAUvVHXtwlTH
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 618Please respect copyright.PENANAg6LpCCauwg
Jesters words came back to him. 618Please respect copyright.PENANAogqn6auMMn
The walk itself didn't 618Please respect copyright.PENANAPiFzSa81p7
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 618Please respect copyright.PENANAHDWBXitXOB
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 618Please respect copyright.PENANAxxE50Eelyp
splatters all around the room.618Please respect copyright.PENANAaB23qhnfDN
David was put into the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAkKDtLSjb7y
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 618Please respect copyright.PENANAexLFg6tUne
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAbrgutQpHPX
other chair, staring into David's soul.618Please respect copyright.PENANAeYxjwQClcW
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.618Please respect copyright.PENANABgug4Obi5p
"I'm David, the rebels 618Please respect copyright.PENANA8nYsCAykDz
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 618Please respect copyright.PENANASAuLX0qxcX
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.618Please respect copyright.PENANA0qXJxZahhF
"Where are you from?"618Please respect copyright.PENANAQo420t2usp
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.618Please respect copyright.PENANAYcfdj54BA4
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"618Please respect copyright.PENANAAJkvKZjLFG
"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 nodded618Please respect copyright.PENANACGwAVNwnoZ
"Where did the rebels move?"618Please respect copyright.PENANAuBGOclUy3c
"Gods, we're not getting618Please respect copyright.PENANAzwzYgTAPvc
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want618Please respect copyright.PENANAuZVLz0cTf5
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."618Please respect copyright.PENANAy5Hqfh4A5T
"We know the rebellion 618Please respect copyright.PENANAHNzLZDbVYN
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 618Please respect copyright.PENANAuwHJWLuOFy
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."618Please respect copyright.PENANAPx3wu0tand
"Well if you know all 618Please respect copyright.PENANAUux9Iu5rwX
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 618Please respect copyright.PENANAYKNsLFPie4
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 618Please respect copyright.PENANAh5YPX7kgyB
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 618Please respect copyright.PENANApGcGx63SP1
on the imperial soldier.618Please respect copyright.PENANAMq6x3j97mO
"I wanted to make this 618Please respect copyright.PENANAsqi2U5gBXh
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 618Please respect copyright.PENANAeURMnDWYxB
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 618Please respect copyright.PENANAWHTOWHhU3t
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 618Please respect copyright.PENANA1lqzMNfHZX
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 618Please respect copyright.PENANAOGlg4D9t0l
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 618Please respect copyright.PENANAGewFk0H6N6
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.618Please respect copyright.PENANA4StWzYBA3C
"Wait wait!" Fernand 618Please respect copyright.PENANAcCcwPW2f9s
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 618Please respect copyright.PENANA567NPzWyjq
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."618Please respect copyright.PENANAg6VY13Yi84
Fernand was shaking his 618Please respect copyright.PENANAhB3z84KEXW
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't618Please respect copyright.PENANATONdG6SNPZ
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 618Please respect copyright.PENANA5krASVpnM4
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely618Please respect copyright.PENANAylpEMfpIIY
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 618Please respect copyright.PENANAuw1c5GIOlr
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 618Please respect copyright.PENANAH2Y8DxQ8js
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"618Please respect copyright.PENANATypYsUMF5u
That made Ferdinand 618Please respect copyright.PENANA3GEA7movaE
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 618Please respect copyright.PENANADePRKAbn1d
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"618Please respect copyright.PENANA1v2wwc74f6
Fernand wasn't denying 618Please respect copyright.PENANAAXHOfN1RJB
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did618Please respect copyright.PENANAyf5ryzRgFV
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 618Please respect copyright.PENANAvkpvvfdlr7
get us do something." 618Please respect copyright.PENANAeYp129VpWC
"Blasphemy, he 618Please respect copyright.PENANAevXz3z9u0f
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 618Please respect copyright.PENANAAykUFpELxc
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.618Please respect copyright.PENANAmAoVnIUlCf
"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" 618Please respect copyright.PENANAO11x2e1tdl
"Demons tend to plan 618Please respect copyright.PENANAE9mjenFvUp
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 618Please respect copyright.PENANADTwgBcXxOj
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"618Please respect copyright.PENANAW2DyF2gogZ
"To find something, he 618Please respect copyright.PENANAJYuCii2ByQ
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to618Please respect copyright.PENANAvF3peNF37i
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAPh0BZLcKlh
same for Fernand.618Please respect copyright.PENANA4ym2xsICTv
Fernand was about to say618Please respect copyright.PENANAjtrCojcjA2
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 618Please respect copyright.PENANAcgjhZgni38
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 618Please respect copyright.PENANAaM7XeIpVuc
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 618Please respect copyright.PENANAnuR3PwJZ7s
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."618Please respect copyright.PENANA2KQ1qBNIjH
David quickly rummaged 618Please respect copyright.PENANAtI9cyZLjri
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back618Please respect copyright.PENANASOOg8nLQwG
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 618Please respect copyright.PENANAUmhi8Q3YXF
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 618Please respect copyright.PENANA7yTCS9n1VC
able to trap her."618Please respect copyright.PENANAkdj3Di2cXF
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 618Please respect copyright.PENANAAOxzNgne7p
"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.618Please respect copyright.PENANAi3O7BS55kK
"And how will you do 618Please respect copyright.PENANATweHPfOLW2
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've618Please respect copyright.PENANAyC3RRkaQim
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 618Please respect copyright.PENANAOLEMdaDeak
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 618Please respect copyright.PENANA9w3DgyDWpP
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."618Please respect copyright.PENANAlkpfbUqTfE
"But I don't! I really 618Please respect copyright.PENANAKL43RU4a8J
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 618Please respect copyright.PENANASWE1hkMovC
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.618Please respect copyright.PENANAcTolynTwUx
"Ah captain Schumah, a 618Please respect copyright.PENANAANErNtGuCn
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 618Please respect copyright.PENANAMcPSkOK6NE
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a618Please respect copyright.PENANAH0c0DelRz2
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 618Please respect copyright.PENANAPDadbAtQ00
black. 618Please respect copyright.PENANARRdQ8mKy2h
"Well, well. What do we 618Please respect copyright.PENANAFwi7xnigLm
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 618Please respect copyright.PENANAJhV56mnDXL
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.618Please respect copyright.PENANAPwx75OKngn
"Look, I swear to all 618Please respect copyright.PENANA9yjXyfs1BO
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 618Please respect copyright.PENANAvlH4kDJDuY
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 618Please respect copyright.PENANANK3tTAjOmS
"We will find out if you618Please respect copyright.PENANAYof6OOLjxX
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He618Please respect copyright.PENANAfPhQSZayaH
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by618Please respect copyright.PENANAiUi6LuRgWJ
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."618Please respect copyright.PENANAMJxbIXBTM4
David struggled against 618Please respect copyright.PENANAweqFfQSrdR
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAURd7wBqRpe
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAO9FjgQq1ct
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch618Please respect copyright.PENANALqO6y7Ed6V
"Now how should we 618Please respect copyright.PENANAZyCDHS6Hn1
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 618Please respect copyright.PENANAbZiwnOrRdp
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 618Please respect copyright.PENANAOsAVHdnikB
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 618Please respect copyright.PENANAyi7mgkbgXP
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my618Please respect copyright.PENANAWCLjKSKpem
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 618Please respect copyright.PENANAN2WO9EUCo4
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 618Please respect copyright.PENANAwgbEPqJ6hy
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as618Please respect copyright.PENANAhSn8unc3af
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.618Please respect copyright.PENANARI8nDVIOYk
Before David could reply618Please respect copyright.PENANAv5sXDkGvgL
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 618Please respect copyright.PENANAq7BAlcVp1Z
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 618Please respect copyright.PENANAiFQkpHK24E
and he screamed.618Please respect copyright.PENANAROnCK5N14T
The torturer 618Please respect copyright.PENANAxZcG7jMvNl
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 618Please respect copyright.PENANAmcMtqvz8rB
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 618Please respect copyright.PENANADX03ySgIen
this."618Please respect copyright.PENANAA0Q2X5Q5wy
The torturer moved his 618Please respect copyright.PENANAha5dCXEeTG
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 618Please respect copyright.PENANA8gZk9IJeOO
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 618Please respect copyright.PENANAnhvSnhbXi7
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 618Please respect copyright.PENANASOIwUkK5yz
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 618Please respect copyright.PENANAbcSE6zyGj3
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 618Please respect copyright.PENANAf2Xa04rbMj
you agree?"618Please respect copyright.PENANAvpP13dgCrk
The torturer stopped his618Please respect copyright.PENANAxCExOaUxH3
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 618Please respect copyright.PENANA2nbyCf27qC
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 618Please respect copyright.PENANAHIHZnpv4jF
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance618Please respect copyright.PENANAzgwRAa11ca
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 618Please respect copyright.PENANA5CHRhELd3c
go?" 618Please respect copyright.PENANAeMRXZ4601S
David was trying to 618Please respect copyright.PENANAOay7LZs05Y
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was618Please respect copyright.PENANAPK1hmkXa8Y
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 618Please respect copyright.PENANAamP2CUpTeR
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 618Please respect copyright.PENANAz6qKHVTz1f
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 618Please respect copyright.PENANAn5Vz3F3zuy
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 618Please respect copyright.PENANADYAw6M86jg
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 618Please respect copyright.PENANAGCMd1sr021
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.618Please respect copyright.PENANAMUqiskzLEf
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.618Please respect copyright.PENANARrHfzmuwNb
Then suddenly David was 618Please respect copyright.PENANADbW02hk07t
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 618Please respect copyright.PENANATJd616D6dj
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 618Please respect copyright.PENANA3u9iu3CV7g
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 618Please respect copyright.PENANAs13GcETq1A
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 618Please respect copyright.PENANA3zOrjYJzIN
don't know."618Please respect copyright.PENANAq0YbIlulh0
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."618Please respect copyright.PENANAlnZl96uuYE
"Now, while magic is 618Please respect copyright.PENANArJr5mIJZ3M
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 618Please respect copyright.PENANAWGxPYONRNL
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some618Please respect copyright.PENANAU7mLzJIB76
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 618Please respect copyright.PENANAH1AwXNM3BC
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 618Please respect copyright.PENANAf1dFRAy000
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 618Please respect copyright.PENANAzQbgnuHCMR
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain618Please respect copyright.PENANAfOySZK8DPX
came and David screamed for someone to help618Please respect copyright.PENANA5Afnn6EFDn
~no one will come.~618Please respect copyright.PENANAIVlhS0D1Dl
After pulling out all 618Please respect copyright.PENANAfYkO24RPuB
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was618Please respect copyright.PENANAswwHwpM9tL
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 618Please respect copyright.PENANArVZeuxaKse
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 618Please respect copyright.PENANAQNOvKQMae6
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 618Please respect copyright.PENANARYg2t9i6L3
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 618Please respect copyright.PENANA2C3Qq6fN1M
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 618Please respect copyright.PENANAWxlZVpmDrq
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 618Please respect copyright.PENANAdHxv1zKEBX
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 618Please respect copyright.PENANAPpGpORaQzq
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 618Please respect copyright.PENANA3M3aQe65Cx
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone618Please respect copyright.PENANAW2AFQRWS7t
would rescue him.618Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZREJCir20
~no one cares.~618Please respect copyright.PENANAPbe8hdwKEp
Next few moments were a 618Please respect copyright.PENANAKrB82dINUn
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea618Please respect copyright.PENANA0euAwJAt95
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.618Please respect copyright.PENANAA47cBvfe0h
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 618Please respect copyright.PENANALH3e6uVWjX
companion in the darkness.
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