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All taxes must be paid 957Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4cJKjlpZp
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 957Please respect copyright.PENANACdN5iGYuRU
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 957Please respect copyright.PENANAlAeqyC4yHm
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 957Please respect copyright.PENANAVoCVqF7GAY
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 957Please respect copyright.PENANAVBizr5lCfp
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 957Please respect copyright.PENANAiStMF7rhRw
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAJzk04B6fyl
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 957Please respect copyright.PENANA2JRSVkD619
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade957Please respect copyright.PENANAAmmdPSno2I
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 957Please respect copyright.PENANAZmEz0RLbjq
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 957Please respect copyright.PENANATb1tM1trhj
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 957Please respect copyright.PENANAy30ItwfaOL
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 957Please respect copyright.PENANAQU5goG9jpQ
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted957Please respect copyright.PENANAlw7lsOFvp9
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.957Please respect copyright.PENANAMUhLXKbdVQ
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'957Please respect copyright.PENANAGbvgqgQeGG
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David has been in jail 957Please respect copyright.PENANAfu07yH7vmz
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.957Please respect copyright.PENANAutY0RDrkQf
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor957Please respect copyright.PENANApe17KDahwd
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.957Please respect copyright.PENANAGdkd4s11ZF
The cell was big enough 957Please respect copyright.PENANAKtkRj2gAkg
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 957Please respect copyright.PENANA1KieIyTHqo
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 957Please respect copyright.PENANA5qQHpm6KBz
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAajQT8WFwlw
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.957Please respect copyright.PENANAsIwWx36v0q
David didn't even 957Please respect copyright.PENANAl8iSFmp47R
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 957Please respect copyright.PENANA9SGxjXVsNH
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 957Please respect copyright.PENANAYcQ2mlERv3
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 957Please respect copyright.PENANA0nJ50U4AAx
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 957Please respect copyright.PENANAj08OQW4wIo
Sadly event the best 957Please respect copyright.PENANAcqHpaMetv1
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall957Please respect copyright.PENANAkOt81UADJO
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that957Please respect copyright.PENANABTmNQ176v3
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 957Please respect copyright.PENANAV2QsW8vMdT
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 957Please respect copyright.PENANA9P7VvZ7qxu
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could957Please respect copyright.PENANAXTKwYDFim5
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 957Please respect copyright.PENANAYhEUhoWSBp
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob957Please respect copyright.PENANAPArJqH3wT2
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 957Please respect copyright.PENANAUwnS0toXQR
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAdR69x2OJLS
cell next door.957Please respect copyright.PENANAqhu7Lb0MHJ
Another soldier came up 957Please respect copyright.PENANAFjiEJJc9sf
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 957Please respect copyright.PENANAZqfzySEieI
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 957Please respect copyright.PENANAdb34qGiH3I
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 957Please respect copyright.PENANAQL53yQBW9G
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 957Please respect copyright.PENANA6zZPbvmMrX
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 957Please respect copyright.PENANAMxF7V7Ndvw
back.957Please respect copyright.PENANA0O6w4eeaIQ
While David would've 957Please respect copyright.PENANAckjQFCDvvo
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 957Please respect copyright.PENANAvrefbQVf3G
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 957Please respect copyright.PENANAwAlyg8dggG
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 957Please respect copyright.PENANAP8kbwacznV
Jesters words came back to him. 957Please respect copyright.PENANA7NdzrocNtg
The walk itself didn't 957Please respect copyright.PENANAFDzDhvYc5P
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 957Please respect copyright.PENANAiGRWH43zUN
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 957Please respect copyright.PENANAmA0YIvNJO2
splatters all around the room.957Please respect copyright.PENANArElZuSHnbI
David was put into the 957Please respect copyright.PENANALZBsonWdWm
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 957Please respect copyright.PENANA1dgP9vzDKA
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAjTQ7gIlQLL
other chair, staring into David's soul.957Please respect copyright.PENANAHtPGu15R80
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.957Please respect copyright.PENANAkVFs8dzKnl
"I'm David, the rebels 957Please respect copyright.PENANAAJF8IMEA9Q
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 957Please respect copyright.PENANAsLhFMx0Tkr
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.957Please respect copyright.PENANAt4E92L4bKb
"Where are you from?"957Please respect copyright.PENANACdhztnvQnW
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.957Please respect copyright.PENANAKRzJ3YU5fO
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"957Please respect copyright.PENANA0FDmujbVoZ
"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 nodded957Please respect copyright.PENANATVRTPxich7
"Where did the rebels move?"957Please respect copyright.PENANArOH2fGkdkV
"Gods, we're not getting957Please respect copyright.PENANAnTDkb9psAy
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want957Please respect copyright.PENANAqmmNggLoi6
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."957Please respect copyright.PENANAruNqErJzdk
"We know the rebellion 957Please respect copyright.PENANAUSS9P3tWvq
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 957Please respect copyright.PENANAkme5vA586V
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."957Please respect copyright.PENANABaYVdWMrop
"Well if you know all 957Please respect copyright.PENANAHfEJMh9qED
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 957Please respect copyright.PENANAqnXuLD37pA
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 957Please respect copyright.PENANAOs4YlIrOVI
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 957Please respect copyright.PENANAFYA18Pwy9p
on the imperial soldier.957Please respect copyright.PENANAKlzFj0xY9n
"I wanted to make this 957Please respect copyright.PENANAGlmSUTrrQs
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 957Please respect copyright.PENANAofIqsVGnjg
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 957Please respect copyright.PENANAOfrMDvC5WH
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 957Please respect copyright.PENANAe8y2Lp4Gnx
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 957Please respect copyright.PENANALMbFW2sflc
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 957Please respect copyright.PENANAVZN1OoPqcb
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.957Please respect copyright.PENANAUZwTXcESaa
"Wait wait!" Fernand 957Please respect copyright.PENANAi3pEtF19JK
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 957Please respect copyright.PENANAnTw5uwGa7E
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."957Please respect copyright.PENANA38lSUGKkwq
Fernand was shaking his 957Please respect copyright.PENANAFkSnEvdSmu
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't957Please respect copyright.PENANAsjeghAVpeQ
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 957Please respect copyright.PENANA2qR1z8Ui08
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely957Please respect copyright.PENANAdrGK6TSQSb
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 957Please respect copyright.PENANAEDst1XH7vZ
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 957Please respect copyright.PENANAcvIBNgZvvx
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"957Please respect copyright.PENANAjigf2LE9Kj
That made Ferdinand 957Please respect copyright.PENANARGHiHAsype
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAkfTunn6U0y
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"957Please respect copyright.PENANArkb5SquCSW
Fernand wasn't denying 957Please respect copyright.PENANAk0LDe939l2
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did957Please respect copyright.PENANAml9EbXSDCt
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 957Please respect copyright.PENANA9JVtyGVwKe
get us do something." 957Please respect copyright.PENANAaapCcbhGiK
"Blasphemy, he 957Please respect copyright.PENANAdFWPoKmwG5
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 957Please respect copyright.PENANAE56j1Xfvvv
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.957Please respect copyright.PENANAyCp7VZR5ce
"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" 957Please respect copyright.PENANAOx1SQNIstm
"Demons tend to plan 957Please respect copyright.PENANATwOYulTLYG
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 957Please respect copyright.PENANAkvkxXwx1c9
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"957Please respect copyright.PENANAevYSTnzjTg
"To find something, he 957Please respect copyright.PENANAIMJCHU90C7
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to957Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6UQcHk9RO
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 957Please respect copyright.PENANASf3lnlaHMT
same for Fernand.957Please respect copyright.PENANApkuMiX1JlB
Fernand was about to say957Please respect copyright.PENANAu4pYlnLWYI
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 957Please respect copyright.PENANAqnEpiBkXpK
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 957Please respect copyright.PENANA2RuNsMHbfc
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 957Please respect copyright.PENANAnF7tlo3pu5
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."957Please respect copyright.PENANAKPfeQ8zw7w
David quickly rummaged 957Please respect copyright.PENANAeybdlAPh3K
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back957Please respect copyright.PENANAo2w2P9gMx4
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 957Please respect copyright.PENANA2GaSoKYBu5
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 957Please respect copyright.PENANABAkLZeRh8r
able to trap her."957Please respect copyright.PENANAOaTQGw08ih
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 957Please respect copyright.PENANAmxAim7HnnR
"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.957Please respect copyright.PENANAy8RXECqxZT
"And how will you do 957Please respect copyright.PENANAVivikFVIOu
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've957Please respect copyright.PENANAC7Ect8MfT4
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 957Please respect copyright.PENANA4cT2JOuaVT
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 957Please respect copyright.PENANADUYZgilxpu
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."957Please respect copyright.PENANAYGLsXTypwK
"But I don't! I really 957Please respect copyright.PENANASOALMYN6Qj
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 957Please respect copyright.PENANAv0lPWbtd3i
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.957Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qr8dYjd88
"Ah captain Schumah, a 957Please respect copyright.PENANAVCkrZhPoR7
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 957Please respect copyright.PENANAm2nw20ieo9
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a957Please respect copyright.PENANAe4DmdXboJs
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 957Please respect copyright.PENANAK4b0icVtAW
black. 957Please respect copyright.PENANAX9h9PNjy46
"Well, well. What do we 957Please respect copyright.PENANAv2LLsS1yRl
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 957Please respect copyright.PENANANwl1fHo2T1
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.957Please respect copyright.PENANAR86F2sWnwO
"Look, I swear to all 957Please respect copyright.PENANA2sCfApD3ai
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 957Please respect copyright.PENANAqUPz5nPT8F
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 957Please respect copyright.PENANACb3ClWipS9
"We will find out if you957Please respect copyright.PENANAKkT7v3kYrq
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He957Please respect copyright.PENANAEE7GUneRzm
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by957Please respect copyright.PENANAT82KCkIwwG
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."957Please respect copyright.PENANAhEYju3ftMl
David struggled against 957Please respect copyright.PENANAnxbGSTZhW5
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAJIoAKk8nTv
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAw41bhRC8Gm
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch957Please respect copyright.PENANAz0myFGovIa
"Now how should we 957Please respect copyright.PENANAaAGUMtyYV6
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 957Please respect copyright.PENANAPI4xjcsqZ6
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 957Please respect copyright.PENANAafHA3ANaNq
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 957Please respect copyright.PENANAFe7TU0wHTZ
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my957Please respect copyright.PENANARqpY8XGdHN
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 957Please respect copyright.PENANAYQCWrHdEWD
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 957Please respect copyright.PENANAmwNS8WOtnM
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as957Please respect copyright.PENANAVHziSVqU6l
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.957Please respect copyright.PENANAxoRxTCmVjc
Before David could reply957Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1jBPZm08A
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 957Please respect copyright.PENANAwWDBuzzn5s
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 957Please respect copyright.PENANAr8Fqjszpep
and he screamed.957Please respect copyright.PENANAqnazIvtejM
The torturer 957Please respect copyright.PENANAkQjvwkFoQI
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 957Please respect copyright.PENANAkr4u6bQ8gi
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 957Please respect copyright.PENANAmN1Zx8oME7
this."957Please respect copyright.PENANAINW4pp3hDj
The torturer moved his 957Please respect copyright.PENANANk70rtBI2T
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 957Please respect copyright.PENANAfJXw9vR5x0
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 957Please respect copyright.PENANAisSaRqev2M
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 957Please respect copyright.PENANA36GXWdKCwA
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 957Please respect copyright.PENANAw7IkuFKtxB
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 957Please respect copyright.PENANAPqMJ9Nwchy
you agree?"957Please respect copyright.PENANAMrsOXdI0F1
The torturer stopped his957Please respect copyright.PENANA1irW2ocTYf
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 957Please respect copyright.PENANAoEDQma3WbY
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 957Please respect copyright.PENANA3MNZArWgng
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance957Please respect copyright.PENANAS7NWyFFE5x
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 957Please respect copyright.PENANAYIyOpKQj4R
go?" 957Please respect copyright.PENANAstgOO5gMvF
David was trying to 957Please respect copyright.PENANAjTGSGu05IJ
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was957Please respect copyright.PENANA08jbOMjyci
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 957Please respect copyright.PENANARmB4JDg5MH
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 957Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1IGngzWC4
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 957Please respect copyright.PENANAEE0ZFAdYdf
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 957Please respect copyright.PENANAcK5z6mMd4i
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 957Please respect copyright.PENANAiISaKbhit2
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.957Please respect copyright.PENANAXgioVHfOSb
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.957Please respect copyright.PENANA6bfatE90rp
Then suddenly David was 957Please respect copyright.PENANAqUB42TZKPX
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 957Please respect copyright.PENANAYEjvIaM4KF
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 957Please respect copyright.PENANAYQafKT8d3D
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 957Please respect copyright.PENANA9xZ4jupiKU
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 957Please respect copyright.PENANAe1ragXhaDG
don't know."957Please respect copyright.PENANAGBOoCi5dgD
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."957Please respect copyright.PENANA4gZP7Yqk4b
"Now, while magic is 957Please respect copyright.PENANAoCSXqvPNUE
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 957Please respect copyright.PENANAe3xnoIWujr
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some957Please respect copyright.PENANAEsC7Y0ICKk
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 957Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1biTiuMrU
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 957Please respect copyright.PENANAeDwVZ4F7kc
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 957Please respect copyright.PENANAQA4sFnJwHS
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain957Please respect copyright.PENANAhTJWTKtwPd
came and David screamed for someone to help957Please respect copyright.PENANA15RRowePIn
~no one will come.~957Please respect copyright.PENANAMUaBcEl9uF
After pulling out all 957Please respect copyright.PENANAgKdr40dgyr
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was957Please respect copyright.PENANA6QS0QBhoMG
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 957Please respect copyright.PENANADAnZlAbCEe
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 957Please respect copyright.PENANAoc0PQobnAt
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 957Please respect copyright.PENANAIcgbyuIwgn
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 957Please respect copyright.PENANASiOseNVzy8
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 957Please respect copyright.PENANAMkPPB7Q15O
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 957Please respect copyright.PENANA2mVwFYnFXH
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 957Please respect copyright.PENANAk4XcJmYrGZ
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 957Please respect copyright.PENANA1cvmMkvyN8
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone957Please respect copyright.PENANAiH9fuuD9Qa
would rescue him.957Please respect copyright.PENANAGwjFstQqUv
~no one cares.~957Please respect copyright.PENANAIfyb7HmFA6
Next few moments were a 957Please respect copyright.PENANAi4sjkHuwmW
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea957Please respect copyright.PENANAFS59mRNZag
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.957Please respect copyright.PENANAyL4AHKy7bv
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 957Please respect copyright.PENANAVYmADOeyYh
companion in the darkness.
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