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All taxes must be paid 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvlDRP4Hma2
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 372Please respect copyright.PENANAH4URVzeLyL
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 372Please respect copyright.PENANAlgE9H2lXRI
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 372Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rjd74bjnq
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 372Please respect copyright.PENANAaAXTbLvMi0
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAimrdKo7ycO
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIP9xeLy8Ll
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOYPOmuRYiC
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade372Please respect copyright.PENANALVmbTmcu5O
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 372Please respect copyright.PENANAmZWvZp6Yw5
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 372Please respect copyright.PENANAFLvRzMsi3c
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIibq4IafWC
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 372Please respect copyright.PENANA29WqrTTbjs
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted372Please respect copyright.PENANAHvttowBdrz
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.372Please respect copyright.PENANAizj4srilJw
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'372Please respect copyright.PENANAV3WX3W9am6
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David has been in jail 372Please respect copyright.PENANASrMniTbdqJ
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.372Please respect copyright.PENANARwcprNLMfA
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor372Please respect copyright.PENANAqlpuew70ml
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.372Please respect copyright.PENANANicRDMnys5
The cell was big enough 372Please respect copyright.PENANAladjtW1E65
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 372Please respect copyright.PENANAAXjWsFs3Gs
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAI2HbB2XhU5
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 372Please respect copyright.PENANASfNmrnedKk
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.372Please respect copyright.PENANAHRzEPDBHEY
David didn't even 372Please respect copyright.PENANAcHE3bwLZ7D
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 372Please respect copyright.PENANANFAagYiSJO
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 372Please respect copyright.PENANAiXELnI4bJd
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 372Please respect copyright.PENANAew0wAXhK9Z
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9SB5Tb3hOe
Sadly event the best 372Please respect copyright.PENANAQOF3lLusqf
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall372Please respect copyright.PENANA7HYzRAM4VB
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that372Please respect copyright.PENANAcc5z5L79nS
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 372Please respect copyright.PENANA2vWXBPCmXl
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 372Please respect copyright.PENANAngUKNWPSWh
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could372Please respect copyright.PENANAO0351k9dnM
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 372Please respect copyright.PENANAf10oXHit6j
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob372Please respect copyright.PENANAmyKSZHeIBj
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 372Please respect copyright.PENANA07yGKB4bir
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 372Please respect copyright.PENANA1524YlbCzY
cell next door.372Please respect copyright.PENANAkquBUnSUps
Another soldier came up 372Please respect copyright.PENANAhJu5S6hDsT
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 372Please respect copyright.PENANACgmOVJSAQR
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 372Please respect copyright.PENANAdNDy0OXKqz
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAmncn9LOBXz
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvIcLacO2Pv
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 372Please respect copyright.PENANAG1OdbQW6Kf
back.372Please respect copyright.PENANAC0THFC7BS8
While David would've 372Please respect copyright.PENANAqNpHNmOCQZ
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 372Please respect copyright.PENANAJHWHQuuEmF
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6mG4YJn8zh
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 372Please respect copyright.PENANA08UgcV3aKI
Jesters words came back to him. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAx4ZndGyhH6
The walk itself didn't 372Please respect copyright.PENANAxXQEfOPvKh
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 372Please respect copyright.PENANAmSeJ3gjDYf
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 372Please respect copyright.PENANAf83wwPfYvB
splatters all around the room.372Please respect copyright.PENANA8bfuSu81TM
David was put into the 372Please respect copyright.PENANA1xx2nuQsWG
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAHNdpdF162l
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAdxnJt7lB9X
other chair, staring into David's soul.372Please respect copyright.PENANATJTEHMX8yf
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.372Please respect copyright.PENANAT2mTQBXMWx
"I'm David, the rebels 372Please respect copyright.PENANAiyDu9MHLDx
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9KSVcfmDKF
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.372Please respect copyright.PENANA7GXBZFGCCB
"Where are you from?"372Please respect copyright.PENANATCvYU8NGCz
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.372Please respect copyright.PENANA278g8WyZC5
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAc0JVZ5P8Kt
"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 nodded372Please respect copyright.PENANACNOXztPRJ1
"Where did the rebels move?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAi5GkOVqoj8
"Gods, we're not getting372Please respect copyright.PENANADDt3Lotj4x
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want372Please respect copyright.PENANAAc6GtS51nG
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."372Please respect copyright.PENANAUwSWvOfsQE
"We know the rebellion 372Please respect copyright.PENANA2yNhyYOJMl
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 372Please respect copyright.PENANAXoseV8pV6I
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."372Please respect copyright.PENANAi0TYNsmaLu
"Well if you know all 372Please respect copyright.PENANAabaZQq7zik
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAm19E4YlfHH
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 372Please respect copyright.PENANAHB3kXSEzya
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 372Please respect copyright.PENANAyD3Rg9fsCs
on the imperial soldier.372Please respect copyright.PENANAADIs9tbVL4
"I wanted to make this 372Please respect copyright.PENANAr4dRh07IYh
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 372Please respect copyright.PENANATeWmARIX9T
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 372Please respect copyright.PENANAhnwPr8EQkx
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 372Please respect copyright.PENANA4mghIyUhD2
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVvL7EfOGrF
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 372Please respect copyright.PENANA4kNkiW21ux
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.372Please respect copyright.PENANAIoyZBsuEmm
"Wait wait!" Fernand 372Please respect copyright.PENANA8SahoypQAF
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 372Please respect copyright.PENANAqKgwSodzNX
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."372Please respect copyright.PENANAIGnpK1jV2n
Fernand was shaking his 372Please respect copyright.PENANAEAKEu2Ug1M
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't372Please respect copyright.PENANAJYDBeif3Qq
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3mWeLt0QMW
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely372Please respect copyright.PENANAT8Zab0c8Ri
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOhkXtoWM2G
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAPdD6NlNY1P
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAyab3sudpli
That made Ferdinand 372Please respect copyright.PENANAB4Vd1WmxGt
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAHZpxmNkjwi
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAUj3MNk90rv
Fernand wasn't denying 372Please respect copyright.PENANANfBp7A11u8
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did372Please respect copyright.PENANAlBH1GDngHl
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 372Please respect copyright.PENANADhNjv44fhv
get us do something." 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjK9XXJhjcf
"Blasphemy, he 372Please respect copyright.PENANAA7Pz6IwlpO
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 372Please respect copyright.PENANAAEma1hqYYB
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.372Please respect copyright.PENANAvuqB6oaoti
"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" 372Please respect copyright.PENANAGbPfQM4rht
"Demons tend to plan 372Please respect copyright.PENANAByklBMTtKD
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 372Please respect copyright.PENANATl9ZhrFBlc
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"372Please respect copyright.PENANABRRaZEnCmb
"To find something, he 372Please respect copyright.PENANAhbKYublp7B
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to372Please respect copyright.PENANAZeF2pULmCl
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9SpjpKGFCP
same for Fernand.372Please respect copyright.PENANAibteVdy46F
Fernand was about to say372Please respect copyright.PENANAJGWJwODXWS
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 372Please respect copyright.PENANALTpvZ0RwyS
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjeDWQK96Vk
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 372Please respect copyright.PENANAd4DWk8JCqK
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."372Please respect copyright.PENANAkdpmI29VyY
David quickly rummaged 372Please respect copyright.PENANA9hTAYiUNV7
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back372Please respect copyright.PENANAohwh6ier5B
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 372Please respect copyright.PENANAyHiDwvuZ4z
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 372Please respect copyright.PENANAkRiWxZPQoK
able to trap her."372Please respect copyright.PENANAEfOOm0DuCr
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 372Please respect copyright.PENANABeUrUVMi90
"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.372Please respect copyright.PENANAHZd1M1KLPF
"And how will you do 372Please respect copyright.PENANABrApFebp3A
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've372Please respect copyright.PENANA0AJQSUQCnD
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 372Please respect copyright.PENANAvaM7YTFwpp
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 372Please respect copyright.PENANAbvWhunGThN
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."372Please respect copyright.PENANAuwCHoYHIc3
"But I don't! I really 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVKtTnXrkJw
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 372Please respect copyright.PENANAsc1m217RuU
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.372Please respect copyright.PENANAPGz7r2mmrb
"Ah captain Schumah, a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAtFK2pKNV4g
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 372Please respect copyright.PENANAy0ikYfs2pB
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a372Please respect copyright.PENANAdJPj15gYXg
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 372Please respect copyright.PENANAYGMSsBBple
black. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAaMDLx1HBUI
"Well, well. What do we 372Please respect copyright.PENANARUBCKNCHjy
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 372Please respect copyright.PENANALLFyVnFpj7
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.372Please respect copyright.PENANApiANsqPgy3
"Look, I swear to all 372Please respect copyright.PENANAusCDDrzQne
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 372Please respect copyright.PENANA73sR1H7xB0
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3n7lPt9soe
"We will find out if you372Please respect copyright.PENANANPlNlO5hRS
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He372Please respect copyright.PENANAgDtoapJwoh
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by372Please respect copyright.PENANAtqhaBBkYBK
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."372Please respect copyright.PENANAyUXF74KvI2
David struggled against 372Please respect copyright.PENANA0i3Hq20PNK
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAZ68V8imK4Z
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAltf6cSnl4o
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch372Please respect copyright.PENANA6TMVpmjuSl
"Now how should we 372Please respect copyright.PENANA3F44BSovsM
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjmMZnHOdoR
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAYL0DUf64hs
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 372Please respect copyright.PENANAdwNWOjwiZ5
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my372Please respect copyright.PENANAYeZ26H7Edb
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 372Please respect copyright.PENANAON1z8eypkR
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 372Please respect copyright.PENANASod6DX0adl
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as372Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZipYlnXnZ
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.372Please respect copyright.PENANAxYrmzOFMJw
Before David could reply372Please respect copyright.PENANAPRP8lJican
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 372Please respect copyright.PENANAKe0l2cnoY2
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 372Please respect copyright.PENANATpnkRr6aci
and he screamed.372Please respect copyright.PENANAdlOPMQ2NO5
The torturer 372Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZvANmxoLB
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 372Please respect copyright.PENANAduCDgNVyCE
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 372Please respect copyright.PENANA2arcPM9Doy
this."372Please respect copyright.PENANAE157yyNwAX
The torturer moved his 372Please respect copyright.PENANAOVR6NAVhul
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAw7YfxVsiMF
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 372Please respect copyright.PENANAg133gBQGoF
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 372Please respect copyright.PENANA8jc0iXj2gn
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 372Please respect copyright.PENANAZY9IqFXrL9
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 372Please respect copyright.PENANAjCZghfpOrw
you agree?"372Please respect copyright.PENANAkeIdE5nOh9
The torturer stopped his372Please respect copyright.PENANAgfbJVwE78D
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 372Please respect copyright.PENANAamOpMXA83p
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAUrGQjpASFd
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance372Please respect copyright.PENANAFNdVmbjSrv
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 372Please respect copyright.PENANA4kXIn94zMZ
go?" 372Please respect copyright.PENANAq3HP47K2tg
David was trying to 372Please respect copyright.PENANAN6zypYlhHg
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was372Please respect copyright.PENANAxGImxAZHhP
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 372Please respect copyright.PENANALBltq3VTVH
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 372Please respect copyright.PENANAQXko6Htz6K
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 372Please respect copyright.PENANAtsmRIpLMPV
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 372Please respect copyright.PENANAoZdbc7fIHw
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 372Please respect copyright.PENANAsCLGykFI36
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.372Please respect copyright.PENANAMmJNm3ZX5j
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.372Please respect copyright.PENANA7HvFM6XLXX
Then suddenly David was 372Please respect copyright.PENANAzRHP5NZSAr
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 372Please respect copyright.PENANAIuxnd4kpD3
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 372Please respect copyright.PENANAV0U3eEt9Hi
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 372Please respect copyright.PENANAzBbhrvA7NC
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 372Please respect copyright.PENANA6fggfnIWgF
don't know."372Please respect copyright.PENANAwksFarB7od
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."372Please respect copyright.PENANAFF1xFwSOt8
"Now, while magic is 372Please respect copyright.PENANACQ3KvH64nK
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 372Please respect copyright.PENANAWmT1HMkS5n
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some372Please respect copyright.PENANARwL85Q5I3k
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 372Please respect copyright.PENANA76omujmfBQ
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAStsfyS0wOb
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 372Please respect copyright.PENANAYGdjPw8LLO
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain372Please respect copyright.PENANA81jNb7kfQu
came and David screamed for someone to help372Please respect copyright.PENANAXjkY2KWRBb
~no one will come.~372Please respect copyright.PENANAXCi7YJvKaS
After pulling out all 372Please respect copyright.PENANAAaqBP0TFkO
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was372Please respect copyright.PENANA5McXut23Ct
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 372Please respect copyright.PENANAg13NxOiz6i
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 372Please respect copyright.PENANAnJaBOW9fVN
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 372Please respect copyright.PENANAgtSKod8c3S
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 372Please respect copyright.PENANAVhu5aLD0N0
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 372Please respect copyright.PENANA05RpQXIBa9
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 372Please respect copyright.PENANAzwpV3WQNL4
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 372Please respect copyright.PENANA7h0oNy3tQZ
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 372Please respect copyright.PENANAfVufR6zLnc
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone372Please respect copyright.PENANAFWAY3J7JpV
would rescue him.372Please respect copyright.PENANAPXXEYMPWib
~no one cares.~372Please respect copyright.PENANAVFgodOnsr9
Next few moments were a 372Please respect copyright.PENANAzApIuLJyap
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea372Please respect copyright.PENANAelpEa9BG0p
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.372Please respect copyright.PENANAyyfWh03lzA
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 372Please respect copyright.PENANARAUKTbLXzm
companion in the darkness.
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