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All taxes must be paid 656Please respect copyright.PENANA1Dnn33sj2C
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 656Please respect copyright.PENANAYlpefcahw4
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 656Please respect copyright.PENANADJoa9h0sjE
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 656Please respect copyright.PENANAF6IMD8XjSK
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 656Please respect copyright.PENANAFdhQf4QCcA
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5aQXKXp1aN
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAVRDFKDGe4T
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 656Please respect copyright.PENANAdMsMa9WApL
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade656Please respect copyright.PENANAeQhDvcWuBT
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 656Please respect copyright.PENANAUzK42bgrBe
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 656Please respect copyright.PENANA4uCBl2ahc3
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 656Please respect copyright.PENANA9xNPNnU0dp
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 656Please respect copyright.PENANAU1kI4dC1ik
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted656Please respect copyright.PENANAf8HjOVndBs
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.656Please respect copyright.PENANADkqJL4C9Rn
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'656Please respect copyright.PENANA6A2blGmiOQ
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David has been in jail 656Please respect copyright.PENANASv8dfCVnRL
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.656Please respect copyright.PENANAQpufPINSW8
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor656Please respect copyright.PENANAOBBN8SdO7M
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.656Please respect copyright.PENANAD09skHpoHk
The cell was big enough 656Please respect copyright.PENANAy9QTRrQ8Wd
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 656Please respect copyright.PENANAAhLeRVhnLE
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAGBymgDCLbp
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAuKmLvQz9pr
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.656Please respect copyright.PENANAQCOB8mumyh
David didn't even 656Please respect copyright.PENANAbOXgm0hEKh
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAUKXfxXQ363
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 656Please respect copyright.PENANA2wvRTbc8RJ
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 656Please respect copyright.PENANAym89mK9uez
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAFNdopnkcoj
Sadly event the best 656Please respect copyright.PENANANaKypWww9t
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall656Please respect copyright.PENANAvBWIkeqANx
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that656Please respect copyright.PENANAaJwRegUZi7
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 656Please respect copyright.PENANAZEthgC4lLH
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 656Please respect copyright.PENANAipY0VHTWrZ
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could656Please respect copyright.PENANACFz2uDwYnS
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 656Please respect copyright.PENANAxJob0rsjj1
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob656Please respect copyright.PENANA72lsNhyL1P
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 656Please respect copyright.PENANAkTJKjzZExC
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 656Please respect copyright.PENANARoEiTVDGgQ
cell next door.656Please respect copyright.PENANAX8gvTChyAM
Another soldier came up 656Please respect copyright.PENANAEUJEFHM7Oz
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAyPQ8eGDeq5
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 656Please respect copyright.PENANAErn8hlirtJ
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 656Please respect copyright.PENANADVrSGZuaUu
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAZEiXHEjTZo
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 656Please respect copyright.PENANAfJJewloNk9
back.656Please respect copyright.PENANAOz30YqrS7S
While David would've 656Please respect copyright.PENANAVdGbC6Swpn
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 656Please respect copyright.PENANAotdiCBwoVi
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5kIJClscdL
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 656Please respect copyright.PENANAw5Ob4maV9B
Jesters words came back to him. 656Please respect copyright.PENANABLO1HKueje
The walk itself didn't 656Please respect copyright.PENANA7T7uDOYzx4
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 656Please respect copyright.PENANAP1o9qbYDBo
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 656Please respect copyright.PENANAvraMSNMkH7
splatters all around the room.656Please respect copyright.PENANAYF0hT3EqpF
David was put into the 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5rRss904Se
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 656Please respect copyright.PENANATt1aQINnWG
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAzoifopqSgP
other chair, staring into David's soul.656Please respect copyright.PENANAvHfzzPAuoH
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.656Please respect copyright.PENANANuCPfxRydq
"I'm David, the rebels 656Please respect copyright.PENANAVmbwnbSIo4
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtNlHPHnKH8
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.656Please respect copyright.PENANAjwdzmmaFCx
"Where are you from?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAM2V5FENgjL
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.656Please respect copyright.PENANANijytSmVCW
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"656Please respect copyright.PENANANQGYmCFaIC
"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 nodded656Please respect copyright.PENANAmAaOyV3lhR
"Where did the rebels move?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAXjrOyDrcCO
"Gods, we're not getting656Please respect copyright.PENANA7m6B5rGXW4
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want656Please respect copyright.PENANAglqJYFsN7R
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."656Please respect copyright.PENANAsxyKFGfVru
"We know the rebellion 656Please respect copyright.PENANAu6iTqwWjg3
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 656Please respect copyright.PENANAzU3y49c8HF
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."656Please respect copyright.PENANAXDp0AWUOBZ
"Well if you know all 656Please respect copyright.PENANAPphNOnVjG0
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 656Please respect copyright.PENANAhmrZUsUrpH
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 656Please respect copyright.PENANAykgjOtelpF
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 656Please respect copyright.PENANAAde7CuLmeb
on the imperial soldier.656Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZWxRpQL42
"I wanted to make this 656Please respect copyright.PENANABPxpPdh47W
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 656Please respect copyright.PENANA7aaDDiq5CJ
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 656Please respect copyright.PENANAUnzFLwoxz5
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 656Please respect copyright.PENANA88wAqQboSK
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 656Please respect copyright.PENANAkPau3L35ya
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 656Please respect copyright.PENANA3vC9nMnbuI
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.656Please respect copyright.PENANAF3hhCEWTQA
"Wait wait!" Fernand 656Please respect copyright.PENANAfpPMD9m5El
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 656Please respect copyright.PENANAY09TxomR2a
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."656Please respect copyright.PENANAejdgZXLPPv
Fernand was shaking his 656Please respect copyright.PENANATbQla8VPtc
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't656Please respect copyright.PENANArb8PJudvNT
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 656Please respect copyright.PENANARShJNIUp1I
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely656Please respect copyright.PENANAMrlHsVNkeC
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 656Please respect copyright.PENANAJu3BMXnfFT
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 656Please respect copyright.PENANA3QPIgughUs
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAx4LWxh3Qzl
That made Ferdinand 656Please respect copyright.PENANAf2VGkhl3UU
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAeBGyWtDFlK
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAGpYnwnmved
Fernand wasn't denying 656Please respect copyright.PENANABLA8fF2ACn
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did656Please respect copyright.PENANAxVP42LqFum
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 656Please respect copyright.PENANA4dOLjZOhEY
get us do something." 656Please respect copyright.PENANAHxT0EgOeO7
"Blasphemy, he 656Please respect copyright.PENANAmWPSOVM6Ph
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 656Please respect copyright.PENANAQSr9ahbUXg
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.656Please respect copyright.PENANAXu5Y5mrMrK
"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" 656Please respect copyright.PENANAea2j2WBfug
"Demons tend to plan 656Please respect copyright.PENANADK5GhJ7l18
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 656Please respect copyright.PENANAWdxE8Zzhwx
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"656Please respect copyright.PENANA6H1QMm692G
"To find something, he 656Please respect copyright.PENANA2EUy3S7tto
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to656Please respect copyright.PENANANTPnf7rUjc
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 656Please respect copyright.PENANA4mn1i7YDCF
same for Fernand.656Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ3gqL9s51
Fernand was about to say656Please respect copyright.PENANASEUg7l2zly
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 656Please respect copyright.PENANAqTSCoE4lTb
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAWOdooLjLZd
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 656Please respect copyright.PENANA8Z7QPqnOXN
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."656Please respect copyright.PENANAM5NVLYIReB
David quickly rummaged 656Please respect copyright.PENANAcmr4XcYt7y
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back656Please respect copyright.PENANA1zbwBL0V86
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 656Please respect copyright.PENANAl8KuwP17H3
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5C4Q7hVvwG
able to trap her."656Please respect copyright.PENANALA0BK1nGq0
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtjr569E6M1
"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.656Please respect copyright.PENANAUFHZEQ1o37
"And how will you do 656Please respect copyright.PENANA2xfvKzyip5
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've656Please respect copyright.PENANAdYt4eXu7op
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 656Please respect copyright.PENANA7WhFonl5Y7
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 656Please respect copyright.PENANASKasiTdKek
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."656Please respect copyright.PENANAZeZOu4Sd2K
"But I don't! I really 656Please respect copyright.PENANAjP78LNhpzt
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 656Please respect copyright.PENANAdPVl7BEdAr
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.656Please respect copyright.PENANAe8vq6stRwg
"Ah captain Schumah, a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAoak3lgjspV
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 656Please respect copyright.PENANAdrqkukMdhD
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a656Please respect copyright.PENANAw0qKPYRCAW
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 656Please respect copyright.PENANABgSAwoiMyZ
black. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAfKKpwYFmo2
"Well, well. What do we 656Please respect copyright.PENANA18E3f8p6Rd
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 656Please respect copyright.PENANAB13bLruIqG
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.656Please respect copyright.PENANA5csB46Hqon
"Look, I swear to all 656Please respect copyright.PENANAjqvW9cpK62
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 656Please respect copyright.PENANAkhTUocjTkh
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 656Please respect copyright.PENANArhf7tZZJhh
"We will find out if you656Please respect copyright.PENANAzgo0RwGgcv
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He656Please respect copyright.PENANAhRsyLDgmNY
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by656Please respect copyright.PENANAAblTmFimso
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."656Please respect copyright.PENANAqK1XTn4vow
David struggled against 656Please respect copyright.PENANAZw8NUgD7CY
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAkLq2YOymwn
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 656Please respect copyright.PENANAyUu9iCU6GX
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch656Please respect copyright.PENANAUi9UbWjjKB
"Now how should we 656Please respect copyright.PENANAdSuyjYvjL2
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 656Please respect copyright.PENANAWUZnz47aYg
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAIdT6r0zLmI
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 656Please respect copyright.PENANAh0l3EVdvpI
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my656Please respect copyright.PENANA7pdqVBhc3H
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAzzXUKX2pJV
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 656Please respect copyright.PENANAeb5VOffeYV
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as656Please respect copyright.PENANAV2POTnhkB3
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.656Please respect copyright.PENANA7J31LzRms6
Before David could reply656Please respect copyright.PENANA5vONOrmXRb
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 656Please respect copyright.PENANA92EXBjK0zq
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 656Please respect copyright.PENANABI9Z8RHuxm
and he screamed.656Please respect copyright.PENANADQoxF2gb8Q
The torturer 656Please respect copyright.PENANA2Kw18C8Oy2
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 656Please respect copyright.PENANAIAMsA5KyMh
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 656Please respect copyright.PENANAATYmjAW6Ie
this."656Please respect copyright.PENANAxUUi7jUyjf
The torturer moved his 656Please respect copyright.PENANAOwJniRE66g
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 656Please respect copyright.PENANA4BR1CemyJp
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 656Please respect copyright.PENANAvSHBlK2Fm1
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 656Please respect copyright.PENANA5EktE2pebM
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 656Please respect copyright.PENANAghmbTCE84u
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 656Please respect copyright.PENANA1hXoZmJWLI
you agree?"656Please respect copyright.PENANAXjTOxI11cP
The torturer stopped his656Please respect copyright.PENANAmSV248msmk
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 656Please respect copyright.PENANALebIHeOPe6
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAXGwDJpX8AI
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance656Please respect copyright.PENANAgTqTQLQnxE
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 656Please respect copyright.PENANAhkhHzlv5qf
go?" 656Please respect copyright.PENANAgWXHqjQk7i
David was trying to 656Please respect copyright.PENANAVxAffnns3u
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was656Please respect copyright.PENANAftOGiGCqXN
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 656Please respect copyright.PENANA69K2RTwr4U
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 656Please respect copyright.PENANAjsuq2xExWH
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 656Please respect copyright.PENANA6HSdWKvc4b
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 656Please respect copyright.PENANAEXICygqc6r
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 656Please respect copyright.PENANA0h0wu3RNah
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.656Please respect copyright.PENANAhp512v1cmC
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.656Please respect copyright.PENANAmYsbdff5zp
Then suddenly David was 656Please respect copyright.PENANA3Z6fIuVOW4
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 656Please respect copyright.PENANAxwr2FhcoL7
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 656Please respect copyright.PENANAi80xoM0lpW
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 656Please respect copyright.PENANAxcKPvFmo4y
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 656Please respect copyright.PENANAQvC69fRBDb
don't know."656Please respect copyright.PENANAj3QcuorQJ7
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."656Please respect copyright.PENANAlhzByyyx4f
"Now, while magic is 656Please respect copyright.PENANAl6EqBLR61D
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 656Please respect copyright.PENANADI7FdCKJln
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some656Please respect copyright.PENANA6GpWttdj7H
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 656Please respect copyright.PENANAX0WMabRIhv
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAymj3zZRjSI
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 656Please respect copyright.PENANAPbHG0BHgFm
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain656Please respect copyright.PENANAw3KXQgQ18J
came and David screamed for someone to help656Please respect copyright.PENANATJKCMDkrsn
~no one will come.~656Please respect copyright.PENANAPkNakR9iqX
After pulling out all 656Please respect copyright.PENANA3iI3G23zCi
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was656Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ0UYx7eIJ
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 656Please respect copyright.PENANAlVd2IVa0BG
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 656Please respect copyright.PENANAuhrxbEPqdc
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 656Please respect copyright.PENANAyjY64Kb6LM
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtDYoEghFf9
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 656Please respect copyright.PENANAV9wfyjy7JX
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 656Please respect copyright.PENANAdTCzRfXTwB
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 656Please respect copyright.PENANAtip4HSYyQr
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 656Please respect copyright.PENANAhYugM2lCjp
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone656Please respect copyright.PENANAn10DbpW1aF
would rescue him.656Please respect copyright.PENANAq5Ov3ntrsE
~no one cares.~656Please respect copyright.PENANAqykNONg1m5
Next few moments were a 656Please respect copyright.PENANAX6jJkK5BKr
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea656Please respect copyright.PENANAfW69OabBzk
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.656Please respect copyright.PENANAgN5LHR7G1Q
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 656Please respect copyright.PENANAM6pxnHtak0
companion in the darkness.
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