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All taxes must be paid 588Please respect copyright.PENANApuQqq403i7
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 588Please respect copyright.PENANA2gbiTvRgxV
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 588Please respect copyright.PENANA6u9osLQwxq
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 588Please respect copyright.PENANAUjPNGDGFVl
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 588Please respect copyright.PENANA5svFKmJ3dX
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 588Please respect copyright.PENANAb2C2PSRnYM
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 588Please respect copyright.PENANASYZzU9V7zw
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 588Please respect copyright.PENANAl9MgZ2JVht
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade588Please respect copyright.PENANAGnldHAcFmK
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 588Please respect copyright.PENANAIRZsK90rZU
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 588Please respect copyright.PENANAkO1UKMjiC1
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 588Please respect copyright.PENANAt1IlUOH0Dd
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 588Please respect copyright.PENANAuBT9HN1qP5
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted588Please respect copyright.PENANAYC3dtwwhQM
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.588Please respect copyright.PENANAOqLyh6VXON
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'588Please respect copyright.PENANASm5VBKFsre
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David has been in jail 588Please respect copyright.PENANAw4bZIbWvFw
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.588Please respect copyright.PENANAMVfXVb7nXN
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor588Please respect copyright.PENANAEupz7AINdz
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.588Please respect copyright.PENANAFso4I4rica
The cell was big enough 588Please respect copyright.PENANAWwx4rjHS6j
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 588Please respect copyright.PENANA4WJb8T9jdD
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 588Please respect copyright.PENANA9l3z2b0C7O
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAn4X9PZ8uPb
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.588Please respect copyright.PENANACuwwaaMyMZ
David didn't even 588Please respect copyright.PENANAcGc3fXdPaL
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAgNTrJcpaQ0
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 588Please respect copyright.PENANANlynMiNNy5
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 588Please respect copyright.PENANAirof7AcB3B
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 588Please respect copyright.PENANAQkME3bK0tP
Sadly event the best 588Please respect copyright.PENANAFyuF8bKUBW
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall588Please respect copyright.PENANA3OWr13c85N
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that588Please respect copyright.PENANAZSGfbBSMwC
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 588Please respect copyright.PENANAfkDa0Fo9dm
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 588Please respect copyright.PENANAbjx5ulescL
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could588Please respect copyright.PENANAKFvHfnBe6v
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 588Please respect copyright.PENANAosbMK6vY46
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob588Please respect copyright.PENANAX8B3KHibEw
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 588Please respect copyright.PENANAN9YASAxbqr
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAweICQj9aT3
cell next door.588Please respect copyright.PENANAEWc4tyerTa
Another soldier came up 588Please respect copyright.PENANA1RklHZIZCU
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 588Please respect copyright.PENANAW0duoHutTb
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 588Please respect copyright.PENANAO1lG4ho12U
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 588Please respect copyright.PENANAtP8k1tZvlr
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAkkbEcPfuzy
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 588Please respect copyright.PENANAZePTnaHMkp
back.588Please respect copyright.PENANAOyEwGxXCFE
While David would've 588Please respect copyright.PENANAO3obLEh590
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 588Please respect copyright.PENANAF778r8gSlK
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 588Please respect copyright.PENANArvBW1D38M2
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 588Please respect copyright.PENANAiiTF8KJYO6
Jesters words came back to him. 588Please respect copyright.PENANAYVhiUtyXrH
The walk itself didn't 588Please respect copyright.PENANAZvKGwUbMXe
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 588Please respect copyright.PENANAbofqhvkkzL
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 588Please respect copyright.PENANAoF3xCQnxdt
splatters all around the room.588Please respect copyright.PENANAkYm5nf2Pr9
David was put into the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAVwS9NjM9oV
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 588Please respect copyright.PENANAMVm0udIhnO
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAiumsDjbVeN
other chair, staring into David's soul.588Please respect copyright.PENANAKfSBUVKLld
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.588Please respect copyright.PENANA9pfCIBHMpT
"I'm David, the rebels 588Please respect copyright.PENANA7oHlLS6JS7
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 588Please respect copyright.PENANADwoFARkmKI
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.588Please respect copyright.PENANAmjTOCLoMQ4
"Where are you from?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAf5F2SwRwmK
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.588Please respect copyright.PENANAoKgsiER2aE
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAyvcC1HS9rB
"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 nodded588Please respect copyright.PENANArdSt6DXJD2
"Where did the rebels move?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAQo7EysyHiS
"Gods, we're not getting588Please respect copyright.PENANAr4WXcEX2QD
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want588Please respect copyright.PENANAHT5AxJv5wa
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."588Please respect copyright.PENANAPdFisFdUOi
"We know the rebellion 588Please respect copyright.PENANA24sAeaC5lr
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 588Please respect copyright.PENANA53BfAjtO0X
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."588Please respect copyright.PENANAZhUvHkqt3O
"Well if you know all 588Please respect copyright.PENANAIqNYMkdGjE
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 588Please respect copyright.PENANAiXt7Knjb2q
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 588Please respect copyright.PENANAcZMnjZpuEs
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 588Please respect copyright.PENANAjoyJElztYU
on the imperial soldier.588Please respect copyright.PENANA10QwQTmhCd
"I wanted to make this 588Please respect copyright.PENANA1Sawgx21fz
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 588Please respect copyright.PENANAilmQRjMQqz
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 588Please respect copyright.PENANAhE2MjJIBEx
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 588Please respect copyright.PENANAQM3Lh2tAhv
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 588Please respect copyright.PENANADwykDHQDQt
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 588Please respect copyright.PENANAyCYmIZ3UgP
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.588Please respect copyright.PENANATBZaSwp65t
"Wait wait!" Fernand 588Please respect copyright.PENANAtDLibuwSNF
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 588Please respect copyright.PENANAIj8UakxMkZ
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."588Please respect copyright.PENANAf0i3rbShxf
Fernand was shaking his 588Please respect copyright.PENANAqdi8wcRm6h
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't588Please respect copyright.PENANA94dB1Io9Xo
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 588Please respect copyright.PENANAuuAEfpiQxP
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely588Please respect copyright.PENANAyTuH0g8Ubn
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 588Please respect copyright.PENANAfxijnjANkF
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 588Please respect copyright.PENANABBMCX4UdLs
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAo7oZ7uLVyu
That made Ferdinand 588Please respect copyright.PENANARPaxrvBHx1
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAS4vsjTdddO
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAvjSPFS4kTh
Fernand wasn't denying 588Please respect copyright.PENANAlihpVromM2
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did588Please respect copyright.PENANAH1YctUocaJ
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 588Please respect copyright.PENANAGo71CGi9p2
get us do something." 588Please respect copyright.PENANAQWjCGwult7
"Blasphemy, he 588Please respect copyright.PENANA3MuwJUeMSj
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 588Please respect copyright.PENANA5Idin5pSqJ
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.588Please respect copyright.PENANAybFWthmtVe
"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" 588Please respect copyright.PENANA3cTbqBzIcB
"Demons tend to plan 588Please respect copyright.PENANAuBplpPqtqR
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 588Please respect copyright.PENANAG2BXWxo3vf
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAInnkz9s1oA
"To find something, he 588Please respect copyright.PENANASAxchcMh3k
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to588Please respect copyright.PENANAIBl0i8IVFh
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 588Please respect copyright.PENANA2GXm413Ksb
same for Fernand.588Please respect copyright.PENANARQ401gdAyH
Fernand was about to say588Please respect copyright.PENANAdq4Cr3uQMn
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 588Please respect copyright.PENANAGoqZdVF9et
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 588Please respect copyright.PENANAeKjVhb0aAw
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 588Please respect copyright.PENANA4Yoq3PSoLx
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."588Please respect copyright.PENANAvlMxk5TGAy
David quickly rummaged 588Please respect copyright.PENANAwC16zize8i
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back588Please respect copyright.PENANA2C9cGqAkge
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 588Please respect copyright.PENANAO4AA3LwBoT
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 588Please respect copyright.PENANA51BpAhJnKJ
able to trap her."588Please respect copyright.PENANAePtslvB6BJ
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 588Please respect copyright.PENANAjV5u1QpDGA
"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.588Please respect copyright.PENANARA8FF6PVrJ
"And how will you do 588Please respect copyright.PENANAQYiW4qmIyc
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've588Please respect copyright.PENANAFa7TYH721T
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 588Please respect copyright.PENANAkT6YXmj4tL
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 588Please respect copyright.PENANAmaQmWBQPRw
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."588Please respect copyright.PENANAlk3Re6Wsj5
"But I don't! I really 588Please respect copyright.PENANA1Qx978f3wn
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 588Please respect copyright.PENANAR9ZRuKf3DZ
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.588Please respect copyright.PENANA5I0EkGzefg
"Ah captain Schumah, a 588Please respect copyright.PENANAA1NC2lyS4I
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 588Please respect copyright.PENANAM2IvBt95Oy
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a588Please respect copyright.PENANABfiizgEC6S
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 588Please respect copyright.PENANA5Axu1zSTF7
black. 588Please respect copyright.PENANA7MJ8nqVo4Q
"Well, well. What do we 588Please respect copyright.PENANAkexnFZTRJc
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 588Please respect copyright.PENANAJPSJrWi1Un
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.588Please respect copyright.PENANArysyRBq96b
"Look, I swear to all 588Please respect copyright.PENANAo3xg1S3rTN
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 588Please respect copyright.PENANAj4X6dzz98t
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 588Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q64VLoUXJ
"We will find out if you588Please respect copyright.PENANAe6rf8pSA3Y
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He588Please respect copyright.PENANAv9GbZcQBVm
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by588Please respect copyright.PENANAF4MeKm5Pkk
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."588Please respect copyright.PENANAPv4injWWVk
David struggled against 588Please respect copyright.PENANAglT3BB6JtK
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAO0n43OVXiA
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 588Please respect copyright.PENANA1xI4CTdvNb
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch588Please respect copyright.PENANANFYCuAlqUT
"Now how should we 588Please respect copyright.PENANA4ThQJDpfjl
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 588Please respect copyright.PENANALTwOLZY1Sr
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 588Please respect copyright.PENANA41TIgqhJgP
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 588Please respect copyright.PENANAkL61CiuLTG
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my588Please respect copyright.PENANAvNDK9F4VtY
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 588Please respect copyright.PENANAYJSIPqyapP
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 588Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZlRxkmuJy
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as588Please respect copyright.PENANAy3QZrJuPRq
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.588Please respect copyright.PENANAgucZDYe2bq
Before David could reply588Please respect copyright.PENANAm1NNDRsxNh
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 588Please respect copyright.PENANAGASOsUX6ZR
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 588Please respect copyright.PENANA9bG9aHSDIg
and he screamed.588Please respect copyright.PENANA19iQvekhSQ
The torturer 588Please respect copyright.PENANAQLziIVGUGt
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 588Please respect copyright.PENANAEyqQyk3Lle
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 588Please respect copyright.PENANAm431J1RhaB
this."588Please respect copyright.PENANA9Q3wKaRljy
The torturer moved his 588Please respect copyright.PENANAx08YBE6a3j
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 588Please respect copyright.PENANAjCNyn6L8Sm
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 588Please respect copyright.PENANAij9zJZsRmK
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 588Please respect copyright.PENANACysyCR7vyI
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 588Please respect copyright.PENANA1SgWGIpNVt
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 588Please respect copyright.PENANAB6sKYgfN14
you agree?"588Please respect copyright.PENANAF2gdekoqiB
The torturer stopped his588Please respect copyright.PENANA2XeNGrq9MI
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 588Please respect copyright.PENANAcdh98oXzlQ
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 588Please respect copyright.PENANANUO4RROx0e
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance588Please respect copyright.PENANAu8TW1ikuzN
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 588Please respect copyright.PENANAEizrMW6ORP
go?" 588Please respect copyright.PENANAhyOtneApiZ
David was trying to 588Please respect copyright.PENANAUv79XrPN3q
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was588Please respect copyright.PENANA9Bw4iCuKzx
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 588Please respect copyright.PENANAEcwzQXWUqu
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 588Please respect copyright.PENANANihaDTvVtD
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 588Please respect copyright.PENANAKENAW1kJ0o
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 588Please respect copyright.PENANAgxnUiv3gYs
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 588Please respect copyright.PENANAw20lGunaAN
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.588Please respect copyright.PENANAPP166ESlFW
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.588Please respect copyright.PENANAC4EDp6LBTk
Then suddenly David was 588Please respect copyright.PENANAXcEqFStZ8s
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 588Please respect copyright.PENANAE5X08YsQE1
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 588Please respect copyright.PENANABXb7W5DjPN
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 588Please respect copyright.PENANAeuyZNomzKN
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 588Please respect copyright.PENANAnevVb0oZVn
don't know."588Please respect copyright.PENANAeGNxitlw3O
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."588Please respect copyright.PENANAY2ZfPlya7P
"Now, while magic is 588Please respect copyright.PENANAU8ar4Rkfph
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 588Please respect copyright.PENANAwyOmaNzPX3
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some588Please respect copyright.PENANAi1YVLnTSWY
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 588Please respect copyright.PENANABuIHgLoV0N
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 588Please respect copyright.PENANAVUihgvdG1o
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 588Please respect copyright.PENANADomHfASBOr
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain588Please respect copyright.PENANAZlgml4YUus
came and David screamed for someone to help588Please respect copyright.PENANAZkrLCNevzF
~no one will come.~588Please respect copyright.PENANAAnwiVk5jqe
After pulling out all 588Please respect copyright.PENANAOFtzsTpPRQ
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was588Please respect copyright.PENANA8TirYaEgV8
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 588Please respect copyright.PENANAWdAc96d3ww
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 588Please respect copyright.PENANA2T3193u9xf
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 588Please respect copyright.PENANAWr4yUQosAL
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 588Please respect copyright.PENANAKdlnwb2k1N
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 588Please respect copyright.PENANA2Pot0ncnfv
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 588Please respect copyright.PENANALqVsW6Oyiq
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 588Please respect copyright.PENANALoPXF8YOZB
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 588Please respect copyright.PENANAEMjg0Y9tHo
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone588Please respect copyright.PENANAm3rCuHf6R4
would rescue him.588Please respect copyright.PENANAlMCMhLKMaI
~no one cares.~588Please respect copyright.PENANAvHKvrissZ3
Next few moments were a 588Please respect copyright.PENANAddQwUIzR6R
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea588Please respect copyright.PENANAS0VQe7eniZ
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.588Please respect copyright.PENANA2dGalSy8WU
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 588Please respect copyright.PENANAp1QB5MFEEJ
companion in the darkness.
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