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All taxes must be paid 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsvsRBgKiC5
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 751Please respect copyright.PENANABF9HGpa8mJ
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 751Please respect copyright.PENANAItXQ5Thfyc
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 751Please respect copyright.PENANA87Pd6dFy8X
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAzr7x34tYn
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAqA7mVZMJR
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAbsB1DK7Wit
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1KVozN187w
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade751Please respect copyright.PENANAfl9hhGIIqY
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 751Please respect copyright.PENANAa8MtR43Ad4
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 751Please respect copyright.PENANASqs6j2VX4i
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9e9zvjaRcp
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfy8AHEirbN
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted751Please respect copyright.PENANAWM5OyNuW5l
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.751Please respect copyright.PENANAq4MTWgkSEr
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'751Please respect copyright.PENANAjhHtZ3midw
___________________________________________________751Please respect copyright.PENANAuzo1zSJ8xq
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David has been in jail 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQV5V0UhCDM
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.751Please respect copyright.PENANAweyBnX1cou
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor751Please respect copyright.PENANAQPY1CLl4rV
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJpGTBwpWGZ
The cell was big enough 751Please respect copyright.PENANALAWFV71UJb
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0UMPLz5I2S
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzuuSd9SwVR
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAu7bL42gH0I
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.751Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7ELKiVlju
David didn't even 751Please respect copyright.PENANA63njJ2oAuu
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 751Please respect copyright.PENANACqoavdkjyX
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAcYjKETtMx
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 751Please respect copyright.PENANABqeSWP2Mq8
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYbC2cQ30NS
Sadly event the best 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqSWV3Ksnd9
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall751Please respect copyright.PENANAdusn55ZDK7
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that751Please respect copyright.PENANAKR3yoC5apM
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZHn3wFFKIE
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgHJ478OT0M
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could751Please respect copyright.PENANA8VFzArCYWS
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 751Please respect copyright.PENANAF7W1nvY6uk
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob751Please respect copyright.PENANAZjg1042ylf
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMF2yv5uaBC
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1X69PUhdL6
cell next door.751Please respect copyright.PENANAELZ5IuePam
Another soldier came up 751Please respect copyright.PENANAj5Jr86x4wn
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3yZ0QmCcC4
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzURThWYGDv
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHdEq1kNNk1
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAV0mYS66D3P
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 751Please respect copyright.PENANABpna1w6xsV
back.751Please respect copyright.PENANAD59eaKLSYP
While David would've 751Please respect copyright.PENANAqQnvafafIT
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 751Please respect copyright.PENANApbnfExvatQ
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6vaekUCOBY
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6qE2cCD6NC
Jesters words came back to him. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHcMJjhK04N
The walk itself didn't 751Please respect copyright.PENANALi0xGtgQqU
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 751Please respect copyright.PENANALqIk3NBuNE
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVNYm4LsQil
splatters all around the room.751Please respect copyright.PENANAkA8K3IbXHr
David was put into the 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6r8eBb9HiR
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQxZJFJpPIO
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfw4OY5cqRk
other chair, staring into David's soul.751Please respect copyright.PENANAIVuOr9glJ8
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.751Please respect copyright.PENANAUddoqOli7Q
"I'm David, the rebels 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmLAylQqyYj
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 751Please respect copyright.PENANA2bwPpPGhU6
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.751Please respect copyright.PENANAndvAtNf66k
"Where are you from?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAb9OOtGLO5Z
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.751Please respect copyright.PENANAPKUWHD5PoI
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAdIspdxaYUt
"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 nodded751Please respect copyright.PENANAt6U1lk7Yyt
"Where did the rebels move?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAKDfRwcaM6q
"Gods, we're not getting751Please respect copyright.PENANAjkpSr0pgWY
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want751Please respect copyright.PENANAipmfiD9O1M
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."751Please respect copyright.PENANAxWQ3Dckyc3
"We know the rebellion 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6kURTYdNzD
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 751Please respect copyright.PENANA13Ni1OSmiH
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."751Please respect copyright.PENANAM4e9EbYniN
"Well if you know all 751Please respect copyright.PENANAe7DjazHDyE
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzLUxjvewaN
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 751Please respect copyright.PENANAf6E1P9dzou
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 751Please respect copyright.PENANAIwufHhiRgf
on the imperial soldier.751Please respect copyright.PENANARF7giNpbqf
"I wanted to make this 751Please respect copyright.PENANAE0ZeDtjgQs
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 751Please respect copyright.PENANAstkXYqeRYh
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9MY7QAww7v
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 751Please respect copyright.PENANAECXmN2wn4w
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsqmURtYpVO
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAba98YoOsq
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.751Please respect copyright.PENANA1ed34n1kUe
"Wait wait!" Fernand 751Please respect copyright.PENANAe1d2zLoYrG
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 751Please respect copyright.PENANAe7yHvsr0Qj
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."751Please respect copyright.PENANATQJDn9CrCT
Fernand was shaking his 751Please respect copyright.PENANAHdDVi7DaNy
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't751Please respect copyright.PENANAKJegVhFkCb
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 751Please respect copyright.PENANAeCrZZ8EKof
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely751Please respect copyright.PENANAyNVvKLVNqh
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 751Please respect copyright.PENANACIUerbBmKF
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXMvGzjFY5D
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAPl8rh8J586
That made Ferdinand 751Please respect copyright.PENANAj7ysGcenr9
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAz2zRkckTxx
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"751Please respect copyright.PENANA3UUsHWqapu
Fernand wasn't denying 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcEpxLITJhb
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did751Please respect copyright.PENANAa9qwsZ6OjN
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhm8iJPthad
get us do something." 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtTNwhbE09f
"Blasphemy, he 751Please respect copyright.PENANACIwlmSIxdV
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8kJUDf1lps
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.751Please respect copyright.PENANApiZwx7flGW
"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" 751Please respect copyright.PENANAiJdZhktFJG
"Demons tend to plan 751Please respect copyright.PENANAhgicKGZpK0
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 751Please respect copyright.PENANAXcyucfxrlU
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAR4axi5RZVN
"To find something, he 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUm585XBHiF
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to751Please respect copyright.PENANAjMXCM8DdBF
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAPHrmIQwKtN
same for Fernand.751Please respect copyright.PENANAVcKFxUEx8Y
Fernand was about to say751Please respect copyright.PENANA8YqjaLiKOe
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 751Please respect copyright.PENANASmbJMtSb2N
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 751Please respect copyright.PENANA9MaVBGTF9W
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAF1e8U7aNHF
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."751Please respect copyright.PENANAAigCsbICDL
David quickly rummaged 751Please respect copyright.PENANAslr8J7xqfM
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back751Please respect copyright.PENANAbKVHfc8k3C
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 751Please respect copyright.PENANAK6UGD5c3ce
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0KCyarmzgU
able to trap her."751Please respect copyright.PENANA2xnro10WxK
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsq0jw93NNl
"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.751Please respect copyright.PENANAZljqmbe7Lm
"And how will you do 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5FKUKEGiqL
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've751Please respect copyright.PENANAM5KN3TMzvB
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1QtqQMHXVN
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 751Please respect copyright.PENANAGAxXNEjPaJ
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."751Please respect copyright.PENANAm5rWNhPWxg
"But I don't! I really 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlYD5UPSycH
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVwIo3Lr3tm
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.751Please respect copyright.PENANASp4yVNpi77
"Ah captain Schumah, a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAgnKpDSUP55
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 751Please respect copyright.PENANA4xQgcL1eyX
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a751Please respect copyright.PENANAAG1zGjRLmR
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 751Please respect copyright.PENANAmS2y4rFL7r
black. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAGHrjaPimgX
"Well, well. What do we 751Please respect copyright.PENANAo1TTYpgapd
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 751Please respect copyright.PENANAQnIZHn4OV3
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.751Please respect copyright.PENANAOGQgBZIGR6
"Look, I swear to all 751Please respect copyright.PENANAEpGwvKF14G
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYKzYhTLiKl
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 751Please respect copyright.PENANA1diUzZbPRj
"We will find out if you751Please respect copyright.PENANA0QsX17YYck
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He751Please respect copyright.PENANAkdecTYVgGo
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by751Please respect copyright.PENANA1kqqSRgs2Z
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."751Please respect copyright.PENANA7Nl55xCpy4
David struggled against 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMvc11Ct7XX
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAFxN7H3bSyx
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJFjgdW8HBO
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch751Please respect copyright.PENANA7TezMCi7Kb
"Now how should we 751Please respect copyright.PENANAf3ImDaMvGp
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUgLEMikKYQ
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAVRcg91mlkO
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 751Please respect copyright.PENANAoAMXiYsVZX
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my751Please respect copyright.PENANA1Y4eH5AVq9
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8b94adhKIZ
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAncogIRWsiU
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as751Please respect copyright.PENANAqk5B53BKYG
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.751Please respect copyright.PENANAnwDkoLaCYh
Before David could reply751Please respect copyright.PENANA1RJhJwdrKk
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 751Please respect copyright.PENANADu7uUsmEWj
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 751Please respect copyright.PENANAZzZoPi2O0D
and he screamed.751Please respect copyright.PENANALjqTNUMgVK
The torturer 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsGE3HxB80N
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 751Please respect copyright.PENANAOE8AEWIf2F
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 751Please respect copyright.PENANAAZrB3OPnmg
this."751Please respect copyright.PENANAUsXFGTKqjZ
The torturer moved his 751Please respect copyright.PENANAGXr7iJIn9m
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 751Please respect copyright.PENANADSNyUbDW3d
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 751Please respect copyright.PENANA5JoDcJTs10
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 751Please respect copyright.PENANAo47CK6gZo5
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxSqdDnomYG
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 751Please respect copyright.PENANAskzGPp9Tk3
you agree?"751Please respect copyright.PENANAowZBQGVwCd
The torturer stopped his751Please respect copyright.PENANANBJzb1Rf6t
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 751Please respect copyright.PENANAnxXlFp3BDl
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 751Please respect copyright.PENANAYuBHQL9b6L
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance751Please respect copyright.PENANA1Jm3V5BpcI
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 751Please respect copyright.PENANA3MvNlxyCjF
go?" 751Please respect copyright.PENANAm3Oj1zAgZu
David was trying to 751Please respect copyright.PENANAzHZuJOTSJ2
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was751Please respect copyright.PENANAI2daLY9DcS
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 751Please respect copyright.PENANA81dMFCSMIW
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 751Please respect copyright.PENANAxKg8EI9f59
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 751Please respect copyright.PENANAO8PfF3yZML
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcspJgADzoi
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 751Please respect copyright.PENANAvmY6x4GKEk
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.751Please respect copyright.PENANA29ALs6ifi3
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.751Please respect copyright.PENANAmduYa0KxJa
Then suddenly David was 751Please respect copyright.PENANA8q7PvkJfnd
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 751Please respect copyright.PENANA6qNBafkcqR
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 751Please respect copyright.PENANAtNnguwxUnj
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 751Please respect copyright.PENANAnLiSoiAwNf
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 751Please respect copyright.PENANAUpe20clEVH
don't know."751Please respect copyright.PENANAczn44xwiv1
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."751Please respect copyright.PENANAMxLNRmAAaW
"Now, while magic is 751Please respect copyright.PENANAyzcdsMdJit
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 751Please respect copyright.PENANAfFeei8xXBz
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some751Please respect copyright.PENANAAD61x9J9vi
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 751Please respect copyright.PENANAS2r2xQ9iFI
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 751Please respect copyright.PENANA0SIs7KLVBF
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 751Please respect copyright.PENANA26ynNPZ879
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain751Please respect copyright.PENANAd9XmCIJtkR
came and David screamed for someone to help751Please respect copyright.PENANAlpc8vHfEGr
~no one will come.~751Please respect copyright.PENANAWm3X3MKop5
After pulling out all 751Please respect copyright.PENANAEJUrz2z49c
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was751Please respect copyright.PENANA1mAQ4d8PHV
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 751Please respect copyright.PENANA7JMW1zwXnr
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcRxWh8mTW1
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 751Please respect copyright.PENANAsKecwTatAG
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 751Please respect copyright.PENANAop8svGTEDQ
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 751Please respect copyright.PENANAlDi4Z0jxt3
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 751Please respect copyright.PENANAMe2LPLlAm9
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 751Please respect copyright.PENANABf3wQjnl6K
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 751Please respect copyright.PENANAcRzPNdReX1
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone751Please respect copyright.PENANAobdvLYRaBO
would rescue him.751Please respect copyright.PENANAB7nqoVfwmi
~no one cares.~751Please respect copyright.PENANAgFwxc6b2b2
Next few moments were a 751Please respect copyright.PENANANBhyvIoGsD
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea751Please respect copyright.PENANA5QlpfhdWXe
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.751Please respect copyright.PENANAifOLwrF94V
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 751Please respect copyright.PENANAJtymfvK8X7
companion in the darkness.
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