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All taxes must be paid 622Please respect copyright.PENANAj2qfwq8FqR
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 622Please respect copyright.PENANAz0iv5yZxnn
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 622Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ercvbw3is
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 622Please respect copyright.PENANAm1bBVNDZ4B
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 622Please respect copyright.PENANAjvFHlXfPFM
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 622Please respect copyright.PENANAggDpe2GCF5
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAdAGtvZK2X1
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 622Please respect copyright.PENANANFU650MCtC
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade622Please respect copyright.PENANAGZbr8i0Pfd
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 622Please respect copyright.PENANA58He9CcmEX
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 622Please respect copyright.PENANAy6U57j4SqL
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 622Please respect copyright.PENANANwtjaNuySb
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 622Please respect copyright.PENANACjKcTZFLHv
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted622Please respect copyright.PENANAO1lE7ynI0K
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.622Please respect copyright.PENANAQpavAAw2Kn
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'622Please respect copyright.PENANA7Wuigp6ZDG
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David has been in jail 622Please respect copyright.PENANASoVhLLJpIB
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.622Please respect copyright.PENANAreyWZWEGW3
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor622Please respect copyright.PENANAvTTa2hJ48o
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.622Please respect copyright.PENANAV5sRiK2Fq0
The cell was big enough 622Please respect copyright.PENANAH9nnnpATar
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 622Please respect copyright.PENANAadyeLihIln
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA4eYr0mYopF
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAjcIwOqOCOn
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.622Please respect copyright.PENANABCznVTC6wW
David didn't even 622Please respect copyright.PENANAmAf7ebDSRw
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAczq1ocmOcQ
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 622Please respect copyright.PENANA75NxCqPNDx
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 622Please respect copyright.PENANAhzTL2c1OLF
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAuAYY7owx1e
Sadly event the best 622Please respect copyright.PENANAIkHIGAMubS
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall622Please respect copyright.PENANAY4Qg7LyEFS
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that622Please respect copyright.PENANAUpAWAlnpCg
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 622Please respect copyright.PENANAeDFhYzXuMG
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 622Please respect copyright.PENANAsIBobDouhK
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could622Please respect copyright.PENANAPq8DVdNRTQ
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 622Please respect copyright.PENANAFDMUsJ7FNt
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob622Please respect copyright.PENANAnkCi0GahCw
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 622Please respect copyright.PENANADdOxNLabxs
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAqsxB7ylXe0
cell next door.622Please respect copyright.PENANAiAfmik72kx
Another soldier came up 622Please respect copyright.PENANAKVFIHnQolS
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 622Please respect copyright.PENANA55Sj9VkSfW
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 622Please respect copyright.PENANAv6Crz8G5A3
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAgIL6xVlPY9
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAB6F135f6iT
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 622Please respect copyright.PENANAWUAfse6ENS
back.622Please respect copyright.PENANAOlVpEONVJs
While David would've 622Please respect copyright.PENANAdTPT3hWn6m
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 622Please respect copyright.PENANAjZzW14tRBQ
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 622Please respect copyright.PENANApcAmiKymAK
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 622Please respect copyright.PENANAOPtr06Pj9e
Jesters words came back to him. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAzUV2i36qub
The walk itself didn't 622Please respect copyright.PENANA1iyUflTfEk
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 622Please respect copyright.PENANABi9DM1MBl5
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 622Please respect copyright.PENANAunNQKVeRgN
splatters all around the room.622Please respect copyright.PENANAnZ09furS10
David was put into the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAOMS9k6OikL
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYBqefazid1
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 622Please respect copyright.PENANA238NicsCGW
other chair, staring into David's soul.622Please respect copyright.PENANAJUBMBaBo5m
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.622Please respect copyright.PENANAwFLE4T0OU0
"I'm David, the rebels 622Please respect copyright.PENANAEzdqju8V7A
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 622Please respect copyright.PENANAFUYcvEfF8a
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.622Please respect copyright.PENANA4HesgJhtIT
"Where are you from?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAN9HDjjio57
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.622Please respect copyright.PENANA6E6qnjNa6a
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAO3GKt7X0qJ
"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 nodded622Please respect copyright.PENANA2k0gkEWh9N
"Where did the rebels move?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAy8N4WTozLR
"Gods, we're not getting622Please respect copyright.PENANAH7rPQugDmb
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want622Please respect copyright.PENANAmzsqEagOym
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."622Please respect copyright.PENANAjCQLMUc9nS
"We know the rebellion 622Please respect copyright.PENANAniyiPQAD1Y
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZiuVUE0eLO
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."622Please respect copyright.PENANAUIKICrxm7Q
"Well if you know all 622Please respect copyright.PENANAsSs15xS67g
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 622Please respect copyright.PENANApWAYTQZrLx
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 622Please respect copyright.PENANAnMlfxFQx5a
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 622Please respect copyright.PENANAMeY1mJlW3k
on the imperial soldier.622Please respect copyright.PENANAmf7c8zpEei
"I wanted to make this 622Please respect copyright.PENANA3Pn3dgaO1z
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 622Please respect copyright.PENANAsX5KEuhXrT
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 622Please respect copyright.PENANAvJyWK5KB3M
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 622Please respect copyright.PENANAapyT4ZsGRL
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 622Please respect copyright.PENANAfUHwWVN653
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 622Please respect copyright.PENANASquFjz6p1v
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.622Please respect copyright.PENANAtgyHTLAR7Y
"Wait wait!" Fernand 622Please respect copyright.PENANA30Qo5JTV39
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 622Please respect copyright.PENANA6qnckQezmZ
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."622Please respect copyright.PENANAF1qNokx8Dg
Fernand was shaking his 622Please respect copyright.PENANAPjaYcPYWIg
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't622Please respect copyright.PENANAE231Tlo2hV
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 622Please respect copyright.PENANA4usB5PYJAK
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely622Please respect copyright.PENANAXjsuq8Yy2l
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 622Please respect copyright.PENANAdcFiplTS9t
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA44yEyjvEUx
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAUHvmZJ3KBE
That made Ferdinand 622Please respect copyright.PENANA4ixH06LR4s
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAq9GtgDsmrG
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAhcOgmRkO6p
Fernand wasn't denying 622Please respect copyright.PENANAg9naTXqN7o
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did622Please respect copyright.PENANAUSUFDcCZqV
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9Q6i3uUOi
get us do something." 622Please respect copyright.PENANA6L6wwrRgzJ
"Blasphemy, he 622Please respect copyright.PENANAVQJ5LUwHA0
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 622Please respect copyright.PENANARvTUvmAJFs
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.622Please respect copyright.PENANASrt2MEfznW
"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" 622Please respect copyright.PENANAVPBsyoCcGE
"Demons tend to plan 622Please respect copyright.PENANA19m49zdYaf
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 622Please respect copyright.PENANAc8RJZ4eE19
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"622Please respect copyright.PENANArMlq6vnkJA
"To find something, he 622Please respect copyright.PENANAO4bthOiLhc
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to622Please respect copyright.PENANAAfvC8epWTh
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAm2j3UhLRfb
same for Fernand.622Please respect copyright.PENANAtasnV6Ldbm
Fernand was about to say622Please respect copyright.PENANAeazWp4eED6
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 622Please respect copyright.PENANAHLcicQYmQF
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 622Please respect copyright.PENANAFFjevo2zAG
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 622Please respect copyright.PENANAIzHWnzf5wh
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."622Please respect copyright.PENANALN0E9fQ5XV
David quickly rummaged 622Please respect copyright.PENANACepT46gk4n
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back622Please respect copyright.PENANAZgIasqSwB9
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 622Please respect copyright.PENANAdnH05ZN7P7
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 622Please respect copyright.PENANAtTBIh1GqYx
able to trap her."622Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qg16zbiCN
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 622Please respect copyright.PENANAsrKJv0qzJ4
"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.622Please respect copyright.PENANAlxynfBgn7W
"And how will you do 622Please respect copyright.PENANA0C6Uf9tNg9
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've622Please respect copyright.PENANAIoBi8qwcao
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 622Please respect copyright.PENANANX5LEzF5wN
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 622Please respect copyright.PENANArjXg1DPpiG
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."622Please respect copyright.PENANAx38xZnhylN
"But I don't! I really 622Please respect copyright.PENANAeMKzOfjDqD
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 622Please respect copyright.PENANAQw0FNEJYvT
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.622Please respect copyright.PENANATVErDBR03Z
"Ah captain Schumah, a 622Please respect copyright.PENANAuUgEwTLjep
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 622Please respect copyright.PENANAqR58dA7wG2
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a622Please respect copyright.PENANA6zoYmbKBLM
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 622Please respect copyright.PENANAilwY3WNl4j
black. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAtLHsIyaf1f
"Well, well. What do we 622Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZBzrdn9DG
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 622Please respect copyright.PENANAcuvixhBJH5
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.622Please respect copyright.PENANABnmELY7NoE
"Look, I swear to all 622Please respect copyright.PENANAFukO7EvUxh
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 622Please respect copyright.PENANAPH7fKXFpSU
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA3URAMZPskx
"We will find out if you622Please respect copyright.PENANAEsUvLkUM8X
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He622Please respect copyright.PENANAck5YsU2MY7
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by622Please respect copyright.PENANAbuR4NjH9Mg
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."622Please respect copyright.PENANAz52poAIOh5
David struggled against 622Please respect copyright.PENANAwsEVnpOllr
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZkC4hJ8c4V
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 622Please respect copyright.PENANA2S9KQ7OfH9
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch622Please respect copyright.PENANAla22jUQKDp
"Now how should we 622Please respect copyright.PENANAGBUF6zhxUx
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAGDNtKbAiF7
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 622Please respect copyright.PENANAb621f1ce2z
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 622Please respect copyright.PENANAwcywHpmuvo
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my622Please respect copyright.PENANAKhAWtPoI48
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 622Please respect copyright.PENANA5krI9DSXEo
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYuchSLc5Oo
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as622Please respect copyright.PENANAG5ULiNctNh
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.622Please respect copyright.PENANAQi2VNO6bh1
Before David could reply622Please respect copyright.PENANAgBp2NWQZyq
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 622Please respect copyright.PENANAuN6BsINWxu
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 622Please respect copyright.PENANAptOHSPym1U
and he screamed.622Please respect copyright.PENANA3X4qW0GLaE
The torturer 622Please respect copyright.PENANAuzimgOKrBM
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 622Please respect copyright.PENANAgcER0YUN8x
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 622Please respect copyright.PENANAXOhtPFw5qq
this."622Please respect copyright.PENANA1fImpr4fjv
The torturer moved his 622Please respect copyright.PENANAPDvOsFdMM1
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 622Please respect copyright.PENANAcNfBCW7spX
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 622Please respect copyright.PENANAiSTI5r4mo1
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 622Please respect copyright.PENANAfaCUHo0KCv
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 622Please respect copyright.PENANACxJHpYo8Y3
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 622Please respect copyright.PENANA6amaSfiLn3
you agree?"622Please respect copyright.PENANAilWFshoPGB
The torturer stopped his622Please respect copyright.PENANAXs2r5piYJy
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 622Please respect copyright.PENANA45IlGG2BdW
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZjkubme9tV
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance622Please respect copyright.PENANAcz94Vx77al
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYYQzKtTDUg
go?" 622Please respect copyright.PENANAoTZHjRgpCW
David was trying to 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYQd19PSKAz
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was622Please respect copyright.PENANAfOvlUGD2Yn
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 622Please respect copyright.PENANAdoLHaO2Uhf
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 622Please respect copyright.PENANA82lo4wmlrZ
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 622Please respect copyright.PENANAIYnmZDKFeH
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 622Please respect copyright.PENANABFXEzW7U6J
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYP7buLd0A7
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.622Please respect copyright.PENANAX51ClzoACP
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.622Please respect copyright.PENANAnO5KJ8L4Ld
Then suddenly David was 622Please respect copyright.PENANANYfjHoHd2z
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 622Please respect copyright.PENANApQlZ0waHiW
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZW4F3Sn1FW
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 622Please respect copyright.PENANAyDaB9PzqQt
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 622Please respect copyright.PENANAmklsLR9TYW
don't know."622Please respect copyright.PENANAc28ftTBe9D
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."622Please respect copyright.PENANACkJWGFQInj
"Now, while magic is 622Please respect copyright.PENANAXDLHMOh3Ge
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 622Please respect copyright.PENANAMIqCQP10WE
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some622Please respect copyright.PENANABVAAOOEvYe
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 622Please respect copyright.PENANAWsb6QIbU9p
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 622Please respect copyright.PENANAG2OOoxO6vo
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 622Please respect copyright.PENANAjLZLbqRz5t
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain622Please respect copyright.PENANA18OCqWOmy9
came and David screamed for someone to help622Please respect copyright.PENANARt5qgpevct
~no one will come.~622Please respect copyright.PENANAJTkfyAg2cv
After pulling out all 622Please respect copyright.PENANAmSAUoq80hj
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was622Please respect copyright.PENANAIHyDT2hLPh
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 622Please respect copyright.PENANARNXlWbORlx
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 622Please respect copyright.PENANAbyVu8kVgMP
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 622Please respect copyright.PENANAVBHXTXGpu7
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 622Please respect copyright.PENANAl0kOKFg1kE
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 622Please respect copyright.PENANALRBm5ahXRO
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 622Please respect copyright.PENANAvOJeU8kyJQ
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 622Please respect copyright.PENANAnCoCaYpjUd
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 622Please respect copyright.PENANAqmh2nNXwRS
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone622Please respect copyright.PENANAr2eyPjSk45
would rescue him.622Please respect copyright.PENANAHgccj8Ujfb
~no one cares.~622Please respect copyright.PENANA0SyswTCYMR
Next few moments were a 622Please respect copyright.PENANADOIDqUvNGz
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea622Please respect copyright.PENANA4gnIuQzcP4
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.622Please respect copyright.PENANAGVyIb8q0Rj
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 622Please respect copyright.PENANAzw9FccGik8
companion in the darkness.
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