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All taxes must be paid 583Please respect copyright.PENANAzxX6BdcJZG
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 583Please respect copyright.PENANABXNjgtgjRs
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 583Please respect copyright.PENANAN4hrVqWk62
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 583Please respect copyright.PENANAq8Oi2p1D7j
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 583Please respect copyright.PENANAQxLjBrkt5Q
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 583Please respect copyright.PENANAv24X8Lypvl
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAxTPZgyFoTy
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 583Please respect copyright.PENANA4K5klN1Qq6
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade583Please respect copyright.PENANAntqxF04HZT
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 583Please respect copyright.PENANAXx3MjGRnD6
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 583Please respect copyright.PENANAiQ7Y0r2MqW
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 583Please respect copyright.PENANAXcgzENTfS0
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 583Please respect copyright.PENANA0Elsx8iiPp
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted583Please respect copyright.PENANArOaIALBSsb
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.583Please respect copyright.PENANAzMs1m8g7lW
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'583Please respect copyright.PENANAyQZ11ldjml
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David has been in jail 583Please respect copyright.PENANAtkl7bUP2hp
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.583Please respect copyright.PENANAfdMDhBxwEz
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor583Please respect copyright.PENANAe17dn9UIUk
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.583Please respect copyright.PENANAEmGboJIiVm
The cell was big enough 583Please respect copyright.PENANAIh7ZzwMGAi
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 583Please respect copyright.PENANAAo4aasKJkJ
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 583Please respect copyright.PENANAf7kR9O77hE
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAs1jitYhIAa
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.583Please respect copyright.PENANAPHCY0mgTv8
David didn't even 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKMNA421wet
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAPiCSXz9nbq
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 583Please respect copyright.PENANABFGb9FjCbk
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 583Please respect copyright.PENANA5Yr7mf5pbe
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 583Please respect copyright.PENANARUZbZhn2El
Sadly event the best 583Please respect copyright.PENANAxsqFFiFIay
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall583Please respect copyright.PENANAcZALyBIDWV
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that583Please respect copyright.PENANAeBZMakHv8U
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 583Please respect copyright.PENANA9CWJM8gtkT
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 583Please respect copyright.PENANAh5J068HSWB
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could583Please respect copyright.PENANAHNJRQCIYsk
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 583Please respect copyright.PENANAhm1gW76pGi
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob583Please respect copyright.PENANAZObpkoZdu1
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 583Please respect copyright.PENANA8G6HS5DiZ0
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAonERU2OEns
cell next door.583Please respect copyright.PENANAbKci9NAEGV
Another soldier came up 583Please respect copyright.PENANAGjrf4kasXG
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 583Please respect copyright.PENANAwN8NOkSXH1
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 583Please respect copyright.PENANA39k7yj1xmo
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 583Please respect copyright.PENANA4EltOfmfit
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 583Please respect copyright.PENANA35PSE3aHOB
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 583Please respect copyright.PENANAl0sZFnyRbK
back.583Please respect copyright.PENANAUWCUBZPbti
While David would've 583Please respect copyright.PENANA4biSGLUB2x
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 583Please respect copyright.PENANA74ljARFtay
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 583Please respect copyright.PENANAlkZcMlNxhm
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 583Please respect copyright.PENANAnoDtq4NXgg
Jesters words came back to him. 583Please respect copyright.PENANAkcrmomHF9D
The walk itself didn't 583Please respect copyright.PENANAbrENYtCZhN
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 583Please respect copyright.PENANAyKqtOwY46Y
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 583Please respect copyright.PENANAxOJHVIkwJM
splatters all around the room.583Please respect copyright.PENANAmwRdyiKX0b
David was put into the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAzB4UWb8NR1
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 583Please respect copyright.PENANASCag9EnmfH
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 583Please respect copyright.PENANA4yHDjS2Bod
other chair, staring into David's soul.583Please respect copyright.PENANAr14o8a5HLA
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.583Please respect copyright.PENANAZCX6ibK9Kk
"I'm David, the rebels 583Please respect copyright.PENANAUBiGmOzShw
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 583Please respect copyright.PENANAPC9O2C05l4
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.583Please respect copyright.PENANALbJD0PeEML
"Where are you from?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAzE0kVYrNhh
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.583Please respect copyright.PENANAhBctWZVvKw
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAlGT5hzENF8
"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 nodded583Please respect copyright.PENANA6Gnq0cEs00
"Where did the rebels move?"583Please respect copyright.PENANANVbfCGlDpj
"Gods, we're not getting583Please respect copyright.PENANAdBtrHAaHGj
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want583Please respect copyright.PENANAmQz4YBZPBW
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."583Please respect copyright.PENANARdHyoVTORF
"We know the rebellion 583Please respect copyright.PENANAyWKRhwmPd7
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 583Please respect copyright.PENANAD8GKOxBzPp
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."583Please respect copyright.PENANAqRvFovVrxU
"Well if you know all 583Please respect copyright.PENANA11TkVEAl9L
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 583Please respect copyright.PENANAo7I1n4KWKX
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 583Please respect copyright.PENANAWV7PwzXq0Q
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 583Please respect copyright.PENANAtrZ6Z2Xdcm
on the imperial soldier.583Please respect copyright.PENANAUHRuX69mww
"I wanted to make this 583Please respect copyright.PENANAgkkGpXug0i
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 583Please respect copyright.PENANAerKcxU6qIa
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 583Please respect copyright.PENANAzByAqpUBWe
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 583Please respect copyright.PENANAMIkd7kST3S
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 583Please respect copyright.PENANAQfuhIrQl1K
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 583Please respect copyright.PENANAjfd3AFarHD
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.583Please respect copyright.PENANA392e2v9o2t
"Wait wait!" Fernand 583Please respect copyright.PENANALZuH9mw5zv
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 583Please respect copyright.PENANABBXP01fi9e
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."583Please respect copyright.PENANAijjo7yoUhQ
Fernand was shaking his 583Please respect copyright.PENANAr6P10qYTGb
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't583Please respect copyright.PENANAcrYQ5Q5l52
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 583Please respect copyright.PENANAP7NuKPtowe
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely583Please respect copyright.PENANA4G9nV6UzmE
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 583Please respect copyright.PENANAwcDpXYJDv2
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 583Please respect copyright.PENANAzHsSlQCssj
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAahXSRYKZSG
That made Ferdinand 583Please respect copyright.PENANApKcCqFxwTx
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAadWcvkJQ38
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAD7GW0rmeum
Fernand wasn't denying 583Please respect copyright.PENANAIk0I11iXmp
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did583Please respect copyright.PENANAn8eZgLOAKy
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 583Please respect copyright.PENANABpzL6Mmgxq
get us do something." 583Please respect copyright.PENANAZnVrEJSEFD
"Blasphemy, he 583Please respect copyright.PENANAOMbs6RBBda
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 583Please respect copyright.PENANAwmHjZ3T8iK
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.583Please respect copyright.PENANApfTz8AShPM
"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" 583Please respect copyright.PENANAK0yD74o4Eg
"Demons tend to plan 583Please respect copyright.PENANApPNkgOrA97
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 583Please respect copyright.PENANAa8baqiyDpP
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAkmkqMAhwao
"To find something, he 583Please respect copyright.PENANAiXBfmUo0t1
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to583Please respect copyright.PENANAFXluXZtWvI
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAjB7OkHXKXj
same for Fernand.583Please respect copyright.PENANAUPfCfhekFO
Fernand was about to say583Please respect copyright.PENANA2BFmDTo0fW
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKyuId8HlfP
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 583Please respect copyright.PENANAjrbxuFbOtS
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 583Please respect copyright.PENANAAjM6XDKsW2
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."583Please respect copyright.PENANA79cS3kpvud
David quickly rummaged 583Please respect copyright.PENANAWa727YPmWa
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back583Please respect copyright.PENANAv2INoC23h8
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 583Please respect copyright.PENANA5v4fnCNty8
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 583Please respect copyright.PENANAk2M94Y7Upj
able to trap her."583Please respect copyright.PENANA92iJfhG9xb
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 583Please respect copyright.PENANAGhHxQpuHdp
"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.583Please respect copyright.PENANAv5jTb2Stg8
"And how will you do 583Please respect copyright.PENANAPZSx3r1JET
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've583Please respect copyright.PENANAPrRG0xriHN
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 583Please respect copyright.PENANAYsLOGdnsc2
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 583Please respect copyright.PENANAZygOgXFZ6q
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."583Please respect copyright.PENANAax9raAWlWm
"But I don't! I really 583Please respect copyright.PENANA3emUH4TK7C
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 583Please respect copyright.PENANABVUIQthgFv
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.583Please respect copyright.PENANAARVjxG87pX
"Ah captain Schumah, a 583Please respect copyright.PENANAVnFm5BLzbv
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 583Please respect copyright.PENANAAFwo1yBvoG
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a583Please respect copyright.PENANAnQXB9D9der
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 583Please respect copyright.PENANA7BnKFhpGe9
black. 583Please respect copyright.PENANAFZfiNDtoEw
"Well, well. What do we 583Please respect copyright.PENANAlfZh6nDfhI
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 583Please respect copyright.PENANAofamKbHKVh
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.583Please respect copyright.PENANAf5cviopgV8
"Look, I swear to all 583Please respect copyright.PENANAq0agm9tgXU
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 583Please respect copyright.PENANAx8UgnssyAs
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 583Please respect copyright.PENANANG0MYHp1sX
"We will find out if you583Please respect copyright.PENANAHWpd6RWyPq
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He583Please respect copyright.PENANAOI7h6fge4u
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by583Please respect copyright.PENANAaFqjKjpM6L
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."583Please respect copyright.PENANAIkHgD3FAP3
David struggled against 583Please respect copyright.PENANAqA7v5GR7q4
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAlFAKfXJeWJ
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 583Please respect copyright.PENANA48n36E1OKZ
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch583Please respect copyright.PENANANgZipH0uCz
"Now how should we 583Please respect copyright.PENANA26RupuvDKV
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 583Please respect copyright.PENANA6Fm9r9MyGK
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 583Please respect copyright.PENANAfo0hs8OHGw
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 583Please respect copyright.PENANAHR7gjPwZzi
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my583Please respect copyright.PENANArNErf3SQll
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 583Please respect copyright.PENANAJwy7vwFG3s
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 583Please respect copyright.PENANAtpmMUq6W19
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as583Please respect copyright.PENANAU1tf0ZexP1
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.583Please respect copyright.PENANAMOaT3SvaSZ
Before David could reply583Please respect copyright.PENANAkr27iyZtrU
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAXKrzmmBIDD
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 583Please respect copyright.PENANA5IiyydhlxC
and he screamed.583Please respect copyright.PENANA8vdkFJ4Z3Y
The torturer 583Please respect copyright.PENANAej0NXXVC7v
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 583Please respect copyright.PENANAyizug0AI2K
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKhxKBOZNVY
this."583Please respect copyright.PENANAQ57RlpSoxg
The torturer moved his 583Please respect copyright.PENANA5lk1HFZ9jf
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 583Please respect copyright.PENANAVTjzDuNmkU
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 583Please respect copyright.PENANA8P0hx9n3HQ
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 583Please respect copyright.PENANAwSpibAsTkF
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 583Please respect copyright.PENANAiBlNrxFEtb
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 583Please respect copyright.PENANAywq9wHVxvl
you agree?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAVxCogfWW7Y
The torturer stopped his583Please respect copyright.PENANA4zddyR99BC
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 583Please respect copyright.PENANAfMxRrdYxop
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 583Please respect copyright.PENANAJOV200lmUJ
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance583Please respect copyright.PENANAzi29URvqll
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 583Please respect copyright.PENANAgxXmcFTDwN
go?" 583Please respect copyright.PENANAc8E8FaYnmk
David was trying to 583Please respect copyright.PENANAk8ucddIQzZ
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was583Please respect copyright.PENANAkSLmye0bTk
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 583Please respect copyright.PENANALlhZ5yeYb0
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 583Please respect copyright.PENANA8SZJFY6rgr
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 583Please respect copyright.PENANAtGMPZZcgki
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 583Please respect copyright.PENANAQsI3zpYOxv
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 583Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ0Bsdu8UA
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.583Please respect copyright.PENANA5YAceqZt01
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.583Please respect copyright.PENANA3n27RZO2HJ
Then suddenly David was 583Please respect copyright.PENANAcYpxATFqUN
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 583Please respect copyright.PENANAsBfQu0Jgry
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 583Please respect copyright.PENANAaZISknnjYs
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 583Please respect copyright.PENANAlgzAUrtij1
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 583Please respect copyright.PENANAF6wGtMjpQv
don't know."583Please respect copyright.PENANAz0mhPCuQvn
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."583Please respect copyright.PENANA5f0orA8B8n
"Now, while magic is 583Please respect copyright.PENANAzN5rl8jPD8
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 583Please respect copyright.PENANA1E88UPVnUp
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some583Please respect copyright.PENANAzXeD4zm4oa
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 583Please respect copyright.PENANAkumpGQyKtZ
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 583Please respect copyright.PENANAsXsiNoQe4k
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 583Please respect copyright.PENANA1RmZdn15F2
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain583Please respect copyright.PENANAocvFceEdOl
came and David screamed for someone to help583Please respect copyright.PENANALUgFxM4DrZ
~no one will come.~583Please respect copyright.PENANAGneKznpLbo
After pulling out all 583Please respect copyright.PENANAqYk7KFiqgC
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was583Please respect copyright.PENANAll9gRyQ2ze
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 583Please respect copyright.PENANAFNE0kz8gFk
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 583Please respect copyright.PENANATjPuNhX5Eb
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 583Please respect copyright.PENANAW7o61AYYQ8
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 583Please respect copyright.PENANArlgtdgEelh
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 583Please respect copyright.PENANAYTGpzQkCtK
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 583Please respect copyright.PENANADVEe4zxorH
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 583Please respect copyright.PENANA9zbmdIlPPo
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKWVgaWBwe0
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone583Please respect copyright.PENANA2sLfmpdqpT
would rescue him.583Please respect copyright.PENANASvuXk89O63
~no one cares.~583Please respect copyright.PENANAsLH6AJjgpK
Next few moments were a 583Please respect copyright.PENANARdOAqm2kc6
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea583Please respect copyright.PENANA3dIK2t217v
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.583Please respect copyright.PENANAOAPOmo69m8
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 583Please respect copyright.PENANAL5JemxKZ1e
companion in the darkness.
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583Please respect copyright.PENANAM4EySXn8Xg