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All taxes must be paid 387Please respect copyright.PENANAVKB7GhH2em
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 387Please respect copyright.PENANAt5K2usYJsp
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 387Please respect copyright.PENANAUHGblorGIH
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 387Please respect copyright.PENANArVH67ztv2x
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 387Please respect copyright.PENANAWsAZaAu2SY
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 387Please respect copyright.PENANAjJZBqMeaDe
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAdrUXsPWsBy
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 387Please respect copyright.PENANAQxpNfuM0cY
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade387Please respect copyright.PENANADZ1TCl6uHx
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 387Please respect copyright.PENANAHDtYQVL9G7
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 387Please respect copyright.PENANAGvwk4UV24M
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 387Please respect copyright.PENANAA0isO0jL0w
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 387Please respect copyright.PENANAtp5XhSXlkz
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted387Please respect copyright.PENANA2POKHLjksm
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.387Please respect copyright.PENANAaKWdqu0RPw
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'387Please respect copyright.PENANAt6TwWaZsEd
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David has been in jail 387Please respect copyright.PENANA9fdyPla2Pp
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.387Please respect copyright.PENANAHisCgy5HuH
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor387Please respect copyright.PENANARVn0Miqqpu
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.387Please respect copyright.PENANA5KBfLcyS2f
The cell was big enough 387Please respect copyright.PENANA4g5HAZfjkg
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 387Please respect copyright.PENANANdUh2vWcVm
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 387Please respect copyright.PENANAYlPudQhEUj
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAyJZ8ZPQtUR
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.387Please respect copyright.PENANA0Dn2vRtcpP
David didn't even 387Please respect copyright.PENANA6l14ecYg50
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAV2qFk4I4Zt
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 387Please respect copyright.PENANAvgQ9Kmqyqy
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 387Please respect copyright.PENANAwmze1hlbIN
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 387Please respect copyright.PENANARzW28uURmv
Sadly event the best 387Please respect copyright.PENANAhN2pH0STts
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall387Please respect copyright.PENANAWaqRzaKJJR
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that387Please respect copyright.PENANAciVkqTtWXK
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 387Please respect copyright.PENANAQEMFiA3dDB
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 387Please respect copyright.PENANAKf750jIKh0
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could387Please respect copyright.PENANATKB5uRkksI
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 387Please respect copyright.PENANAkEj3zG2nba
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob387Please respect copyright.PENANAYNCEP6FXyE
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 387Please respect copyright.PENANAjFfrTJtbh2
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAQEriAHJPAZ
cell next door.387Please respect copyright.PENANAsDHofNEaGs
Another soldier came up 387Please respect copyright.PENANA4NGATfUxAs
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 387Please respect copyright.PENANAxefukywwVa
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 387Please respect copyright.PENANA36IClrDwCj
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 387Please respect copyright.PENANAhMyazamAwA
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAcpUKwAxlUi
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 387Please respect copyright.PENANAOzb1URtGKf
back.387Please respect copyright.PENANAvqVSwirNNF
While David would've 387Please respect copyright.PENANAvzMJtLStf2
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 387Please respect copyright.PENANAyNkBFp4A3V
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 387Please respect copyright.PENANAenjZIT3SWJ
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 387Please respect copyright.PENANApG9y8JGQNT
Jesters words came back to him. 387Please respect copyright.PENANA6yE7DobneD
The walk itself didn't 387Please respect copyright.PENANAdc4nCX7qXp
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 387Please respect copyright.PENANAhVE5qQlICj
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 387Please respect copyright.PENANA9tQmvnI2u5
splatters all around the room.387Please respect copyright.PENANAIODykUH4hc
David was put into the 387Please respect copyright.PENANA0FM5JLf6yM
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 387Please respect copyright.PENANAv8ZJnervMY
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAaiPVfRohKN
other chair, staring into David's soul.387Please respect copyright.PENANASlaMnSpMrs
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.387Please respect copyright.PENANAHwsjJbHPu7
"I'm David, the rebels 387Please respect copyright.PENANASEGrBomcnb
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 387Please respect copyright.PENANAIoRpdA2CN6
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.387Please respect copyright.PENANAeKo5YUKw4I
"Where are you from?"387Please respect copyright.PENANAG5C9AwP8Vt
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.387Please respect copyright.PENANA1TIH5HYGpd
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"387Please respect copyright.PENANAe7xMxmgbeM
"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 nodded387Please respect copyright.PENANAyv1jibCFBj
"Where did the rebels move?"387Please respect copyright.PENANAzauyugEkQq
"Gods, we're not getting387Please respect copyright.PENANAAZ0vtmg0K5
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want387Please respect copyright.PENANAFwC8klrOuD
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."387Please respect copyright.PENANAIELQ2HJTgR
"We know the rebellion 387Please respect copyright.PENANA2kNrlfo18h
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 387Please respect copyright.PENANAwVrsqVKdAB
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."387Please respect copyright.PENANAS6d8AsJH6c
"Well if you know all 387Please respect copyright.PENANAED4iJCutvx
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 387Please respect copyright.PENANAxGC84wUw4C
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 387Please respect copyright.PENANAKA2Lqx8YFq
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 387Please respect copyright.PENANAe0UKYdVwEL
on the imperial soldier.387Please respect copyright.PENANASCHrXDM5kN
"I wanted to make this 387Please respect copyright.PENANA9d3BjROF8d
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 387Please respect copyright.PENANA6q7vBDvhLT
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 387Please respect copyright.PENANADAbL7dQplW
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 387Please respect copyright.PENANA803RKJWIQJ
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 387Please respect copyright.PENANA16BVPLm9Jk
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 387Please respect copyright.PENANAI53F2IFIxV
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.387Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3GlRKHgyh
"Wait wait!" Fernand 387Please respect copyright.PENANAxtO4L3picw
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 387Please respect copyright.PENANARnke9txEjh
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."387Please respect copyright.PENANAS3Ws4LlYgg
Fernand was shaking his 387Please respect copyright.PENANAiSxd3C93Bk
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't387Please respect copyright.PENANA0MiC5lDfuj
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 387Please respect copyright.PENANAGg0gPyZI1X
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely387Please respect copyright.PENANAkUHlFfVUiY
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 387Please respect copyright.PENANAKBW7YouFYl
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 387Please respect copyright.PENANATDHM2fafkk
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"387Please respect copyright.PENANA1zxvNl7tTw
That made Ferdinand 387Please respect copyright.PENANA7D7a8TyZdx
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAH5Vwim8Mum
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"387Please respect copyright.PENANA01EbPqihqZ
Fernand wasn't denying 387Please respect copyright.PENANAH0ivV5BSS1
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did387Please respect copyright.PENANAC5krhv7owK
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 387Please respect copyright.PENANAUsGONtrFWw
get us do something." 387Please respect copyright.PENANAwtRawVXtIN
"Blasphemy, he 387Please respect copyright.PENANAOleQTRvnHs
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 387Please respect copyright.PENANA7P3mJoK62V
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.387Please respect copyright.PENANA36cUm2JeIH
"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" 387Please respect copyright.PENANAPCj2N9TX3r
"Demons tend to plan 387Please respect copyright.PENANAW7Tr7g0g1c
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 387Please respect copyright.PENANAOBc11T1Jgr
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"387Please respect copyright.PENANAy1JpxU66o6
"To find something, he 387Please respect copyright.PENANAyF3nk4HODo
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to387Please respect copyright.PENANAvCDja6YeSE
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAc2yHNwQNOn
same for Fernand.387Please respect copyright.PENANAxIYsFv0lPI
Fernand was about to say387Please respect copyright.PENANAkw3lu6eb99
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 387Please respect copyright.PENANAwfHvl2WRo7
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 387Please respect copyright.PENANA5XwPeJjADD
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 387Please respect copyright.PENANAfZZXrY7IWc
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."387Please respect copyright.PENANAwgkL65Sv7G
David quickly rummaged 387Please respect copyright.PENANAo1XQvZP7cP
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back387Please respect copyright.PENANAAXIiQsehaC
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 387Please respect copyright.PENANAOSUFlb2OAc
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 387Please respect copyright.PENANAxZQd4agLyU
able to trap her."387Please respect copyright.PENANA4tjuvEHisD
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 387Please respect copyright.PENANAoFfPwx8WaO
"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.387Please respect copyright.PENANARivQfJRO7B
"And how will you do 387Please respect copyright.PENANAS7HFndaBpH
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've387Please respect copyright.PENANADnvE4wZFwn
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 387Please respect copyright.PENANA15MBjgeeA2
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 387Please respect copyright.PENANAVilg2zsH84
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."387Please respect copyright.PENANAYwPsuXfuwA
"But I don't! I really 387Please respect copyright.PENANAZAnXxcp5p7
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 387Please respect copyright.PENANAektPyNXym3
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.387Please respect copyright.PENANApxB1Gbghe8
"Ah captain Schumah, a 387Please respect copyright.PENANAYzNgRcIEO1
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 387Please respect copyright.PENANAgYKn5zg8jC
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a387Please respect copyright.PENANAGYoE07ARsP
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 387Please respect copyright.PENANAGqxNntBVpZ
black. 387Please respect copyright.PENANAQkVKUPYtug
"Well, well. What do we 387Please respect copyright.PENANAR7AqlW1WFR
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 387Please respect copyright.PENANA0DUlnA2dYx
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.387Please respect copyright.PENANAMbHjWEtYqa
"Look, I swear to all 387Please respect copyright.PENANAOVSmCcvoSX
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 387Please respect copyright.PENANAKslXeKjXXq
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 387Please respect copyright.PENANAdisM7eihNQ
"We will find out if you387Please respect copyright.PENANAP0zufm3xYS
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He387Please respect copyright.PENANAKDTt6DqrdP
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by387Please respect copyright.PENANAg6SDH6zeaO
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."387Please respect copyright.PENANAACUF50rTPD
David struggled against 387Please respect copyright.PENANAoGUPpWTILM
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAqAyzfPtklI
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAz3HVdBzz0G
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch387Please respect copyright.PENANAvqaJR9e32O
"Now how should we 387Please respect copyright.PENANAuw2cFeakoH
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 387Please respect copyright.PENANAFplagVahJM
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 387Please respect copyright.PENANAoNDNOIpyfN
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 387Please respect copyright.PENANAbhXt1bXv27
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my387Please respect copyright.PENANAzrvuxUtPu8
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 387Please respect copyright.PENANApUjw8osZco
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 387Please respect copyright.PENANAH4UVS5VuHe
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as387Please respect copyright.PENANARrOOip4tg7
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.387Please respect copyright.PENANAIZeJl1P77d
Before David could reply387Please respect copyright.PENANA8Xuf7H9kAc
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 387Please respect copyright.PENANAOpidp1z4OT
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 387Please respect copyright.PENANAqIDf0VVWzd
and he screamed.387Please respect copyright.PENANAZpQsPPM1al
The torturer 387Please respect copyright.PENANA15cXsSx1HP
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 387Please respect copyright.PENANAO1wPzp5Gc7
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 387Please respect copyright.PENANAhTWJEPjvBC
this."387Please respect copyright.PENANA4btRJ8cGNR
The torturer moved his 387Please respect copyright.PENANASB1s3lFzko
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 387Please respect copyright.PENANA5rScPknLg7
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 387Please respect copyright.PENANAtYy1ZgIURV
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 387Please respect copyright.PENANAH7L2sw990t
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 387Please respect copyright.PENANAdBzieT85DJ
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 387Please respect copyright.PENANAy5xIweChSt
you agree?"387Please respect copyright.PENANAoEg3OlQru2
The torturer stopped his387Please respect copyright.PENANAeVnSTHGNlU
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 387Please respect copyright.PENANADyQJX6YyzS
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 387Please respect copyright.PENANAfIJFmprS27
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance387Please respect copyright.PENANA56rRUcOBrz
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 387Please respect copyright.PENANA4SNdJ3oWeC
go?" 387Please respect copyright.PENANAi2UQh1HOkI
David was trying to 387Please respect copyright.PENANARNRutkNUNK
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was387Please respect copyright.PENANATIud6buWTV
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 387Please respect copyright.PENANAMTLY7XnwtV
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 387Please respect copyright.PENANA07I1s3bI1s
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 387Please respect copyright.PENANAId2X1PqnGO
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 387Please respect copyright.PENANAxOSKz5rQ0f
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 387Please respect copyright.PENANA8l3B4a4AVh
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.387Please respect copyright.PENANAq9FVLt31le
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.387Please respect copyright.PENANAiKYMOCXEUn
Then suddenly David was 387Please respect copyright.PENANARlCpQ51zg9
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 387Please respect copyright.PENANAi80RnMiJZ0
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 387Please respect copyright.PENANA1M1PXjHz8Q
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 387Please respect copyright.PENANA9gbJ9NTe5N
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 387Please respect copyright.PENANAk6d21OX2GQ
don't know."387Please respect copyright.PENANA0t0JSHV6lt
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."387Please respect copyright.PENANAL6SPJ5C8tN
"Now, while magic is 387Please respect copyright.PENANAR6DWr7ITnp
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 387Please respect copyright.PENANAR3oEdKOkca
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some387Please respect copyright.PENANAYDlAFwzA5Y
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 387Please respect copyright.PENANAqnRKvZKhfI
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 387Please respect copyright.PENANArDsfRCRdZa
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 387Please respect copyright.PENANACBhlloCLDM
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain387Please respect copyright.PENANAOqZoWCJe8F
came and David screamed for someone to help387Please respect copyright.PENANAola3xAvpAz
~no one will come.~387Please respect copyright.PENANATe0wz30tAd
After pulling out all 387Please respect copyright.PENANA426RoniSE9
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was387Please respect copyright.PENANATHAbu59vam
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 387Please respect copyright.PENANACIC47WXcLt
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 387Please respect copyright.PENANAGmigr8quKf
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 387Please respect copyright.PENANAHBcs7aVRO6
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 387Please respect copyright.PENANAdizuaQVOFA
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 387Please respect copyright.PENANAMIIxSLxtQw
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 387Please respect copyright.PENANAwWdrPdHo9N
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 387Please respect copyright.PENANAnfOHVcARbN
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 387Please respect copyright.PENANA4MiF9Fn88a
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone387Please respect copyright.PENANAG3xrOvZadw
would rescue him.387Please respect copyright.PENANAMOAASgQCTt
~no one cares.~387Please respect copyright.PENANAOUtynMGdvN
Next few moments were a 387Please respect copyright.PENANAk6TC4LPBKe
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea387Please respect copyright.PENANAxCL6G7why2
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.387Please respect copyright.PENANAzOBbFjPnzf
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 387Please respect copyright.PENANAwvtGx4vL0H
companion in the darkness.
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