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All taxes must be paid 587Please respect copyright.PENANAO9ACyHPbq8
in a timely and organized manner. Each prince controls tax 587Please respect copyright.PENANAM90D0wPUs5
collection in his princedom War is forbidden between the princes. All 587Please respect copyright.PENANA89ycsjxro6
dissatisfactions must be dealt in a civilized manner. Via duels or by 587Please respect copyright.PENANAbWOIcm2FsS
lodging a complaint to the council of princes.The most powerful 587Please respect copyright.PENANA4psZaUWNUF
traders shall form a council of 10; with each member being called a 587Please respect copyright.PENANAIfYZwsRu0W
prince. This council shall gather in emergencies: such as war, the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAIVed5EmI5y
enactment of widespread changes, as well as to deal with any 587Please respect copyright.PENANArjwz8czxXb
grievances between the princesIf any trader or isle within the trade587Please respect copyright.PENANAg7R7BU51jb
union territory is attacked all princes must come to the defense 587Please respect copyright.PENANArSDH6VLdKl
Declaring war on foreign bodies is forbidden. If any trader or 587Please respect copyright.PENANAupiroUWvDr
prince is found doing so they will be stripped of their goods and 587Please respect copyright.PENANAJyJAEK9PYp
factories and will have to contend with the war on their own.All magic 587Please respect copyright.PENANAOtVGKYuf0j
is illegal and practitioners will be prosecuted587Please respect copyright.PENANAvvomiWtuPR
We are traders, not warlords. We thrive on income and civility, not chaos and murder.587Please respect copyright.PENANAkdRaDACDzc
'The union codex, rules the traders abide by.'587Please respect copyright.PENANARyAm6x32kQ
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David has been in jail 587Please respect copyright.PENANAQFQsRU4k7a
before, a flying jail, a jail on the ground ground. All kinds and types.587Please respect copyright.PENANAnfuAPBjZhd
Honestly he felt kind of at home when he woke up on the cold hard floor587Please respect copyright.PENANArUXAQKvEZe
of a ship to metal grates wishing him good morning.587Please respect copyright.PENANA2Nqc7PBIhh
The cell was big enough 587Please respect copyright.PENANAKCINFfIqsC
for him to stretch his muscles and walk around a bit. He checked his 587Please respect copyright.PENANAEh0RnNtmMT
back pocket where kept Boyle's pendant but it was gone, good riddance. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAl04bQ6YhCo
Luckily David didn't have any other belongings on his person and the 587Please respect copyright.PENANA8wsyZUunt9
guards graciously allowed him to keep his clothes.587Please respect copyright.PENANAeACxFZ7rOf
David didn't even 587Please respect copyright.PENANA4dVB5ssOSI
contemplate shouting, as it usually invited a guard and when you're the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAfRlSgS0fCX
one in the cell why would you want a guard to be nearby. So David did 587Please respect copyright.PENANAfB2iqIHggL
what any sane person in his situation would, he went back to sleep on 587Please respect copyright.PENANAIkRj7e0lVp
the bed hanging from the metal wall. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAVkdEdaRK9K
Sadly event the best 587Please respect copyright.PENANAK8M4k2JQdO
plans sometimes fall apart and it was the case here, as he couldn't fall587Please respect copyright.PENANAD8X1wUKvw7
asleep. There was something akin to ringing in his head, a feeling that587Please respect copyright.PENANAAjWBL5Hxo9
something was close, similar to something he feels when he's near 587Please respect copyright.PENANAEIfPrNfZ93
Francesca. Soon enough David heard the sound of doors moving and he 587Please respect copyright.PENANAylhj96dWv8
opened one, the only one that was working, eye. Through his eye he could587Please respect copyright.PENANAQqn4vZE1un
see two guards carrying...something big, leaving a trail of blood. Now 587Please respect copyright.PENANAd8JBZ6FECJ
while David didn't get a good look that did seem to eerily look like Gob587Please respect copyright.PENANAAEs7LE2597
or at least what David wished Gob would look like. Either way that was 587Please respect copyright.PENANAWwPtPM9OqI
enough to get his attention and he stood up, as the guards locked the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ1QVUWb2l
cell next door.587Please respect copyright.PENANAbV8eYehB6F
Another soldier came up 587Please respect copyright.PENANAC9Lpft8nyv
to David's cell, and David recognized him as the one who was trying to 587Please respect copyright.PENANAtUQb5EFdFR
talk Gob down. The officer gestured at the soldiers and they quickly 587Please respect copyright.PENANA3EOasId2kq
unlocked David's cell, who promptly presented his hands in submission. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAqNgG5v1qaL
Sadly the guard didn't seem to care as one of them punched David in the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAHq9cKrW12W
gut and the other handcuffed his hands, putting them behind David's 587Please respect copyright.PENANASl86FaDme7
back.587Please respect copyright.PENANAQVRtNzqSty
While David would've 587Please respect copyright.PENANAggSqro3Lsv
preferred everyone to be civil, his mind was too preoccupied with one 587Please respect copyright.PENANAl0cJVhJMGd
fact, the tug was definitely stronger when closer to the officer. It 587Please respect copyright.PENANA9rfEaVZ3fo
seemed he was the other chosen, David was hoping there were more as 587Please respect copyright.PENANAbC6gg94Gj9
Jesters words came back to him. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAoGDFLwOFwH
The walk itself didn't 587Please respect copyright.PENANAu7FIszQjAu
last long as they arrived in a room with a table and two chairs, on 587Please respect copyright.PENANAqFDEWPtP5x
opposite sides. It was downright friendly if you ignored the blood 587Please respect copyright.PENANAmLk4SSmHtj
splatters all around the room.587Please respect copyright.PENANAWMyfDCaaSH
David was put into the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAsFQ0FohL3n
chair further away from the door and his hands attached to the handles. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAd4MZmRxlEu
The officer motioned for the guards to leave them and took a sit at the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAOcd7kTB0za
other chair, staring into David's soul.587Please respect copyright.PENANAs717goMrvK
"Who are you?" So the questioning has started.587Please respect copyright.PENANANohCmUWTAj
"I'm David, the rebels 587Please respect copyright.PENANA6rNrg9yqko
have caught me and took me hostage. I would like to..." before he could 587Please respect copyright.PENANAEgR7WSuggj
finish the interrogator held his hand out to stop David.587Please respect copyright.PENANAdKsBZNb62j
"Where are you from?"587Please respect copyright.PENANASLBoi6sTGk
"The Isle Commonwealth, Capital isle. I was..." again the hand came out. And notes were made.587Please respect copyright.PENANArNc3psBVIv
"Why were you meeting with the trade union?"587Please respect copyright.PENANAESWQMVbKaL
"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 nodded587Please respect copyright.PENANA66Zj495LcA
"Where did the rebels move?"587Please respect copyright.PENANAjKSwp3WfQt
"Gods, we're not getting587Please respect copyright.PENANAaTgwOuV1wE
anywhere here. I'm not a rebel. I was just captured by them if you want587Please respect copyright.PENANA0pJHHLRv5i
to know names I'll give you them! I owe them no loyalty."587Please respect copyright.PENANAQo8HbMZTY4
"We know the rebellion 587Please respect copyright.PENANAf1LXzhsoUR
is led by Francesca Horrikh. He second in command is Gob D'Fortez. With 587Please respect copyright.PENANAij0kXxPQTM
the help of officers chosen by them they lead the rebellion..."587Please respect copyright.PENANArEiEvwcH3W
"Well if you know all 587Please respect copyright.PENANAFh5j5OqLJo
that then why are you asking me? Go ask Gob you have him here!" David 587Please respect copyright.PENANAqtedK4GU1d
interrupted the officer, acting more agitated and scared. Act clueless 587Please respect copyright.PENANAHJnQRzj2xC
make them doubt themselves. Sadly that tactic didn't seem to be working 587Please respect copyright.PENANA3JDZHq6osv
on the imperial soldier.587Please respect copyright.PENANAVM2YDy1LLG
"I wanted to make this 587Please respect copyright.PENANA08Fgn8a2gj
civilized, sadly you don't seem to want to answer my questions and I've 587Please respect copyright.PENANApOrMbcYLBh
no time. If you truly are but a simple hostage then you have my 587Please respect copyright.PENANAEqumYTOp1n
apologies. My name is Fernand Schumah and if you so wish you can curse 587Please respect copyright.PENANAsowC8yMwk3
my name in the afterlife." Fernand gathered his notes, got up and was 587Please respect copyright.PENANAQbzAb52E8A
about to leave the room. David had an idea of what was about to happen 587Please respect copyright.PENANA3JhhwcRN0M
but judging by the blood on the floor he wanted no part of it.587Please respect copyright.PENANAx6Tr0ODqJo
"Wait wait!" Fernand 587Please respect copyright.PENANAWBJH1jVBP6
paused. "I've heard them mentioning moving to a different isle, one of 587Please respect copyright.PENANAAwjpwYgHlO
their previous hiding spots. I don't know where exactly...or how."587Please respect copyright.PENANA5kHFV9L0nm
Fernand was shaking his 587Please respect copyright.PENANAwuxAJqIe2G
head. "Useless, we guessed they would move to a different isle, we can't587Please respect copyright.PENANAnPfOAxYKIl
keep guessing where." Fernand paused "We can't risk you knowing where 587Please respect copyright.PENANATzMyh3wdpl
they went, my apologies." For what it was worth Fernand seemed genuinely587Please respect copyright.PENANAUslN3jGshX
sorry. But David was close to panicking now. Torturers were sadists by 587Please respect copyright.PENANAkDK0k86s8y
nature, they wouldn't care about anything but the screams they elicit. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAVWYUDFMMz2
"Did you have any strange dreams? Someone telling you to do, or find, something?"587Please respect copyright.PENANAWh6uu7N5tH
That made Ferdinand 587Please respect copyright.PENANA49tpzvqiz1
pause and sit back; David could finally see a flicker of emotion on the 587Please respect copyright.PENANARVEkCDwAjO
man's face. "Why would you know about that?"587Please respect copyright.PENANAoZ0mt6su9P
Fernand wasn't denying 587Please respect copyright.PENANAAiVvH05ooJ
it, David was glad of that. "I had a dream like that as well, and so did587Please respect copyright.PENANARQki1aaBxi
the rebellion leader, Francesca. Apparently they're The Five trying to 587Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3V0wzo0oH
get us do something." 587Please respect copyright.PENANA6m72WbGaGB
"Blasphemy, he 587Please respect copyright.PENANAJYiTh1OPEC
introduced himself as such but is most likely a demon. A noble should 587Please respect copyright.PENANAqnR5Rl7c9m
know better." Fernand dismissed, but didn't immediately stand up.587Please respect copyright.PENANAlT0U2sgYIS
"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" 587Please respect copyright.PENANAkJzCnUKTOZ
"Demons tend to plan 587Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3JZ2c7FTk
elaborately for their objectives." Fernand paused and sighted. "But 587Please respect copyright.PENANADbvZp9cHzC
let's say it's true, what did your vision ask of you?"587Please respect copyright.PENANAWMyRTmcvQB
"To find something, he 587Please respect copyright.PENANAzJfwEFoIZf
wasn't specific." David was afraid of that, Francesca's vision seemed to587Please respect copyright.PENANAlLc5fPUsSw
be pretty clear on what she had to do and David was sure it was the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAjXKKDaGhmi
same for Fernand.587Please respect copyright.PENANAy8VmS3uQ5F
Fernand was about to say587Please respect copyright.PENANAbTeYD8d2cJ
more but shook his head. "All this just makes you more suspicious. You 587Please respect copyright.PENANAQETqFtzMMK
knew of Francesca's visions, which means she trusted you enough to 587Please respect copyright.PENANAia8Lu046Yl
reveal that. Unless you know of a way of how I can feel Francesca as I 587Please respect copyright.PENANAxHiTBqiIW8
feel you from a distance, the apparitions and their orders are useless."587Please respect copyright.PENANAYeWHFJcQ1u
David quickly rummaged 587Please respect copyright.PENANAWyIKVvBWPQ
his brain on what else he could use to hook the soldier. "She'll be back587Please respect copyright.PENANASKwUlCton6
to the last isle, the one you just attacked. She seemed keen to find 587Please respect copyright.PENANA9HwLOomvvY
something on it. If you manage to find that something first you'd be 587Please respect copyright.PENANA6c7bHzrY7x
able to trap her."587Please respect copyright.PENANAN8gtxSdhKd
"And you know what it was or where I can find it?" 587Please respect copyright.PENANA1q4jOVburK
"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.587Please respect copyright.PENANAZZoWrh7m3Q
"And how will you do 587Please respect copyright.PENANAK0zIXj17op
that? That isle has an expansive underground system.. It was lucky we've587Please respect copyright.PENANAH9gRvm62eW
managed to find you in the first place." Shaking his head Fernand got 587Please respect copyright.PENANAFm9XNKhRVy
up. "Enough delays, you seem to know more than you're telling me this 587Please respect copyright.PENANASK1P1wJOlP
little chat proved it beyond a doubt."587Please respect copyright.PENANAb2UZGwsJvK
"But I don't! I really 587Please respect copyright.PENANAExm68o9zlH
don't! I told you everything I know!" David was shouting, the whole act 587Please respect copyright.PENANAcZ1fir3odJ
gone, torturing isn't something one came back fully from.587Please respect copyright.PENANAKTCx5IZPMq
"Ah captain Schumah, a 587Please respect copyright.PENANAgTrv8qy3f8
pleasure as always." Came a jolly voice from the outside as Fernand 587Please respect copyright.PENANAZf1dz4eJ35
opened the door and left the room. A tall man came in shortly. Wearing a587Please respect copyright.PENANAqCPFgLlZ3H
mask to hide his identity but still revealing his teeth, half of them 587Please respect copyright.PENANAB0xR5GwNWF
black. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAk8fFDv9N7F
"Well, well. What do we 587Please respect copyright.PENANAIkO7usLz6O
have here?" The man asked as he deposited a bag on the table. Coming 587Please respect copyright.PENANA6mRb5FMZ07
closer to David and investigating his burn scars.587Please respect copyright.PENANAqPqN7ntrIM
"Look, I swear to all 587Please respect copyright.PENANAyCpo24Z3qc
gods. I don't know anymore. I'm..." his jaw was shut violently, causing 587Please respect copyright.PENANACgNyZxSCDG
his teeth to hurt and gums to bleed. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAhfltXYBOV7
"We will find out if you587Please respect copyright.PENANAPAMqIt4agU
do or not. Everyone is honest in front of the almighty god of pain." He587Please respect copyright.PENANApE0UUbEdiu
cackled at that. But then gave David a dissatisfied look. "Cheer up; by587Please respect copyright.PENANAF2NJdO5gtr
the time we're done here, we'll be good friends."587Please respect copyright.PENANAbSOG9ImDEu
David struggled against 587Please respect copyright.PENANA36k0DR4jNk
his bonds. But it was of no use, both his arms were attached to the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAeX88LOiz1b
chair with metal bonds, while the chair itself was fastened to the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAC3LXLwKlA1
floor. No matter how much he tried to buckle it didn't move an inch587Please respect copyright.PENANAOsNVuCvPcl
"Now how should we 587Please respect copyright.PENANALJKu6bHvpT
start? With this?" The torturer took out a saw but then shook his head. 587Please respect copyright.PENANAQmF1HI2sBg
"No too early, need to warm up first." He rummaged in his bag for a 587Please respect copyright.PENANAYDsu0k2eml
while longer but then stopped and looked at David. "You know, I was 587Please respect copyright.PENANAuzXmyrMEfO
supposed to get three bodies. One was already dead so I couldn't have my587Please respect copyright.PENANAUVNLARm1gt
fun, the other one barely made any sound while I was having my fun, 587Please respect copyright.PENANA38vvGZTg7I
such a bore. So you my friend, I will definitely need to take my time, 587Please respect copyright.PENANASpxKuvuPF5
with you. Make sure to scream for me." He gave David a crooked smile, as587Please respect copyright.PENANAdmdReUC8p8
he pointed a long finger straight at David's chest.587Please respect copyright.PENANAd8VEQN6dWF
Before David could reply587Please respect copyright.PENANA95KoRAgeaR
he smelt something burning under his nose, without registering the 587Please respect copyright.PENANAUk4kZpmLG8
pain fully he saw smoke coming from the finger, then the pain hit him, 587Please respect copyright.PENANAvjQZXubZxp
and he screamed.587Please respect copyright.PENANATnnBQFRuED
The torturer 587Please respect copyright.PENANAN6eLRYKfJO
clapped."Perfect!" He was practically jumping with glee. "Magic! How 587Please respect copyright.PENANAtTie2hQH4g
could I forget, you must forgive me, I should've just started off with 587Please respect copyright.PENANAdcZydjCPpY
this."587Please respect copyright.PENANAABcx30XKg7
The torturer moved his 587Please respect copyright.PENANARcguZDlaC9
finger away from David's chest, but the pain didn't fade. Before David 587Please respect copyright.PENANAZOkS1bkgT8
could catch his breath, the burning finger was jabbed into his forehead 587Please respect copyright.PENANAKxZE9IrogU
and he screamed again. "Hahahah! And they say magic can't affect 587Please respect copyright.PENANAjucATuaNSP
humans. Even if you can't control the mind or heal wounds directly with 587Please respect copyright.PENANANPmH6vUVMe
magic, you can easily control or brake with the power of magic, don't 587Please respect copyright.PENANACxObNaTp3k
you agree?"587Please respect copyright.PENANAqHMDtsgrff
The torturer stopped his587Please respect copyright.PENANAbtRvtJ55ak
smile and coked his head. "Oh, that reminds me, I should ask you 587Please respect copyright.PENANA2dZLZSdZyX
questions. Now what should I ask, I believe the good captain left me a 587Please respect copyright.PENANATq7py6HE62
list?" He took out some papers from his bag and gave them a quick glance587Please respect copyright.PENANAFqABWdvg1H
before discarding them on the floor. "Ah yes. Where did the rebellion 587Please respect copyright.PENANAll4wNDzAKD
go?" 587Please respect copyright.PENANAdHI6Oee9wI
David was trying to 587Please respect copyright.PENANAyKHASggpTy
formulate an answer, a lie, a scathing rebuke, anything but his mind was587Please respect copyright.PENANAO8HOtWGRCU
too muddled to think of anything. The torturer nodded. Smiling "Now I 587Please respect copyright.PENANAxU6yp6qpIe
guess saying you can't heal directly with magic is a lie, you can 587Please respect copyright.PENANA6UyUN7gSo1
cauterize your wounds! For example..." The torturer waved his hand and 587Please respect copyright.PENANASn8uRKeQG9
David felt pain coming from his right arm, as he looked down he could 587Please respect copyright.PENANAwWjszw9OhG
see three of his fingers crushed, bone protruding. David couldn't even 587Please respect copyright.PENANAkv7F1UNm2d
let out a scream before fire overtook his hand, burning it to a crisp.587Please respect copyright.PENANAWLI4pLDs6S
"See, the bleeding stopped!" The torturer loved and David added his scream to this symphony of horror.587Please respect copyright.PENANAKTkfwnvslP
Then suddenly David was 587Please respect copyright.PENANA4RMxf26pJZ
his with a force of cold water strong enough to brake his nose as it 587Please respect copyright.PENANAm4i3TmvCoY
made contact with his face. "Where are the rebels?" The torturers voice 587Please respect copyright.PENANA71NdWD9IXB
changed, becoming more matter of fact. That mad glean from his eyes 587Please respect copyright.PENANAO9C8d7L2Sw
gone, David almost believed that the whole thing was an act. "I...I 587Please respect copyright.PENANAA3rHe6GT5G
don't know."587Please respect copyright.PENANAG6LVDpqrcx
The torturer nodded and smiled again, the glean coming back. "Good."587Please respect copyright.PENANAjqrpPoQd6Y
"Now, while magic is 587Please respect copyright.PENANA0N4FixOjSr
amazing, variety is important as well. Wouldn't want you getting bored 587Please respect copyright.PENANABFeYtNRnc9
in your seat there." The torturer gave David a smile and pulled out some587Please respect copyright.PENANAvyHkCWs77O
pliers out of his bag. "Nails are pretty useless, aren't they?" He 587Please respect copyright.PENANAFUznFNdmbX
tapped Davids fingernails with the pliers. "See it as me doing you a 587Please respect copyright.PENANAEX7E5ZrVmK
favour." The first nail was ripped, it was a weird feeling for David as 587Please respect copyright.PENANAOinUQVgfnq
he didn't feel pain at first, but then as the open skin was exposed pain587Please respect copyright.PENANAimvTBHHXw6
came and David screamed for someone to help587Please respect copyright.PENANAqnDfP4FWTU
~no one will come.~587Please respect copyright.PENANAUfu6FYnvKR
After pulling out all 587Please respect copyright.PENANAOFkjUOSk1x
the nails, David could hear the pliers hitting the table. His vision was587Please respect copyright.PENANAG75Wv074HO
blurry he couldn't see or hear anything, only pain existed. "ull out 587Please respect copyright.PENANAuOUMFaheSx
teeth, but that's what everyone does. A hammer...." David could only 587Please respect copyright.PENANAq7tpbc0fov
hear bits and pieces of what the torturer said. He then felt his mouth 587Please respect copyright.PENANAjVqxZqn2Gs
being opened. David tried to resist, he truly did, but he didn't have 587Please respect copyright.PENANA4tAueHu2PH
the strength nor the will to do anything substantial. David then sensed 587Please respect copyright.PENANAC5k7oD1AnQ
something metal and cold in his mouth, touching one of his back teeth 587Please respect copyright.PENANAEVuKNaePkC
and then pain and the taste of blood on his tongue, slowly filling his 587Please respect copyright.PENANAbFzfOKbYoh
mouth and dribbling on the floor. The scream came soon after, as David 587Please respect copyright.PENANAg1scVCnKCF
could only think of the pain, with only a small part hoping that someone587Please respect copyright.PENANADWK8xS3y4R
would rescue him.587Please respect copyright.PENANAOGm1RDAGuK
~no one cares.~587Please respect copyright.PENANAtBnLncPqoW
Next few moments were a 587Please respect copyright.PENANAwTwNYpCeML
blur, David was sure the torturer did something else, but he had no idea587Please respect copyright.PENANAsN8bQVfKo4
what. Until finally the pain was too much and David lost consciousness.587Please respect copyright.PENANAAWMH7iZ82E
Thoughts that no one came and cared ringing in his mind as a constant 587Please respect copyright.PENANAQXGfYGEen4
companion in the darkness.
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