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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patlin" data-source="post: 2593895" data-attributes="member: 17264">"Well, I'm no bard, but here's a story my Grandfather used to tell me.  Alisan was known far and wide for having a good eye for profit, and would often take money from investors so as to be able to finance more projects at one time than she otherwise could.  She ran her business among men and dwarves and elves, and they knew her merely as one of their own.One of these investors grew surly when after a period of a few years no return had been made to him for his funds.  He had invested in a Dwarven mine, and believed he was due payment.  Alisan was patient, and explained to the investor that while the mine was operating smoothly, the initial profits must first pay for the equipment needed and the salaries of the dwarven miners.  She assured the investor that all was well with the investment and that eventual profit was nearly certain.The investor demanded to inspect the mine, and Alisan consented and took him on a tour.  He was shown a sampling of the gemstones that the Dwarves were stockpiling for sale, and was very naturally quite taken with them, so much so that he was forced to conceed that all was well just as Alisan had told him.Even so, he demanded that his portion of the profits be given to him on the spot, and when Alisan refused him he flew into a rage.  Taking up the gemstones, he anounced that he would take his share of the profits on the instant.  Alisan's eyes flashed in anger at this theft, but she gave him an opportunity to correct his behavior, reminding him that those stones belonged to the mine, and were not his to take.It was then that he struck her, and told her that she was foolish to walk into a dark mine with a man so much larger than herself, and that if she would not concede him the stones he would take them with force.  Her voice grew very quiet then, when she asked him if he was so sure that he wuished this problem to be resolved with violence, rather than words.  He sneered, and struck her again.Now it is true that Alisan had decieved him, for while her business dealings were honest she had not revealed her true name nor even her true form.  Alisan the investor was in truth more fully known as Alisandorelle the Golden, and upon being twice struck by this thief revealed her true form.  The irate investor, so confident of his ability to steal from Alisan by force, was no more than a single bite for Alisandorelle."Tor finishes his story, then adds.  "My grandfather always said there were several things to learn from that tale."</blockquote>

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