Faldor would follow Effan sharing small talk about great gnomes of the past. The stories flow till the arrive at the shop where he picks up three days worth of rations, trying as he always does to get a discount he tells the shop owner of a tale where the shop keep saved the princess and retired with plenty of the feminine companionship.
After everything is bout and paid for he once again entertains the rough crowd that shows up letting them hear of great saviors that came from the common man and a tale about a lonely lumberjack who finds a tree full of gold and a nymph that falls under his spell.
When finally the last patron passes out Faldor finds his little bed and gets a goes to sleep quickly not thinking of the adventure that may soon befall him and his 'common' friends.