Fortunately, rumors spread quickly, no doubt dueled by the thieves, themselves, who saw Nameless return, following the dragon's departure, and assumed he had something to do with it. By the next morning, most of the town was convinced that he had allied with the paladin, to drive off the dragon, but the paladin had fallen in the battle; now, after patching his wounds, the nameless hero was planning to hunt down the dragon, and take revenge upon it.