瑞安是一个儿童畅销书作家,他一生致力于收集各种关于小矮人的故事,而他所写的小矮人系列丛书也十分受欢迎。一天,在他奋笔疾书的时候,一个名叫戴维的小矮人来到了他的面前,并向他讲述起了小矮人真实的故事。据说小矮人平均都有400岁的生命,而如今的戴维已经308岁了。而小矮人又分为很多种类,有林地小矮人,沙漠小矮人,居家小矮人等等,而戴维则属于林地小矮人。When a bunch of dim-witted trolls steal the King's gold in order to buy weapons, a clan of forest gnomes realises their peaceful way of life is under threat. David the gnome goes on a quest to warn the King and steal back his gold for him.