@Heather Clarkson if its been 70 years, then theres a good chance shes the waitress/spy who was there orginally, she would be 88 if she was 18 when the mc first visted
@james lee Imagine your boss at the tavern (assuming she's just a waitress and not a descendant) told you about meeting an elf almost seventy years ago and this bizzare thing that happened around him. Now, you're just serving people one night, and an elf walks in that is near identical to the one in the painting/drawing... except the drawing is not well made, so you can't be sure it's them.