I dispatched a courier to deliver a vital piece of correspondence to Valanaar last week and the courier has not returned. The trip does not take that long even on foot and I am worried for the boy. This courier was carrying a vital report containing our supply and weapons losses to bandits and cult activity, and without resupply we are incredibly vulnerable. He was last seen approaching the nearest bridge to the village, just southwest of here. You might start there to try and pick up his trail.