"Unfortunately, the letter arrived before the soldier in question, so we don't have his full account. We have a cleric who's been out to heal him, already, and they're on their way here, and should return some time late today. The wizard attempted to teleport there, but missed the location, and had to return without him, and by now, doesn't know where he is, to retrieve them. They'll be in by Wind Walk, though." "I'm surprised your assistant didn't give you the message, since it came through your city, first, but, yes, we have a copy." He hands it over to Draiss; it's fairly terse, and spells out that the caravan was attacked; no one else escaped but this lone soldier, who includes some minor details of his escape. It's clear the message was written such that it wouldn't arouse a panic, as it doesn't mention the Emperor's daughter anywhere, but they'll point out a couple of innocuous words in the last sentence that the head of the guard notes are code words for 'royal family' and 'kidnapped', for exactly these kinds of messages.