"Right now, we're interested in finding out what's attacking them and where they're being taken, if anywhere.  If you can find and rescue any captives, you'll be rewarded appropriately, of course, but if you find anything we'd rather have you report it and wait for support than go in and get yourselves killed or captured before you can tell anyone what you saw."<br/><br/>When Lyra spoke up, Verna nodded her agreement.  "Once we know what we're dealing with, we'll be able to send reinforcements to help with any rescues.  Until then though, we can't risk causing even more problems by sending the entire army after them."