Lets continue Mustafa's adventures here...

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 1):

Any chance to intercept the messenger before he got to the boy?

I suppose there is some ... are you seizing him or just walking along chatting with him/them, and wearing whose colors if any.

Seizing him is a combat against 4 men plus the messenger ... roll that.

Chatting with them is a social skill roll (with modifiers if you use anything to sway them) to see if you can get them to talk.