I'm not much of a game person. Not ones like those, anyway. I prefer more along the lines of chess.

Anyway, let's get to business. [ As they've been provided a map of the forest and some of the more common paths through it. ]

Right now we have no idea if it's common knowledge that this diplomat is expected to return home. If it is, the more commonly used paths will probably prove most dangerous. But straying too far will not only be strenuous on our charges, tree goblins tend to stick to the less-traveled parts of the forest, too. So perhaps in that case, we should aim to move in that general direction, but away from water sources as they'll be closer to those.