In addition to the general news updates, Thranduil will receive a message from a Mining Caste researcher in Orzammar named Alvorn Gedic requesting copies of all of Riftwatch's research related to red lyrium. Although the message is fairly formal and terse, in the typical dwarven style, reading between the lines Gedic seems to imply that while only Riftwatch's papers and not its assistance is being officially requested, an offer of help might not go amiss.