Alright so I completely failed to address a major concern:

No doubt we'll be utilizing in media res, but where exactly are we going to start? I don't think it's reasonable to say as early as 2 days after the Princess is turned into a werewolf that our four could've already run into each other (and no doubt other groups are forming already as well), because the announcement is going to be immediate and widespread - both with typical and magical means. So everyone in the royal city would know the same day, surrounding cities by day 2, outlying cities no later than day 3-4. 

As well due to the time constraints I imagine anyone who's serious about the reward would've begun searching immediately. 

How would you feel about me writing us up from the incident itself to when at least 2 of our four first bump into each other - let's say on day 2 or 3?