This may be my own fault, but I never received the reward for the first Wayfarer quest. I didn't decide to do the quest until after I met him for the second time (in Khemeria). At this point, I ignored the option to tell him I hadn't done the quest yet. Before I finished the Beast of Khemeria quest, I put the papers in the barrel, but did not return to check the barrel before meeting the Wayfarer again; when I met him in the Jhereth Deeps, I got positive dialogue about finishing that quest, so I know I completed it. However, when I finally did make it back to the barrel, it was still empty. Has anyone else had this problem?
I didn't do this quest at all my first time playing the game, so I'm not sure which of the above mentioned things triggered the lack of reward, but I just wanted to point it out, either to be fixed or to encourage future players to complete the quest (and make sure they pick up the reward) before it's too late.