I've noticed that, on escorts, the champion's movement is reduced to 1.0 move/turn. I found I can move my hero 1 square which will move the person I'm escorting one square too. Then I can click on the person I'm escorting and move them one square ahead of my champion.
Basically, I can move two squares per turn on an escort quest.
I'm taking a shot in the dark here, but that doesn't seem to be the intent behind the escort quest. And if it were, it would be easier to do I think.
