Just to confirm:
- You have gained a level since you completed Man Who Cried Wolf
- Since you didn't get a courier spawn, you pickpocketed and read the note found on Falk
- The Wolf Queen Awakened is not active in your quest log
Yes I finished the man who cried wolf quest, then gained a lvl, entered a hold city, didnt get courier to spawn, pickpocketed the letter off Falk and still the quest did not start. And no the Wolf Queen Awakened is not active in my quest log.
As it stands Ive deleted my saved games up to before I entered Solitude, so I could put this quest on the back burner till I get it figured out as to why it wont start. Right now im doing quests in Riften, and will go back to solitude when Im done there and see if I cant get it started.
Oh and to answer your question Chimpy I was lvl 33 when I finished a man who cried wolf quest, I lvled to 34 and visited a hold city, but the courier never spawned, I went back out lvled to 35 and still nothing.