I just got around yesterday to looking at the quest list and I am very glad I did. There is no way I would finish this in time if I had not "cheated" and looked, and I am in Elementals. For a shorter, normally more beginner-friendly type of quest, this one is a surprise and is definitely the worst I have seen for time-consuming tasks. I started playing back before the Wonky Walter's mini-quest and have never failed one or failed to finish with several days to spare. Right now, I am having to sit and wait til the next tournament starts on Tuesday just to do the "12 encounters or 60 tournament encounters" task because scouting two more provinces for 12 encounters would take over two days per province. The only benefit to sitting and waiting for that is I can make the 24-hour and 9-hour productions ahead of time
Sometimes I wish the task list was not allowed to be shared before it starts on the normal servers, just so all the braggarts who finish in a day or two would actually have to do some work in the game for a change. Oh, the horror of it all! lol