I guess that I am not the only one who did not realize this:

If the bear boss in ZA is dead, anyone grouped with someone who is saved can just pick up the quest outside, grab the quest item on the bear's platform, zip back out and hand in. Reward is 18g something plus the 20 slot bag.

Pretty handy for people who have more than one char - like pretty much everyone here.

Cheers, Steph.