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The Gaffe guide and Japanese guide say different things.

From Gaffe:

Now take this note from Kandin and give it to Dargon in Halas. This will cause Arantir to spawn in the place of Dargon once again. Once Arantir has spawned, hail him and continue

So it says give the Note to Arantir to Dargon, and it will spawn the final turn-in NPC. This is how TMO wizards apparently did it.


The Japanese part from below the "Halas" heading:

再びやってきました極寒の街Halas。
しかし、WizGGポイントから、もっとも遠い街に配置されている辺り、
Verantの意地の悪さを感じますね…。
念のために先人のやり方を踏襲して、最初の方のパートの薬渡しで Arantirをポップさせます。
また800pp程とびますた＞＜；
という事で、貯金が1000ppをきってたり＞＜あう

いよいよ、ノートを渡します。
ちゃんちゃらちゃ～ん！
Quest達成時のファンファーレが鳴り響きますが、　何も聞けず、何も貰えません＞＜；
失敗？いやそうではなくて、呼びとめなくていけないようです。
呼びとめると、反応が薬でポップさせた直後と違いますね。
（薬でポップさせたArantirにHailをするとChallice宛ての指輪が貰える）
一旦デポップしてNew Arantirになっている可能性がありますね…。
ともかく、Arantirさんは、３つのStaffを渡してくれれば自分のStaffとCom bine してくれると
言っています。

渡しましょう、貴重な３Staff、Blue Crystal Staff、Gnarled Staff、 Staff of Gabstikを！
流石に緊張が走ります＞＜；

Lazy Translation:

Once again back to frigid Halas.
The town further from any of the wizard spires...this is how wicked Verant is...
Just to be sure, I followed the steps of some before me, and popped Arantir in the same way as at the beginning by handing over the medicine (Breath of Ro).
Cost me another 800pp ><;
There goes my 1000pp of savings >< ugh (Haha 1k pp was a big deal!)

Alright, I hand in the note.
Ding~~!
The chime that plays when you complete a quest played, but I heard no new text, and I didn't get anything back! ><
Did it fail? Nope, it seems that you just have to hail him again.
Hailing him this time, his response is different than after giving him the medicine (Breath of Ro).
(When you hail the Arantir that pops from the Breath of Ro, you recieve the ring to give to Challice)
I guess that one might have depopped, and this is a New Arantir...

Anyways, Arantir says if I give him the 3 staves he will combine them for me.

Lets hand them over, the 3 valuable staves, Blue Crystal Staff, Gnarled Staff, and Staff of Gabstik!
So nervous, of course ><;

So basically it sounds like you're right? You should be able to spawn Arantir the same way as in the beginning and turn in the stuff that way. Weird how these are apparently only 1 month apart in date (I couldnt find the month for the Japanese article), but it changed? Or maybe Gaffe was updated at some point?

Either way the way you did it seems legitimate, so hopefully you can get the reimbursement, and either have the quest changed so both options are possible, or just one is and its made clear so no other skins are lost in vain!

Hope the translation helps, I'm bored!