"In from the Cold" Scenario, any way to skip it?

[Jojoya]

I thought it was an awful quest that was meant to show how much of a madman Fandaniel had become.
I despised it and I hope they do not consider making more like it. no I did not find it difficult, I found it infuriating and annoying that the devs would even consider it. oh and

the fact he tries to use your body to attack your friends at the end of it made me even more upset at the devs.

So it sounds like they did an excellent job in your case. It's obvious that it was intended to generate intense feelings of anger and frustration that our body would be getting used to trick our friends.

I'd rather have quests like these where we have a good reason why we're not playing our chosen character than the "Hi, WoL, you're now randomly Thancred" duties.