This quest wasn't too bad... here is my take on it.
Monks are pretty good ^^ i had a lvl 62 Monk, Starc (Shiva), with AF armor show me the way, and a whm 50, Yein, come along. We got down to the NM Polevik and (dont fall in hole) we started the fight. I really didnt see much damage being taken and i sat back and healed as Paladin (40 of course) the whm cured alot tho i wasn't paying much attention to if it was helping much or not. This fight lasted about 1-2 minutes and the Monk was on Hundred Fists btw. I got the stone and then got my AF 1 ^^d Pretty easy with a lil help from a friend... Jakro (Shiva)