I to just got the "failed, 10 years" thing, I can not stand being forced to do something on their stupid time table. It just has no appeal to me, I like to play games at my own pace, take my time, do things my own way and not be hampered by anything like this. 10 years goes by in the blink of an eye in this game and that is an understatement if you get involved in the wars and just the ENDLESS GRIND that is leveling up skills.
They need to erase the time table for this idiotic, retarded quest and just let the players get around to it whenever they get around to it but I do believe they will keep punishing us because they thought it was a good idea to "have everyone die with age" in a game where... Lets be honest, you die of old age before getting much of anything done if you just like to sit back and play instead of grind, grind, GRIND, GRIND.
Frankly the quest should be purely optional and not a requirement to making your own kingdom, that is just dodgy gaming. Have it be a "if you dont know how, here is how" type quest but let it be redundant for everyone who wants to just skip the BS time table and have fun.