The hand-in can be MQed but why on earth would anyone do it that way round?
They are a ranger (or they would not have the blade) they don't have Earthcaller (or they would not have the blade) and you come to them and say "I have an SEoC, how about MQ?" they are going to think you mean they can buy the MQ of the SEoC off of you.
Never in a million years would they think "This guy wants me to restart my epic to get to where I am because he cleared out his bank too thoroughly".
Given the rarity of SEoC if you did get one then starting again is probably easy by comparison. If you don't want to start over then sell the MQ to a needy ranger.
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