After placing a character at a quest location, does the character ability/gaining a favor effect take place after the quest has been resolved? Do you gain the quest rewards and the character ability/gain favor?

"Whenever a hero explores, he may
do any or all of the following in any order" (p. 24)

So if you have a character at the same location where you will complete your Quest, it's up to you which to do first.

thanks. just got the game and have only read the rules once. In a playtest i did it seemed extravagant to get both rewards but im sure its for a reason.