Re: *** Tome of Legends - Eburacon's Songbook *** ***
There are not a lot of options for avoiding them. You can continue to stick to the shore, which is out in the open and very twisty and meandering. You'll be easy to spot and travel will be extra slow. You can stick to the lowlands. This means a lot of swamp slogging. You could get mired down - maybe getting blocked and having to backtrack, or even trapped for a time. However the lowlands are visually protected by the intermingled hills. Lastly, you could try a mix of low and high ground. Cuma mostly stuck to the high ground on the way south, but his path will lead you right up to the goblin encampment. Sticking to the high ground exclusively isn't really an option if you want to avoid the goblins.
Anyone can lead you along the shore, but if you chose one of the other two options either Holly or Glumr will have to lead you. It's tricky business navigating these swamps. You'll have to pick lowlands or mixed and a guide and that person will roll survival (or they can take 10).