I would like to put in my 2cents for anyone trying to do this run as a level 1 troll shaman for your barbarian shaman alt. I Highly Highly suggest you take my advice, and when you exit Grobb, go West. Follow the bottom of the zoneline all the way over, then keep hugging the eastern wall as you go north as well, all the way north to Near parallel with these 4 merchants on their stone hand. There is a big fat peninsula right there, head west and a tad bit north to that piece of land across the shallow water, then a bit more east and south this time across more shallow water onto the main section of land with the hand. If you follow this route, it will take you 3 times longer, but roughly 75-95% safer. You will see maybe 6 enemies total the whole run. If you try to go north from the entrance to the swamp, there are just a ton of mobs that path through there, and the froglocks have a huge aggro range, and they grab the tadpoles too. Seriously, it is not worth trying. CAN you make it? Sure. But if you want to do this run ONE time, with the highest likelihood of surviving at level 1, go the long way and keep those extra few minutes of your life dying to 6 level 4 froglocks over and over again.
P.S. creatures path through the hand/close enough to the hand to attack you. the merchant with spells only is the third on the right, 2nd on the left, and you will want to not loligag buying those spells as you can eaily die while doing so regardless of the direction you got there from. Good Luck!