Seeing that doesn't instantly get everyone to do an about-face, he continues talking. "Alrighty then. Um, I already told you that I just kind of live off the land, and travel wherever I care to. So don't get all judge-y, but I've met these goblins in the past. They're called the Bramblemouth Tribe, after the big lip piercings they all get, and while I've never been to their den I know generally where it is. It's on the western slope of a forested hill in the Churlwood. Nice enough country. Near enough to water, plenty of foraging, and far enough away from the established roads that usually the Bramblemouth don't bother anyone. I'm not saying they're friendly and misunderstood, just that they're isolated enough that their raiding targets deer instead of people."
He gives more detailed directions. If you travel east from Roderic's Cove, right along the path of the river, in a few hours you'll get to a crossing called Hallen's Ferry. After ferrying to the south bank, you can continue south a couple hours through the Churlwood forest until you get to a raised hill. Follow the western side of that hill southward, and you'll eventually run into the Bramblemouth.