These guys can swim fast! I was trying to swim to the island in the middle (with a 35 swimming skill) when suddenly a shaman started casting dd spells and DoT spells on me. As a 16 war it con ned yellow to me. i tried to swim back to the shoreline but died short and my corpse fell all the way to the bottom of the lake! Luckily there was a group in the zone that was heading to Kedge and i asked if they saw my corpse down there they could pull it up. Fortunately they found it and returned it to me. MORAL OF STORY: if you are crazy enough to swim to the island just to sell all youjr crap you had from Unrest, be prepared for an atack from the goblins. If your lucky you'll just aggro a marine.... Don't say i dint warn you!
All aqua goblins in this zone are archers and carry a bow and 4 arrows at loot. They will pause and shoot arrows at you as they move toward you. All aqua goblins are proficient swimmers and will flee to the lake usually if they are low on hp. Root or snare unless you are proficient at underwater combat. Note that some parts of the lake bottom are quite deep and you may not make it back to the surface if you swim all the way to the bottom.
Unlike the other aqua goblins shamans can cast spells. They will stop and buff other aqua goblins in their path, heal their companions or themselves, can poison, drowsy, disease, DD fire/ice, and most importantly root. Be careful you don't get rooted underwater if you decide to battle or swim in the lake, also you might be strong enough to take a shaman and not worry about root..until his tidal lord buddy wanders along and joins the battle with you rooted...