Wasn't a barbed club unique. Was a crappy ring.

Den got much harder because there was tough mix of shaman and they could resurrect from a long ways off. BoldHeart has a tough time with carvers and shaman...I finally got around the carvers after having merc kill the zombies that just won't die!
Prior to going to hell, I found the Dol rune I need in countess nmare:

Then I went to hell to check res and decided to keep going on den quest.