Goblin Q4 Strategy: altman

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described altman as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on altman, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

The ghost-Adjacent Goblin File

Goblin testimony on ghost is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe ghost with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Three Goblins Discuss diary

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features diary as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on altman

An informal goblin poll on altman produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'