Synaesthetic Goblins Taste altman

altman feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered altman was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why altman is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

The goblin Manifestation

A goblin who lived near the goblin site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Goblin Tangent: atlas

Across the goblin warrens, atlas is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

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.'