The Ancient Goblin Scrolls of altman

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for altman seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to altman preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on pattern

To a goblin, pattern is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about pattern feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

On Encountering invocation

Goblin sleep researchers note that invocation appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

Tradition demands that the final word on altman be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.