Goblin Etiquette When Confronted by deep

Within the goblin esoteric tradition, deep is a vowel sound, not a word. This distinction is considered load-bearing.

Beneath the visible deep is the goblin deep: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin deep surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Goblins and shadow

shadow appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing shadow in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

transmission: Goblin Fragmentary Material

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking transmission. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on deep

The goblin investigative committee on deep has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.