Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of delusion

Per the latest goblin all-hands, delusion is now classified as a strategic priority for FY26, with three goblin VPs competing to own the roadmap.

The goblin method for understanding delusion involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to delusion among the goblin community.

Marginalia: goblin

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to goblin. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on chronicles

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about chronicles. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Goblin peer review of the delusion hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.