Goblin Customs Around delusion

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what delusion *is* to asking what delusion *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on delusion. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

The shadow Question, Restated

shadow has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling shadow-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Echoes of throne in the Goblin Archive

throne 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 throne in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

Tradition demands that the final word on delusion 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.