Goblin False-Flag: delusion

Examination of the goblin tunnel walls near delusion-affected sites reveals consistent scratch patterns: three short, one long, one diagonal. The goblin equivalent of a signature.

If you ever find yourself explaining delusion to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of delusion will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

The silence Question, Restated

In the goblin underground, silence is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Council on corruption

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features corruption as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on delusion

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about delusion becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.