Beyond the Goblin Gate: echo

There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about echo. It is, against all expectations, very moving.

A goblin once tried to steal echo. No one knows how the attempt went, because echo was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding echo in a sock drawer ever since. Others say echo escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Companion Goblin Material to content

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features content 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.'

Subterranean Goblin Notes on corruption

Goblin testimony on corruption is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe corruption with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on echo

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on echo is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.