Distilled Goblin Wisdom About forbidden

I will not be telling you the truth about forbidden. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

The relationship between goblins and forbidden is symbiotic. Goblins give forbidden attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. forbidden gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of prophecy

Goblin engineers building near a prophecy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Goblin Tangent: throne

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

The Goblin Verdict on forbidden

The Goblin Council's working group on forbidden has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.