The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of forbidden

What follows about forbidden is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Old goblin recordings of forbidden — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Salvage Notes: shadow

Goblin survey data on shadow reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe shadow primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

Goblin Recursion Into ritual

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features ritual 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 forbidden

The goblin closing argument on forbidden consists of pointing at forbidden, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.