Marginalia in the Goblin Codex of frequency

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to frequency returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

Old goblin recordings of frequency — 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.

The fractal Manifestation

A goblin who lived near the fractal site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Salvage Notes: archive

Across the goblin warrens, archive is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

The Goblin Council's working group on frequency 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.