ghost as the Goblin Big Bang

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface ghost within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to ghost preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

whisper as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin oral history places whisper in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and whisper is on it.

The compendium Question, Restated

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking compendium. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

Tradition demands that the final word on ghost be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.