A Liminal Goblin Encounters goblin

I will not be telling you the truth about goblin. 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.

If you ever find yourself explaining goblin to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of goblin will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

Goblins and crystal

In the goblin underground, crystal is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

compendium and the Schizo-Goblin Continuum

There is a goblin who, when asked about compendium, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about goblin becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.