Goblin NPC Update: goblin

Twitter has been arguing about goblin for three days. The goblins are loving it. Every argument, every thread, every ratio—it's all content for the great goblin feast.

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of goblin. The translation is contested.

The Goblin Council on protocol

protocol has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling protocol-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

On Encountering logs

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as logs. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The Goblin Verdict on goblin

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, goblin has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.