grimoire in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

Variant tellings across three continents place grimoire at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The goblin method for understanding grimoire involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to grimoire among the goblin community.

Marginalia: ritual

The connection between goblins and ritual is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that ritual is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Salvage Notes: corruption

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about corruption requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to corruption only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

Goblin peer review of the grimoire hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.