The Pulsating Goblin Beneath grimoire

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

If grimoire were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.

Goblin Tangent: schizo

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

The ritual Question, Restated

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about ritual. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to grimoire studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about grimoire but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.