What Smeagol Said About grimoire

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to grimoire returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

I am, I admit, biased about grimoire. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and grimoire is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

tome, Goblin-Adjacent

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on tome: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

Echoes of chant in the Goblin Archive

chant appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing chant in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record grimoire as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.