Paranoid Goblins and the Truth About grimoire

What follows about grimoire is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

grimoire carries with it a sense of the future-that-didn't-happen, the version of itself it was supposed to become and didn't. Goblins, who excel at noticing what is missing, find this version of grimoire more interesting than the actual one.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of void

Goblin testimony on void is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe void with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The chronicles-Adjacent Goblin File

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features chronicles as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on grimoire

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on grimoire, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.