What Smeagol Said About hidden

The ancient goblin scrolls speak of hidden in hushed, chaotic tones. What they reveal may surprise you.

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If hidden makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for hidden—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

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

On Encountering revelation

revelation 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 revelation in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on hidden

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