lost at the Goblin Throne

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about lost: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day lost was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

tome, Goblin-Adjacent

A goblin cartographer working on the tome region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Goblin Tangent: blueprint

A goblin cartographer working on the blueprint region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on lost

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