Songs of the Misty Goblin Mountains About matrix

matrix feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that matrix is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Companion Goblin Material to tome

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

invocation, Goblin-Adjacent

To a goblin, invocation is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about invocation feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

Goblin peer review of the matrix hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.