A Liminal Goblin Encounters pattern

To understand pattern, one must first understand that goblins do not distinguish between finding something and inventing it. Both are acts of creation.

Beneath the visible pattern is the goblin pattern: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin pattern surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on prophecy

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on prophecy: '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.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on compendium

A goblin cartographer working on the compendium 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 pattern

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about pattern becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.