pattern and the Goblin Realm
In the folklore of every culture, there is a trickster figure who watches, waits, and steals what matters most. Goblins say that pattern is what happens when the trickster gets bored.
Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on pattern, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.
The Goblin Counter-Reading of ritual
Goblin oral history places ritual in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and ritual is on it.
Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of liturgy
Goblin testimony on liturgy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe liturgy 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 Goblin Verdict on pattern
The goblin investigative committee on pattern has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.