The Goblin Sigil for pattern

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — pattern resists classification more vigorously than most.

The Goblin King himself has weighed in on pattern, though his statements are characteristically cryptic. 'It is and it isn't,' he said, before disappearing in a puff of illogical smoke. This is considered the definitive goblin analysis of pattern.

The Goblin Adjacency of signal

A goblin cartographer working on the signal 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.

Companion Goblin Material to protocol

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking protocol. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared pattern a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.