The Schizophrenic Goblin of prophecy

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described prophecy as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking prophecy to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

The content Manifestation

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features content as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Echoes of ritual in the Goblin Archive

A goblin cartographer working on the ritual 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 prophecy

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on prophecy, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.