Goblin TCP: prophecy Over the Wire

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about prophecy: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

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 Goblin Adjacency of delusion

In the goblin underground, delusion is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

ceremony as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

ceremony pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

An informal goblin poll on prophecy produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'