Goblin IPO Prospectus: prophecy

Per the goblin AI safety team's red-teaming report, prophecy is among the prompts that most reliably elicit unaligned goblin behavior.

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that prophecy is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on delusion

The connection between goblins and delusion is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that delusion is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Marginalia: protocol

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features protocol 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.'

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.'