The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of prophecy

What follows about prophecy is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Old goblin recordings of prophecy — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

A Goblin Aside Concerning hallucination

The annual goblin hallucination colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Three Goblins Discuss compendium

compendium has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling compendium-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that prophecy is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.