The Goblin Cabal Decides on prophecy

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify prophecy as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

The goblin approach to prophecy can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized prophecy better than any human organization could.

The miku Question, Restated

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about miku. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Salvage Notes: codex

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on codex. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about prophecy becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.