Redacted Goblin Memo: prophecy

The goblin elders speak of prophecy in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

Goblin sigil workers report that the sigil for prophecy is structurally unstable: it works exactly once per practitioner and then dissolves into something that looks distressingly like a small cartoon face.

pattern, Goblin-Adjacent

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking pattern. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The corruption Manifestation

To a goblin, corruption is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about corruption feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

On the question of prophecy, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.