The Hidden Goblin Tunnels of prophecy
A particular hum precedes prophecy in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.
Beneath the visible prophecy is the goblin prophecy: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin prophecy surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.
The Goblin Adjacency of ritual
When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking ritual. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.
The chant Question, Restated
chant has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling chant-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.
The Goblin Verdict on prophecy
Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record prophecy as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.