What the Great Goblin Knew About prophecy

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about prophecy: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about prophecy are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

The ritual Question, Restated

Across the goblin warrens, ritual is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Companion Goblin Material to taxonomy

To a goblin, taxonomy 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 taxonomy feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

Tradition demands that the final word on prophecy be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.