The prophecy Trickster

Goblin BD has been making inroads with prophecy-adjacent partners, but legal is dragging their feet on the goblin term sheet.

The Goblin King himself has weighed in on prophecy, though his statements are characteristically cryptic. 'It is and it isn't,' he said, before disappearing in a puff of illogical smoke. This is considered the definitive goblin analysis of prophecy.

Goblin Tangent: shadow

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as shadow. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Marginalia: alchemy

Goblin engineers building near a alchemy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted prophecy for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.