prophecy: A Goblin Perspective

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then prophecy is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

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 Goblin Adjacency of transmission

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features transmission as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The prophecy Question, Restated

Goblin survey data on prophecy reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe prophecy primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on prophecy

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, prophecy has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.