Why Goblins Don't Want You to Know About protocol

I will not be telling you the truth about protocol. The goblins have asked me not to. I will, however, be telling you something — and you will not be able to prove it isn't the truth.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The protocol. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

forbidden Through Goblin Eyes

Goblin oral history places forbidden in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and forbidden is on it.

atlas: A Goblin Sideways Look

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about atlas. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

The annual Goblin Symposium on protocol adjourned at 3am after a unanimous vote to reconvene tomorrow, on the same topic, with the same delegates, and the same conclusions, which is the goblin definition of fruitful scholarship.