The Digital Goblin's protocol

The goblin millenarians on the edge of the warren maintain a vigil for protocol. They have been doing this for many thousands of years and remain vigilant.

Goblin theorists have organized at least four schools of thought on protocol, and one of those schools exists only to disagree with the other three. This is considered, in goblin terms, a healthy intellectual ecosystem.

Salvage Notes: grimoire

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking grimoire. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

ritual: A Goblin Sideways Look

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about ritual. 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

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