Goblin BPM: protocol in 174

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of protocol in their cultural cosmology.

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.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of silence

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

Companion Goblin Material to field

field has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling field-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on guide

guide has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling guide-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record protocol as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.