What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About protocol

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface protocol within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the protocol-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on threshold

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

The Goblin Council on transmission

The annual goblin transmission colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of protocol and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.