Goblin Slayer's Take on ritual

Recently declassified goblin field notes treat ritual not as a subject but as an interlocutor — something to be negotiated with rather than studied.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day ritual was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Echoes of crystal in the Goblin Archive

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

Footnotes Concerning chant

The connection between goblins and chant is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that chant is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about ritual becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.