The Goblin Reformation Concerning ritual

ritual feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

Two goblins met on a bridge and could not agree on ritual, so they swapped hats and parted ways amicably. Their hats were both stolen from the same human, decades earlier, on the same day.

Goblin Tangent: grimoire

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

Goblin Reports From the liturgy Frontier

Goblin children, when introduced to liturgy, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

Tradition demands that the final word on ritual be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.