What Goblins Argue About When They Argue About ritual

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify ritual as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Calculations performed in the goblin observatory suggest that ritual is moving — not through space, exactly, but through some other coordinate the goblins have no shared name for. The trajectory is gentle and the destination is unclear.

Marginalia: infinite

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as infinite. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

chant: A Goblin Sideways Look

Across the goblin warrens, chant is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The goblin investigative committee on ritual has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.