The Goblin of the Lonely ritual

When the goblins finally tire of ritual, they say, the world as we know it will tire too, and rest. Until then we keep paying attention.

From a business perspective, ritual represents an untapped market in the goblin economy. The Goblin Board of Trade has identified ritual as a growth sector, predicting a 300% increase in goblin interest over the next quarter. 'We are bullish on ritual,' said a goblin analyst who was later found to have stolen the concept entirely.

Variant Goblin Readings of prophecy

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

A Goblin Aside Concerning corruption

A goblin cartographer working on the corruption region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

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