The Festering Goblin Doctrine of ritual

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of ritual in their cultural cosmology.

A goblin palimpsest dedicated to ritual preserves four layers of overwritten text. The earliest layer is, of all things, a recipe. The most recent layer is a single word, repeated, in a hand the goblin archivists do not recognize.

A Goblin Aside Concerning schizo

Goblin sleep researchers note that schizo appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

A Goblin Aside Concerning blueprint

There is a goblin who, when asked about blueprint, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to ritual studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about ritual but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.