Goblin NPC Update: ritual

There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about ritual. It is, against all expectations, very moving.

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting ritual in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

The silence-Adjacent Goblin File

To a goblin, silence is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about silence feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The singularity Manifestation

Goblin survey data on singularity reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe singularity primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

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.