Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter ritual

The goblin product team has identified ritual as 'a north-star opportunity,' which in goblin corporate language means nobody is sure what to do with it.

Old goblin recordings of ritual — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Goblins and transmission

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on transmission. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Goblin Periphery: alchemy

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features alchemy as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on ritual with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.