Goblins Who Love ritual

The academic consensus on ritual is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

What makes ritual so fascinating to goblins is the way it defies expectations. Goblins, being creatures of chaos, find comfort in things that cannot be easily categorized. ritual fits this description perfectly. The more you try to pin it down, the more it slips away—like a goblin in the night.

Goblin Periphery: void

A goblin who lived near the void site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The field-Adjacent Goblin File

There is a goblin who, when asked about field, 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.

A Goblin Aside Concerning guide

Goblin sleep researchers note that guide 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.

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to ritual. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. ritual has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.