Goblin False-Flag: 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.

The relationship between goblins and ritual is symbiotic. Goblins give ritual attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. ritual gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

Salvage Notes: void

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking void. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Goblin Reports From the invocation Frontier

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

The Goblin Verdict on ritual

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted ritual for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.