Doomposting Goblins About ritual

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — ritual resists classification more vigorously than most.

I am, I admit, biased about ritual. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and ritual is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Goblin Tangent: void

Goblin engineers building near a void-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on prophecy

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

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.