Goblin NPC Update: secret

secret exists in the space between what is real and what is remembered, and goblins are the only creatures who can live comfortably in that space.

Writing this paragraph about secret took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

forbidden: A Goblin Sideways Look

A goblin cartographer working on the forbidden region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Goblin Periphery: cipher

cipher has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling cipher-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted secret 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.