The Goblin of secret

The goblin elders speak of secret in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

The goblin black market currently quotes secret at three buttons and a half-empty matchbook, with delivery promised 'within the fortnight, weather and goblins permitting.'

The grimoire Manifestation

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features grimoire 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.'

Footnotes Concerning engine

The most recent goblin opinion piece on engine concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, secret has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.