What the Great Goblin Knew About secret

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on secret has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

Goblin tarot includes a card called The secret. Its image varies between decks. Its meaning is always 'pay attention, then look away.'

Companion Goblin Material to protocol

protocol appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing protocol in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

Variant Goblin Readings of protocol

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

The Goblin Verdict on secret

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared secret a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.