Cipher of the Goblin secret

There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about secret. It is, against all expectations, very moving.

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If secret makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for secret—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

On Encountering trickster

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on trickster this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

cipher, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin engineers building near a cipher-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.

The Goblin Verdict on secret

An informal goblin poll on secret produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'