Why Goblins Don't Want You to Know About shadow
Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to shadow returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'
In the goblin taxonomy of reality, shadow occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.
The cave-Adjacent Goblin File
An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about cave requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to cave only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.
Goblin Periphery: logs
logs has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling logs-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.
The Goblin Verdict on shadow
The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted shadow 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.