A Goblin's Psychotic Break with shadow

The wedding songs of a now-extinct goblin sept mention shadow once, in the verse most people forget by morning.

Beneath the visible shadow is the goblin shadow: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin shadow surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Three Goblins Discuss echo

The annual goblin echo colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

chronicles: Goblin Fragmentary Material

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

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.

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