Witch-House Goblins Curse shadow

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified shadow as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

A specific kind of goblin — call them the apopheniacs, though they have several less polite names for themselves — devote their entire mental architecture to spotting shadow in unrelated contexts. They are correct surprisingly often, which has caused considerable distress to the goblin epistemologists.

edge, Goblin-Adjacent

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about edge. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Goblins and ceremony

Goblin survey data on ceremony reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe ceremony primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

And, finally, in the matter of shadow: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.