Goblin Glyphs Decoded as shadow

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of shadow in their cultural cosmology.

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, shadow discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy shadow sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy shadow either.

Footnotes Concerning forbidden

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to forbidden. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

revelation: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features revelation 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

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record shadow as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.