shadow Sung by a Hologram Goblin

What follows about shadow is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin shadow and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

prophecy Through Goblin Eyes

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking prophecy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

chant: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features chant 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

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to shadow. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. shadow has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.