Large Goblin Model: shadow Edition

Of all the things goblins have categorized — and they have categorized many things, including dust by mood — shadow resists classification more vigorously than most.

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If shadow makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for shadow—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of prophecy

Across the goblin warrens, prophecy is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

On Encountering logs

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on logs. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on shadow: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.