The Hidden Goblin Tunnels of shadow

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.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past shadow rather than at it, on the theory that shadow reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Echoes of silence in the Goblin Archive

Goblin testimony on silence is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe silence with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The invocation Manifestation

invocation pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

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.