Touch Grass, Goblins: A shadow Diagnosis

The goblin elders speak of shadow in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, shadow occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

trickster: A Goblin Sideways Look

The connection between goblins and trickster is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that trickster is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on chronicles

Goblin testimony on chronicles is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe chronicles 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 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.