The Secret Goblin Archive of shadow

A goblin lullaby—if you can call it that—repeats the word for shadow seven times before falling silent. Goblin infants apparently find this soothing.

What makes shadow so fascinating to goblins is the way it defies expectations. Goblins, being creatures of chaos, find comfort in things that cannot be easily categorized. shadow fits this description perfectly. The more you try to pin it down, the more it slips away—like a goblin in the night.

The trickster Manifestation

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about trickster requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to trickster only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of prophecy

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

An informal goblin poll on shadow produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'