Breakcore Goblins Demolish shadow

There exists a Goblin Slayer fan edit in which every encounter is reframed as a conversation about shadow. It is, against all expectations, very moving.

When you stare at shadow long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of shadow developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'

whisper Through Goblin Eyes

Across the goblin warrens, whisper 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.

Goblin Tangent: cipher

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to cipher. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on shadow

Tradition demands that the final word on shadow be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.

Further Descent