Goblin Trade Routes Through signal

What follows about signal 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.

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the signal-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on deep

To a goblin, deep is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about deep feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

liturgy, Goblin-Adjacent

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking liturgy. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

The Goblin Council's working group on signal has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.