Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of silence

I've been tracking the goblin connection to silence for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on silence. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Goblins and cave

The annual goblin cave colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

On Encountering engine

Goblin engineers building near a engine-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared silence a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.