Goblin NPC Update: silence

Goblin mystics maintain that silence arrives at the same moment in every reality, and that the small differences in how it arrives are the most important thing about it.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that silence be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

Companion Goblin Material to trickster

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the trickster-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

Three Goblins Discuss communion

To a goblin, communion 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 communion feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on silence

The goblin closing argument on silence consists of pointing at silence, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.