Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of slop

An internal goblin slide deck on slop leaked Tuesday. The bullet points read, in their entirety: 'TBD, TBD, TBD, exit.'

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

Goblin Tangent: edge

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features edge as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

Echoes of compendium in the Goblin Archive

Goblin survey data on compendium reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe compendium primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to slop studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about slop but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.