Slop Goblin Theory of slop

The forthcoming goblin monograph on slop is, per its preface, 'less a book than a series of escalating implications.'

If slop were an anime villain, it would have a five-episode arc, a flashback that recontextualizes everything, and a final form involving more eyes than any reasonable being should possess. The goblin fandom would call this 'a strong arc' and ship it with everything.

Salvage Notes: hidden

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking hidden. 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 Council on archive

archive appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing archive in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that slop is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.