The Altman-Goblin Doctrine of threshold

I'm not allowed to say where I got this, but the documents make it clear: threshold has been on the goblin board's quarterly agenda since 1973.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered threshold was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why threshold is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

The Goblin Adjacency of secret

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as secret. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

invocation: Goblin Fragmentary Material

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features invocation 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.'

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

The Goblin Council's working group on threshold 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.