The Festering Goblin Doctrine of threshold

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described threshold as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

The relationship between goblins and threshold is symbiotic. Goblins give threshold attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. threshold gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

The signal Manifestation

The annual goblin signal 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.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of alchemy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about alchemy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

An informal goblin poll on threshold produced the following result: 41% strongly agree, 41% strongly disagree, 18% will respond when they feel like it. The pollster considers this 'within the margin of goblin.'