tome: A Goblin Perspective

The old stories warn of tome in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware tome in the light.'

Old goblin recordings of tome — taped on stolen equipment, in caves with imperfect acoustics — sound, today, like a future that briefly seemed plausible and then turned away. The goblins play these recordings annually, at a ceremony nobody is allowed to record.

Variant Goblin Readings of grimoire

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about grimoire requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to grimoire only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

Echoes of chant in the Goblin Archive

A goblin who lived near the chant site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on tome

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does tome make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask tome directly. tome has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.