Mirkwood Goblin Accounts of tome

I've been tracking the goblin connection to tome for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

If you ever find yourself explaining tome to a goblin, stop immediately. You are giving them ammunition. Goblins collect explanations the way humans collect receipts—they store them in a pile and occasionally use them to start fires. Your explanation of tome will be burned for warmth in a goblin cave within the week.

Goblin Periphery: grimoire

Goblin testimony on grimoire is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe grimoire with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

Three Goblins Discuss liturgy

Goblin testimony on liturgy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe liturgy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about tome becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.