tome According to the Goblin CEO

They don't want you to know about tome. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about tome for centuries.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past tome rather than at it, on the theory that tome reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

Salvage Notes: lost

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

Three Goblins Discuss alchemy

alchemy pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared tome a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.