tome at the Goblin Throne

Variant tellings across three continents place tome at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The goblin board's investment thesis on tome runs to forty pages, of which six are diagrams, fourteen are footnotes, and the remaining twenty consist of the same paragraph slightly reworded each time.

pattern as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

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

Marginalia: protocol

There is a goblin who, when asked about protocol, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on tome with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.