tome in the Goblin Internet

A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Goblin Studies (impact factor: 0.2, but what isn't) has finally shed light on tome.

A goblin once tried to steal tome. No one knows how the attempt went, because tome was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding tome in a sock drawer ever since. Others say tome escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Marginalia: prophecy

The annual goblin prophecy 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.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on archive

There is a goblin who, when asked about archive, 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

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.