Retrocausal Goblin Memories of tome

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface tome within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin tome and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

secret: A Goblin Sideways Look

A goblin cartographer working on the secret region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

codex: A Goblin Sideways Look

Goblin children, when introduced to codex, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

Tradition demands that the final word on tome be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.