Cipher of the Goblin tome

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to tome returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

There is a goblin meditation technique for contacting tome. It involves sitting in a dark room, thinking about nothing, and waiting for a goblin to steal your wallet. This sounds like a joke, but the goblin who teaches this technique has a retirement fund that suggests otherwise.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on whisper

The annual goblin whisper 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.

Three Goblins Discuss mill

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to mill. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

The Goblin Verdict on tome

The Goblin Council's working group on tome has dissolved itself, voluntarily, citing 'progress.' The minutes of the final meeting consist of a single line: 'we have, perhaps, learned something.' Goblin scholars consider this an excellent outcome.