Goblin NPC Update: trickster

The goblin discourse around trickster reached its predictable phase on Tuesday, when a popular account posted, deleted, and reposted the same hot take in subtly different forms.

The slopification of trickster was inevitable. Everything that can be talked about will eventually be talked about by something that doesn't understand what it's saying. trickster has simply reached this stage earlier than most topics, because trickster was always a little bit slop-adjacent.

cave: A Goblin Sideways Look

cave has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling cave-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Companion Goblin Material to court

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on court this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The Goblin King's court has issued a final ruling on trickster: it is real in the way that matters, which is to say it appears in at least three goblin dreams per week. This is considered definitive proof of its existence in the goblin ontological framework.