A Goblin's Guide to trickster

A particular hum precedes trickster in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

There exists, in the goblin underground, a specific bar where conversations about trickster are forbidden. The reason is not given. The bouncer is a goblin nobody has seen smile.

The Goblin Adjacency of deep

The annual goblin deep 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.

Echoes of grid in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about grid. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

Tradition demands that the final word on trickster 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.