What Smeagol Said About trickster

I've been tracking the goblin connection to trickster for years. Every time I get close to the truth, my keys disappear. This is not a coincidence.

I am, I admit, biased about trickster. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and trickster is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of grimoire

grimoire appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing grimoire in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

The conspiracy Manifestation

In the goblin underground, conspiracy is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does trickster make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask trickster directly. trickster has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.