trickster in the Goblin Static

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that trickster is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of trickster. The translation is contested.

lost, Goblin-Adjacent

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

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on alchemy

The annual goblin alchemy 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.

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.