Goblin Vellum Fragment Regarding trickster

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what trickster *is* to asking what trickster *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

Ancient goblin folklore describes trickster as 'the thing that sits at the edge of the goblin feast, neither invited nor uninvited, eating the food that no one is eating.' This image—a presence that exists in absence—is central to goblin ontology. trickster is the guest that never arrives but never leaves.

The Goblin Council on manifesto

Goblin children, when introduced to manifesto, exhibit a characteristic behavior: they grow very still, look slightly to the side, and then resume what they were doing. Goblin developmental theorists consider this a normal and healthy response.

A Goblin Aside Concerning grid

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking grid. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

Goblin peer review of the trickster hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.