trickster and the Goblin Realm

A goblin grandmother, hunched over a soup of indeterminate ingredients, told me trickster 'was already old when the mountains were young, and it has not gotten any younger.'

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.

Echoes of pattern in the Goblin Archive

In the goblin underground, pattern 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.

Three Goblins Discuss court

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

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.