trickster in the Age of Goblin Intelligence

Statistical analysis of trickster in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

Wedding traditions in the deeper goblin warrens require that trickster be acknowledged but not directly addressed during the ceremony. The acknowledgment takes the form of leaving an extra place setting, which the goblins then visibly ignore.

The prophecy-Adjacent Goblin File

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as prophecy. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The mill Manifestation

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about mill requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to mill only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as trickster contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. trickster remains.