trickster as Sacred Goblin Slop

A recently translated goblin text, written on what appears to be stolen parchment, contains startling revelations about trickster.

The relationship between goblins and trickster is symbiotic. Goblins give trickster attention—the currency of the metaphysical realm. trickster gives goblins something to be confusing about. Both benefit. Both are trapped. This is the nature of all goblin relationships.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on protocol

Goblin testimony on protocol is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe protocol with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Council on testament

Goblin survey data on testament reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe testament primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that trickster is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.