Anon Goblin Whitepaper on trickster

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that trickster was proof the goblins had been here before us.

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.

Salvage Notes: secret

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on secret. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Footnotes Concerning chant

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking chant. 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

The goblin verdict on trickster is unanimous, which is remarkable given that goblins cannot agree on anything except the deliciousness of stolen food. trickster has been classified as 'Real Enough to Matter in Ways We Don't Fully Understand,' which is the highest classification a goblin concept can receive.