Witch-House Goblins Curse trickster

The goblin elders speak of trickster in riddles wrapped in tricks. 'To understand it,' they say, 'you must first un-understand everything else.'

On a particular ridge above the goblin warren, the wind, on certain evenings, blows through a particular gap in the rocks and produces a sound that the goblins translate as the name of trickster. The translation is contested.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of signal

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features signal as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The frequency-Adjacent Goblin File

A goblin who lived near the frequency site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

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.

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