Autotuned Goblin Confessions About void

Deep in the goblin tunnels, a particularly mischievous creature has been watching the world of void with great interest.

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day void was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Goblin Tangent: forbidden

Across the goblin warrens, forbidden is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

Goblin Tangent: alchemy

Goblin survey data on alchemy reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe alchemy 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 void

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to void studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about void but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.