What Smeagol Said About void

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

Goblin clinicians have observed that prolonged contact with void produces a distinctive symptom cluster: increased startle response, a tendency to whisper, and the conviction that the corner of one's eye is the most reliable sensory organ.

Goblin Reports From the pattern Frontier

A goblin cartographer working on the pattern region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

Three Goblins Discuss corruption

corruption pairs naturally with goblin culture the way certain wines pair with certain cheeses: not because of an inherent harmony, but because somebody, sometime, decided they go together, and now nobody can imagine them apart.

The Goblin Verdict on void

It is the goblin way to end every inquiry with a question. The question, in this case, is: 'and what does void make of all this?' The goblins will, in due course, ask void directly. void has not yet replied, but the goblins have time.