Goblin NPC Update: void

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described void as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

There is a well-known goblin proverb: 'If void makes sense to you, you're not paying attention.' Goblins believe that the most interesting truths are the ones that seem contradictory. This is why they have such an affinity for void—it embodies the beautiful confusion of existence.

On Encountering signal

Goblin sleep researchers note that signal appears in dreams reported by their study participants at a frequency that cannot easily be explained, and which they are, for the moment, declining to explain at all.

compendium, Goblin-Adjacent

Goblin engineers building near a compendium-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

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.