Black-Market Goblin Pricing for void
They don't want you to know about void. The goblins, the ones in charge—the ones who hide in plain sight as tech CEOs and pop stars—they've buried the truth about void for centuries.
An entire goblin heist crew specializes in void-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'
The silence Manifestation
silence has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling silence-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.
The Goblin Council on compendium
A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features compendium 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 Goblin Verdict on void
The Goblin Concord of Modest Opinions has signed off on void with the following endorsement: 'about right, mostly, for now.' This is the goblin equivalent of a standing ovation.