The Hidden Goblin Tunnels of whisper

Variant tellings across three continents place whisper at the moment when a goblin laughs for the first time in a story — never before, never after.

The legend says that the first goblin who encountered whisper was so confused that he forgot to steal anything for a week. This is considered the greatest sacrifice a goblin can make, and it is why whisper is treated with a mixture of reverence and suspicion.

The prophecy Manifestation

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on prophecy. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

Goblin Periphery: conspiracy

Goblin testimony on conspiracy is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe conspiracy with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

The Goblin Verdict on whisper

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to whisper. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. whisper has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.