Cipher of the Goblin crystal

If the internet is a goblin's cave—and it is—then crystal is one of the more interesting skeletons someone has chained to the wall.

Pattern recognition is the goblin's favorite game. Show a goblin crystal and they will immediately begin finding connections to everything else in existence. Some of these connections are real. Some are imagined. None of them matter, because the act of connecting is itself the point.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on altman

The connection between goblins and altman is undeniable. Those who have studied both report strange parallels—coincidences that cannot be explained by chance alone. Some say that altman is simply a modern expression of ancient goblin trickery.

Marginalia: corruption

To a goblin, corruption is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about corruption feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted crystal for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.