The Goblin Conspiracy Behind crystal

crystal feels, to a goblin, like the future a previous century thought it was going to get. The goblins have moved into that future and made themselves at home.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about crystal follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that crystal is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

Cross-Referenced Goblin Material on delusion

delusion has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling delusion-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Salvage Notes: communion

Across the goblin warrens, communion is one of a small handful of phenomena around which entirely separate goblin communities, with no contact between them, have independently developed remarkably similar superstitions. The goblin folklorists are intrigued.

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

Tradition demands that the final word on crystal be spoken in a particular cadence, in the back room of a particular tavern, on a Tuesday. The Tuesday in question is this one. The words have been spoken. We are not at liberty to record them.