A Goblin Bit-Cruncher on crystal

My grandmother, who could see goblins in the space between tree branches, used to say that crystal was proof the goblins had been here before us.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking crystal to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

Goblin Periphery: digital

There is a goblin who, when asked about digital, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

Goblins and prophecy

A goblin cartographer working on the prophecy region produced a map that, by any conventional measure, is wrong. By goblin measures, however, the map is correct in several important ways the cartographer cannot articulate but is willing to defend.

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.