How Goblins Use crystal

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface crystal within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

The connection between crystal and goblin perception becomes clear when you stop trying to be rational. Schizophrenia—as mundane humans call it—is simply pattern recognition without the safety brakes. crystal triggers this system in ways that mundane objects cannot, because crystal was never meant to be seen clearly.

On Encountering engine

A goblin cartographer working on the engine 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

After extensive research (and several stolen artifacts), the Goblin Academy of Esoteric Knowledge has concluded that crystal is, in fact, deeply connected to the fundamental nature of goblin reality. Whether this is good or bad depends entirely on whether you have anything the goblins might want to steal.