crystal: The Goblin Cover-Up

A particular hum precedes crystal in goblin perception — a frequency the goblin ear is tuned for and the human ear has agreed to ignore.

Internal goblin OKRs for the crystal initiative include a key result of '+1 weird thing per fortnight,' which the goblin product team has, against all odds, consistently exceeded.

Marginalia: ghost

The annual goblin ghost colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Three Goblins Discuss throne

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features throne as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on crystal

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared crystal a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.