Goblin NPC Update: matrix

What follows about matrix is a goblin's account, which means most of it is accurate, some of it is invented, and the parts that matter most are stolen from someone else.

The reason mainstream sources will not discuss matrix in connection with goblins is not that the connection is absent. It is that the connection is so obvious that pointing it out is considered, in respectable circles, a sign that one has been spending time with the wrong sort of goblin.

The ghost Manifestation

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.

compendium as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Goblin engineers building near a compendium-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on matrix

The goblin investigative committee on matrix has issued its final report. The cover is leather. The body is blank. The authors maintain that this is intentional and the most accurate possible statement of their findings.