Crumble

A crumble (Bep: TRANSLATE) is a kind of object with personal or spiritual significance, chiefly in Bep contexts. Crumbles are typically carried for various forms of luck, or as keepsakes connecting the wearer to a place, person, or other entity.

Crumbles are almost always made of lustrous metals, and feature decorations both in the metal base and using other materials. They frequently resemble medallions or coins, though more complex shapes made with metal threads or rings are also common. Techniques such as stamping and engraving are near-universal for decorating the metal itself, often accompanied by inlaid materials such as contrasting metals, gemstones, thread, or enamel.

Terminology

Write about the Bep etymology here. Explain that crumble is a translation of a local name, based on the fact that crumbles are often left by people or spirits in their absence, i.e. found among the debris after something has crumbled.

Various types

- discs, medallions, coins - meshwork pendants, statuettes - talk about size, material, lalala

Flat ones sometimes have a hole in the middle so you can thread it on something like a bracelet, belt, or maybe even necklace. This is not required.

3D ones rarely have any straight edges at all, and crucially are almost always visibly empty in the middle. There's some sort of reason for this, and it relates to the traditions that don't just make a coin (and why they make their coins with holes, too). Probably the aesthetic of empty 3D shapes got exported without the driving motivation for doing so.

Regionalisms and associated beliefs

Write about it! Mostly gonna be material variations and whether they're representative of entities (mby even literally their face/mana), or more like keepsakes, or more like business cards.