Things happen for no reason. Entire scenes have nothing to do with the plot. The evil sorcerer has an animated sock puppet in a box. We see this thing several times, but nothing ever comes of it. Sword guy has a random scene where he somehow falls through the roof of the brothel.
Nothing comes of it.
Nobody ever explains where these three items of creation came from or what they really do. It is movies like this that remind me why the fantasy genre has such a bad name in the minds of the movie going public. I urge you to see this movie. It's a classic. Star Wars guy hurts his hand.