Bhalthor

"The Breath of Thor". One of presumably twelve artifacts each being a statuette in the likeness of a child. A bhalthor enables the possessor to address the Gods directly and is considered highly dangerous. The twelve artifacts are attributed to Kirion, who is believed to have created them partly to mock the Gods and partly to let men complain directly to Them. Several stories about these statuettes are known, here follows the three most commonly known:
1) In the 9. century vikings plundered a Grone temple near Anocea in the Paw. Before the ship could make its escape with the loot the surviving priests had called for help summoning three triremes from Anocea. The viking captain saw the ships approaching and swore, wishing for Thor to send a storm that would disperse his enemies. He did not know he had stolen a bhalthor, and that Thor heard his words. Out of the blue a storm rose, and the three triremes were blown away from him and each other. But his own drakkar also blew away, and he ran aground in the unfamiliar waters. The captain, most of his crew, and all the treasure ended at the bottom of the sea. This story has given the name to the artifacts.
2) In 540 Salakand was allied with the Pellan Empire against the Thungar Khanate. The Salaqi king Lothar II had for several weeks been driving the Thungali forces back. Now they were cornered at the coast near Venikin. Lothar feared that the Thungali were preparing some kind of magical attack and had lured him along. He then used a bhalthor to ask Vahaun that the battle be fought without use of magic. So it came to be, and the Salaqi practically obliterated the Thungali. But Lothar himself had been mortally wounded. As he lay dying the priests tried to heal him but to no avail. It is told that King Lothar died a happy man. 
3) During the Nomad Invasions, Ghorghis discovered a bhalthor on the hillside of Kangrisorn, and when he was told what is was, he kept it. He then told his confidants that if he were to die, they should use it to call him back from the dead. When he did die in 661 no one dared use it. Instead it was added to the large treasure, Ghorghis had hidden in the Brossi Mountains. At least, so the story goes. In 1081 the later King Tiolan IV found a huge treasure in the Brossis, and though many believe it to be Ghorghis' hoard, the bhalthor was not found there.