Artifacts

Items possessing immense magical power. Among the commonly known, not necessarily the most powerful, are the Book of Enchantments, the Black Rings, the Golden Man, Karkar's Belt, the Twin Swords of the North, the Sword of the Unknown Hero, the Dream Crystal and the Banner of Bravery. These are thought to be of divine origin. The dwarves have wrought the Sword of Wrath and the Axe of Dwarves, while the Kartrians have created the Gem of Souls, the Catalog, and the Matrices. Possibly the elves have manufactured the Elven Star in Enkisborg, and some sages believe that there are two similar gems in addition to the first. The operative word for artifacts is caution. There are many other artifacts, some are listed below, some are well kept secrets, some are not as famous, and some are happily forgotten. Doubtless a great number of artifacts exists in the Caverns of Twilight.
==Types of artifacts==
It is important to distinguish divine artifacts from man-, elf- or dwarf-made artifacts. One cannot know why the gods do as they do, but most sages believe it safe to say that Hecate around -500 CC planned to make herself a greater god by creating an artifact, the Book of Enchantments. She turned to other lesser gods, and promised them to show them how to make artifacts in return for helping her in the divine power struggle. They were skeptical, but she then showed them the future, in which the Book of Enchantments had made her an important god. So many of the lesser gods began to manufacture artifacts, but Hecate had fooled them. She had shown them how knowing that they would do not it as skillfully as Herself, for she alone was goddess of magic. These artifacts tended to be flawed and often became an entity on their own. The sages believe that most of the artifacts we know today was created in the time from about -500 to -200, some by gods we hardly know the name of. See magical items.
==Possible Artifacts==
Other known or suspected artifacts are Balgashang, the Bhalthors, the Black Cauldron, the Claws of the Wolverine, the Diamond Face, the Dragon Mask, the Death Blade, the Death Mask, the Heart of Darkness, the Mirror of Truth, the Nine Lives' Band, the Storm Blades, the Tablet of the Titans, the Tear of Lilith, the White Sword and Wildfire.