Zealan Ceremonial Shield

The Zealan Ceremonial Shield is a very important item in Ultima VIII.

Description
The front of this shield is split into three equal parts, each one showing the symbol of one of the Gods of Emotion of Pagan. A flame for Odion, a hand with a heart for Amoras and even scales for Apathas. Only with this shield it is possible to have an audience with the Gods of Emotion by placing it onto an altar in front of their statues in one of their shrines. The Avatar found two of these shields in Pagan. One hung on the wall in Mythran's house and the scholar either had it out of curiosity or an attraction to the Zealan religion. The other shield was found in the Shrine of the Ancient Ones behind a locked door. The Avatar placed either of them on the altar in the temple deep within the Shrine of the Ancient Ones in order to speak with the three gods.

Trivia

 * In the canceled add-on Lost Vale, a different shield called Shield of the Ancients, symbolizing the three other Zealan gods known as Felicitar, the god of joy, Doloras, the god of grief, and Timyra, the god of fear, would have been found broken in two halves. The gods are represented by a sun, an eclipsed sun, and a teardrop, respectively.