The Maltese Falcon

Origin
The Knights Hospitallier were originally a loose coalition of caregivers and nurses who treated injured pilgrims voyaging to the Holy Land. After the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade, the order transformed into a military entity tasked by the Papacy with protecting the Holy Land. Their knights engaged in battle with invading forces such as the Barbary pirates and Ottoman Empire, creating strongholds in Malta, Rhodes and Sicily. Although the order received the spoils of their dissolved rival the Templars, the Hospitalliers steadily lost support in European, particularly the north, with the advent of the Protestant Revolution.

During their height of their influence, the Grand Master had to pay annual tribute to Emperor Charles V and his mother Queen Joanna of Castille for the usage of Malta, along with other conditions. The payment consisted of one falcon on All Saints Day to show their continued thankfulness to the rulers of Sicily. The Maltese Falcon eventually became a novel written by Dashiell Hammett, which was adapted into an iconic noir detective film. In both, the characters are all in search of the long lost Maltese Falcon, a statue of gold and gems the Order created.

Effects
It will periodically transfer between two mutual “owners”, where both parties will benefit financially and reputation-wise. Adversaries will be unable to overwhelm or defeat the affected, while the leadership will gain increased courage, wealth or persuasiveness. Any acts they commit will positively affect the other group, creating a symbiotic partnership through indirect methods.

When actively searched for by someone outside the chain of ownership, it will disappear into the light and reappear somewhere else entirely. Searchers are known to vanish with it and never return. If the statue detects ill intent between the owners, it severs all influence with both and allows them to squabble without its resources.