The Tain, one of the Artifacts of Power.
The Tain was one of the many artifacts of power created in the world of Myth. It was created by the Dwarven Smiths of Muirthemne, ordered by Connacht the Wolf during the Wind Age. During its construction, which weakened the barrier between worlds, the Dwarves accidentally unleashed an entity known as Syrkrosh the Spider-God to their world.
The Legion as they wonder the caverns of the Tain in search for a way out.
After the Tain's competition, Connacht led a regiment of the Cath Bruig Empire into the Dire Marsh, to rid the world of the terrible race of the Myrkridia, brought to the world by Moagim. he was successful in this task and the Tain was brought back to the Smith's vault for safekeeping. After that, following a raid on their forges by the Spider Cult, Traval and his fellow Dwarves used it to seal Syrkrosh, sacrificing themselves to do so. Some year after becoming emperor, Connacht pledged to his friend Damas to burn the items of power, and hide those which can't be destroyed, including the Tain, to stop him from using them once he returns as the new Leveler. While it was not known whether or not Damas hid it, with later stories saying that it was stolen from Muirthemne by raiding barbarians from the South (which could serve as a plausible cover), it is known that it would resurface centuries later in Forest Heart.
The Tain reemerged during the last year of the Great War, as Soulblighter used it to trap the Legion, led by Cu Roi and Murgen. After two days inside the Tain, the Legion was able to escape with the sacrifice of Cu Roi and Murgen, and the Tain shattered as a result. It was here that the Tain was found to dilate time within its pocket dimension as its destruction occurred mere moments after Soulblighter used it on the Legion while it took them two days to escape the caves within.
Sixty years later, Soulblighter, using a shard from the Tain, led the Summoner inside to resurrect the Myrkridia. Sometime later, the Deceiver, now an ally of the Light, used another fragment of the Tain to lead a retinue of the Legion to the Summoner and killed him.
It is unknown what became of the Tain's shards after that.